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https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/11/21/indiana-high-school-football-playoffs-predictions-for-ihsaa-semistate-games-schedule-2024/76432310007/?tbref=hp It's clear Mr. Neddenriep can't bring himself to pick against a p/p school.

Good analysis of the Bear's offense against the Packers: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5933055/2024/11/20/bears-caleb-williams-thomas-brown-offense/

Done.

High school football is not the NFL. The prima donna suburbanites in Noblesville need to realize that.

Yes, I do. High school football is not the NFL. The prima donna suburbanites in Noblesville need to realize that.

Trump Targets Birthright Citizenship and Calls for Military Role in Deportations https://reason.com/2024/11/19/trump-targets-birthright-citizenship-and-calls-for-military-role-in-deportations/ Agreed. Good luck with getting a constitutional amendment passed to effectively nullify birthright citizenship. And using the military to enforce deportations should be illegal, not the that legality of something ever stopped Mr. Trump.

Agreed. Maybe he sees the youth talent well drying up at Kokomo and decided to flee, like the elder Colby did at Frankfort. And frankly I see the Western job as step down for the young Mr. Colby. IMHO he would be a perfect hire for Noblesville.

Any good Breaded Pork Tenderloin sandwiches in the area? That may convince me to make the drive.

Agreed. It's ok when somebody like "Coach Prime" at Colorado "buys himself a team" over the past couple of seasons but bad when IU does it.

Yep, the mainstream sports media is in full on whine mode concerning IU. Like this comment by an ESPN "analyst" err I mean OSU alum/shill: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2024/11/19/joey-galloway-says-iu-fotoball-should-bench-kurtis-rourke-vs-ohio-state-avoid-injury-cfp-rankings/76437392007/

But he could do that and run the Kiser Cass county family farm. A good life, right?

Probably Pioneer head coach in 4-5 years if he wants it.

Yet the Packers under LaFleur, with his almost constant whining and face-making on the sidelines, does? We get it, the Packers are the small town darlings of the both the NFL and the mainstream media who broadcasts the games. They'll get a bail out far more times than a big market team like the Bears.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bears-submitting-packers-game-sealing-blocked-field-goal-to-league-office-say-penalty-was-committed/ Water under bridge of course, but it sure looks like a leverage penalty should have been called.

Kind of like this one:

And update from The Onion's CEO: https://www.engadget.com/social-media/the-onion-won-the-auction-for-infowars-and-was-given-clear-next-steps-to-complete-the-sale-ceo-says-222134454.html

Social Security Approaches Its Day of Reckoning https://reason.com/2024/11/18/social-security-approaches-its-day-of-reckoning/ As a result, Americans feel a personal connection to their Social Security benefits even though they're just goodies funded by general federal revenues and, increasingly, debt. That's especially unfortunate given that most people are better off saving for their own retirements. You're Better Off Saving for Yourself "In all but four of the 400 cases" analyzed, "the annual income from saving outstrips the Social Security retirement benefit," according to a 2016 Tax Foundation analysis comparing private savings for old age to the government program. The exceptions were "very lowest income workers," suggesting Social Security would operate best as a form of relief for the poor. Cato's Boccia proposes that "policymakers should focus on reducing the growing costs of benefits" if they hope to return Social Security to long-term solvency. "This leaves room for benefit reforms that uphold Social Security's original promise to keep seniors out of poverty." Boccia considers other means of reducing benefits costs, too, including increasing eligibility ages and changing cost-of-living adjustments to more accurately reflect inflation. But it's difficult to escape the fact that most Americans would be better off in retirement if they saved for themselves than by relying on Social Security, even if we don't take into account the program's looming insolvency. In terms of planning for the future, perhaps the most realistic Americans are those in the best position to do something about it. "Thirty-seven percent of nonretirees between the ages of 30 and 49 believe they will get Social Security benefits, while 61% do not," Gallup noted last year. People in that range are generally established and earn enough to sock some away for retirement. They have time to plan and build nest eggs. They would be in even better shape if freed from part or all of FDR's "straight politics" payroll taxes so they could save more. "Reforms should prioritize reducing Social Security benefits and their burden on workers," Boccia concludes in her report. Likewise, Americans should prioritize planning for their own futures rather than relying on a nonexistent "trust fund" made up of nothing but debt and empty promises. Yep. I don't plan on the SS Ponzi scheme for any significant percentage of my retirement income. It's also why I'll probably be working full time until I'm at least 70.

I refuse to root for Batesville until they drop the totally generic Bulldog mascot and change it to the Undertakers.

So if a player's name was Frank Uecker could he have "F. U." on his towel?

Yes. Jimmy's and Joe's beat X's & O's. P/P schools also tend to have a higher concentration of "OMG! Athletes!" walking their halls that actually participate in extracurricular athletics than their government school counterparts.

The advantages a minority of p/p schools have over their majority government school counterparts has been debated repeatedly over the years on the GID, so no need to re-elaborate. Superior coaching in a Catholic setting is one of those advantages.

Boo. That Fort Wayne City Speed and Catholic training were superior to a bunch of farm boys from south Miami county. Kudos to Maconaquah and it's once every 50+ year football team.

Post this here: And let the dogpiling begin.