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I feel like this might be better thought out than whatever maxpreps puts out. However, I am still struggling with this Franklin Central being ranked ahead of Penn nonsense..... but whatever.

Penn's run D against Valpo was not good last week. Valpo got in their own way. I think this will either be a shootout or low scoring due to limited possessions.

South Bend Adams @ Culver Academy - Culver Academy will be better coached than Adams. Hammond Bishop Noll @ SB Riley (Jackson Field) - Riley is the best team from he South Bend Public Schools by a wide margin, Bishop Noll is not good. South Bend St. Joseph @ Lakeland - St. Joe starts strong in a year they are expected to do well. Hammond Central @ SB Washington (School Field) - Wash game, going with the home team. Mishawaka @ Mishawaka Marian - Mishawaka too big, too much for Marian Valparaiso @ Penn - Penn's O works out some kinks but the D will be firing on all cylinders...28-0 LaPorte @ New Prairie - NP bounce back year....hopefully Elkhart @ Concord - Concord is probably the second or third best team in our area. I expect them to win this game. I don't trust or believe in Elkhart.

I understand, but my position was not Penn should be top 10, it was simply FC has never done a thing in 6A ball, while Penn has history of success in 6A.

Max Prep is on something. Franklin Central ahead of CP Penn and Merrillville?

Rotate the south bend schools and drop Marian, I think Marian is better competition than the south bend schools, but we shouldn't be playing a 3A school. We would be better off playing Concord each year, if we cannot get consistent FW or Indy competition.

I wish Penn would do this.

Sectional 3 is loaded, and Penn was gifted a favorable sectional after a favorable regular season schedule. I think Penn is heavy favorite to make the regional game against sectional 1. Carroll has heavy lifting to do against sectional 3. If they get through that, they will be favored over anyone from sectionals 1 and 2.

Penn was given a gift with sectional 2. Sectional 3 is stacked! Who ever makes it out of that sectional will be a strong favorite the rest of the way in 6A north, assuming they aren't beat up.

Seems like we are going to keep seeing the same faces in regionals. Some combination of these teams making regionals this year in 6A North. Adding Merrillville and Valpo while make sectional 1 tougher, I think CP is the team to beat, CP has not lost to Merrillville since 2021. Sectional 1 - CP Sectional 2 - Carroll or Penn - I left Penn in this consideration because their offense is going to be better than last year. Sectional 3 - Carmel or Westfield - under Wright, Carmel will win a state title, it is just a matter of time. Sectional 4 - HSE or Fishers - This sectional will always come down to these two, it will take a generational Noblesville or Homestead team to walk away with this sectional crown.

I did not pay attention to all the teams moving up potentially and missed valpo. So, my statement is just nonsense into the wind. Sorry about that.

Sectional 1 in 6A just got more interesting. Merrillville moving up could elevate this sectional to one of the hardest in the state. This is assuming CP and Penn have similar seasons to last year.

Penn returns a lot of threats on Offense. They will be a tough out barring any injuries this coming season.

Ooof that is a kick in the balls. @Bobrefwould the refs announce (over the PA system) that the timeout was given back during an IN state game? I am not a coach, but if I were the Shaw coach, and I had a timeout remaining I would have called it to make sure I had all the pertinent info. I know that in times of confusion we forget to collect all the data and this is how games fall apart. The clock was going to stop anyway, use the timeout to gather yourself and make sure that the team is refocused on getting the first down now.

Wait, this is likely sarcasm, but I haven't been on here much this week... We think Carroll would not be a top 2 or 3 team in 5A? Like New Pal will be playing 6A ball soon, but I don't think there is anyone in 5A north that is stopping Carroll... Especially Merrillville.

Yes as Carroll let the game go through their hands as did Penn in the Carroll game. However, Carroll was hitting big plays on O and D left and right during that game.

What happened in the Carroll Westfield game?

5A - New Pal - 3

I 100% agree. I would love to see Penn get under center and run some old school trap plays.

@BDGiant93 how is BD going to be next year? Want to join the NIC and make things interesting 🤣

Playing neutral site games? If team like Penn were playing Center Grove, mid way point would be Kokomo. I am not sure if this works out well for the smaller schools where you could have a team down in Evansville playing a team from South Bend. Might as well as save that for the state title game. I think this would be better for regionals. Where sectional 1 could rotate and play 2,3 and 4 every 3 seasons. This shakes things up a little. I under stand they are trying to even out travel, but in a large number of situations regional games are 1.5-2 hrs away.

Can Warren pull off yet another upset?

The missed field goal was a facepalm, plus Carroll gained 16 yards on the miss. In that situation we have been struggling the last two games with the snap and hold situation I feel we should have gone for it. The O just couldn't stay on the field.

That would then mean Penn would be 22 and Carroll would be like 19. I think these 3 6A true north teams are similar but not that low. I know you have angst towards CP, but I think they are better than the teams behind them in Temps rankings. Would Penn have broke the top 10 with a win over Carroll?