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My guess is you know nothing about the dynamics of where coach has worked or the kid's lives he has changed. This comment was a total D!ck move. Congrats. So you think exposure events are a waste of time, that's fair, but the comment above was clearly intended to throw unnecessary shade at a good dude.

I will spend the next couple of weeks dreaming sweet dreams and rooting against the Boston Celtics.

You are welcome to take the test and give it a try yourself. Failing that, perhaps you could enlighten us all as to the “right” way to call - or not call - pass interference

INELIGIBLE MAN DOWNFIELD ACTUALLY CALLED AND PENALIZED!!! That is all...

I would like to see all field sidelines marked with a designated referees lane, designated coaches lane and a lane for all players to stand behind.

Maybe it is because the offense is allowed to have so many people running downfield - lineman included - the DB's can't decipher who is in fact running a pass route and who is blocking for a run play, so just grab them all and let the officials sort it out !!

Generally not true. The more you officiate the more those plays really slow down. It's often more about angle and judgement. You also only have 3 officials trying to watch 5 eligible receivers in routes. You try to focus on the likely match ups and go back and forth in your area of responsibility. The good news here is the IHSAA has full authority to modify OT rules. The NFHS publishes a recommended OT procedure that many states follow, but they are allowed to use whatever they want. I know of other states that start at the 20 or 25 instead. I believe some allow the defense to score on a turnover. I've never heard the IHSAA has seriously considered a change, but if the IFCA were to propose something I'm sure they would probably consider it. Yes, there are circumstances where the offense could be awarded a new first down and your example is one of them. Interestingly it will always be first and goal regardless of the situation. Let's say in your example the offense lost yardage through penalty or sack and were kicking a FG snapped from the B24 that results in roughing the kicker. The penalty would be half the distance to the B12 with an automatic first down. But it would still be first and goal and not first and 10.

Jeff Foxworthy: "You'll take a check? Heck I'll just pay it off in full! I didn't know you would take a check."

First part taken care of https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2021/03/15/indiana-basketball-fires-coach-archie-miller-iu-hoosiers/4639088001/

I know that I in no way shape or form have any understanding how this works but honestly I feel as though Dolson has to come at this from a postion of power. My thought is you could present Archie with 3 options 1) restructure your current contract, up the incentives for next season (finish in top half of Big 10, Make the tourney, advance in Big ten/NCAA tourney) and eliminate the buy out to basically zero for the end of next season. 2) negotiate a decrease in current buyout (5 mil to walk away right now and you don't have to seek employment that decreases cost of buyout) 3) tell Archie if he doesn't like option 1 or 2 then you will not issue any statement what-so-ever and he can sink or swim next year knowing if he doesn't get it going he's gone next April and can spend the entire off season stuck in house and know every time he losses a game he's gonna have to listen to fire Archie chants in assembly hall and wish him good luck. But I'm just a fan wishing for better days

Another example of the compulsion to regulate as much as possible.

Just say NO! to either of these retreads.

Ah yes, it's "free". I forgot that that the government gives out "free" things.

Eddie LeBaron, at 5’7”, was the shortest NFL QB I ever saw. He was a good player for Washington, and then the expansion Dallas Cowboys. DLs were not quite so big in those days, but among the biggest was 6’6” 284# Eugene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb. One day, after being frustrated by chasing LeBaron around all afternoon, Big Daddy yelled at him, “when I catch you, I’m going to bite your head off and swallow it.” LeBaron replied, “If you do, you’ll have a lot more brains in your stomach then you ever had in your head!”

I disagree, I’ve long felt HS has OT figured out. It’s beautifully simple, fair, and equitable for both teams.

My head coach to an Academic all stater one day when he didn't understand a concept! "Boy, you are the dumbest smart guy I have ever known!"

MM was a beast.

