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  1. I remember saying this same thing 4 years ago, only it was Tim Tebow and Johnny Manzel. NIL is a beautiful thought but it's been horribly executed. I'm all for kids at any level making money if they can off of their name, image, likeness. But "pay-for-play" is what we got. I think it would turn off a lot of general fans as it will be the same schools every year winning. 14-18 year old kids making business decision is scary; I hope they have the right community around them (parents, coaches, family, friends, etc.) or it could get ugly pretty quickly.
  2. do any of these have any specific meaning with St. Joe? Or are they just generic names? But if I had to pick one, I'd go with Buffalo. It has a ring: St. Joe Buffalo. Buffalo used to roam the area and obviously were very important to Native American Culture so it kind of plays on the old "Indian" nickname.
  3. What a colossal waste of time, energy, and effort for Penn to play their schedule. Nobody gets anything out of Washington, Riley, Adams, St. Joe, Marian vs. Penn. Nobody. And with NP probably taking a step back this upcoming season, you might be able to add them to list. How did Yeoman say this with a straight face?: “we look forward to new challenges in the NIC,” Football Head Coach Cory Yeoman said.
  4. Such a weak take IMO. So essentially it's impossible for a program outside of the MIC to be designated "best in the state". So outside of schedule, why else do you think EC is the 5th best team in the state and not ranked higher?
  5. While Northwood is the 4A north sacrificial lamb there isn't another school in 4A that can hang with EC and that's been proven on the field all year. With that being said, if their is one school that can make this game interesting/intriguing it's Northwood. Having the talent they do from the wideout positions should be fun to watch in the controlled environment. No way they stop EC's offense to win this game, but if they hit a few plays and spread them out they might be able to score enough to make it a game for a little while. But I can also see EC jumping out to a big lead then the wheels just completely falling off for NW and it turning ugly. The most important play this game might be the coin-toss. If you are Northwood you want the ball first and try like hell to get the first score on the board, playing from behind won't work, too many obstacles to overcome both physical and mental. I think EC is the best team in the state this year regardless of class and would love to see them go against Ben Davis. Kudos to Northwood getting to Indy and but it's unfortunate that they just ran into a complete buzzsaw in LOS.
  6. Wow Northwood just hit a 55 yard field goal. Crazy in 30 degree weather 38-20 northwood leads
  7. Northwood with an interception. That pretty much does it unless something crazy happens
  8. Northwood 28 Leo 20 Very early in the 4th. NW needs to score on this possession to keep Leo at arms length
  9. Yeah I wasn't clear, that my fault. I'm advocating for Penn to go independent in football only. Going independent in everything would be too much on the athletic department. An independent Penn needs to happen if they want to get back to where they were as a program. Indy and the doughnut counties have leapfrogged them and aren't looking back. Are there some northern schools Penn could schedule? Absolutely. Mishawaka, Valpo, Crown Point, Merrillville, Elkhart, Snider, Homestead, Carrol, Warsaw. But they need to be getting some Indy schools on that schedule. Cathedral, Center Grove, and Carmel are all independent with schedule flexibility. You have Roncalli & Chatard that play 3 conference games so they have some flexibility. And you have the MIC where each school plays 5 conference games. The schedule is there if they want it.
  10. 2023: 5-0 2022: 5-0 2021: 4-1 2020: 3-2 2019: 4-1 2018: 4-1 2017: 5-0 30-5 during the worst period in program history. 2019-2021 New Prairie picked them off in close games, NP went 11-2 and 11-3 in both those seasons. 2018 was a legendary game vs. Mishawaka where the Cavemen came out on top in OT Cavemen sported a 12-2 record. And in by far you worse season for nearly 4 decades it took a 11-1 Marian team and 9-1 Elkhart squad to eeeek out a 1 and 4 point victories. So in 7 seasons Penn has lost a 5 games by a COMBINED 26 points. Take away the 7 point victory from Mishawaka because it went into OT it drops it down to 19 combined points in 5 losses at the end of the 4th quarter. Keep in mind those teams that beat Penn were a combined 54-9 and ALL were sectional champions with New Prairie (2021), Mishawaka, and Marian all just a couple plays away from playing at Lucas Oil. I guess the point I'm trying to make is during a period where Penn has fielded their worse teams it still takes nearly a state-finalist type team to knock off the Kingsmen by a couple points. Long term I have no idea what Penn gets out of being in the NIC.
  11. Really doesn't seem like a bad idea for Penn to go independent and CMA take their place. Unfortunately I have no idea why the Penn coaching staff is "into" winning the NIC. 9 times out of 10 they should be able to win it just by rolling out of bed. Not much of an accomplishment for the Kingsmen if you ask me. A conference of: New Prairie, Marian, St. Joe, CMA, Riley, Adams, Washington, Elkhart. Doesn't get me too excited but it is a hell of a lot better than with the Kingsmen there. And on any given year 3 or 4 teams are going into the season thinking they can win it; which makes it way more exciting.
  12. I heard some interesting news last week from a very reliable source. Marian and CMA were both wanting to join the new NSC. The new conference turned them down because they didn't want any private schools. Not necessarily for football reasons but because they would dominate the other sports; tennis, golf, volleyball, soccer, etc. I'm not shocked Marian is looking for their exit strategy but it was interesting that CMA was looking for a conference home. This new NIC is destined to fail, it's going to be: Penn: cake walk year in and year out unless another school has a generational type team that will challenge New Prairie: Going to be near the top but hardly, if ever #1. tough out in 4A Elkhart: On track to become Elkhart Central St. Joe & Marian: Switching spots every other year Adams: Will get a new coach with new excitement but produce same results every 4 years. Riley: Will look back with much fondness on their 8-2 2023 season Washington: Clay 2.0
  13. This could potentially be Radtke's 4th team he has taken to the state finals. All public schools that have never been there before prior to his arrival. Pretty impressive
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