Muda69

And as I have said that was the wrong decision. Now we have this frankly stupid conference name, named after a defunct railroad line. Really?

Yuck. Fighting to keep the Sagamore Conference name should have been the first choice.

I attended Mac closer to the Steve Shine era.

Yes, this Maconaquah alum is happy to see it. I was there in the gym in 1998 when the Braves won their first (class) sectional after losing year after year to Kokomo in their sectional (attended quite a few of those heartbreaker games as well).

People live for this:

But it's not about wins and losses, but that you got to play the game. Right? Go Braves. That Josiah Ball is a heckuva shooter.

But those other 49 state's athletic associations obviously don't care as much about the kids as the IHSAA does. Right?

Justin Fields follows Falcons players amid speculation he unfollowed the Bears: https://sports.yahoo.com/justin-fields-follows-falcons-players-184630312.html

For The Love Of The Game?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39563282/cfp-unanimously-approves-5+7-model-new-12-team-playoff

It would depend on the criteria used for a qualifier, and I am not sure I have seen one presented here on the GID that I like or honestly even fully understand.

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/20/from-term-limits-to-bus-lanes-indiana-lawmakers-fight-locals-for-control/72481908007/ Government is more effective the more local it is. This is the way it always has been and always will be it. It is simple logic. The Indiana state legislature needs to realize that.

So you are ok with conference memberships in football being a possible victim of a postseason qualification process?

Agreed. I just worry that such a qualification process will change how schools look at a conference title, because now playing those same 6-7 conference schools every season may reduce your chance to qualify for a postseason berth, based on whatever algorithm is used. This could have the very real chance of schools dropping conference memberships, at least in football.

I don't know. For most programs a state title is very much realistically out of their grasp while a conference championship can be a much more achievable goal to strive for.

Conference titles? Back in my day we had 10-game regular seasons and liked it!

Meh, I spent my college years there. It wasn't that bad. Better than someplace like Muncie. And IMHO the area, at least around the ISU campus, has been cleaned up considerably over the past 10-20 years.

Go Kokomo Wildkats.

From the article: *sigh* Basic journalism at the Indianapolis Star continues to go downhill.

Considering two of those schools, Danville and Tri-West, were relative newcomers to the Sagamore it still sticks in the craw of many that these three schools were able to pry the venerable conference name away from the remaining five members. And those five schools, along AFAIK with a still unnamed sixth school, still haven't announced what this new conference will be called.

Thank you. Good luck.

For how much was the winning bid?

I don't get it. Please, explain.

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.