59 minutes ago, Daniel_Bragg said:

I believe the approved bid was $1.2M.  The important thing to know when discussing Sheridan is that this will also solve an issue that has been going on for at least the past 20+ years, the soccer field not being on campus.  By adding turf, not only are drainage and upkeep issues that currently exist on the football field resolved, but now the soccer games will be played on campus, which is a win for security purposes.  Also, now the band will be able to practice somewhere that isn't the asphalt parking lot.  

Thank you.  Good luck.

1 hour ago, Daniel_Bragg said:

Sheridan School Board accepted a bid to install turf at Sheridan High School.  Field will be equipped with soccer lines as well.

Per the AD, installation should be finished on August 1st.

For how much was the winning bid?

13 hours ago, scarab527 said:

You’ll have to ask your wife what I call my sockpuppets 

I don't get it.  Please, explain.

38 minutes ago, Bobref said:

Minshew has done a great job … in his role as a backup, which he accepted There was no QB controversy there. There would be if both Fields and Caleb Williams were on the same roster.

A controversy most likely created by the media.  Not the Bears management and coaching staff.  Mr. Williams could be drafted by the Bears with the understanding he would be the backup to Mr. Fields.   

This whole expectation that "elite" college quarterbacks are ready to play at an NFL level on practically day one is a fantasy.  For every C.J. Stroud-like rookie season there are a dozen rookie QB seasons that are mediocre to poor.

1 hour ago, Coach Nowlin said:

We all mad that Paul Rudd was on the field for the celebration?   

 

https://people.com/super-bowl-2024-celebrities-in-the-stands-2024-8575768

No, because Paul Rudd is cool:

13 hours ago, Bobref said:

If you’ve got 2 QBs, you don’t have a QB.

So Gardner Minshew wasn't a quarterback?  You could have fooled me.

18 hours ago, scarab527 said:

 

See replies. 

Why yes, somebody who calls themselves "Connors Crusty Socks" is a defacto expert on respect.    Actually it is probably one of your sockpuppets.

Just now, scarab527 said:

I'm sure Kelce and Reid respect each other, and more importantly, they couldn't care less about the pearl clutching of internet Karens. 

A player screaming into the face of his head coach is not a sign of respect.   

7 minutes ago, scarab527 said:

Well yes, his job is quite literally to win football games, not protect his own hurt ego. Thankfully Andy Reid is not insecure. 

The Chiefs didn't lose though. They won, a large part of that owing to the fact Kelce got going in the second half and wasn't benched because he hurt his coach's feelings. And now the only conversation that matters is that the Chiefs are a dynasty and Andy Reid is one of the greatest coaches of all time. The only thing the Kelce outburst mattered for was the memes its spawned. Benching him would have turned this into a bigger deal than it even was. 

It is not about feelings.  It is about respect.  Sorry that you don't get that.

38 minutes ago, scarab527 said:

Well there's a reason Andy Reid has won 3 Super Bowls and everyone here hasn't lol. 

This is an emotional game played by emotional men. He'd be insane to bench one of the best players on the team because he hurt his feelings. KC doesn't come back in the second half if Reid was as mentally weak as some here. 

Victory.  At all cost.

If the Chiefs had lost you bet there would be a lot more scrutiny around Mr. Kelse's boorish actions toward Mr. Reid in that moment.

No. 23 Indiana State ranked for first time since 1979 : https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-25-indiana-state-3c6c79d5075264f525c5b78b4148db2c

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Indiana State’s balanced scoring, free-flowing offense and its goggle-wearing big man have the program off to one of its best starts in years.

Now the Sycamores have something that hasn’t happened since Larry Bird played in Terre Haute: a spot in the AP Top 25.

Riding a nine-game winning streak, Indiana State debuted at No. 23 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll Monday, the Sycamores’ first ranking since reaching No. 1 in 1978-79.

“It’s a group that the community can really wrap their arms around and I think they have. That’s just great to see,” Indiana State coach Josh Schertz told reporters recently. “I know Terre Haute. They love basketball. I know there’s a great history and tradition, from Larry Bird to John Wooden to Clarence Walker.”

.....

Schertz took over the Indiana State program during the pandemic, inheriting a depleted roster with no chance to get players to visit campus. Schertz cobbled together a team that won 11 games his first season and the Sycamores improved to 23-13 last season.

