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Best comment I have seen so far: He should now say "I'm an idiot, Google me." 🤣

I also believe the current "calendar" is a reason why coaches get out. It's basically year-round and though there is no doubt there are a lot of passionate coaches, they do get burned out (or are not compensated for their year-round activity). We (Western Boone) don't do as much as everyone else. Practice 1x a week in the summer for an hour and a half. There aren't any workouts (other than strength/conditioning for those that aren't in a spring sport) in the Spring. We didn't have a single scrimmage over the summer (we had 3 get cancelled due to weather). I honestly believe we are an anomaly though (though small schools are all probably similar?). I am thankful that our AD and Coaches work to ensure kids can do as many sports (or be at as many workouts) as possible. It's tough though on kids who need to work, have livestock (fairs), and those that do not have their own transportation.

The issue with the Co-op model is it seems as if the combined enrollment would take, so lets say, Tri Central Co-op'd with Tipton: TC sends maybe 9 total players who want to play, awesome, right, however, that model stated then for enrollment classification purposes, Tipton would have to absorb the ENITRE TC population number, so lets say, Tipton is 475 students (no idea, but I know middle pack 2a). TC may have 350 students: Tipton new Classification number would be 825 and now in 3a. Why would Tipton be willing to have that happened to allow 9 football players to join . I believe that is why that model way it was proposed, probably led to the fail vote, zero knowledge of the reason by it was shot down personally, but if I am an ADMIN in those area Principal Meetings where many times these things come up, cannot imagine many of those folks willing to allow that to affect their schools to that degree. EASIEST SOLUTION: Really is from meeting I have attended: 8 MAN FOOTBALL : It is a VERY good option to keep kids playing, even schools to have JV games go to 8 man instead of cancelling.

Honest opinion... Go away from the Limited Contact period and back to a "schedule" for each sports season. Limited contact periods are also pushing kids to focus on 1 sport. Large schools (4A-6A) it could work (because pure numbers you are going to have more athletes).. Smaller schools, you need any and all athletes to play multiple. When they have to choose between basketball camps/tourneys/workouts and football workouts/7 on 7/lineman challenges/etc. (just an example) athletes can only do so much. Kids also don't want to spend 6 hours (between a couple of sports, conditioning/weight lifting) at school all summer either. I will say this, our athletic department does a really good job of trying to balance the sports... I.E. there isn't a volleyball workout the same time as girls basketball... But there are a lot of kids that don't want to spend 6 hours (between a couple of sports workouts/practices, conditioning/weightlifting) at school all summer either.

# Team Ovr. Rating 1 Cascade 0-0 64.99 2 Brownstown Central 0-0 61.83 3 Knox 0-0 60.25 4 Lapel 0-0 58.29 5 Indianapolis Lutheran 0-0 57.67 6 South Putnam 0-0 56.93 7 Linton-Stockton 0-0 56.29 8 Triton Central 0-0 55.32 9 Rochester 0-0 52.18 10 Eastside 0-0 52.05 11 Alexandria-Monroe 0-0 50.50 12 Southmont 0-0 50.13 13 Northeastern 0-0 48.75 14 Providence 0-0 48.39 15 Eastern Hancock 0-0 47.52 16 Eastern 0-0 46.60 17 LaVille 0-0 45.68 18 Monrovia 0-0 43.68 19 Wheeler 0-0 43.23 20 Oak Hill 0-0 42.57 21 North Posey 0-0 42.06 22 Lewis Cass 0-0 41.11 23 Winchester Community 0-0 41.00 24 Shenandoah 0-0 40.79 25 Rensselaer Central 0-0 39.60

Haha! Agree. Brutal. Just brutal.

Cannot argue about someone saying clean up the locker room. Us old coaches know the correlation. It's a mindset; attention to the most minute details.

