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I realize there might already be a thread about this, but I felt it was important to start a new one as the talk has ramped up and the start to football is getting closer. As the guidelines by the state and IHSAA has stated, the Friday date of the scrimmages this year will fall under the no fans allowed phase. The next day, Saturday, fans will be allowed to attend. There has been talks of whether or not to move the scrimmages to the Saturday to allow fans. In my opinion, this would be a mistake from teams to do this. Scrimmages on that Friday are supposed to be a practice game that culminates all factors of a normal gameday experience. Going to school all day, after school meal, getting body and mind ready, then playing your game. By moving to Saturday, players and coaches do not get to practice this. Also, having a scrimmage on Saturday eliminates another day of preparation for week 1, shortens the week down, maybe not a chance to watch the game film from the scrimmage. Not to mention if there is an injury or a banged up player, one less day to heal for the big opener of week 1. I get that fans and family want to watch the scrimmage, but for the overall team aspect and preparation it only hurts. I saw where CG and Avon are sticking to their Friday scrimmage with no fans. I also got news that Warren Central and Carmel have called off their scrimmage because Warren did not wish to scrimmage on Saturday At Carmel. They will now scrimmage themselves on that Friday. These are Smart moves by these programs and other teams should take note.

rosters of 80-130 I am sure its easy to hold their own inter squad scrimmage If we have a roster of 50, having a inter squad is not feasible to have a productive experience. Roster of 50, say 15 are Freshman, leaves 35, of those 35, maybe on average 20 could be ready to go against varsity caliber players, even if you made it as even as possible. From a smaller school perspective, I need the scrimmage especially this year with no summer competition days to gauge your team.

Some SIAC news, Memorial QB Colton Pence was offered a D1 scholarship for Valpo this morning

Wait, whose Curry? Oh that's right this thread was about a kid.

Teams should take note on scrimmaging on Friday the 14th with no fans rather than Saturday with fans

Are you collecting unemployment or something and not wanting to go back to work? Always saying won't be sports. 300 and some people tested positive for covid today. Holy s#># there will be sports in fall and school. Get over it.

I am getting the feeling the pressure for schools to start on time AND for football to start on time is VERY high. I am hopeful that we are safely able to do so. I am not 100% confident we will be able to; but I do not think the final decisions will be based on what is the safest approach to starting either, but will be more political and/or financial.

Finally the 1A thread!! Can't wait for upcoming season!!

Cool, filling out an areana. Crappy NBA teams do it all the time.

Ben Shapiro doesn't believe the same things I believe therefore he is a moron and needs to be silenced. I fixed it for you.

New on Netflix this week........."The Last Temptation of Driven T". A dramedy starring Jim Carrey and Carrot Top.Rotten Tomatoes rates it "a must see"!

Yep, when you're calling someone an idiot, don't make a grammar error is the message.

Should this on Pay-per-view....

Stinky, Stink, Stink 1.2.3..... Here we go again hyping EC! Last two years have been disappointing EC folks will not tolerate "3"!!!

Bears

Someone said he was like Dan Hampton. I’m sure you, me, and other Bears fans like @Coach Nowlin will recognize that for the hyperbole it is. “Danimal” was a dominant player at 2 positions in the NFL. Not many can say that.

Coach Nowlin it is such a pleasure having you on the Boards bringing your knowledge. Thanks for all you do for Indiana high school foootball

I saw him a couple times in HS games, and he was amazing. He was a great kid who had no attitude on the field. He has a great future.

Yes, have loved some of these great matchups. Leo vs EN, Leo vs NH, NH vs EN, NH va CC, CC vs DeKalb. Norwell is actually 3A last couple years along with Bellmont. This conference is so fun to follow.

Really? I mean he won the general election by less than 78,000 votes in 3 states and lost the popular vote. He doesn't have a 9/11 to ride him into re election like Bush did. Hes arguably the least popular incumbent since Carter as well.

Really? Haha. The Mueller report did not exonerate Trump like Barr claimed it did. It gave tons of crimes that Trump committed. Lol.

Kingtut. You sir are a treasure. Ive been on and off this side for the last 14 seasons and I'm glad you are still doin ok and goin to games and chatting on here. You are the type of fan at linton fan.. That one day I wanna be for Winamac.

Bernie, Biden,Warren, Kamala, Beto, Mayor Pete, Klobuchar, Yang, Booker and Castro. Is there any shot an outsider (not the big 3). Win the nomination?

Lol no it wasn't. Less people voted in 2016 then in 2012 in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. That's what led to a R win among other things. Trump out performed Mitt in Pennsylvania and Michigan but not Wisconsin. Clinton didn't out perform Obama in any of those 3 states (she did out perform Mitt in Michigan and Pennsylvania).. And Trump didn't out perform Obama. Democrats need to run on Health care and Infrastructure like they did in 2018. They won the governorship's in Wisconsin and Michigan and held onto the governorship in Pennsylvania...and won the house by doing so. Trump is the most beatable incumbent since Carter. I think you'll see more Independent and moderate R's vote D and quite a bit of Obama turn trump voters vote D again.