Indiana State (22-3) has been on a roll in Schertz’s third season, winning all 11 home games while taking a two-game lead over Drake in the Missouri Valley Conference at 11-1.

The Sycamores have five players scoring in double figures, led by dynamic 5-foot-10 guard Isaiah Swope’s 17.7 points per game. Big man Robbie Avila has become a fan favorite with his goggles, averaging 16.4 points and 7.4 rebounds.

Indiana State is fifth nationally in scoring at 85.6 points per game, ninth in 3-point percentage (39%) and is No. 1 in adjusted field goal percentage, according to KenPom. The combination has the Sycamores eyeing their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2011.

“Our goal is we want to get to the NCAA Tournament and advance,” Schertz said. “You never want to put ceilings on yourself. You want to get to the tournament and win games and go as far as you can. You saw what happened last year with Florida Atlantic and San Diego State playing in the Final Four — there’s nothing outside of your reach.”

Go Trees.

1 minute ago, gonzoron said:

Reid is just another one of those Bro Coaches that are all the rage nowadays.

Here's what should have happened:

 

Guaranteed the likes of a Tom Landry, Mike Ditka, or maybe even Bill Belichick would not stood for Kelce's antics.

1 hour ago, Gipper said:

Fun game to watch, other than all of the cuts to Taylor Swift.  I know she's America's Sweetheart, etc., but still...

Meh, I more enjoyed the pictures of Blake Lively, who was usually right next to Ms. Swift. 

The Bears may keep Justin Fields — and draft Caleb Williams: https://deadspin.com/chicago-bears-nfl-justin-fields-caleb-williams-usc-1851247152

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The Chicago Bears offseason centers around one major question: What to do at quarterback? Should the team draft for need, or trade Justin Fields and select Caleb Williams?

According to ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter, the Bears are considering having both signal-callers on the roster:

“The Bears have talked about the idea, as unlikely as it seems, of carrying both quarterbacks,” Schefter said during ESPN’s Super Bowl pregame coverage. “Taking the guy at 1, and keeping Fields. Now, will they get to that? It’s hard to imagine that, but that is a conversation that’s come up within the organization.”

NFL Network’s Ian Rappoport also reported that the Bears have asked for “a historical haul” to move up to No. 1 overall.

 

“It would take a historic haul, something crazy for the Bears to move off of the No. 1 overall selection,” Rapoport said. “That bit of knowledge contains wide-ranging ramifications. First of all, that is an indication, absent some sort of wild draft compensation for someone trying to move up for Caleb Williams, that is a sign they will likely take a quarterback No. 1.”

Is this just part of the Bears’ plan to up their asking price on both Fields and the No. 1 pick? Most likely, but it’s still a smart move if they decide to go through with it. Fields is coming off career highs in passing yards, completion percentage, and success rate. He is still not a great passer, but he is also continuing to improve every year. Even taking Williams No. 1 overall at least gives Chicago a chance to make a complete evaluation on Fields’ future before moving on.

Sitting rookie quarterbacks is also proving to be a pretty smart strategy at the moment. Both quarterbacks starting in Super Bowl LVIII – Patrick Mahomes and Brock Purdy – began their rookie season on the sideline learning under a veteran. The same goes for this year’s MVP Lamar Jackson, or breakout first-year starter Jordan Love.

It’s not perfect in every case. Josh Allen played through some ugly years before his third-year breakout and started every game. Offensive Rookie of the Year C.J. Stroud immediately tore up the NFL without needing to sit. It’s not necessary for everyone. It’s just smart practice to allow a player out of college get comfortable with the scheme and pro-level timing before getting thrown to the wolves.

Plus, having as many swings at the quarterback position is smart. The Arizona Cardinals weren’t happy with Josh Rosen, so they took Kyler Murray No. 1 the very next year. The New England Patriots have drafted a quarterback in six of the last 10 drafts, with five of them starting games in their NFL careers.

Having an elite quarterback is every team’s dream. Considering the Bears’ only Hall of Fame quarterback retired in 1950, they need every chance they can get to find their guy.

An interesting take.

