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So my only take away from this thread is that talent is lacking at Center Grove/Warren/Ben Davis because they don't offer a sushi menu. What a recruiting tool Carmel has secretly deployed

I never thought I'd hear myself say "we need less cowbell".

Class realignment happens every two years. Both of these teams will be 5A next year.

Uh huh. And if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.

Prime Rib Monday, Taco Tuesday, and Fish Fry Friday. Duh

This “discussion” with @Cow Bell reminds me of a piece of advice a wise veteran official gave me when I was first starting out: ”Arguing with a coach is like mud wrestling a pig. Eventually you realize you’re covered in filth ... and the pig is enjoying it.”

Oh look everyone....the MASTER of jumping to conclusions fails to actually check facts....go figure. lol

Here is the most likely reason the game was scheduled at Noon, don't think there's anything snarky or bush league about it. Maybe you folks could stick around to watch one of the best girls basketball teams in the State. Eastern Hancock (1-0) at Triton Central (2-0) GAME TIME: 7:30 pm ET. COACHES: Shari Doud, 45-29 in 4th year at Eastern Hancock, 244-115 in 16th year overall. Bryan Graham, 218-50 in 12th year at Triton Central. LAST SEASON'S SAGARIN RATINGS: Triton Central, 85.96, 28th overall, 2nd in 2A. Eastern Hancock, 59.63, 190th overall, 42nd in 2A. SERIES LAST 15 YEARS: No meetings. PREDICTION: Triton Central, 56-55.

Let me know if I need to send Uber money to Screagle and some others if the ocean parts and Memorial “somehow” wins (as well as Roncalli). I’m assuming he will have bet the farm on Mooresville since it’s a sure bet and he’ll no doubt need a lift....and the farm.

No prediction. But have you ever not picked against Mississinewa? Listen if you have a problem with Mississinewa or Funk stop hiding behind a keyboard and say it.

You know I’ve been reading a lot of these LB post (especially STC) questioning “who” we play and then kind of talking down about our schedule. HH is 12-0 and played two teams three teams this season with below .500 records. Conversely the twelve teams that the Tigers have played , maybe 4 teams were above .500. So to put it politely I kind of sick already of reading things how LB plays such a tough schedule with a defense that stuffs good running teams and an offense that destroys good teams!!! Maybe instead of referring to a very good Heritage Hills team as Patsys or whatever you call them............Refer to your weak a$$ schedule as Patsys!!! Ding, Ding, Ding there’s the bell boys....fight is on I’m here all week!!!!!

I don’t even think there’s more than 10,000 people that live in New Pal.

How many Lou Holtz are among the Memorial Tigers?

Semistate: New Prairie v. East Noble Roncalli v.Memorial State: New Prairie v. Memorial Champion: Dunno

When you knew you were living the good life! School lunch pizza!!

2 days a week

I would say Mooresville stepped it up last year and maintained a steady program this year. They advanced to the Regional's last year losing a tight one to Marion 19-13 finishing 11-2. This year they had 1 more loss than last year in the regular season, but their 2 losses this year were to 5A Decatur Central 24-21 and 5A Whiteland 17-13. They were extremely competitive in both games. Coach Gillin and his staff have done a great job of rebuilding the program and maintaining a strong program.

I can tell you from personal experience that: Declining enrollment causes program cut-backs and less academic offerings. It also causes higher tuition, which in turn causes more people to choose the free options. It's a vicious circle, not win-win. For a school that has to travel overnight for state (typically schools outside of central IN and typically smaller classes who play early on Friday & Saturday, making state is a big financial drain. For us, we had to raise a good chunk of money with private donors to help cover costs because the IHSAA reimburses a very small amount of the actual cost of travel, lodging, & food. Our enrollment at Memorial has declined significantly in the past 3 years (-200 students) in part due to tuition costs and competition from a nationally ranked charter school and good public schools , all of which are free. In the past 3 years we have several state title appearances - football, boys soccer, and girls soccer (including winning state in all 3 in 2017), and had tournament success in baseball, b/g basketball, volleyball other non-revenue sports (tennis, golf, etc.). So, while we have arguably had the best overall HS athletic program in the area for a number of years (5A Castle is also very good overall), it hasn't led to an influx of new students coming in. In Evansville, MD and Memorial are fighting for their lives.

The one thing with Andrean is that they have played against better teams than Lewis Cass this year. They may not have beaten any of them, but they have played against a Merrillville, a New Prairie, and a Hobart. They aren't going to be intimidated or surprised by whatever Lewis Cass brings to the field against them.

Depends on the company. I take my boys with me to LOS when LCC plays on Thanksgiving weekend and that makes all the difference to me. At the point that they aren't excited about going, my excitement might drop off, but for now my boys sitting next to me watching a game in person still makes it a special event whether regular season or tournament.

