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I don't necessarily disagree that it should take at least a state championship and then another season of regional or SS championship to advance, but these are the rules that we play by. The IHSAA clearly wanted to provide other teams opportunities to get to LOS, like it or not. AC has gone from 1A in 2023 to 3A in 2026 and I would tell our fans, as I'd tell Luers fans, to embrace the challenge. The Luers program will have to improve to meet the new competition level and I'm sure there will be some new names on the roster to help out. Fort Wayne has a big pool of talent. Our journey is a bit different because our enrollment shifted to bottom half of 2A when we were going to bump up due to SF, so we were moving to 2A no matter what. Regardless, AC went on to win state the next year and they were a TD away from making it back to LOS this year. Considering Andrean beat Luers last season in week 2, I think it's more than a maybe as to whether or not they could beat them. I'd argue that Andrean, AC and Eastbrook all would've competed with Luers last season in the playoffs. Different year, different teams. Who knows what would happen this coming season? AC gets their shot week 1 to open up the 2026 season.

Brownstown vs. Lapel sounds like a fun matchup of contrasting styles. Should be a fun one.

Not really worth taking a stand one way or another. I haven't seen a second of Andrean football this year, so any takes would be manufactured. I assume they're bigger than the Jets. That's about the end of what I know about this matchup. The Jets have proven to be resilient and have beaten some of the best teams in 2A to get here. Go Jets! Make history.

This guy must have been grinding Andrean film all season to make this determination so quickly. Good on you for being so confident in your take.

Out of the 3 Adams County schools, Bellmont is the only one that isn't successful. It goes beyond who is wearing what color of jersey. I'm not going to pretend to know all of the issues that Bellmont has, but they were running clocked by 3 ACAC schools this season - 2 of those finished in the bottom half of the conference standings. Regardless, this is a 2A thread. I find it hard to believe that no one from Brownstown or Linton has anything to say about the regional rematch from last year. Do the Miners stand a chance? Looks like it was a fun one last year judging by the score.

I've always said that the best thing about HS football is grown men (or women) arguing and talking trash about teenagers playing football on an anonymous online forum... Looking forward to the matchup of unbeatens to see who gets to take on Andrean in semistate.

I'm not concerned about you giving scouting tips to opposing teams. If coaches look to the GID for scouting tips, I don't think they have much of a chance against AC. As a parent of a kid that has been in the youth program, the concern is more about the impression you give off as someone involved in the program that publicly criticizes it. Fans outside of the program can post criticisms all they want, but you aren't outside of the program, as you have stated. I'm not going to continue this discussion beyond this point. You'll continue being you and that's your choice.

I was well aware that I wouldn't have to tag you for the message to be received. A couple of things... You play 4 quarters of football for a reason...and I just went and watched the first half of the semistate game on the broadcast. It was 14-12 Jets at half. So in the absolute "atrocity" of football that half, AC was still winning. To say that NJ should have beaten us is ignorant. You play a full 48 mins for a reason. See the Heritage and Eastside games from this season if you need more confirmation of that. I don't know what your role is in the program, but as an AC fan, I hope it's a small one because I would hope a coach wouldn't publicly post some of the things that you've put out there. Looking for holes is normal. A member of a program posting the observed holes publicly on an anonymous forum is not normal for a successful program/organization. Lastly, and probably the most important, I still don't really care about Ohio football, no matter how good it is.

My response wasn't aimed at you. It just seems like some AC fans - and some that claim to be involved in the program - are quick to look for holes in the program (like not stacking up to Ohio schools, or we should have lost last year at semistate to a team that we ended up beating by several scores, etc) opposed to actually appreciating the run the program has been on.

Last I checked, this is the Indiana High School Football Forum. I'm sure there's a similar platform for OHSAA schools and, as I'm sure several in this thread would likely inform us on, its likely MUCH better than ours in Indiana. Go Jets and great season to the Linton Miners!

2/12 teams still playing in the north are from Adams County. Pretty awesome.

Sectional finals week is here. 2 interesting games in the north with Bremen at Andrean and Eastern at Tipton. I don't know anything about LCC, but based on Sagarin I imagine they easily takes care of business and I don't see a reason that AC shouldn't advance at Eastside.

If they continue to build on that performance, they’ll be tough to beat. What happened to heritage last night?

Was it a read with Hamilton and Black?

Curious to hear what you think the Jets should've done to "suffocate" Bluffton earlier in week 8? I don't know that I saw as much tinkering as you did. Maybe you're just that much more in tune with the program that you see those little intricacies that we casual fans don't see.