Bingo There is not 1 admin in the state of Indiana that would be okay taking on CO OP that pushes their school "UP A CLASS" to just take on a handful of athletes..... Now, if a Co Op model is set up where that is NOT an automatic take on full enrollment of said school then let's talk........but until then, as is, no chance

# Team Ovr. Rating 1 Brownsburg 0-0 103.39 2 Westfield 0-0 92.07 3 Center Grove 0-0 89.50 4 Carmel 0-0 88.55 5 Lawrence North 0-0 85.14 6 Fishers 0-0 82.13 7 Hamilton Southeastern 0-0 80.90 8 Decatur Central 0-0 80.80 9 Warren Central 0-0 78.99 10 Carroll 0-0 78.37 11 Avon 0-0 77.33 12 Lawrence Central 0-0 76.87 13 Franklin Central 0-0 75.80 14 Ben Davis 0-0 75.66 15 Crown Point 0-0 74.72 16 Zionsville 0-0 73.60 17 Merrillville 0-0 73.09 18 Penn 0-0 68.41 19 Pike 0-0 67.04 20 Whiteland 0-0 66.86 21 Homestead 0-0 66.61 22 Columbus North 0-0 65.46 23 Noblesville 0-0 62.39 24 Harrison 0-0 59.03 25 Fort Wayne Northrop 0-0 57.75

Sparty is too high, I don’t trust this team at all. Every year they flame out. North Side is a paper tiger, I am from the show me state with them. Coaching is bad, no discipline, won’t make it out of a very tough sectional. Carroll is the class of the SAC right now until someone knocks them off. Dwenger is Dwenger, solid team. Northrop is a one year wonder with their best team in school history last year and they got very lucky to beat arguably the worst Snider team in school history in sectionals. Luers lost some key players from last year’s team and that jump to 4A is brutal. Wayne will be bad. South Side has potential I guess, but it will be another long year for them. Concordia won’t win a game in the SAC in their final year in the conference. 1. Carroll 2. Dwenger 3. Snider 4. Homestead 5. North Side 6. Luers 7. Northrop 8. South Side 9. Wayne 10. Concordia

It’s all good.

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Eight teams. 5A has 33 just like 6A. Sorry. Had to jump in with my “Well actually…” moment again 😂

Cascade will be in 2A for at least two seasons. Success factor totals reset when a school changes classes, no matter if it is moving up or moving down. So Cascade’s success factor total going into this season is zero.

College flag is a Spring sport as are many states doing HS flag. It could evolve as recruiting grows and Indiana girls are overlooked because they are playing outside the normal recruiting window.

My suggestion would be that if a school that withdraws from a full varsity schedule in 11 man after moratorium week, they would go to 8 man until they can show a consistent participation for a predetermined years (2 or 3) and number of players (say 25) before being allowed back into 11 man.

That was my thought as well. A “Top 25” for a class of 32 schools seems a bit like overkill.

They won't live up to this ranking...in my opinion.

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lol

Max Prep is on something. Franklin Central ahead of CP Penn and Merrillville?

What a braindead comment. Where did this guy come from?

A hill I would fight on - Girls Flag should have been a SPRING sport. That is all.

I have no issues with Co Op as an idea to get participation, but how to do it is the ultimate quagmire for me personally. I think state leaders and myself included from my personal belief, before CO OPs, schools should adopt 8 man. Not sure why INDIANA FB programs right now has some angst against it. Especially when there is a path to go from 8 to 11 when numbers improve. It's a change yes, but if the goal is to play a game of tackle football then 8 man is an OUTSTANDING choice for programs who are in this boat of this conversation . 8 man has over 1000 HS teams over 30 states. Not for Males Girls Flag is gaining momentum nation wide at HS and College levels

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2026/08/06/jonathan-taylor-signs-two-year-extension-with-colts/91194455007/ A well deserved extension for the Colts best offensive player.

Cascade must be living the dream right now. Win the 2025 3A title as one of the smallest schools in that class, then with reclassification you get moved to 2A as one the largest schools. Although the move may be shorted lived if they get success-factored.

RACK IT !!!!!

Absolutely. Why stay in a program that you know won't win anything? Open enrollment was one thing, but the transfer rule will only make things worse.

Fair comment. I guess my real point is that people have a perception that you are playing quality opponents by scheduling P4 teams as non-conference games. It really depends on the team. I would challenge some of the non P4's may indeed be a better quality conference prep than playing a P4 team that on the bottom tier level of their conference.

IU catches some crap, but as has been discussed most of the last half of last season, the SEC teams' SOS was greatly inflated. Several teams remained ranked most of or all of last year with zero wins against ranked teams. Without looking, Tennessee and Vandy come to mind as teams I looked up. I am not trusting or even reading anything from ESPN as far as schedule rankings or even actual rankings anymore. They showed their true colors last year propping up the SEC and the ACC over many others.

