scarab527

You just answered your own question. I still think you don't understand what competitive balance means. There's always gonna be just a handful of teams that can realistically win a state title. The SF is to prevent bull in a china shop situations where one team is clearly better than all the rest in its class. That makes things pretty boring. 5A will be a lot more interesting this year due to the success factor, for example. Since it's implementation, it's made many classes in many years more interesting than they otherwise would've been.

Most of the teams in that 350+ are irrelevant. You only have to move around a few to see a noticeable difference. SF isn't perfect but I think it has at least partially accomplished its goal (which I would say is competitive balance) and I believe most coaches around the state would agree.

Improving competitive balance doesn't mean making every program equal, thought that was obvious.

The success factor?

DB Philip Roche who has Big 10 offers is the other marquee guy. They are high on the QB who got injured last year as well but the jury is still out on him without much varsity experience. Other than that I know that they've got some new transfers so we'll see how those kids are. I agree, honestly the whole class is wide open and it'll be interesting to see who's the last team standing.

The more you know. Always thought it was the cluster until 1985. Before my time.

They won a state title during the cluster system in the 70s, but not since the current tournament format has been implemented. One of the few teams statewide with a state title but no semistates. Either way, I think a DAC or SAC team wins 5A this year.

All of the above. Social Media.

In defense of those people, the Pirates have won 3 straight 6A regionals. I think it is fair to assume they'll be a force moving down to a class that is not nearly as good. But as I said, they are certainly not a lock, and from what I've been seeing, it seems like the Ville is getting a little cocky again, which hasn't done them any favors when push comes to shove these past two years...

You're ruthless

I don't know if Merrillville is as much of a lock to come out of the North as others believe. Still think they're the favorites but they lost a lot of talent from their team from last year. They have a JV sectional but regionals and semistate won't be easy. Snider is definitely a possibility to be the North representative and FW North is the wildcard in the situation. Factor in Valpo, MC, and Mishawaka as potential dark horses. For the South, I think that DC is the favorite currently but I have heard they lost a good amount talent as well. I think that Harrison could easily be the team that gets to LOS. The sectional matchup between them and DC might decide who gets there. Castle and Evansville North are the potential sleepers I see down South. Overall though, I think that 5A South isn't nearly as deep as the North. I'll go out on a limb here and say that the North will take the 5A crown this year.

Potentially sleeping on the Lawrences?

Heritage Christian is a big sleeper in the South in 2A. I know they return a good amount from their team last year including a good QB who was hurt during their loss to Scecina last year. Right now if I had to choose I'd say they're the biggest threat to MD down South.

The words “you’re not welcome on the GID” were not typed by me. Go pull up my posts 😉. I know you’re a lawyer Bob, but do we really have to argue about this?

Didn’t tell him he wasn’t welcome. Just told him to leave the ignorance on FB.

I’m not thanking anyone for talking out of their behind saying ignorant stuff that can be easily disproved with a 2-second google search. That does not add anything to this forum and you know it.

But keep in mind that the Sagarin Ratings are going to factor in all the non-SAC teams that those non-SAC teams played as well. That's why we see such a correction in the ratings after 1 week of playoffs. Just by playing one game against a non-SAC opponent, the Sagarin Ratings can factor all the teams that non-SAC team played, and all the teams that team's opponents played, into the rankings for the SAC. So 11 non-SAC opponents basically means the Sagarin Ratings can give a pretty accurate view of how the SAC was in comparison to the rest of the state.

Some bad takes here: - Brebeuf at #1 in 4A - East Central only at #10 - Any 4A North team being ranked higher than a 4A South team - Zionsville over HSE - Whiteland at #3 in 5A - No Valpo in 5A - No Norwell in 3A - No Park Tudor in 1A - No Heritage Christian in 2A - Triton Central at #4 in 2A

Your point was that they've only had postseason success cause they haven't seen Valpo, which is false. Good lord you can't even keep up with your own arguments... Valpo wasn't the better team that night at regionals. And I guarantee if you ask Marshall he wouldn't care at all that they won the regular season matchup. Go back to FB.

They literally beat Valpo in regionals this year...I always thought people were exaggerating how braindead your takes were on FB but now I see what they mean. Don't bring the ignorance to the GID.

Honestly I've never understood why Portage has been so bad either. They always seem to be solid defensively but just can't ever seem to get the offense figured out. They've even had solid coaches like Wally McCormack lead the team since Buz's departure. That's an interesting point you made about the raw talent being better than the 90s, because honestly overall I still think they might have the worst talent level in the DAC. And I just don't see that this program has an identity to it at all. They don't have the line play to compete with Valpo nor the athletes to compete with Ville and City. Their stuck in between a rock and a hard place.

Gotta remember that once the playoffs come the Sagarin Ratings adjust the closed conferences as they play teams from around the state. I think it's no secret that the need to get better scheduling for the larger schools was a primary reason why the SAC made the move to go away from the round robin.

Hopefully sarcasm. From what I've seen teachers and coaches are resigning because they are being overworked and are facing a complete lack of communication and care from the administration. The superintendent is also apparently blocking people who are expressing their concerns on social media. Rumor is that Hidalgo resigned because he knew the hiring process was not handled in an upstanding way. Seems like a LaPorte situation turned up to ten.

In my defense I originally posted this here before the topic was created haha

No idea. Feel for the kids