The score isn't misleading in that one. Heritage dominated the entire time.

Heritage @ Bluffton this week. Any thoughts on the winner? I say Heritage by 10.

*Proud of SW for trying to push through the season....not sure what happened there.

We have a clear championship-deciding matchup in a few weeks between AC and Bluffton. Heritage came close to playing spoiler last night, but proved less dynamic offensively than many in the 260 media thought them to be going into the game. Heritage is a good team, but will struggle to beat any one solid defensively. Fortunately for them, Bluffton is not very good up front. How likely is it for Bluffton to pressure the Jets week 8? I honestly think that AC will win a share of the conference no matter what the result of the AC v Bluffton game because Heritage will likely beat Bluffton. Bluffton is good, but mostly because of 2-3 skill players. AC is solid from top to bottom if they play to their potential. They haven't played their best game, which is scary for 2A. Outside of the top of the conference: Heritage is a really good team. Unfortunately, they have a difficult sectional and will likely be fortunate to make it past the sectional final. Bluffton has some of the best athletes in the conference. Per usual, good for them. I think that they'll struggle against teams that have a decent line. Jay County is big, but not very good up front. I have no idea how things looked up front, but if they struggled stopping JC from scoring, they'll really struggle to stop Heritage and AC. Good for Jay County putting pressure on Bluffton last night. They're decent up front and that'll cause many teams problems. After AC, Heritage and Bluffton, JC is the team to beat in the ACAC SA is probably tied with JC as the 4th team of the ACAC. They're well-coached, but do they have the guys to handle JC and Woodlan? I think that Woodlan is far improved from what they've been in the past. They have a system and run it relatively well. Proud of SW for grying to push thesing z233ZZ

Hey, have you heard??? WeBo is back in 2a.

I'd be a little bit careful predicting future successful/rebuilding years based on MS classes. There have been many programs across the state that have crowned MS groups "state champs" before entering HS only to see that same group fall short of the ridiculous expectations people build based on the performance of 12-14 year old kids. On the other side, there have been unsuccessful groups in MS at AC - as recently as the seniors that started the state appearance run - that have gone on to earn success when it matters most.

I expect AC to be a very solid team by the end of the season. They lost a bunch of kids to graduation, but there is still some talent that contributed to the team's success over the last couple of years. I think the week 1 product could be very different from the team that will go into the postseason assuming the new faces grow into their new roles. I wouldn't be surprised to see the ACAC and Sectional 35 come down to AC vs. Bluffton. I know that Bluffton lost some big guys and some of their primary contributors on both sides, but they return a very talented back. I think this was a combination of Busco playing very well early on and Luers taking their sectional opponents lightly. Luers also struggled with Eastside and the Blazers were not close to what they had been the 2-3 years previous to 2023.

The ACAC would be a good fit for them in most sports. They would've struggled to win a football game this year outside of Southern Wells and maybe Woodlan depending on when the game was played. Conference play isn't as big of an issue in sports like wrestling, volleyball, baseball, basketball, etc. due to the size of the schedule in those sports. Wrestling is honestly the sport that conference impacts the least due to the nature of the sport's schedule. I can't imagine there would be much support in the Bellmont community to join the ACAC, though.

The gap in the ACAC will likely be smaller in 2024 than in the last few years, but I still expect AC to win the conference. AC will have a bunch of new faces in new spots, but I think they still have the talent and system to reload. A lot of their success will hinge on the development of the Soph QB Roach. Who replaces Bluhm, Currie and Wurm? They likely don't have anyone on the roster who will truly replace those guys, so can the team find a different way to be successful? Should be a fun season to watch play out. I think Bluffton will be the 2nd best team in the conference. They lose a decent amount of starters, but they have some really good athletes returning at RB. Heritage lost a lot of seniors, so their upcoming classes will need to fill a bunch of spots. I expect them to be decent, though. From there? I imagine SA will be the next best because I think they have one of the best programs in the conference and they'll find a way to succeed regardless of talent on the roster. I don't know how much they have coming back, but replacing Wanner will be the top priority I'm sure.

I think it means they could definitely beat heritage hills. Direct comparisons aren’t always a guarantee to be accurate, I agree with that. I do however think that AC would beat luers. We don’t have to agree. Glad for Luers, though. Fortunately snider and Luers were able to represent the 260 well, as did the Jets, just in a losing effort.