The problem in the analysis is that you are actually talking about programs and not groups/categories winning. For 1A, five of those seven titles come from one team, LCC, and come over a seven-year period. The other two were won by the same program, Ritter. For 2A, seven of the eleven come from a single program, Luers. Two of the most recent ones come from the same 1A team, Ritter, that won two titles in 1A before moving up DUE TO ENROLLMENT. At this point, we're now talking about fourteen games of a possible 36 won by three programs across two classes. For 3A, nine of those thirteen titles come from a single program, Chatard. At this point, we are now talking about four programs winning 25 of 54 possible titles across three classes. For 4A, seven of your thirteen come from a single program, Cathedral, although two of those were in a different class than 4A. Four others come from another single program, Dwenger, so eleven of your thirteen come from two programs. More importantly, what you've shown is that a total of 36 of 44 p/p wins, over 80%, that are attributed across four/five classes to a total of six programs. That's much less an issue of p/p dominance and more an issue of program dominance, which was put forth in @George Orwell 2's nicely presented and informative post.

You can watch on tv, but the atmosphere in person is a wonderful feeling... I think of it as when I travel to watch the Colts out of state and the weather is cold. 2 pairs of socks 1 pair of shorts 2 pairs of pants (1 fleece) 1 t-shirt 1 sweatshirt 1 hoodie jersey over the top Two weeks ago in Pittsburgh I was actually commenting to my son how I was warm. Just prepare yourself and you’ll be fine. Watching TV 40 or any of those streaming services is a total snooze fest.

Are you talking to @Lysander??

They do have very good chili. The smoked wings are great and their pizza is really good. On Friday nights they generally also have a bluegill fish special. I know that you are coming from out of town and may not want to drink, but they also have 26 beers on tap.

Oh Cathedral fans...

Do not know much about East Noble but looking at their schedule it appears that the defense has improved a lot since the first 3 games of the season. In the first 3 games they gave up a combined 80 points and the remaining games including Sectional games gave up 78. They scored the fewest points in a game last week in the rematch with Leo. They are ranked #1 or #2 depending on the poll and have been there almost the entire season. Common opponents between the 2 are Huntington North and New Haven. Mississinewa played New Haven in week 2 of the season and Huntington North in the 2nd round of the sectional. HN and NH are on the regular season schedule of East Noble. Mississinewa has given up 124 points on the season. They held Delta to a season low in points. Delta was one of the favorites to win State according the Sagarin rankings. They also beat Marion last week. In these 2 games Mississinewa had 1 running back rush for over 500 yards combined. Over 300 against Marion and he didn't score a point. Mississinewa is very deep and talented at running back. They can go with a set of fast running backs or come at you with power backs that also have speed. Upfront they have 3 or 4 pushing or over 300lbs that are strong and quick off the line. Their backups are just as big, strong, and quick. Because of playing several games under a continuous clock they were able to play their JV and Freshman players against the opponents first string Varsity units a lot this year. Several of the points allowed were allowed by the JV and Freshman units not the Varsity unit. This Senior class played in the regional round as Sophomore's but in the South part of the tournament where they traveled to Greenwood and just barely lost. I think 7 or 8 of these Senior's started as Sophomore's. They are experienced across the board. They held Marion's JK Thomas in check and he was not a factor in the game. Mississinewa's offense if very complex and they can run multiple plays out of each set. A few years ago it was estimated by one of the coach's that they had over 150 different plays that they could run out of their different sets. The QB by committee has been working this year and last week introduced a Wildcat offense. Marion's defense was in the top 5 in yards allowed and Mississinewa put up just at or over 500 yards, and only around 30 were passing. Mississnewa not only beat Delta and Marion but also Pendleton Heights another sectional finalist. Mississinewa has scrimmaged against Brownsburg, Avon, Warren Central, Cathedral, and other 5A and 6A schools. This is all paying off for them. The kicker has a season long for around 42 yards and is 5 of 6 on the season on field goal attempts. The snowplows are ready to clear the turf field at Mississinewa so the game will take place. The cannon is in the backyard of a neighbor but not sure if it will be fired or not as it is not on school property. This is going to be a very good game. Looking at the common opponents and points allowed, I don't think East Noble will have the defense to keep all of Mississinewa's running backs contained. I would have never thought that the 1 back would rush for over 500 yards combined against Marion and Delta. This will not be a high scoring game but it could very well be if turnovers occur. Turnovers will be key in this game. The team with the fewest turnovers should win. In the end Mississinewa pulls out the win even if it is on another field goal like they did against Marion. For those that can not make it you can watch on TribeTV, which is Mississinewa's student ran media outlet. They have a youtube channel and a facebook page where you can find the link.