14 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

Nobody has mentioned the Kelce sideline behavior, first throwing his helmet and then screaming and bumping his head coach.  Reid played his cards properly at postgame interviews with his comments, but wondering if he truly feels that way?  I had never seen that before out of a professional player during a championship game.  

Thoughts?

If Reid had a real spine he should have benched Kelce for at least the remainder of the 1st half, maybe longer.  There is no excuse for that kind of tantrum by a grown man and professional athlete.

15 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

How do you prove that?  So larger always equals better??  

 

No, it does not.  And neither does smaller always equals better. 

45 minutes ago, Basementbias said:

 Illinois & especially Chicago are trying to reduce the population in the state.

I would like to know what Chicago or Illinois state department or agency is in charge of this "program".   You make it sound like it is something that has come about through legislation, so such information should be publicly available. 

11 minutes ago, Basementbias said:

A local real estate company that owns the housing accepted payment from Chicago to re-home them.

Hmm, thank you.  Sounds like immigrants from "south of the border" that were originally transported to Chicago, then Chicago found a way to offload them out of the state.

Just in time for the Super Bowl:  https://www.avclub.com/best-football-movies-ranked-1850072902

I really can't argue with any of the movies on this list.

53 minutes ago, BTF said:

Does it have to be computer generated? I think you put into the hands of humans. A committee from different areas of the state. If a computer is the determining factor, you'll no longer see good teams taking a knee and the end of the first half. 

I'm sure it it not just a computer, it will be "AI".

29 minutes ago, Basementbias said:

Maybe some, but there is merit to some of the fear. A police officer has mentioned about the happenings & how those move ins are quite fond of weapons & dislike of police or authority in general. One housing area was bad prior to their arrival & it didn't improve with the arrival. There have been many different ethnicities & races in Adams County prior with little to no issues.

Didn't know Decatur was such a hopping place.  

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The city of Chicago has a lot of problems and some causing those problems were booted from Chicago to Adams County to put it politely. It's not out of hand, but it’s not ideal either.

So somehow the city of Chicago government was able to relocate these "troublemakers", for lack of a better term, to Decatur?  What was the mechanism for this?  Did money change hands between the Chicago and Decatur town governments?

50 minutes ago, Basementbias said:

There have been some change in the enrollment at Bellmont due to new move ins from the Chicago area. Many of the rural Bellmont families have not been pleased with this & fear safety concerns.

Sounds like racial animus to me.  Sad.

22 minutes ago, Coach_K said:

I have voted on this proposal and believe it will pass the IFCA, however this is a longer trek than most might realize.  The IFCA has to have a certain percentage of schools vote then of the schools who voted they must be 70% in the affirmative.  That will probably be done.

Then there are football committees who have to discuss the proposal to affirm the IFCA's stance.

Then there is the IHSAA commissioner over football (Robert Faulkens) who must affirm the IFCA's and committee's stance.

Last we get to the IHSAA commissioner (Paul Neidig) who must affirm all those below him.  

So there are many steps to this process.  It might take a little longer than one might expect.

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/02/09/ifca-to-survey-schools-on-seeding-ihsaa-football-state-tournament-indiana-high-school-playoffs/72529268007/

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Proponents of seeding the high school football tournament, take heart. There might be something in the works.

Just do not get too excited. Not yet.

Indiana Football Coaches Association executive director Bob Gaddis said the association is in the process of surveying its members on the possibility of bringing a proposal to the Indiana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, then the Indiana High School Athletic Association executive board at its meeting in late April.

The proposal, if it generates enough momentum at the IFCA state clinic March 7-9, would call for a two-year pilot program to seed only Class 6A. The proposal would likely seed the north from No. 1 through 16 and the south the same way.

Some background work has already been completed. Gaddis said the IFCA made IHSAA assistant commissioner Robert Faulkens, who oversees football, aware IFCA was surveying its membership. That was shared with IHSAA commissioner Paul Neidig, who said last week he expected a proposal from the IFCA on seeding the tournament.

Gaddis, who won two Class 4A state championships at Columbus East and compiled a 330-143 overall record as a coach before his retirement in 2020, is going on his 11^th year as the executive director for the IFCA and held other offices previously, including assistant director. He said this is “probably the fourth time” seeding has come to a vote within the IFCA.

