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to be fair the BD game was closer than it should have been, Ben Davis left points on the field and made some errors early in the game that kept it close.... The problem is Ben Davis lived in the abyss of deep water while CP was playing in your normal diving pool deep water. When it started going Ben Davis's way, the game was over. That isn't a slight to CP, it is a testament to how deep and grueling Indy football really is. I hate it, I wish it were different. But, that is the current world we live in. Congrats to all the state competitors and to all the Champions.

@temptation and the buzzsaw keeps spinning.

Dear Lord.... Fort Wayne is flexing on teams this year. Snider's D nasty Bishop Luers D nasty. Congrats Ft. Wayne

Snider coming home to 6A. Congratulations Panthers! So excited for your players and your program!

SNIDER, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! YOU HAD 1 YARD...1 YARD... WHY?!?

AGREED They didn't use it at all during the playoffs.

oh I know, but how bad does a program have to be to finally get SF down....like Jefforsonville is bad not 0-10 bad year in and year out. is it a batch of kids or something else? Indy Tech is in the same situation...

There was a program that was in their last year this season....Clay High school...it took them playing 1A North Newton to get their first win since 2020 against Osceola Grace.... Clay went on to play three JV teams this season winning 2 of the 3 games. Sometimes, programs need to start over, The success factor concept is supposed to help with that, but man when a program has 9 wins since 2013...I think success factor didn't help.

What a great game.

But, that gives you all 6 games.

Wont be making any trip to Indy from Mishawaka this weekend, so I am enjoying the games from the comfort of my home.... Well work right now.

Go with recent success factor. Elkhart is in disarray right now. Move them down to 5A, and maybe they can figure it out there. Personally I would love to see Valpo, Merrillville, Snider and Mishawaka all in 6A.

5A

This is a wonderfully entertaining football game.

Could you imagine a 6A sectional 2 with Penn, Warsaw, Carroll and Snider... Woof However it likely would not happen. I could see them pushing Carmel or one of the schools around that line down into the south and dropping Snider in sectional 3.

I know we aren't playin....but can we please bring back the gold pants.....I hate our black on black look. download.jfif

Could you imagine people who paid for those tv advertising spots not getting their promised slots...oh boy that would be a nightmare in the office the next day...

Man, today is the day, can Snider add to their storied tradition or can pull off the big one. I think this will be a close game. Even though I am a Penn fan I love Snider football. My bias says Snider 27 Decatur Central 20

If Penn and Mishawaka had their game in the last week of the season like they used to, I think Penn's margin of victory would either be the same if not a score larger. The game was at Penn, and both teams got better, I don't think Mishawaka got 21 point better and Penn stayed the same. Snider walked into hostile territory with limited experience with their opponent. Penn has the advantage of seeing their opponents style of play many times before.

I agree, but, based on Penn's performances in State finals games since the coaching change in 2003, 2015 was the closest we have come to sniffing a state championship... We got a waft of that sweet goodness...but that is it....the other three attempts were just f'ing dreadful...outscored 174 - 21 I also would like to point out that most teams didn't even come close to beating any of those teams those three years. But, that does not excuse Penn's lack of, well, anything those three nights.

So, if you had to take apply an Indy based HS with an SEC team, who do you associate them with? Georgia - Center Grove Florida - Warren Central Tennessee - Carmel Missouri - HSE Kentucky - Fishers S. Carolina - LN Vandy - North Central Bama - Ben Davis LSU - Cathedral A&M - Brownsburg Miss St. - LC Auburn - Chatard Ole Miss - Westfield Arkansas - Pike

You almost have to do the horizontal division line above Indy or in North Indy. That gives the state more southern representation. I think

So, if I ran this style of event, it would be invitation based. Based on our current formation But, I would have two tournaments. The first tournament is 4-6A including Chatard and the second is 1-3A schools. I personally think that Chatard has dominated the small school scene consistently enough to be playing amongst the bigger schools. How I would prefer it to be, 5 classes, success factor still in effect. (this moves Chatard up into 4A Cathedral becomes a permanent member of 5A) The tournaments would be 4A & 5A and the other would be 1A through 3A. Both are invitation based. Now, you may not get the top 8 teams every year...because it is an invitational. But, I assume there will be schools, players and coaches that will be interested in competing at this level.

I am not discounting the accomplishments these young men are having in their individual sports... However they cannot do everything on the field. Penn exposed massive holes in their defensive secondary. Ben Davis consistently have competed against the best teams in the state, they have seen everything CP is going throw their way. I am not saying CP wont be successful, but I don't expect them to catch BD flat footed, especially when BD has been in these caliber of games almost every week of the playoffs. I assume CP was rocking last weekend, but at Penn....we were dead silent for most of the game. The only stress put on the CP players was either from themselves or from Penn's play on the field. If Penn can put CP under stress, I expect BD to have them even greater amounts stress.