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@ShakeDowntheThunder.. I agree 100% D1 is a tough, tough level to reach and so much goes into it beyond the playing field. Look at it this way.. In recent years, the winningest programs in SW Indiana have been Memorial and Gibson Southern. Memorial is 69-14 and GS 58-13 over the last 6 seasons. I believe the two schools have combined to produce 5 D1 athletes - Drew Hart (EKU), Mike Lindauer (UC/SIU), Branson Combs (SIU)and Ray Brodie III (IU track) from Memorial and Brady Allen (PU) from GS. I believe Sloan Cox from GS may have signed D1 for shot, but I'm not positive, so maybe it is 6. If you look at each of those kids, they had something that absolutely set them apart from everyone else on the field in pretty much every HS football game they played.

Yes. My guess is things changed when the "new" rules were put in place.

Will be interesting to see how the QB situation unfolds on Highway 41.

Tigers did not have an answer for the Power Toss to Mike Bone, or anything that could be described as a passing game. Watched that one with my 8 months pregnant wife and then went back to our luxurious pad at 14th & Penn...

Cold, crisp, easy drinkin' with no bitter aftertaste. Oh wait, that's Busch Light...

Made mine last night. Thanks for getting this rolling.

I meant Deke, not Derek! good list!

Trying to think of them.... I can remember Kevin Hardy, Derek Cooper, Levron, Ty Browning. Who else?

Not being argumentative, but who from the SIAC in recent times (say last 3-4 yrs) do you think had D1 talent that didn't go D1? From Memorial, I would say the players we've had in recent times who had "D1 talent" (or maybe the correct description is D1 size/talent) all went D1 - Drew Hart ('18 to EKU), Michael Lindauer ('19 Cincy to SIU) & Branson Combs ('19 to SIU). We've had a lot of other players who were very good HS players, but they weren't D1 caliber players.

BINGO

Good Lord...

Bump to page 1. Nobody puts Baby in a corner ...

None of us down here in SW IN know the mascots of the Indy mega-schools. I figured Bears62 was for the Chicago bears too. Now nobody can ever say I didn't defend a GS fan....

Not since 2018...

No. The IHSAA cannot stop a kid from participating in a camp during moratorium.

They can't block the transfer. They only control the athletics. With limited eligibility he can participate in everything except a varsity game. Meanwhile his former teammates who transferred to Reitz will be allowed to suit up every Friday night. So glad the IHSAA is all about protecting the kids.

Give us evidence of "private training" being the secret sauce of P/P success. That is silly in the context of football. Tennis maybe. Coach Ralph is known for a tremendous S&C program. Are you saying all the kids do private training?

So the success is because of private training? Is that why New Pal had so much success a few years ago?

Great move!

The talent pool may be shifting, if you will. Central is in some measure of turmoil as several kids have jumped to Reitz, along a player or two from other EVSC schools (all purely for academic reasons, mind you). As a result, Reitz will be much improved. Of the 5 EVSC programs, Reitz and North will be the best, while Central, Bosse and Harrison will struggle.

I don't disagree with that. Well heck, none of those schools play football...

IMO, football blew past basketball in popularity many years ago.

Well, if the game is at Castle, sitting on the home side is a pretty good deal because after their band plays at halftime the crowd really clears out. Did Herdes leave Central or just quit football? I heard a while back he quit football.

I will wear a Castle hat for 1 week and an MD hat for another if Rode gets cleared.

@TigerFan20 - I vaguely remember hearing about a named Das Johnson, maybe even a relative of RB3? I believe he is a frosh or soph. Does he play football?