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Here is why this is an argument that will never get out of the loop it is in. Charlie Spegal chose to attend Indiana University as a preferred walk-on, and God bless him for making the decision which seems best for him. Because of this, we will never know if he could have gone to Indiana State, Ball State (who never offered him by the way). There have been many young men that were GREAT players in high school who went on to stand and watch most of their games in college for a number of different reasons. There is as much evidence that college football below the FBS level in Indiana is as strong as it has EVER been, as there is that it is eroding.

Read on Sunday that the biggest change over the last two weeks for the Purdue offense is that they have gone back to a previous staple, the MOTION offense. I went back and watched Saturday's game again and it is extremely noticeable. Far less standing around and great spacing, leads to smoother basketball, even late in the shot clock! Hope this continues, as they have been really enjoyable to watch lately! BOILER UP

Brock signed with Marian last week. This is a great fit as he will be a GREAT player for the Knights. His older brother Branson is likely a three/four year starter at WR for Southern Illinois. He saw considerable time this season over the last four weeks on special teams.

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247 Ranks the Boilers 7th in the BIG. However, this class averages a full point per man better than Maryland who's composite is just one point higher with an extra six men in their class. I would consider Purdue top six in the BIG. Three consecutive classes top half of the BIG and Top 35 in the country. Time for some better QB play and some wins! BOILER UP!

I remember ... has been more than once. Just waiting for them to get it passed!

Now, if we could just get them to allow the QB to throw the ball away when scrambling, I think we would be on to something!

I disagree, however only time will tell. Allen never said anything about tackling dummies. He is trying to build a program which has never experienced a five year period of sustained success. He is taking a grassroots approach and, even as a black and gold bleeding Purdue fan, I appreciate his efforts. FCS, DII, NAIA, and DIII football in Indiana are fine and will remain so! But I guess we will find out.

What is happening with Indiana small college football? Do they have smaller rosters, or are they bringing in smaller classes? I tend to believe that neither of those are true. And if they were true, a handful of PWO players at schools like IU and Purdue would be WAY down the list of reasons why. A great number of PWO players actually do contribute at P5 schools on a regular basis. Not a theory, but absolute fact.

This is just not the case. They absolutely do change. Once again, it is not Tom Allen's responsibility to monitor the success of Indiana small college football. Furthermore, if IU continues to get better, one could argue that the popularity of football in this state would grow, and eventually attracting more players that could play small college football. Therefore, in the future Tom Allen may in fact be having an extremely positive impact on small college football.

The last statement might not actually be true, but the other statements almost assuredly are! The last one has a lot to do with when you have someone like me that stands in the way of team success!😭😂

You mean if he had accepted a full scholarship that he was never offered? Because that makes perfect sense. It has never been Tom Allen, Jeff Brohm, or any other BIG coach's job to look out for the small college football in their state. They are paid to win, recruit players that they feel can help the program win, and offer scholarships to the best of those players. This PWO conversation sounds like some of you believe that they are just letting any high school jimmy or joe join their roster, and that is simply not the case. Just win, Baby! That is how the old saying goes, is it not? And, I for one, believe that both Tom Allen and Jeff Brohm are doing it the right way!

Quite frankly, this entire conversation is ridiculous. If you were a casual fan and ventured into this conversation, you might think that IU now has like 50 PWOs or something. This is not an issue worth debating. Until one of the coaches from Marian, St. Francis, UINDY, Franklin, Hanover, or anywhere else comes into my office crying the blues about not having players to offer, I will not buy it. There are plenty of kids, and plenty of schools for them to attend to play. END OF STORY!

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Coach Ganaway will be great for Bosse. I truley believe that we have made some positive steps over the past five seasons, but it is time for a new vision. I am glad someone like Demarcus is coming in to take the program to the next level.

One could hope, and that sounds like it is possible!

Every dues paying member of the IFCA has a vote. So long as they have an individual email that has been submitted when registering.

I really believe that with the entirety of the IFCA membership voting for the award, there is now some possibility for there to be a non-skill player win the award. Maybe it is just me wishing that people looked at the game from a standpoint of real value!

Thought that some of you might enjoy these videos. I had the pleasure of hanging out with Uche Nwaneri a handful of times one summer in West Lafayette. Both terrific players and people, exemplified by the length of their playing careers and being among the most popular players in their locker rooms. If you like these videos he also does some really good breakdown stuff on his Youtube channel. Check him out! Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:

Every region of the IFCA nominates and votes for coaches to represent their region.

I had a recruiter from a DIII school in Indiana tell me, pretty adamantly, that Noblesville is a better job than Fishers. I was quick to dispute him, but he was not about to back down. He is familiar with both scenarios, and talked about the fact that, at Fishers, you are competing for players with HSE and Carmel. While at Noblesville you may not have history on your side, but your kids are your kids (for the most part like any one horse town). His biggest point was that there are some 8-900 youth in the feeder system. If that is the case, that is incredible. Someone set me straight!

Was not all that difficult after all. Running 4.4 in the 40 yard dash is considered world class. Since 2010 there have been 147 players drafted who run 4.4 or faster. Of those 147, I counted 50 that are still on an NFL roster, but that number could actually be higher. That means that approximately 2.7% of the players in the NFL are among the fastest sprinters in the world. That is a pretty high number, IMO. To me that means there are maybe some 25-30 guys that could potentially be Olympic sprinters if they just trained for that!

That means there are around 18.5 world class sprinters in the NFL. I would certainly take that bet with you. World Record is 9.58 and the times in the 2016 Olympic finals ranged from 9.81-10.06, so world class means @ 10.5 and below. I am going to figure this out today!

Do you know how many world class (or near world class) sprinters are on NFL rosters? I bet doing some research would have you retracting that statement. There are several. Speed is speed, and skill is skill. Put the two of them in combination, and you get hall of fame guys like Rod Woodson.

I think that they are both brewed by craft companies, but not completely sure. Sterling was absolutely brewed in Evansville! Who new something so great could come from river water!