BendNotBreak

On 12/25/2022 at 11:07 PM, foxbat said:

What's interesting is that Faith fits with the idea of a "county school"; sitting on the "other side" of 65 and actually within the TSC boundaries.  That provides a little more substance to the idea of county growth vs. city decline with Faith, Harrison, and McCutcheon showing growth and LCC and Jeff, within LCS boundaries, and West Lafayette, in its own city school district showing degrees of decline.

In my opinion, Harrison should have taken that step this season and should have won at least a sectional and regional.  You have to give Plainfield credit for their sectional pickup against Harrison.  They hung close and just waited for Harrison to hand over the ball.  Turnovers were the difference this season from being undefeated going into a semi-state game with Whiteland and dropping the first and last game of the season and departing the sectionals way too early.

They carry the ball like a loaf of bread.... 😉

6 hours ago, Whitehat said:

If the Papists can win 3A in Chatard’s absence, and Chatard takes 4A, we’re one step closer to the p/p sweep. I fully support this.

Spoken like a true Protestor... 😉

36 minutes ago, Tippy said:

The weekend went about how I thought it would, except for 2A and 5A.  I didn't think Luers would win by that many points.  LCC's 28-7 loss to Luers doesn't look that bad, now.  

No it dosent... an awesome 1st half def effort.. stand... was it 6 plays to score from 2 yards out??  That was the highlight 4 Lcc... grinded em down.. n bottled up the O... game over... 

2 hours ago, foxbat said:

Provided that the Sectional of Death 2.0 doesn't show up in 4A and there's not another one of those "one season COVID" SF cycles.

Ther always someone in ur way... the PPs jus ain't showing they can leap tall buildings in a single bound..  all I saying...

Chatard hasn't been able to stay in 4A....losing to teams that didnt win it...only Memorial was able to do that.. mayb Chatard will fair better this time up??  

Will b a few 1A teams licking their chops next yr.... wide open

1 hour ago, Impartial_Observer said:

You will see a lot of names of former Ritter stars at Chatard. Chatard has always competed well, but with the steady influx of west side kids coming in, I could easily see them in 5A on SF in the next couple of cycles. Ritter’s loss is Chatard’s gain. 

Yep... Ritter has long produced quality QBs... the Metalic's come to mind....large family....started for Purdue ... many moons ago....

5 hours ago, Whitehat said:

You said we were being dismissive, so I gave you some attention with some smack talk… nothing against the kids, I hope it’s a good game 

Don't. "U People" worry bout it.... I gotta go....

That's... too clinical for me... jus saying.....

I'd like to c just how far up Chatard can go... if their pipeline is strong as some say... getting past 4a mite be doable for them... which then puts em in a weak 5a... will they hav a enuff gas in the tank to get all the way to the show??   Idk... but its gonna b fun to watch!!!

18 minutes ago, Lysander said:

Me too.  

Could possibly reduce time for some.... which I don't think is nessisaraly is a bad thing... hmmmm

32 minutes ago, Lysander said:

I think the justification for only needing 1 point to stay up is, generally, that if you are good enough to win a Sectional 50% of the time (once per 2 year cycle) thereby earning 1 point over a 2 year period then that would seem to demonstrate your ability to compete effectively in that class.  Again, just my opinion.

Not disagreeing w u...  1 or 2 seems right to me.... I thout they were heading in the 1pt direction as well... just trying to understand Why they reversed the trend  n went the other way??  Strikes me as.. Odd

1 hour ago, Lysander said:

 

I do think, though, that they should have decreased the number to stay “up” to 1 point rather than increase it to 3 points.

 

Mayb it would make sense in some Sectionals.... say the Sec of Death? .. but im not so sure... would need to look at it State wide over  the classes... surely an anaylis? or found something to indicate this is the way to go?  But then again... it is the ISHAA.....

Giddy up!!!  The Blue Knights best saddel up.. if dey gonna make the Fort by 5p tommorro!!  

12 minutes ago, LuersLurker said:

North/South.  

Any chance we get a rain out???  😉😆

1 minute ago, LuersLurker said:

North/South.  

Figures... 😆

2 minutes ago, LuersLurker said:

Luers Mud Bowl is ready:  

Looks good Lurker.. Kudos to the Luers Dads!  Does it by any chance run north south?  Or east west??

47 minutes ago, foxbat said:

Don't kid yourself.

Speed Kills at the Casino Too!!  LoL

31 minutes ago, tango said:

I'm not so arrogant to ever presume or say we have anything figured out. In fact, I often have far more questions than answers.

I would be interested in knowing what had you in the hallowed halls of 1500 Lincoln Ave so as to be able to make a comparison between Memorial and Southridge? Our students wear uniforms (including ties for boys), so the populations will look much different. But aside from that, I will agree with you 100% that the expectations for success in all aspects of the high school experience at a p/p school are very high, and there is likely a significant amount of students in most public schools whose parents do not have that same expectation. 

I have great respect for Titan32, but his "effective enrollment" theory is flawed. 

First, the timing has always intrigued me. We never heard about "effective enrollment" when GS was beating Memorial 3 straight years in football Sectionals from 2012-2014. It was only when Memorial beat GS 3 straight years from 2016-2018 that the theory first came to light. 

Second, at one time the theory was that MD (500 students) had an effective enrollment similar to GS (700) students. Yet, Memorial (550 students) had an effective enrollment similar to Castle (1950 students). How can that possibly be when MD and Memorial are pretty much identical in nearly every measurable category? I suspect it might be because, with few exceptions, GS generally doesn't face MD in an IHSAA tournament, so it's a comparison that will never be "tested" on a playing field. If Memorial has an effective enrollment similar to Castle, shouldn't we have been able to better compete with an EC team last week (who has 700 less  kids than Castle)? We got boat-raced.

Why doesn't Chatard dominate in all sports? As I understand it, football is pretty much it for them. Why doesn't MD dominate in boys soccer like they do in wrestling? Why is our girls soccer program so good but our softball program struggles something fierce? Why don't the advantages translate for the p/p schools in those sports? 

 

It appears Lcc is alone in that regard.....

6 minutes ago, foxbat said:

That's pretty cool, but I'm too cheap to pay for a vanity plate.  Also looks like that car might be nice enough to have comprehensive coverage.

If I were going to ever spend money on a vanity plate, it would be one that I saw in a McDonald's on the way back from a baseball tourney that was "RSH YYZ."

 

I realize ur a man of science... jus sayin.... Darn Ole Intangibles... 😁

Just now, BendNotBreak said:

Nice plate Foxy... didnt know u were so vain!! LoL

1 hour ago, foxbat said:

"Is there someone else up there that we can talk to?" 

Get's me everytime ... especially knowing where the escalation is going.

Gonna hav to watch that whole movie again tonite.... timeless!!!  🤣

54 minutes ago, foxbat said:

"Is there someone else up there that we can talk to?" 

Get's me everytime ... especially knowing where the escalation is going.

Seems rather appropriate.. 

U already got one?  😆

Go away.. or I shall Taunt u again!   🤣

2 hours ago, dazed and confused said:

Not enough sand in this state to fill the bags these guys are filling !  🤔

17 minutes ago, LuersLurker said:

For Luers to be competitive, they have to work on reducing the penalties.

Ditto for little 1A Lcc... The Fort dosenst seem to understand that Great Lcc teams manage to somehow win over Great WL teams... but one of these two r gonna b eaten up by N Posey... what I heard.... so what's it matter...