CoachMack219

6A- Penn #12 over Fort Wayne Carroll (Regional Championship) 5A- Bloomington South #24 over Floyd Central (Regional Championship) 4A- ELIMINATED! 3A- Fort Wayne Luers #58 over Twin Lakes (Regional Championship) 2A- Adams Central #38 over Eastbrook (Regional Championship) 1A- ELIMINATED! Idk where North Decatur is but THANKS A LOT to whoever I followed here! Lmao

I would agree. I think McAfee, Coach Saban, and the ESPN crew would go to New Pal and Cathedral. Big Noon Kickoff on Fox would cover Penn and CP. Both BIG games, but one is bigger than the other on a state (national in terms of my hypothetical/ joke) scale.

Bring 'em back. I don't believe it was/ is a problem until I see the problem. 🤣

Not sure you could have been more diplomatic. Lol This is also pretty spot on. Lol no issues here with Russ. Played against him a few times and coached against him twice. Fiery is a great word to describe him but I think it made it more fun for me to compete against him than anything, honestly.

If this is true he is faster than the current 3rd leading rusher for the Iowa Hawkeyes was as a Senior in High School (4.55). Between his speed, balance, vision, strength, and size there is, again, ZERO reason he is not a division 1 recruit at 1 of the 358 NCAA Division 1 University's in the country. No, I do not think Myles should be in the Big Ten, ACC, or SEC (although at some places in the Big Ten/ ACC it wouldn't hurt them to have him). I know character matters but I have not heard a single opponent, official, coach, teammate, or otherwise speak poorly about Myles in any capacity so I'll assume that is not an issue. I would bet that he's a great kid and teammate, it appears so on the film, so what's their deal? Him not being good enough is fake news so we can skip that one. LOL And yes Sir Irish, Division 2, 3, and NAIA programs are awesome and great players play there, but Myles has earned the opportunity to be recruited at the highest level not due to his stats (which of course help) but if he's done everything coach Nowlin has said on this post AND he's been performing on the field AND has measurables that fit the level, then he's earned it whether college coaches have pulled the trigger yet or not is probably entirely due to what you mentioned to start your post. It is not easy to get recruited with the changing landscape of college football recruiting/ the portal.

If he wants to play and has the grades, there is absolutely ZERO excuse for Ball State, Kent State, Akron, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, UMass, and FCS division 1's of the world to not offer this young man. Unless his 40 time starts with a 5, or starts with a 4 and has an 8 or 9 after the decimal point, HE CAN PLAY AT ANY OF THOSE PLACES I NAMED. Hell, I helped sell Iowa their 3rd leading rusher for this season when NOBODY knew how fast he was and that guy only ran for about 3300 yards over 4 years... Lol I know ole Russ can convince somebody that the young man is good (fast) enough. Charlie Spiegal is an odd one because coach Ralph's work in getting his player's recruited is common knowledge if you follow their social media(s), although he DID appear to be slower than Myles, on film. I don't know if that's fact or not though because.... no one knows how fast he is... Lol

Agreed.

6A- Warren Central #20 over Southport (Sectional 7) 5A- Concord #28 over Fort Wayne North (Sectional 11) 4A- ELIMINATED! 3A- Indian Creek #94 over Scottsburg (Sectional 31) 2A- Indianapolis Lutheran #108 over Heritage Christian (Sectional 37) 1A- North Decatur #137 over Milan (Sectional 47)

6A- Southport #213 over Arsenal Tech (Sectional 7) 5A- Munster #177 over Hammond Central (Sectional 9) 4A- ELIMINATED!!! (Appreciate the effort Highland! Would've appreciated a win more... 🤣) 3A- Scottsburg #108 over North Harrison (Sectional 31) 2A- Switzerland County #205 over Clarksville (Sectional 40) 1A- West Central #202 over Bowman Academy (Sectional 41)

Million dollar question. Some of us have a GID donation or a game of chutes and ladders depending on it... Lol

I did too. So did WCGrad, I'm still worried. Lol

I think CP has "come down to earth a little bit" for lack of a better quote. CP is not as talented/ good as the past two years (but still really good). Penn is better than they were a year ago. Not sure about 2 years ago because I don't watch enough Penn to compare them to 2023 (who was really good but not great). I would agree with you on Penn's O/D situation and the issue with quality opponents/ preparedness for a big time game against a big time opponent (based on VERY recent history). I also like your coin toss logic but I know CP is high on their defense so they may want to test themselves right away. I wouldn't hate either choice but I like the testing of the Penn defense option better, in this instance.