Yes sir!! Previous response on another thread. Agreed...does it really matter about non-conference foes, if one has a solid SOS based on their conference? To win a natty, one has to beat some pretty dang good teams when it matters most. BTW, Indiana was criticized last year for their non-conference schedules. If you look at last years ESPN final rankings for all 136 FBS teams, Old Dominion (10-3) and Kennesaw State (10-4) was ranked much better than a large number of P4 teams. (examples to include but not limited to Purdue, North Carolina, West Virgina, Colorado, Boston College, UCLA, etc.) If I look at Old Dominion alone, that list is much bigger with P4 teams. I think some people like to "feel better" about the quality of opponents and give a number of P4 schools way too much credit for the level of competition. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46128861/2025-college-football-sp+-rankings-all-136-fbs-teams

Typically IFCA will come out that Monday leading into Week 1, so after the Week 0 scrimmage is my guess.... from my memory

Big difference between 2A in football and 2A in every other sport. Hence why there are six classifications for football despite a smaller pool of schools.

Big news for Indiana football to have Daley back for another season. Hated to see the way he went down last year after such a big season. Absolutely took away his chances to play on Sundays. Hopefully, he can stay healthy this season and get another crack with IU and beyond. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49531735/sources-indiana-dl-stephen-daley-return-fifth-season

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Hmm, LSU is a public university. I don't see how a private equity firm taking a percentage ownership in a public football program is legal. It certainly isn't ethical.

waiting for the first P2 (getting to that real fast it seems).football team turns down BILLIONS for 51% of revenue control .....

Looks like LSU is pumping the breaks?

It's not just football. Sheridan struggled to put together a soccer team last year, and it looks like they might not be able field one this year. To me, it's a generational thing. With more and more athletes choosing to focus on one sport exclusively, it is becoming harder for, especially small schools, to field teams in every sport. Between specialization and lack of interest in participating, I don't really know what the answer is. Outside of allowing co-ops, I'm not sure what the IHSAA can do to solve this unique problem. To your question about more schools, I'd be shocked if Tri-Central has a full team this year, just based on what happened last season. Greenwood Christian already backed out of their season, as well.

With the season officially starting I would like to make a couple changes from my previous predictions 1. Panthers - by a long shot still the favorite. 2. Seeger - Playing the bigger schools this summer will help them early on and I see them playing every tough game on their schedule close 3. Mustangs - I've only heard good things about them. They held a scrimmage at Franklin College and beat everyone there even the likes of Sheridan 4. Covington - Another team that I've only heard good things about. They will be upper classmen heavy and Wheeler will ground and pound it out 5. PH - Not sold on them yet. Losing Rector during the summer is a huge loss as well. They should be very competitive 6. SV - One year away from being competitive 7. NV - One year away from being competitive 8. Attica - still improving The WRC is nearing another period where there are going to be multiple very good teams.

Wow. Kind of crazy to hear that. Speaking of former HHC head coaches becoming assistant coaches, I’ve had it confirmed from numerous sources that two-time former Jennings County head coach Rick Zimmerman is back on the Panthers’ staff. His 2015 JC team went 6-4. That’s the only time since 1997 that Jennings County has had a winning record. Since leaving after the 2016 season, Zimmerman spent three years as the head coach at South Decatur, three years at Seymour as an assistant, and was the head coach at Rushville last year.

Well done Paul! https://www.14news.com/2026/07/18/behind-indiana-football-digest-man-who-created-it-all/

What's really caught my attention is how quiet social media has been about RP this summer. Almost too quiet. Last summer it seemed like all the talk was about finally beating SP. This summer...nothing. Does Coach Tenderloin have the team everyone thinks he does? Or are we under some kind of Tenderloin Media Moratorium? 😂 I’m not sure the film matches the assessment you were text. The Panthers threw the ball 48 times all of last season. Unless Billy Bettis gets his way, I’m not sure 7v7 is something RP puts a lot of stock in. And btw, I’m not sure Coach Tenderloin has social media, an iPhone or knows what a Snaptweet is. The man may still carry a flip phone. He may still use Mapquest for the away games.

Build a large data center on the side, with solar panels on the roof.

I hope so if you are talking schools that year in and year out of fielding outstanding football teams. If you are talking criminal activity, perhaps you might want to introduce fact with your comments. On the other hand, I guess that's the closest we will ever get of you admitting you only shared a part of the story. Too bad we don't have a clown to choose from with the other emoji options.