Not surprisingly, Drew Brees is hanging it up after 20 seasons. In 5 years, he walks into Canton on the first ballot. At the time of his retirement he was the NFL’s career leader in passing yds., completions, completion % (among QBs with at least 5 seasons), and is 2nd in TDS. Among the more remarkable accomplishments were his 5 seasons of 5,000+ yds. (no one else has more than one) and his place in the top 10 in QBR for 15 straight years (no one else has more than 9). https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31065863/new-orleans-saints-qb-drew-brees-retires-nfl-20-seasons New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees retires from NFL after 20 seasons One of the most prolific careers in NFL history has come to an end, as New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees announced Sunday on Instagram he has decided to retire after 20 seasons. Brees' four children, Baylen, Bowen, Callen and Rylen, announced in a video: "After 15 years with the Saints and 20 years in the NFL, our dad is finally gonna retire. So he can spend more time with us! Yeah!!" Brees added a message to the post that read: "After 20 years as a player in the NFL and 15 years as a Saint, it is time I retire from the game of football. Each day, I poured my heart & soul into being your Quarterback. Til the very end, I exhausted myself to give everything I had to the Saints organization, my team, and the great city of New Orleans. We shared some amazing moments together, many of which are emblazoned in our hearts and minds and will forever be a part of us. "You have molded me, strengthened me, inspired me, and given me a lifetime of memories. My goal for the last 15 years was striving to give to you everything you had given to me and more. I am only retiring from playing football, I am not retiring from New Orleans. This is not goodbye, rather a new beginning. Now my real life's work begins!" Brees, 42, retires as the NFL's all-time leader in career passing yards (80,358) and ranks second all time in touchdown passes (571) and completion percentage (67.7%). More than that, though, Brees will always be revered for helping to revive the Saints franchise and the city of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina when he and coach Sean Payton arrived together in 2006. They led the Saints to the NFC Championship Game in that first year and won the only Super Bowl in franchise history three years later, with Brees being named the game's MVP. "When I was hired by the Saints as head coach in 2006, the very first goal was to establish a functional and winning culture," Payton said in a statement. "In doing so, it was vital to know what we were looking for in a player, talent, work ethic, makeup, intelligence and leadership are all qualities we found in Drew Brees. ... I am forever grateful for what he has done for our team, our community and for me personally." Brees never got back to a second Super Bowl despite leading the Saints to four straight NFC South titles over the past four years. His final game was a disappointing 30-20 loss to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneersin the divisional round of the playoffs -- the first time Brees ever threw three interceptions in a playoff game. Drew Brees' Notable Records • All-time leader in passing yards and completions (2nd in passing TDs) • Owns three best single-season completion percentage marks • Owns best single-game completion percentage mark (96.7%) • Only player with multiple 5,000-yard seasons (5) • Most seasons leading NFL in passing yards (7) • Most consecutive games with a passing TD (54) • Most career games with 300+ passing yards (123) • Matched single-game record with 7 passing TDs His decision to retire leaves an enormous void for the Saints to fill with either Taysom Hill, Jameis Winston or a quarterback to be named later. Brees' legacy has long been secured as one of the game's all-time greats. On top of all the gaudy numbers and historic accomplishments, Brees also will be remembered as a great underdog story. At just 6 feet tall, Brees was recruited by only two colleges before a record-breaking career at Purdue. He fell to the second round of the draft in 2001, where he began his career with the San Diego Chargers. In his final game with the Chargers in 2005, Brees suffered a devastating shoulder injury -- a 360-degree labrum tear and some rotator cuff damage, which required 12 anchors to repair. Renowned surgeon James Andrews later said Brees' recovery was the most remarkable of any athlete he ever treated, and Brees was back on the field with the Saints in Week 1 of that unforgettable 2006 season. "Drew is so much more valuable than all the records, awards and accolades that he amassed through a 15-year career with the New Orleans Saints and 20-year NFL playing career, one of the greatest in our league's history," Saints owner Gayle Benson said in a statement. "When Drew first joined the Saints in 2006, my