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Hopefully they adjust and get some mojo back with the Idaho game. If not, Cincy could be a mess, and it won't get much easier. Penix looked really out of sorts with missing reads and just not with it. The underhand toss over by the sideline when flushed out of the pocket was especially nice.....how about just flick the ball like a normal forward pass out of bounds?? Throwing into double coverage, while missing the open receiver...my favorite was throwing it into the running back's back, while he was engaged in a block. Penix looked like a true freshman. O coordinator is taking the blame. We shall see. Let's hope it was a one game poopfest and they will turn it around. If not, it may be time to develop the youngster..... https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2021/08/09/indiana-football-likes-what-sees-donaven-mcculley/5510003001/

here is irrefutable proof as to what can happen when you field your special teams with players not ready.......

I don't know what that means....does that mean bleachers can't be assembled on the current running track? Or that bleacher capacity can't be expanded on one side to facilitate everyone? Did Howe not play there in the past?

I love the architecture of Howe High School. Can you foresee that school return? I know its a little further away...but would it be a playing option for Cathedral?

Awesome crowd last night at Carmel Stadium

Grover is correct for the CG vs Carmel game. First half was awful….constant “Broadcast is streaming” vs the game. Very frustrating.

Yes...enjoyed seeing his 37 yd TD run from various angles on social media this morning. That young man is a Warrior and a great role model.

Really enjoy waterfowl hunting down on the river area south of Lyons, Goose Pond area, and on some property just west of Dugger with a group of amazing friends. Really enjoy the Linton community and the football tradition. Have a great season fellas!!

Uncle Mark...no need for apologies...you are absolutely entitled to your opinions. We all are...that's what makes a forum fun and interesting. I really enjoy reading your thoughts....I hope very much you continue to share them. Your passion for high school football is fantastic. Happy Labor Day weekend!!!

Now this is a rivalry….

My vision of Muda this weekend.....enjoy the weekend and stay dry Saturday!!

Hey Temptation...just having some fun. I love your passion for Indiana HS football. Man, its ok if we see the world differently, or perhaps just a topic differently....makes the forum so much more interesting. Keep the posts coming and my apologies for the hi-jack. Now back on your topic....always tough to take a game at Carmel stadium. But I am going with the Trojans and their streak.

If you have some "exceptions" to your theory, you need to post them so we all can see. It seems like you change your theory when its convenient. "Schools with lower enrollments and higher % of free lunches can't compete with the big boys.....unless they are a football factory...." Seriously??

They both own a pretty signficant error IM...no disagreement. But ESPN should have some level of quality control to verify programming before they offer it up to the nation. Without ESPN televising the game, no one really pays much attention to it, do they??

Will LN have most everyone back from Covid protocol and able to play?

Scary? Definitely funny!! Try the link below!! Adam Musielak (@Coach_AdamMoose) Tweeted: Gotta LOVE this ESPN edit for college football of Purdue Pete hitting the drum and then hitting himself in the head. Tough week for Purdue Pete, recently voted college’s creepiest mascot! @ChronicHoosier @TheMopLady #iufb https://t.co/9ExPRYlk1g

Hounds knocking off 2 great programs to start the season. Did I understand the QB throwing the winning TD was a backup playing JV last Saturday?? That's a great story. Congrats to the Carmel program. Hosting CG in the Copper Kettle game this friday. Gotta give the Hounds credit for that opening schedule...LVille Trinity, Detroit ML King and Center Grove all in the first 3 weeks. Wow!!

No..I am not really catching on. My comment was tongue and cheek. Nothing has changed from my past comments...it may very well be a variable in the equation for success. You and I disagree about the size of that variable. I am not sure why we overreact at the beginning of the year. First, most teams don't play their best football at the beginning of the year. Secondly, talent is absolutely cyclical, and sometimes the young ones need to develop. New Pal can absolutely more than compete in 5A....their history has shown it. Just a few years ago, they knocked off 6A CG twice in back to back seasons. The second time NP beat the Trojans, the CG team was being criticized for being down.....the young Trojans developed, played their best football at the end of the season, and went all the way to the 6A final and dang well could have won it. So why we try and draw conclusions based upon such a small volume of work early in the season leaves me scratching my head.

Depending on the % of free lunches correct?

That's fact....plus promotion and relegation is built on a long, long season of work....not just from the results of a single game. A long season playing all teams in their league multiple times...not teams from lower level leagues.

Gotta give you an A for perseverance.... I would have absolutely taken that bet on 4th and 1 when you coach elected not to punt. No way was Cathedral going to put the ball in the air and CG was sending everyone and the kitchen sink. With the level of D talent...absolutely would have taken that bet. Now if your coach had punted......that's a different question about odds... Once the stop was made, momentum completely changed. Cathedral's heads went down and CG was a ball of fire. It was like a hot knife going through butter. Not only scored, but left time for Cathedral to get the ball back. Look, we are hijacking the thread and I don't want to be that guy. Plus I notice how you argue and it turns into a vicious loop. No interest in going there. Let's just agree to disagree on your probability odds, and how everything else in the game was inconsequential to the outcome.

Thank you for your response. We will simply agree to disagree about the depth of an entire game being irrelevant to its final outcome. I am also not sure I agree on that 4th and 1 that CG only had a 10% chance to win the play. That sounds like pretty subjective probability to me. (but I am no statistician....just enough during college years to be dangerous) If I follow your logic that its really about one play, bottom line one team got it done and the other didn't....that is as simple as it gets. Good luck to the Irish tonight and this season...they continue to have an outstanding team.

Interesting view. I might contend you are oversimplifying the game and basing it down to one play. As Grover pointed out, had there not been a 70 yd interception return earlier, your comments about the game end don't even come into play. There were several factors in that game that led to the final outcome...not just the last series of plays and decisions. Cathedral had difficulty moving the ball during the game. They had one offensive TD, that occurred from a missed tackle on the sideline. Cathedral had a total of 183 yds....60 of it rushing. https://www.maxpreps.com/games/10-16-2020/football-fall-20/cathedral-vs-center-grove.htm?c=bYaraJJVeU25NW4LqacUTQ#tab=box-score&schoolid= At the end of the day, it was a great game. Kids were not injured (a great thing given its a year end non-conference regular season game, with nothing at stake other than bragging rights) with both teams winning their class state championships. It was in 2020...as someone else said...its history. Question...why the tone above? Isn't it ok on a discussion forum for people to have different takes?

Wow...a heavy week of MIC teams on the road, with exception of WC. My picks.... CG BD LT - would love to see the Hounds pick up the win out of state for Indiana football HSE LN (they go on the road and pick up the upset win) NC (they do the same at Fishers and start moving upward) Z'Ville (although I think Pike makes this a game) Its finally here fellas!!!