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I agree, the coach definitely should receive some form of punishment. He could've easily escalated this to Malace at the Palace 2.0

Bingo, you don't want CTE, don't go to the league and make millions of dollars. Get a 9-5 job. The answer to this question is that easy.

At Rochester, we have a drill we run called "Touchdown drill". Players get divided up into groups and each player starts 15 yards from the end zone and runs the ball in for a touchdown. The group has to then go and congratulate them and find a teammate to celebrate with. If you want kids to do it, you have to practice it. Like you said team success is the whole point, not tearing down the other team with a celebration. If you are that good of a team, let the scoreboard speak for itself.

The QB from last year was a fantastic leader and was just limited to size(5'7" on a good day) and ability but was well respected by his teammates. The QB for next year will probably be a sophomore who's probably up to 6'2" and a lot more athletic and can sling it. Had a great freshman year as the JV QB so it will be interesting to see next year how the coaching staff looks to utilize him.

8 starters on offense. 8 on defense.

LCC would have to be eliminated in Sectional play next year to go back down into 1A again if I'm not mistaken. Tall task for everyone else in Sectional 34.

I'd imagine if this were still the case, Jeff would have a lot more seasons like the one they had this year.

Right after they get that blue ring and medal? lol

The problem with a four team playoff for those classes is determining what four make it in. You have to base it on something whether it is a point system, sagarin rating, wins, losses, point differential, etc...the list could go on and on. It's too much work for the IHSAA to come up with. It's a lot easier to just let everyone in, bounce around some ping pong balls, and list the names of the schools as they fall. Your idea isn't a bad one, just never gonna happen or at least not any time soon. As for starting with 1A and moving up rather than 6A and moving down, you have an excellent point there. I forget where I heard it but someone mathematically(numbers don't lie) explained to me that it would make a lot more sense for classification and enrollment to do the classes this way.

The private schools just worked harder and wanted it more

It was only 3 years in a row so doesn't equate to my example lol, also like I said above they were public schools so it was cool because it never happens anymore in the lower classes.

You're completely right people wouldn't have been as impressed. The fact that a public school did it makes it very impressive because it never happens these days in the lower classes. I'm not saying it isn't impressive for a private school because it is. Its hard no matter who you are to reload and have a state team multiple years in a row, but it happens so much with private schools so everyone sees it just as another boring couple years that a private was able to dominate again.

That's because Center Grove is in 6A. The only way to stop them from winning another state championship would be to tell them they can't be in the tournament. These other teams can be bumped up and werent this last reclassification so its a little annoying is all.

Splitting up the sectionals isn't working for moving privates either. If you look at 2A, not a single private was in the same sectional to my knowledge(one sectional might actually have one but for the most part they are pretty split up). It seems to me like all of those privates are just getting bottled up in 2A because they are winning their sectional, and then beating each other in the regional causing them to stay in 2A rather than move up or down. The place to be right now is 1A. After next year your going to have 2 private schools left in the reclassification, Park Tudor in the North possibly and Covenant Christian in the South more than likely(who knows how the IHSAA will form Sectionals).

Gotta love the success factor really doing its jo....oh nevermind. Feels like I'm back in the years 09-12 watching LCC and Luers win the 1A and 2A title every freakin year only now its Lutheran and Andrean instead.

6'3" 195, 6'3" 185, 6'2" 175 Andrean has two DB's listed right at 6'. I'd say that is an advantage.

I think last year Luers had a better team than they do this year. Andrean also had a better team last year than they do this year but...they have #34 back. I think it will be a good game. I don't think either team will just run away with this. I think if Luers is going to have a fighting chance they have to have their wide receivers make plays down field. Bowen can cover a lot of ground in the middle of the field as we saw against LCC, but I think with the big receivers they have Luers can attack them from hash to sidelines. However, Andrean will have the best player on the field tonight, so I'm going with the 59ers.

It could be the explanation for why 3 of the 4 teams left in 2A are Catholic schools if I'm not mistaken. Could just be a coincidence tho.