late husband Tom was determined to deliver a team to New Orleans that would win a championship on the field and become a leader in the community following the setbacks that Hurricane Katrina dealt our region. Over and above his outstanding performance, Drew came to represent the resolve, passion and drive that resonates not only with Saints fans and football fans, but our entire community." Brees finished his career with a record of 172-114 as a starting quarterback in the regular season and 9-9 in the postseason. He was 142-86 and 9-8 in 15 years with the Saints, with whom his partnership with Payton produced some of the most spectacular offensive teams the game has ever seen. Brees threw for more than 5,000 yards in a season five different times; no other quarterback has done it more than once. He holds the top three single-season completion percentages in NFL history and six of the top nine. Brees has ranked among the NFL's top 10 passers in ESPN's Total QBR metric in all 15 seasons since it was created in 2006; it's a streak six years longer than that of any other quarterback during that span. Though he never won a regular-season MVP award, Brees finished second a record four times. Brees has long said he believed he could play at a high level until the age of 45 -- as long as he wanted to keep playing. But starting in 2017, he also said he started taking each season one year at a time -- treating each like it could be his last -- and that he would take some time after each season to reflect with wife, Brittany, and their kids about whether he wanted to keep playing. Brees had already lined up his "next chapter" last year, when he agreed to become an analyst for NBC after his playing days were over. After missing just one game due to injury in his first 18 seasons, Brees dealt with some significant injuries late in his career. In 2019, he missed five games after tearing a ligament in his thumb. In 2020, he missed four games after suffering a punctured lung and 11 broken ribs. By retiring now, Brees is clearing the path for fellow 40-something Brady to finish ahead of him in their two most prominent races in the NFL record book. Brady has 10 more career TD passes than Brees and needs 1,155 passing yards to surpass Brees. Brees also leaves behind a sizable salary-cap hit of $22.65 million that the Saints must account for over the next two years because of the way they chose to structure his past contracts. However, they already reduced his salary from $25 million to the veterans minimum of $1.075 million this year so that they can wait until after June 1 to officially process his retirement. As a result, they can push $11.5 million of his remaining cap costs into 2022. Brees will count $12.225 million against this year's cap through June 1. Then his 2021 cap charge will drop to $11.15 million after his retirement becomes official. That's a big deal for the Saints, who were more affected by the NFL's reduced salary cap than maybe any team in the NFL this year. They began the offseason nearly $100 million over the cap, before reducing Brees' salary and releasing veterans Emmanuel Sanders, Janoris Jenkins, Kwon Alexander and Thomas Morstead, among others. The Saints also restructured Hill's contract to create cap room. Hill received a four-year, $140 million contract extension -- but all years are voidable, and it's a mechanism to free up cap space this year, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. It saves the Saints more than $7.5 million against the cap this year, and his contract numbers this year include a $9.686 million signing bonus, a $1.439 million guaranteed roster bonus and a $1.034 million guaranteed base salary plus incentives. Contract restructures that include voided years are common, but the salaries on voided years aren't usually reported -- and sometimes they're heavily inflated. If those voided salaries are too low, it can affect the rule on renegotiating deals within 12 months. On a positive note, Brees is leaving the Saints in decent shape as far as backup options. Hill, who is under contract through 2021, remains unproven as a 30-year-old dual-threat quarterback with limited experience. However, he did go 3-1 as a starter in place of Brees this season with four TD passes, four TD runs, two interceptions and three lost fumbles in that four-game stretch. Winston, meanwhile, is an unsigned free agent. But he chose to come to New Orleans last summer on a minimal contract so that he would have the chance to learn under Payton and Brees and possibly revive his career as Brees' successor. And Payton recently made it clear that the Saints want to re-sign Winston, 27, and allow him to compete for the starting job. Although Payton chose Hill as Brees' replacement in the short term in 2020, the coach has insisted that the team is high on Winston's potential. And Payton has repeatedly insisted he believes "our next quarterback's in the building" -- whether that be Hill or Winston.

