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The Reitz show is on WREF today at 4:20, so maybe we'll hear something about whether Reitz is at full strength or not. That game at the Bowl is GOTW. It seems Castle has its ground game going so if Reitz is thin at QB, I'd expect Castle to come out with the W. I'll take MD over North by 17 and Lincoln over Harrison by 24. The other 2 will be blow-outs.

Devastating. As great of a football, basketball and baseball player as he was, he was an even better person. Huge loss for our community. Horrible tragedy for his family.

Makes the most sense to me. Every team could still schedule 5 non-division opponents to get a full schedule. Forcing Reitz and North to play the 3 weaker schools just might motivate the EVSC to look at things a little differently and work to build all the EVSC programs. I bet if you asked the ADs, these are the divisions the majority would want. From a gate receipt standpoint, it's an no-brainer for the 5 non-EVSC ADs.

I'd like to see the 5 EVSC schools in one division and the 5 others in another.

The SIAC really needs to go to 2 divisions. Bosse, Central and Harrison aren't going to build decent programs getting their @sses handed to them every week.

No surprises, except maybe Castle giving up 30 to VL. I drove to PoCo to watch HH / NP.

Me neither.

As the defending champ of the 812 Hoops Pigskin Pick 'Em contest, I would agree with this statement 100%...

The battle for the SIAC crown will be decided by 4 games: Castle at Reitz next week, Reitz at Memorial the week after that, and the Wk. 9 rivalry week games - MD/Reitz and Castle/Memorial.

It is very surprising to me that with the OL North has they are only averaging 12.5 points so far. I realize they have the toughest early schedule in the SIAC playing Castle, Memorial and Reitz in the first 4 weeks, but they are huge up front and they have a nice RBs. They should be able to run it down teams' throats.

In Tango's Top Ten I would put MD above Castle based on the head to head and Harrison over Central. Central and Bosse are the same teams, Central just has less cool uniforms.

I'm really, really hoping it's a TikTok. It would be legendary.

I am most intrigued by what social media platform Coach Wright will use to make his post.

I like MD and Castle to cover -11. Not sure North, Memorial or Reitz can cover their big numbers though. I would not be surprised if we hold a player or two out and I heard some chatter about Reitz getting hit with some injuries, but not sure the extent. North should be able to finally get some points on the board. If I had to bet, I say they have the best chance of covering of the 3 big favorites.

Hurley has given Fish the green light to run it whenever he thinks he can get it, so it isn't being called from the sideline. The first one against MD was pretty clear, but on the second one I was definitely doing the "No, no, no...YES" thing. He is deceptively elusive, which helps. It will be interesting to see how teams respond going forward. I also believe there are a few more wrinkles that have yet to be shown. In any event, there's no question it is a huge weapon and I agree, it completely changed the complexion of the game.

HH at North Posey and GS at Southridge this week will help shed a little more light on things. Of course the big one is next week in Lincoln City.

Sure did last night...

Sorry, his name is Ryan Wagler. Auto-correct got me.

He is very similar to Lindauer IMO. Very even-keeled leader. I was a little surprised Mallory didn't run more. He is slippery.

MD at Jasper should be a good game. I expect MD to give the JCats problems similar to what did in Wk.1. I'm also intrigued by Lincoln at Castle. Will be interesting to see of Lincoln can stick around into the second half. The other 3 games should be running clocks. On the WREF show this morning Ryan Waller mentioned Harrison was without their QB last night.

Took 'em to the woodshed tonight. Tigers looked good. Big matchup looming in a few weeks with Reitz. Hopefully both are undefeated because Enlow will be rockin'...

Memorial (-4) at Mater Dei - Should be a huge crowd for the Catholic Bowl and the only game that should still be interesting in the 4th Q. Kendrick will be the difference. I'll take the Tigers 27-24. Reitz (-11) at North - For all the beef up front, the North O struggles to put points up. I'll take Reitz 35-10. Jasper (-14) at Bosse - Jasper puts a running clock on the hapless Bulldogs 42-7. Castle (-17) at Harrison - Harrison is competitive and separating from Bosse and Central, but still can't break into the win column. Knights 34-14 Lincoln (-21) at Central - After a week celebrating the first W since 2021, things crumbled quickly for the Bears last week, highlighted by 2 ejections on the same play before the half and Coach Artis going into the parent section at the half (and it wasn't to sing Kumbaya). Lincoln 38-6.

Actually, only a handful of the 77 games between Memorial and Mater Dei have had a combined score of 15 points or less, so I'd expect both sides to hit paydirt a few times. This will be the first scrambling QB Memorial has seen so I'll be interested to see how the D matches up.

Yes.

Mater Dei was in 3A 1995-1996 and 2003-2006, winning 1 Sectional and 1 Regional (2006). All the rest were 2A. Memorial was in 4A 2019-2023, winning 4 Sectionals, 2 Regionals, 1 Semi-State and 1 State title (2019). All the rest were 3A.