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I don't recall anyone making any predictions, other than the Sectional will be very, very tough. I think we know enough to not presume anything. If that's the group, HH will be the favorite without question.

I'd say it is the likely scenario. Not sure how the IHSAA could split them up to be honest. Add Mt. Vernon, Princeton & Vincennes Lincoln and that looks to be a Sectional. I would bet the 5 you mention will all easily be in the top 10 of the preseason poll.

The only way GS, VL, HH, EM, PCHS, SR, MV & MD (listed by enrollment) aren't in the same Sectional is if there is some serious monkey business going on at the IHSAA. Adding Memorial and MD makes an obvious 8 team group in SWIN. Will be a tough, tough Sectional. Princeton is gonna have to burn a lot of boats... Interesting that GS could very well be 4A next time around as they are 30 or so from the top of 3A. MD is less than 10 from the 2A cut-off, so they could potentially bounce down next time around.

Fixed it.

Of course not. As I've said multiple times (obsessed in your words), those teams in the same Sectional would provide some great games for fans and great competition for the players. As to the financial side, maybe it isn't a concern to a public school, but maximizing gate receipts is an important revenue source for us. Personally, I'd rather see big games between schools in the same general area in the Sectional, not the Regional or Semi-State, because I'd like for the schools to reap the rewards of bringing thousands of fans instead of the IHSAA. It almost sounds like you would prefer a Sectional that isn't competitive from top to bottom? What's the rationale for that?

LOL. You would have gotten far more from a split of the HH game...

And I can't remember now if MD is forecasted to be in 3A too or not. If they are, adding MD and Vincennes Lincoln would probably make it the best Sectional this area has seen in quite a while (in any class).

It was, but from the schools' standpoint, having that game in Sectional would have been far more lucrative and the environment would have not changed. As a semi-state game each school received only 100 tickets worth of gate revenue. Instead, the IHSAA was the one who made the bank. Call it what you want, but a Sectional with tradition-rich schools like GS, HH, SR, & Ev. Memorial will offer some great games to watch and the schools will benefit financially and competitively.

There were some funky groupings in several areas during the last cycle... HH and GS (2 PAC schools w/in 50 miles of each other) playing for a semi-state being an example...

I personally don't see how seeding 5A & 6A with only 4 teams in the Sectionals makes all that much difference. Yes, you push back a Brownsburg / BD type of game, but only for 1 week. For 5A & 6A, it makes more sense to me to seed the South and the North, which would be easier to do at 5A & 6A than in lower classes because of geographic concentration (especially in 6A). In lower classes that have 7&8 team Sectionals, seeding the top 2 and ping-ponging the teams is fine with me. That gives no/low-win teams a chance of drawing a competitive game (an IHSAA goal) and also insuring the top 2 teams aren't squaring off in round 1.

Don't know much about Penn... Who were the first two coaches getting the troops pumped up?

It's mostly tillable

Has that actually happened where 3-4 schools dropped football or closed in a given year or two?

Yeah, that seems surprisingly low. I know we pay clock operators, etc., for tournament games because it is included as part of the IHSAA "host fee", but even adding those minor expenses, I still don't see how the per school split of combined Sectional gate could be that low.

The link to the IHSAA Fall Sport Bulletin has been removed, but unless there has been a change, the schools participating in Regional and Semi-States each get the gate revenue equivalent of 100 tickets sold, plus the standard travel reimbursements, site host fees, etc. Which would be roughly about $3,250 per school ($1.3M / 400 schools)?

I'd love to see a breakdown of salaries and what the IHSAA spends in attorney fees. To my knowledge it isn't included in anything available to the public.

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Why? The success factor is in place for a reason. Why punish a p/p school that hasn't had success?

Read the probable cause affidavit. Can't use it if you don't have it.

4 class is different now, but 6 class should be the same

You obviously don't get the point of my post. I think we've done pretty well under Coach Hurley. I look forward to renewing old rivalries, and obviously creating a new one with your Raiders.

No. We dropped down

Have faith. The IHSAA is going to fix the screwy 3A South assignments and restore Sectional 32!

Works out perfect for the new Sectional 32: GS - 771 VL - 711 Heritage Hills - 635 Ev. Memorial - 617 Princeton - 600 Southridge - 576 Mt. Vernon (Posey) - 574 Ev. Mater Dei - 520 Any other grouping would be completely illogical...

Mighty impressive academic numbers. Congrats to the Irish.