I think this year will be much like 2023 at Penn. It's going to be tight. I don't know if it'll be as high scoring but it'll be a tight game. Much more winnable for Penn than many may think. I like CP as the winner but Penn has a good chance to win this one.

You're a nice guy, Tango. I knew that even all the way up here in the Northwest corner. I guess you're a better man than me for telling him. 🤣

Love this! I will assume no 5A for now but if that changes, I will make a correction. 4A- Highland #265 over East Chicago (Sectional 17) 3A- Mishawaka Marian #197 over River Forest (Sectional 25) 2A- Wheeler #156 over Lake Station (Sectional 33) 1A- Bowman Academy #271 over North Newton (Sectional 41)

Agreed on all accounts. I kept landing on a 4-4 split or 5-3 split (either way) so I didn't think I would be hurting too many/ any feelings with my take. The Region folks (my people) get mad at fellow Region folks if we don't blindly back the Region as well so there was that to consider too. 🤣

I spent a lot of time deciding on that one. If you wanna make the argument that SAC >>> DAC, you won't see me get bent out of shape about it. Lol

Big School/ Big Conference Top 10 1. Hoosier Crossroads (HCC) 2. Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) 3. Duneland Athletic Conference (DAC) 4. Summit Athletic Conference (SAC) 5. Mid States Conference (Mid States) 6. Hoosier Heritage Conference (HHC) 7. Northern Lakes Conference (NLC) 8. Southern Indiana Athletic Conference (SIAC) 9. Northern Indiana Conference (NIC) 10. Circle City Conference (CCC) Honorable Mention: Conference Indiana, Pocket, Hoosier Hills, Eastern Indiana, Northwest Crossroads, Northeast 8 Small School/ Small Conference Top 5 1. Pocket Conference 2. Hoosier Legends 3. Monon Athletic Conference 4. Indiana Northern State Conference 5. Central Indiana Conference Honorable Mention: Hoosier Conference, Allen County Athletic Conference, Greater South Shore Conference, Hoosier Heartland Conference

Coach, I don't know where anyone belongs. Lol if we're counting the Bombers as NWI'ers, hell yeah! I'll claim ya! Apparently since Mishawaka and Penn shouldn't be included in the NE, then they're NWI too. Hell, we're the best "corner" around now! 🤣

Yes. Lol

Northeast (St. Joe's county and East): Carroll, Snider, Dwenger, Luers, Penn, Mishawaka, East Noble, and Elkhart Southeast: East Central and idk who else is even in Southeast Indiana Southwest: Gibson Southern, Heritage Hills, Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville Memorial, and hell, Reitz has a more recent state title than nearly the whole Region I am unaware that open, unbiased dialogue is considered bashing. Yes, Merrillville, CP, Valpo, Hobart, Lowell, and Andrean are great programs that represent us Region Rats proudly. Over the course of the last 20 years our best have combined for 13 State Final appearances, winning 4 of them (3 by Andrean)... The Region has had 4 public schools appear in 8 total State Finals games in the last 20 years with 1 winner (Valpo). I am not TOTALLY sure because I do reside in NWI but I would be willing to bet this is part of (or THE) reason why the rest of the state may not respect us, or our football, as much as RegionFan and others, may want them to. That's just bad. Not the take but the statement itself. Lol

Have we wised up in this corner of the state? Lol there's no way one could argue for anything more than our top 2 to be ranked in the famous (or is it infamous?) Temptation Top 25 Poll. 2 teams from NWI is generous by the way. Gipper mentioned we love sports up here. While true, for some schools, MANY don't and it shows ESPECIALLY during football season.

I would have to dig deeper into the rule (undue influence is a LONG rule and the definition happened to be at the end of paragraph one, which was nice for my little coaching brain lol) to fully answer this question. I would assume "no" only because I have never seen nor heard of it happening before but you are correct. The kids do the bulk of the recruiting/ undue influencing, in most cases.

From my DAC experience, Freshman games are on Thursday evenings and JV games are on Saturday mornings. Meaning a young man COULD play 8 quarters (albeit against the rules) in a week if their schedule allowed. I will say I REALLY love this JV and Freshman play at the same time at different locations thing. Is that what goes on in the HCC? That's pretty sweet. Lol

I was in the process of replying to slicer and while working through my response, you replied which took me to the by-laws to define undue influence, so thank you. Lol