Gotchu. I just find it funny that some R's will hop all over Biden's gaffes but not Trump's who are arguably just as bad or worse.

So... The gaffes Biden makes bad..but silence when trump said there was air ports in the 1700s.

Democrats whining about the EC, Republicans whining about the EC. Just two sides of the same uni-party coin.

The Electoral College and Slavery: A Reality Check: https://spectator.org/the-electoral-college-and-slavery-a-reality-check/ According to Congressman Cohen’s biography, he was educated at Vanderbilt University. His comments suggest that his parents must have paid a hefty bribe to get him enrolled in that once-respected institution. Cohen’s statement reveals a breathtaking level of illiteracy regarding American history in general and the Electoral College in particular. For example, Cohen obviously believes that, when the Constitution was ratified, slavery was limited to the southern states. In reality, slavery was ubiquitous throughout the fledgling nation—both north and south. Yes, you read that correctly. The 1790 census reveals the following: More than 6 percent of New York’s population consisted of slaves. Likewise, 6.2 percent of the people living in New Jersey were slaves. The number of slaves in Delaware totaled 15 percent of its population. Maryland’s slaves accounted for a whopping 32 percent of its population. The census also found that New England states like Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire had significant slave populations. Even Pennsylvania had a few. Only Massachusetts had none. In other words, the “slave states” included all but one. There was no need for them to impose their will on the other states represented at the Constitutional Convention. Cohen’s claim that the “slave states wanted equal representation in the Senate because they wanted to keep slavery” and the implication that this somehow drove the debate over the Electoral College is equally absurd. The decision to allow each state two senators regardless of size was an effort to ensure that the large population states like Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, and New York (all slave states at the time) would not be able to undermine the will of the voters in low population states. The “two senator” structure actually reduced the power of the large slave states. In other words, Congressman Cohen has it exactly backwards. Another of Cohen’s uninformed assertions goes thus: “The slave states wanted to have an Electoral College… where the slaves counted as two-thirds.” Here, he not only fails history but arithmetic as well. What he is blindly groping for is the three-fifths compromise. Like a lot of people who slept through their history and government courses, Cohen never learned that this often misrepresented compromise was not supported by the big slave states. It was supported primarily by the small states, the majority of which were located in the north, and it had nothing at all to do with the Electoral College. As Tara Ross points out in the Daily Signal: Cohen finishes off his remarks with the following claim: “So the slave states didn’t want a popular election because their slaves wouldn’t count towards voting and the slave states would have less votes.” Once again, he has it backwards. Cohen mistakenly believes the slave-to-white ratio at the time of the Constitutional Convention was equal to what it became after the invention of the cotton gin. It was, in fact, the smaller northern states who most feared direct popular vote. The large slave states had enough white voters to swamp the small states. Virginia alone had as many eligible voters as Delaware, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire combined. It was because of that large disparity that opponents of slavery tended to favor the Electoral College. It is commonly believed that it was first proposed at the convention by James Madison, whose comments on the matter are routinely taken out of context by the people who peddle the canard that the institution was designed primarily to perpetuate slavery. This, as it happens, has no basis in fact. The use of some system of electors rather than a direct popular vote to choose the President was first suggested by delegates to the convention well known for their lifelong aversion to slavery. To quote Tara Ross of the Daily Signal again: The notion that the Electoral College was designed to perpetuate slavery is nonsense. Most Democrats who make this claim, like Cohen and (inevitably) AOC, know little about American history and less about the institution they wish to abolish. Its more crafty critics, like Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton, just lie. The obvious reason they dislike the Electoral College is that they can’t win playing by the rules. This is why the Framers designed it as they did — to preclude the tyranny of the majority. During the past 230 years, the number of states has increased and population centers have shifted, but demagogues haven’t changed much.

Democrats should be thrilled about the massive Trump rallies IF the coronavirus is such a threat. Perhaps the Democrats should put their masks on and shelter in place.

Poll: 55% Believe That Biden Potentially Has ‘Early Stages Of Dementia’ https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-55-believe-that-biden-potentially-has-early-stages-of-dementia

Trump typically has several thousand supporters standing outside watching on huge screens who were unable to enter due to overcapacity. Joe Biden couldn't fill a typical high school gymnasium. He damn sure couldn't speak for over an hour without every word of his speech displayed on a teleprompter. The enthusiasm factor for Trump is well over twice as high as for Biden. Democrats can keep believing their fake news and fake polls, however the results of this election will be similar to 2016.

Trump was a business man before he ran for president. He knows most politicians are bought and paid for criminals.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29336227/21-clemson-football-players-positive-covid-19-latest-testing?fbclid=IwAR15r_n8K4JC6T98ZwS5f-38xLikZWS1s6-97JCbFX-hBFEq54MZOTaJDXI Im starting to think we won't have sports in general at HS level this year at all.. And starting to think school won't return either.