He’s going to be hard to replace. His 2016 team was heads and tails ahead of any 3A and “Success Factored” 4A team at the time (in 2016, traditional 4A teams like Cathedral, Columbus North and New Pal had already moved on to 5A). In 2016, Concordia was an absolute MACHINE. As an ancient EIAC guy, I felt terrible that Lawrenceburg drew THAT short straw. Even last year, he came up with a game plan (minus, perhaps, his top offensive player) that fought Chatard (who ended the year as the 6th ranked team in ALL, repeat, ALL classes per Sagarin) right down to the very, very end. To be clear, the 3A State Championship games last year were ALL played in the North between Chatard, Concordia and Mishawaka Marian (the Lucas Oil “State Championship” game was an afterthought.........thanks Tri-West AD, btw). Not that it needs reminding (but I will), the 3A State Champion defeated the 4A State Champion during regular season play..... Back to the point, BIG SHOES need to be filled at Concordia.

This report says the Bears have decided that it’s the end of the Mitchell Trubisky era in Chicago.https://heavy.com/sports/chicago-bears/reach-final-decision-future-mitch-trubisly/ Bears Reach Final Decision About QB Mitch Trubisky: Report Mitch Trubisky’s days as quarterback of the Chicago Bears appear to be over. In a roundup of free agency notes and rumors released Sunday morning, ESPN’s Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler revealed that Chicago has big plans to address the position this offseason — they just apparently don’t involve Trubisky. With the Bears set to take a “big swing” at acquiring Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson this offseason according to Fowler, it’s becoming increasingly clear that their plans at quarterback no longer include the former second overall pick out of North Carolina. “I think I can definitely see myself back here next year,” Trubisky told the media after Chicago’s NFC Wild Card loss in January. “Obviously a lot of that is out of my control but it feels like home and it feels like we have unfinished business. Right now I’m just bummed about this season being over and how the game went so a lot of emotions going on right now but I can see that. We’ll see. There are a lot of things that have to happen and a lot of decisions that have to be made and that’s out of my control but and I can see that.” Now, it appears Trubisky will be looking for a new team and an opportunity to compete elsewhere. Graziano & Fowler: Trubisky Is a Goner While noting Chicago still has its sights set on Wilson, Graziano and Fowler asserted Trubisky is headed out of town, suggesting a possible reunion with former Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, now with the Denver Broncos. Bears May Be Forced to Pursue Ryan Fitzpatrick, Andy Dalton Instead As Graziano and Fowler noted, the Bears may not be able to pry Wilson from the firm grip of Pete Carroll and the Seahawks. If they can’t convince Seattle to part ways with the eight-time Pro Bowler, a veteran like Ryan Fitzpatrick or Andy Dalton — perhaps even Marcus Mariota or Gardner Minshew — will likely be headed to fill Trubisky’s cleats. Right now for the Bears, it’s do-or-die time, and they seem to be readying themselves to upgrade at the most important position in sports. It’s also apparent that they’ve gotten as much as they can out of Trubisky, who would likely appreciate a fresh start and a new coach to work with. But if Chicago can’t nab an established star such as Wilson or Deshaun Watson or a top-three quarterback in April’s NFL Draft, it will surely be more of the same for the Bears, who have finished 8-8 each of the last two seasons. For what it’s worth, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk contradicted Graziano and Fowler’s report on Sunday, saying the Bears haven’t yet closed the door on Trubisky, but have more likely decided to move on privately without making the news official — yet.

Marion wanted out not sure why.... I know they lost a lot of talent so maybe thats why. We tried to get better competition but would have to travel 2hrs to get a game all teams around are still under contract.

I’m a big fan of irony ... and the irony in Cuomo’s situations is so thick you can cut it with a knife.

I cannot imagine why. I would like to see fouls by the offense occurring behind the LOS enforced the way they are in NCAA, from the previous spot, rather than the spot of the foul.

I had a coach in 1988 ask a fellow teammate, "how could anyone be so stupid and live so long"?

