Muda69

Something about a player testing positive for Covid-19 resulting in something like half the team getting contact traced. A couple other FHS teams (IIRC Tennis and Soccer) had the same thing happen last week as well. That said Western Boone got their easy homecoming anyway by scheduling an equally moribund Hammond Central team.

Frankfort is a "4A' school in name only. Due to socioeconomic realities it really only has about a 2A level talent/depth base. Therefore the Hoosier Heartland would be a good fit. The conference already has two 2A schools in Delphi and Eastern Howard.

I would support that.

Yep, Tipton fans are mostly turds. I remember the days when they played Frankfort and the FHS team bus got pelted with frozen hot dogs as it was leaving Tipton.

Hmm, in regards to football Crawfordsville is "fine". Really? : 2020 SEASON (0-10) 2019 SEASON (1-9) 2018 SEASON (1-9) 2017 SEASON (0-10) 2016 SEASON (2-8) 2015 SEASON (2-8) 2014 SEASON (2-8) 2013 SEASON (0-10) 2012 SEASON (1-9) 2011 SEASON (3-7) 2010 SEASON (1-9) 2009 SEASON (1-9) 2008 SEASON (4-6) 2007 SEASON (7-4) Looks like the citizens of Crawfordsville make tackle football the same priority as the citizens of Frankfort.

Look for the Sagamore conference to be gutted within the next five years. One can easily see the likes of Danville, Lebanon, Tri-West, and Western Boone fleeing to greener pastures of the Indianapolis metro/urban-sprawl athletic conferences.

My apologies. I meant SR75/SR32. SR47 goes thru Thorntown (had a great BBQ chicken meal at the Lions shelter during the Festival of the Turning leaves this past weekend) and SR75 goes south of town towards Dover. Hmm. It appears the Western Boone football program has outgrown the little 'ole Sagamore conference. It now has bigger fish to fry............... Look for the Sagamore conference to be gutted within the next five years. One can easily see the likes of Western Boone, Danville, Tri-West, and Lebanon fleeing to greener pastures of the Indianapolis metro/urban-sprawl athletic conferences.

Good quote. I like this oldie but a goodie as well: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin

Please explain this "benefit the team" rational. Is it primarily an injury risk factor, and exactly really how important is this "they play an offensive we'll only see once this year" excuse? Using this type of logic it makes sense for all the Sagamore conference AD's and varsity coaches to get together and agree on one offense scheme that all member schools would run. That way this "benefit" could be fully realized. Good to hear about the roundabouts. That intersection of SR32/SR47 in Dover is a mess. And Boone county is one of the doughnut counties, aka metropolitan Indianapolis. Ugly urban sprawl creeping north and westward is a given.

Kokomo is coached by the young Austin Colby, son of Brett Colby, former Frankfort coach and one of the instigators of bringing the "Wing-T in a phone booth" offense to FHS. That offense gave other SAC teams fits for a few seasons until they started to figure out and the Hot Dogs ran out of good athletes to execute it. I can understand why the Western Boone coaching staff are afraid of the Wildkats. Oh, the Frankfort "program" is going nowhere fast. Not many people in this town really care, they are too busy working to keep a roof over their heads and food on the able for their families. American football is a frivolity for the majority of Frankfort residents, and they simply don't have the deep, deep pockets that the Western Boone farming community has.

Irrelevant in regards to my direct question to you. Please tell us Bob, which school in the above scenario would you choose to play? And why?

If you say so.

Western Boone is currently a 3A program.

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Again, human nature and the context surrounding this particular open date are all the support I need. Please tell us Bob, which school in the above scenario would you choose to play? And why?

If you or @XStar were the Western Boone AD and had the choice to schedule either a competent 5A school in Kokomo or a moribund 5A school in Hammond Central to come to your field for a homecoming game which would you choose? After all one of the Western Boone homers on this board did say this: Yet here we are with the Stars playing a 5A school. So what exactly was the decision point between choosing 5A Kokomo or 5A Hammond Central? According to Harrell's the Wildkats still have an open date for 9/24, so it's not like Kokomo picked up an opponent while the Western Boone AD was mulling his options, leaving only Hammond Central available.

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If understanding human nature is "harsh judgment" then guilty as charged.

Human nature. It's mostly tradition to schedule your homecoming games against a cupcake opponent. Don't want the fans and alumni to walk away from the football field disappointed.

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So the Stars trade one potential 5A school for another 5A school farther away. Interesting. Since they couldn't get a sure win against Frankfort might as well schedule another sure win against a moribund 1-4 5A Wolves program that got handily beaten last week against 2A Pioneer. After all the Wildkats would probably put up too much of a fight for a Western Boone homecoming game, right?

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I guess Pioneer saw no benefit in playing 6A Chesterton (and winning) last year as well......................