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2 hours ago, Boilernation said:

Does Ohio go neutral in the later rounds or does it start in round 1?

Starts in Round 3 now I believe. It used to only be Round 1 where the higher seeds would host, but then the OHSAA expanded their playoffs a few years back. Now the first two rounds, the higher seed hosts.

Round 3 - their "Regional Semi-Finals" - neutral sites are utilized.

Up in Michiana - here is this season's TV-46 Game of the Week schedule:



They have left weeks 6 through 9 open, which I think is a great idea. I think they have done this the last few seasons and it has helped guarantee some good matchups on the back half of the season. We'll see where things sit in a little over a month, but here are some good options for games in those last four weeks (first game is my guess as to which matchup will end up airing:

Week 6: Mishawaka at Warsaw / Mishawaka Marian at Penn / Bremen at John Glenn / LaVille at Knox

Week 7: John Glenn at LaVille / NorthWood at Mishawaka / Concord at Northridge

Week 8: New Prairie at Penn / Mishawaka Marian at Elkhart / Mishawaka at Concord

Week 9: Warsaw at Northridge / Elkhart at New Prairie / South Bend St. Joseph at Mishawaka Marian

26 minutes ago, Hoosier21 said:

Probably gonna be NV or SV. IDK how but NV has been on the field for weeks. I don’t think Covington or Seeger have a shot. They have lost to many players from last year. Not sure about RP

Hoosier21 - I don't follow many of these schools here. What makes you think Parke Heritage and Covington will decline this year and the Vermillion's rising above them? Anything specific on those 4 teams?

Anyone with actual insights into their NLC programs? No offense to the self-appointed head honcho above (driving views, creating content, promoting Indiana high school football blah blah blah I know, I get it), but was looking for legitimate updates as opposed to opinion based comments

40 minutes ago, DumfriesYMCA said:

I have to imagine for a team like HH….what is a camp even going to do for you guys?  

nobody is going to teach the kids how to run your flexbone/wishbone offense better than your coaches haha. 

FWIW - up here in northern Indiana - there is the TMT (Triple - Midline - Toss) Camp for schools that run that style of offense. It's currently happening at Manchester University. Warsaw, Fairfield, Northfield, Munster, a school from Illinois and a school from Canada are all there. All run the same style of offense. The camp very much so focuses on the fundamentals it takes to run that style of offense, while allowing some competition between the schools (so it's not just the whole summer of facing your own jerseys)

I wonder if something similar could be hosted down south for schools that run the flexbone/wishbone offense? Or is Heritage Hills the only school that does?

48 minutes ago, DACNUT said:

Valpo not being in the top ten is a joke🤡

Definitely agree. I expect Valpo to be better than both Mishawaka and Concord this season.

Any news on NLC teams? Warsaw just finished their "Dawn Patrol" week. Every day this week, early in the morning, the Tigers meet at various parks throughout the city and do various workouts/physical tests. Stuff like flipping tires, running hills, bear crawls, wheelbarrow carries, etc. One day they even trained with fire fighting equipment.

Tomorrow they head to Manchester University as part of the TMT (Triple - Midline - Toss) Option Camp. There are a handful of teams that come every year. I think this year Fairfield, Munster, Northfield and a team from Illinois and a team from Canada will be there.

What are the other NLC schools up to?

Northridge ranked way too high in 4A, especially with their best player moving out of state to Michigan.

3 hours ago, scarab527 said:

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.

True - but not very well for the SAC because many of their schools end up playing only SAC teams in the post season. Here are the only non-SAC schools each team played last year.

Carroll: Warsaw and Westfield
Concordia: Northwestern and Norwell
Dwenger: Zionsville
Homestead: N/A
Luers: Fairfield, Prairie Heights, and Eastside
North: N/A
Northrop: N/A
Snider: N/A
Wayne: Marion, Delta, and Mississinewa

Arguably 3 of the top 5 teams from the SAC (Dwenger, Homestead, and Snider) played exactly 1 non-SAC member last year. That certainly did not help their Sagarin Ratings whatsoever. Yes they still adjusted some, but not much.

However, I stand corrected. After doing my own research, Homestead's opponents went 38-41 last season, while Elkhart's went 44-33. Both teams ended with similar regular season records (6-3 and 5-4 respectively). Granted - the SAC schools will always have their opponents finish +/- their win-loss differential from .500 

I still find it hard to argue that New Prairie, Marian, Concord, Penn and Mishawaka were tougher opponents than Carroll, Snider, Dwenger and Luers, but I digress. I'm simply arguing with myself at this point.

(and sorry for bring SAC stuff to the NIC thread)

32 minutes ago, Bobref said:

Actually, according to Sagarin last year there were 5 teams in 6A with easier schedules: Carroll, Homestead, Lafayette Jeff, Warsaw, and Indpls. Tech.

FWIW - those Sagarin ratings hate the SAC due to intraconference play only. I have a hard time believing Carroll/Homestead schedule of playing each other, Snider, Dwenger, and Luers was easier than Elkhart's schedule last year.

1 hour ago, ASJCPUMA said:

where did he move to?

I'm not sure. It was @BL that said it initially. Looking at Tagg's Twitter profile, it still shows Northridge listed as his high school and his banner and profile pic are of him from Northridge last year.