Once again, not a meme, but funny as hell for those who get it.

https://nypost.com/2021/03/11/more-than-55-ny-democrats-call-on-andrew-cuomo-to-resign/ More than 55 Democratic state legislators called Thursday for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign — and the Assembly speaker said he would hold a meeting later in the day “on potential paths forward.” The statement from Cuomo’s fellow Democrats cited both the spiraling sexual harassment allegations against him and the cover-up of the total nursing home death toll and said that “he has lost the confidence of the public and the state legislature, rendering him ineffective in this time of most urgent need.” “We have a Lieutenant Governor who can step in and lead for the remainder of the term, and this is what is best for New Yorkers in this critical time,” the statement added.” “It is time for Governor Cuomo to resign.” In response, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) said, “In light of the allegations concerning the Governor over the last several weeks, I will be meeting with members in conference today on potential paths forward.” Cuomo has faced mounting calls to resign or face impeachment as the twin scandals have intensified amid a seemingly endless parade of new revelations and allegations. The latest bombshell landed Wednesday when a report alleged that a female Cuomo staffer claims Cuomo put his hands under her blouse and groped her late last year in the Executive Mansion in Albany. Gov. Cuomo reportedly reached under aide’s blouse and groped her That report led Mayor Bill de Blasio to say on Thursday that Cuomo “can no longer serve as governor anymore,” after having previously ducked repeated questions about whether he thought Cuomo should resign. “It’s not one, it’s not two, it’s not three, it’s not four, it’s not five. It’s six women coming forward,” de Blasio told reporters during his daily City Hall news conference. The incident reported Wednesday by the Albany Times Union allegedly took place after the woman was summoned to Cuomo’s heavily guarded, official residence to help him fix a problem with his cellphone. The incident allegedly took place after the woman was summoned to Cuomo’s heavily guarded official residence to help him fix a problem with his cellphone, the Albany Times Union reported. The paper said it was withholding the woman’s name but described her as much younger than the 63-year-old governor. The sexual misconduct allegations are the most serious to emerge since a former Cuomo aide, Lindsey Boylan, 36, accused him of sexual harassment in December. Boylan, now a Democratic candidate for Manhattan borough president, didn’t initially detail her claims but last month published an online essay that alleged Cuomo unexpectedly kissed her “on the lips” during a 2018 meeting in his Manhattan office. That led four other women — including three former aides — to publicly accuse him of sexual harassment and other inappropriate behavior dating to 2000, when he was President Bill Clinton’s housing secretary. The sexual harassment and related allegations against Cuomo are under investigation by a team of outside lawyers — including former acting Manhattan US Attorney Joon Kim — who were hired Monday by state Attorney General Letitia James. The FBI and the Brooklyn US Attorney’s Office have also launched a probe into the Cuomo administration’s handling of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic, sources familiar with the matter have told The Post. Under the New York Constitution, impeaching Cuomo would require a simple majority vote of the 150-member state Assembly, which is composed of 106 Democrats, 43 Republicans and one independent. A resolution to impeach Cuomo was introduced earlier this week by Republican members of the Assembly, with Minority Leader Will Barclay (R-Oswego) saying that “we believe the time has come” to oust the three-term governor. Cuomo’s office didn’t immediately return a request for comment on Thursday, but on Wednesday evening the governor — who has repeatedly insisted that “I never touched anyone inappropriately” — issued a statement denying the groping allegations. “As I said yesterday, I have never done anything like this. The details of this report are gut-wrenching,” Cuomo said. “I am not going to speak to the specifics of this or any other allegation given the ongoing review, but I am confident in the result of the Attorney General’s report.” Cuomo has pledged to cooperate with the probe and urged New Yorkers to withhold judgment pending its findings. Oh come on - It's not like he said something like - you could grab a girl by the pussy if your rich......He only did it.....

A lot of kids could be covid-19 vaccinated for what it cost to build these extravagant high school turf fields. It's just a game played by children.

Neither did the last President.......