GOLDRUSH1985

So you went to a high school that boasts more than 5 state titles and your not affiliated with it ?????Then you refuse to name it. My guess is that you never participated in any sports in high school . High school sports teach character and respect , something you have neither of.

Please , enlighten all of us. Name your high school , the years and position you played, your Jersey number etc.

Speaking of a Troll. FYI, I’ve been a member of this board since Tim Adams introduced it some 20 years ago, or probably before you were born. I had to register again for some reason last year and all my posts were erased. Ask any member who’s been on here a long time and they will know me. The Northern schools know what they need to do, we don’t need trolls constantly saying it will never happen. Why don’t you go post on the school your affiliated with?Oh wait, you haven’t listed one. I’m sure there is a reason for that.

At least he has an affiliation. There are some members that love to troll with no listed affiliation.

I'll take it , How much ?

I too would take that bet

And Cathedral might be looking for a little payback for the Baseball team , LOL .

Penn welcomes the Cathedral Irish to Freed Field this Friday night . Penn appears to be improved since last season and Cathedral appears to be a little down from last year . Will this game be the blowout it was last year ? I don't think Penn wins the game but I am hoping for a better game than last year . Thoughts ?

Don't think I would go that far this early concerning Penn . Back to what ? the last 2 years were the worst Penn teams in over 40 years and they still dominated most of their NIC opponents . So when you say Back , do you mean winning the NIC or making a deep 6A playoff run? I'm not ready to say they are back after only beating a very young Valpo team. If they handle business this week and then give Cathedral and ST X a game , then I will say they are back .

Maybe he thinks Lafayette and Fort Wayne are inside of Indianapolis???

Next 2 weeks get real tough for Penn . Elkhart isn't even in the same conversation as Cathedral and St X . I think Elkhart is a good team but will have their hands full with Northridge this week .

LOL

I hope not. Penn has the athletes to compete with the Indy schools. They are competitive in other sports. Usually top 10 every year in Wrestling and we just won another baseball state title 2 months ago. Hopefully someone will get this football program figured out .

In most years there might be a handfull of teams that can come within 12 points of the 6A champ. In 2017 when BD and Penn played for the title, Penn whipped Carmel 34-7 in the Northern Semistate only to get thrashed by BD in the title game. BD beat every team it played that year by more than 12 points accept WC. Same thing can be said about any of the big 3 in the MIC. On any given year , there are only maybe 3-4 teams that can stay within 2 TDS of the 6A champ that year.

Yes , its a coaches job to have the players ready for big games . Your right in one regard as Penn did not have the talent to beat Warren in 2003 regardless of the coach . But betting beat by 50 or 20 is much different . Brian Kelly was a good coach at Notre Dame , but he couldn't win the big game . And 2003 is not the only year I'm talking about . Look at 2004 Semistate, the Carmel state beating .

I'm not trying to convince you of anything , just stating my opinion from having been around the program for 43 years .

Geesman's last season (2002) he beat BD 30-14 . The very next year , Penn makes it to state with Yeoman in charge(Geesman's players) and gets taken to the woodshed by Warren . What is Yeomans record the last 3 seasons ?

How long has Yeoman been Penn's Coach ???

I don't believe this , Penn won 5 state titles playing the same NIC teams . Penn has not been the same since Coach Geesman retired . Penn was always well prepared for state title games under Geesman . Under Yeoman , when they did get there (aside from 2015) they have the deer in the headlights look.

IMO , the problem at Penn is coaching period .

In State Championship Games or all games ? Because Penn has won the last 2 out of 3 against Carmel.

Why bring up Penn , When not one Penn Person ever said a word about enrollment ?

Of coarse your not going down any rabbit holes , you can't because you've never actually played a minute of high school football but think you know it all . I used to tell my kids the same thing when they were 16 .

And at least I list my school that I went to and played for . My guess is the only Football you ever played was in a video game , but you talk smack about Northern schools . I have a blue ring that I earned in football , how many do you have ?

Maybe it's because you constantly are kicking a dead horse . All those stats you provided , Newsflash , everyone knows . And you have no trouble going back years of stats when it serves your agenda . But god knows if someone mentioned something about years past , your suddenly only interested in the present . You also only list Championship games . There is a lot more to football than just the championship game .