On 7/5/2022 at 11:50 PM, Bucksweep22 said:

Why did the program have low numbers? A great program with 1000 plus students doesn’t just nosedive. The conference got better. Warsaw is running on full cylinders under Curtis, Northwood has been consistent under Andrews, Northridge has been solid maybe they’ll find another transfer QB.Hopefully that didn’t carry over to Glenn. Seemed like they had some momentum last year. Heard some parents rumbling that they changed the offense…triple option? I-formation? Any news on the young QBs arm? Healthy? Glenn seemed primed to be at the top of their conference last year; Maybe this year? 

Supposedly a lot had to do with construction at Plymouth, along with the administrative changes that occurred in recent years? I cannot remember the specifics, but with recent updates to their campus, it caused football practices to be moved to the middle school or something along with other issues. Then the new AD supposedly had a number of differences with many of the coaches which led to high turnover at the head coach level across all Plymouth athletics. I believe there was a fairly public disagreement between the AD and the previous basketball coach. There should be more commentary in old threads here on the GID.

To the second bolded point, when Plymouth played Warsaw last year in Week 3 - it was the Rockies third different offense in as many weeks. Not sure what was happening on that side of the ball, but it was strange to find that out. Granted - they had next to zero options on that side of the football besides Devante Garcia. Felt bad for that kid last year. He was truly the only player from the opposite sideline that stood out.

On 7/8/2022 at 9:07 PM, Crusty said:

Mishawaka has 3 tough weeks at the end of the season.

Agreed - that will be a stout test for the Cavemen.

Week 6: at Warsaw
Week 7: vs. NorthWood
Week 8: at Concord

at least they get to finish it up against Wawasee in Week 9.

On 6/25/2022 at 8:01 PM, BL said:

Northridge-  Rumor mill was Gott moved for family reasons. Top 25 player in state. That hurts from a QB level. QB coach has his work cut out for him. 

Wow I had not heard that about Gott and apparently completely read over it when reviewing your post previously. Wasn't he included on the cover of the magazine this year? So it had to be a recent move, yeah?

The Channel 46 WHME football schedule has come out for this upcoming season. Weeks 6-9 are TBD. NLC teams being featured are bolded below

Aug. 19 - Mishawaka at Marian
Aug. 25 - Watervliet at Brandywine (MI)
Aug. 26 - Northridge at Elkhart
Sept. 1 - Buchanan at Niles (MI)
Sept. 2 - Concord at NorthWood
Sept. 9 - Jimtown at John Glenn
Sept. 16 - Penn at Elkhart

Some possible NLC matchups in weeks 6-9 that could be featured in my opinion:

Sept. 23 - Mishawaka at Warsaw / Goshen at Concord

Sept. 30 - NorthWood at Mishawaka / Concord at Northridge

Oct. 7 - Mishawaka at Concord / Goshen at Warsaw

Oct. 14 - Warsaw at Northridge

41 minutes ago, DT said:

Wasnt Northwood 3A recently?

What is your definition of recently? NorthWood moved up to 4A in the 2011 season (when Warsaw was still a 5A school). The next season, 2012, is when the IHSAA created 6A and Warsaw moved up to that classification.

With today's enrollments - if there were only 5 classes (63 teams per class), the NLC would still be a 4A/5A conference.

@DTI have zero issues with you making your opinions and arguments... just us facts to make them. You come across more credible that way in my opinion instead of someone who just throws crap against the wall and seeing what sticks. Take it as you will.

20 hours ago, DT said:

I'm seeing a trend where bigger schools are opting "down" into lower level conferences relative to class makeup.  

6A Warsaw plays in the 3A/4A/5A NLC 

I just don't understand the reason for you posting factual inaccuracies. I don't mind when you post all your opinions, everyone can have them.

There are no 3A schools in the NLC.

Throwing some content out there - I for one am excited with the new rotating NLC schedule that goes into effect this season. It will definitely be different not starting the conference season against Plymouth and ending with Concord (for the Tigers), but I like the changes of shifting conference opponents throughout the seasons. I think it was great that the NLC also made sure none of the 4A schools were playing each other to end the season, preventing the possibility of back-to-back weeks of facing the same opponent the last week of the regular season then first round of sectionals.

This year's schedule will be replicated in 2023 before the next shift. Final week opponents are in place for the foreseeable future.

2 minutes ago, DT said:

If there was another active NLC thread, I couldnt find it.  Thays why I started the new one.

What crawled up your ass and died?

You literally commented on it no less than 2 weeks ago? And before your spam of conference threads you created, I'm almost positive it was on the first page, because I found it on the 2nd page behind all the new ones you started up.

13 minutes ago, DT said:

Most of these highly coveted slots are still available.

According to who? I don't need some badge/nameplate to recognize myself as a conference thread driver. I do it because I enjoy it, not for some meaningless forum title. I am all for promoting Indiana high school football and driving engagement and conversations, but this was honestly a bit absurd/ridiculous.

Thanks for joining up @BL! Glad to have another NLCer in the fold.

As well - anyone that wants to discuss the NLC 2022 season - use this thread! Absolutely zero reason for @DT to anoint himself the tsar of this forum and creating new threads for every conference, especially those conferences that already have an existing thread going.

Well - which is it? The southern part or western part of the state? (said in complete jest)

Definitely agree this is very cool. Curious about what other areas in the state have something similar? There was like a few years there was something in South Bend a few years back that I don't think ever took off. It comprised the greater Michiana area into 4 regions I believe. Something like Michigan, South Bend, East, and West and it was for every sport under the sun it felt like. I can't find anything on it online right now, but maybe someone else will remember what I'm talking about here.

I am assuming then based on that information that the game was played in Terre Haute, somewhere on Indiana State's campus?

What teams are considered for this All Star game? Where was it held? Also - any of the young men planning to play at the next level?