“Anytime we make a proposal, we want to represent all of our members,” Gaddis said. “We had a group of coaches that formed a committee and asked us what would be the possibility of surveying a proposal about seeding.”

The idea started with the 6A coaches, but though the idea for the pilot program would involve only Class 6A, coaches from all 314 football-playing schools were surveyed. They were asked if they would favor further discussion on seeding the tournament and if they would support a two-year pilot program for seeding in Class 6A only.

 

Gaddis said the answer to the first question was favorable with slightly more than 70% of coaches responding positively to seeding.

“We probably have 12 to 15 schools that haven’t responded but it looks like we’re going to be right about 70% in favor of looking at seeding,” Gaddis said.

The response to the second question on the 6A pilot is slightly below 70%. However, Gaddis said the number is close enough the IFCA is going to have a discussion at its state clinic on the morning of March 8.

“We’re going to invite all the head coaches in attendance into a forum with our committee and we’ll have questions and answers and see where we go with it,” Gaddis said. “If the membership wants it, we’re going to make a proposal. If we don’t, we really can’t (make a proposal). We’re hoping to get a lot of coaches in there and have everybody speak their mind.”

Why just 6A? Gaddis said there are several reasons, including 6A coaches are strongly in favor of seeding as a group. Those schools are largely from Central Indiana (20 of the 32 schools in the current classification), which would limit the travel that could make seeding problematic in other classes. Maybe most important: A scaled-down, simple plan has the best chance of gaining traction.

“It’s tough to do,” Gaddis said of gaining consensus for seeding. “My personal opinion is we’ve tried with all classes before. If we can hone in on one class and it’s something that fits us and we can work hand-in-hand with the IHSAA, maybe that works for us. Whether we hit the marks, I don’t know. Our tournament is in great shape. But if this is what our membership wants and we have the numbers to support it, let’s take a look and see if we can make it better.”

The timing of the proposal is important as the IHSAA will reclassify football and other team sports this spring for the next two-year cycle. It would be another two years before the IFCA would be able to make another proposal on seeding. The last time the IFCA proposed seeding six years ago, it called for the top two teams in each sectional in Class A, 2A, 3A and 4A to be seeded by the Sagarin Ratings. The idea in Class 5A and 6A was for each four-team sectional to be combined into an eight-team regional (for example Sectional 5 and 6 together) with the top two teams seeded by Sagarin and rest determined by the traditional blind draw.

Gaddis said that proposal did not get enough traction to move forward. “It was just over 50%,” he said.

The current idea is closer to hitting the numbers to move forward. For the sake of conversation, here is what a 6A tournament seeded No. 1 through 16 in the north and south might have looked like this year (using the final Sagarin Ratings retroactively):

North

No. 1 Hamilton Southeastern vs. No. 16 Portage

No. 8 Carroll (Fort Wayne) vs. No. 9 Zionsville

No. 4 Crown Point vs. No. 13 Lake Central

No. 5 Penn vs. No. 12 Lafayette Jeff

No. 2 Westfield vs. No. 15 Fort Wayne Northrop

No. 7 Carmel vs. No. 10 Warsaw

No. 3 Fishers vs. No. 14 Elkhart

No. 6 Noblesville vs. No. 11 Homestead

South

No. 1 Ben Davis vs. No. 16 Tech

No. 8 Lawrence Central vs. No. 9 Avon

No. 4 Cathedral vs. No. 13 North Central

No. 5 Lawrence North vs. No. 12 Perry Meridian

No. 2 Brownsburg vs. No. 15 Jeffersonville

No. 7 Franklin Central vs. No. 10 Columbus North

No. 3 Center Grove vs. No. 14 Southport

No. 6 Warren Central vs. No. 11 Pike

Change is coming.

15 hours ago, Basementbias said:

That will be fought tooth and nail to prevent it. All 3 districts would have factions that would not support it. The services would not be better in certain areas. There is a reason why Adams Central is gaining enrollment and North Adams (Bellmont) is declining. There are many factions that do not get along in the three communities outside sports & extra curricula. Just add that variable in as well. Why would we want to become Jay County and the issues they have?

Please elaborate on the reason behind both increasing and declining government school corporation enrollments in Adams County.  And exactly what issues goes a one government school county like Jay County have?  One wonders if Blackford County and Warren County have the same issues?