I think regardless, it will be a nailbiter. As far as 2A goes other than Eastside and Luers, this might be the game to watch. Calpreps has LCC winning 35-34. Indiana predictor has Rochester by 1 with homefield, losing by 1 without the homefield factor. Might just come down to those ole intangibles you like to remind us about Mr. BendNotBreak 😉

Fantastic point! Making a high school team drive 80+ yards is extremely difficult for an offense(not impossible) and increases the chance for error.

I'd say 50/50. I think LCC does a great job creating turnovers as we saw in the Cass game, but if you also look at their regular season games they do a great job of it as well. One of the fumbles came on a kick return where I think the guy was trying to run as fast as he could and didn't have it high and tight like he should. I think two of the fumbles LCC had their players helmet right where Cass ball carriers had the ball tucked and made a good hit where the ball was coming out regardless. The other one I'd have to go back and find. I think the point you're trying to make is LCC will force you to turn the ball over, and you are exactly correct. If there is one thing I'd say the LCC defense has excelled at this year from watching their games its that they will force you to turn the ball over whether its a fumble or an interception. I think they are better at using ball skills to pick it, but probably not gonna get too many opportunities to do so this Friday. Rochester is going to have to hold the ball tight and really concentrate when carrying the rock. I'm sure it will be a point of emphasis in practice this week.

I'm going to give the advantage to Rochester offensively in this game over LCC and heres why: Rochester offensively is going to run the ball. Even a bad play for Rochester usually results in a gain of 2 to 3 yards. As long as you are doing that every down, you are going to be in good shape for a first down. LCC has possessions where the defense might not cover them well on three straight plays, but they still have to punt the ball due to three straight incompletions. LCC is very elite at throwing the football, but at the end of the day they are still high school kids. They aren't going to play a complete perfect game, although the qb for LCC against Cass got pretty close. For this reason, if the trend continues from other games this season LCC will have two possessions where they give the ball back to the Zebras without the Zebras doing anything. Possessions are going to be super important this game and I think the Zebras will have a greater chance at possessing the ball and controlling the clock. Of course Cass probably thought the same thing before they put it on the ground 4 times 🙂

And then there were two. Northfield and Rochester the lone conference teams remaining in the tournament. One game I think will be very competitive and might come down to the very end. The other might be over by halftime. Who ya got this week and whats your opinion on the games! Northfield and Adams Central (not sure which one is home) I'm taking the Jets here. That offense is a well-oiled machine and the defense is very physical. I think Northfield will try to limit the amount of possessions they have. For Northfield to have a chance, they have to be able to get those 3 and 4 yard gains every play, drain the clock, and hold onto the ball when they have it. I just don't think even if they do that they will be able to stop the AC offense. Lafayette Central Catholic at Rochester Give me the Zebras here. Demming, Ferverda, and Beck behind that line just keeps on cranking out yards with the team as a whole surpassing 4,000 yards on the season so far after last game. LCC throws the ball extremely well and does enough on the ground to compliment it really well. I think if Rochester holds onto the ball they win. If LCC forces them to turn the ball over, LCC takes it. In a clean game from both teams, I'm going with the Zebras by a touchdown.

Was very wrong on this. BC played LCC Week 8. Still night and day the team I saw on film compared to the team Rochester played last Friday night.

No need to throw it when you have three backs averaging over 100 yards a game and 400 yards rushing as a team the last three games😁 Looked to me like Cass didn’t throw the ball very effectively, but ran all over LCC, just couldn’t hold onto the ball. I’m very impressed with LCC’s wideouts route running and the screens they throw. Gonna come down to which defense steps up. Rochester had the score up to 50-12 against Benton Central when BC just started launching it deep and made some plays. They then recovered an onside kick and scored one more time before the game ended. Rochester had 500 yards rushing on the night. They couldn’t be stopped except for the lone turnover they had to start the game. I watched the BC/LCC game. BC could barely get the snap against them and they played very early in the season. The BC team Rochester played was much improved from the beginning of the year. It shows in the difference of the scores between the two BC and Delphi matchups. BC’s head coach is doing a great job with that program. With only losing 3 seniors, don’t expect BC to be a team you can put a running clock on every week like years past going forward into next season.