I would like to offer an opinion from a reasonably impartial observer...I say reasonably because, full disclosure, my mother was a Memorial grad who "found Jesus" later in life when she married my Father and "converted" to a die-hard MD fan, but I digress... I have watched Combs tear up the competition from both sides of the ball for the past 2 years. Your WR & O lineman may be more talented at their respective positions but Combs will influence all aspects of the game; offense, defense, - it's been rumored he sells programs before the game & half-price pizza in 4th quarter. He is the all-around, real deal . Like his brother who graduated last year, he is one of the best all around high school football players in recent memory in the So Indiana region. No idea how he ranks as a college prospect but if you view the tape from last week's game vs Central, I think you will be impressed by his dominating play at multiple positions; DE, D line, FB, & RB. If you can manage to control his overall influence on the game, it will go a long way towards helping Mooresville win. Keeping it in the family...Memorial 24 - 21. Hold that Tiger... mi dos centavos

RCHS in 2014 Beat LCC week 8 for Conference title Beat P/P week 1 Sectional Beat Charter week 2 Sectional Beat LCC Semi State Beat Mater Dei State Not one time did we discuss anything to our team other than ways to beat them on the field.

Which has produced 2 state championships and a runner up in the last 6 years.

Nice job there.

Correct.

Can you elaborate?

Visiting team picks the day. Home team picks the time. This could the kind of snarky decision that comes back to bite TC. MD doesn't need any extra motivation. They are always a very motivated team who will play hard for 48 minutes no matter the opponent or the score, but it is certainly the kind of thing that Coach Goebel can use to get ticked off more than usual... As an example, when we played Lawrenceburg in 2018 in Regional, we picked 4pm. It's a courtesy thing IMO. We shall see...

My point is that once you stop making excuses and focus on winning, regardless of who you're playing, your chance of success improves greatly.

Reservations needed today, for these good restaurants. Cork'N Cleaver, Oyster Bar. For this restaurant no reservation needed, Don Hall's Guesthouse Old Gas House Restaurant and Bar. And of course famous and iconic, Coney Island.

For me...I enjoy watching several live streaming games at the same time with a slice of pizza and Woodford (or Eagle Rare) on the rocks. Not saying it's the same feel or excitement as being field-side but life's about trade-offs. I still go to several games....but when I don't....I watch online and have Bourbon and Pizza!

Brock Combs is a terrific player. Mooresville will definitely have to find a way to stop him Offensively and try to limit his impact defensively. Playing great athletes like Combs will not be something new to Mooresville. They did play a team with an athlete of his caliber this year in Decatur Central's Kenny Tracy. They were fortunate to limit him to 60 yards on 10 carries and 1 Rec for 10 yards. They had to try and bottle up East Central's Fike and Donawerth last week too and were able to keep them limited in rushing. You are more than likely not going to completely shut down Combs, but I agree they will need to manage or try to control his impact on the game. Ev Memorial is not a huge underdog by any stretch of the imagination especially playing at home. Not fooling anyone with that statement. Both teams Memorial and Mooresville will have terrific players on the field. The Pioneers will have their hands full with Pence, Hurley, Combs, McCool, and Russell while on Defense. While on Offense they will have to manage Combs, Auker, Johnson, and Jones. I think both teams will want to establish the run, but both can throw the ball very effectively. It will be a good one for sure.

good way to solve this question would be to count how many D1 players are on each team. I think Cathedral has 6 and CG only 4 but you guys feel free to correct me (and I know you will - lol)

Since 2000 the number of private school state championships per class. Going from 1A to 4A since no private school has the enrollment for 5A or 6a They would be in those classes do to the Succes Factor 4A 13 out of 18 3A 12 out of 18 2A 11 out of 18 1A 7 out of 18 Public schools way out number Private Please correct me if I am wrong with my numbers COWBELL DROPS HIS COWBELL DINGGGG

I don’t want to come off as I feel they will win. I think it will be a great game! I just think they don’t get credit for their team speed just because of their size.

Ok. Cool. I’m down with that.

Stinky, Stink, Stink 1.2.3 Here is a picture of Strongs serving some Tiger BL's and some good pizza!

Southridge beat 3 private schools (Mater Dei, Providence, and Scecina) on their way to a State Championship two years ago. A southern Indiana team winning a state championship and beating 3 private schools. It can be done....

Yes, same people.

This is a decision made weekly by the HC and OC. We got behind in the scoring against WL by missing an extra point early. Chased the points and got back on track and resumed kicking. Against Pioneer, the decision was based on their ability to score 2 every attempt. Against LaVille, It was determined that they would not be able to stop us from 3 yards out. Andrean???? Better figure out how to score first.

The Colts might want to think about taking the Lewis Cass approach after a score

All the above suggested options sound good (Thanks guys) but, honestly, if I can get great breaded tenderloin AND a bowl of good chili then I’m probably sold. So how’s the chili at the Acme?

Great pregame dinner option is The Acme Bar & Grill on East State St., minutes from Concordia. Smoked wings are terrific, and they have the best breaded tenderloin in the state.