CoachGallogly

I don’t get the sense that conference arrangement has stabilized. While it’s beneficial to have the conversation at the university level, I don’t think the time has come to finalize any decisions. It would seem ND has great leverage and joining a league only to see it carved up by others then joining another hurts that leverage greatly. When the dust settles on major college football I wouldn’t be shocked to see just two conferences (leagues) remain. Looking more like the NFL model with a clear playoff pipeline. At that point it’ll be time.

It’s been 25 years since a northern team (Penn) won the biggest class. And 48 years since someone from the region accomplished such a feat. The gap at the top is noticeable…the gap in depth is enormous.

George Smith, the multi-National Champ head coach at St Thomas Aquinas (now retired) is a Lafayette CC graduate.

Yes they are….but…

California…due to its massive population does not have state tournaments. Schools are broken into regions, with a few classes in each, and they have tournaments just with their region. The Open Division tournament setup is simply to try to have a consensus state champ. Nothing to do with enrollment or P/P issues. California is more than 5.5x the size of Indiana. The size of a state tourney is kinda off the table unless you have 25 classes.

I’d rather not, I like indoor plumbing. I assume there’s a dig in there somewhere.

Turn your history book to 1545 it gets better.

Some do. Not all private schools are the same, just as not all public schools are. The recent Mt Vernon/Cathedral drama points to that.

This isn’t a new discovery. Though P/P’a get a small fraction of the tax dollars public schools do.

Varies by private school.

Harrell has the Danville schedule up showing all 9 games filled.

Late to the article, but it’s pretty exciting to see that after so long the success factor is largely viewed as a success.

Muda thinks glasses are a government conspiracy.

Since 99% of teams had no shot at a state title in the single class era, it wasn’t really the concern in most communities. Yea the Milan miracle was a great story, but it wasn’t really an upset story. For most communities winning the sectional gained your town/school/players a life long bragging rights locally, especially for smaller towns in a way a state title today doesn’t approach.

Sectional championships had more value in the single class era. I’m not sold state championships did.