tango

Yes

With 3-4 players out with flu, I picked Boonville to beat Harrison. We will see how Boonville does against Reitz. And I'll be rooting for them without question. But how does GS give up 42 and 600 yds against 7th place SIAC team?

Not against Brownsburg according to @Footballking16

Field is only 100 yds long...?

You guys will kill OV. She might have had 800 and she has a bad hip. LOL

LOL. Better defenses. You guys can now coast to Sectional title. I hear they had almost 600 yds.?

Too bad our QB is is out. Jasper will be a tall, tall task next week. Tango may have to get in the booth for RATM pregame tunes. LOL. In any event, we are all Pioneers this week!

VL is going to be scary good next year.

Fixed it for ya.

Didn't need to.

So Reitz will host Sectional final.

Yes it was.

Slippery. I am surprised GS D gave up that many points. That's similar to what Central, Bosse and Harrison did.

Giving up 42 is a LOT of points for an undefeated team...

Not bad for SIAC's 7th place team, eh?

No surprise. Keep it rolling.

and a couple of lineman too... Harrison is way too thin to replace several starters. So bad news for Harrison but good news for Boonville. The SIAC's 7th & 8th place teams are going to feel the wrath of the PAC Big School #1 & #2 tonight. Too bad Harrison isn't full strength. That could have been a fun game.

Yep, 29 of them in the last 6 years alone. Guess which photo is from a playoff game?

So you're telling me Cathedral's players and coaches would have prepared more, focused more, and played/managed better in that Wk. 2 match-up with Brownsburg if it was some sort of qualifier game?

Loose lips sink ships

The argument espoused is that is would make the regular season "better". Just because the result of the game may have some implication for either team, it doesn't mean the game itself (level of play, coaching or officiating) will be better. Maybe its different down here, but I have never seen an SIAC or PAC school not giving 100%. Two examples... (1) Two weeks ago, we beat Vincennes Lincoln and there was a missed call that cost VL a TD. Bobref admitted the ref was out of position. HUDL confirms the ref made the wrong call. What if that game cost VL a spot in the playoffs? (2) Like Cathedral and Dwenger, we are by far the smallest school in our class due to SF. Depth is a huge issue and probably cost us last year in Semi-State against MV Fortville. We have more than the normal amount of players who are banged up and could probably have used a week off last week, but we played 5A Castle in SIAC "Rivalry Week". None of those kids sat out, because for us a game against Castle (in any sport) means a lot. Coaches, players, officials, fans, etc. really can't give 110%. The argument that the regular season would be "better" assumes they can.

It isn't unreasonable to think the same thing might happen if a team had to qualify. Say MV had locked up a spot in the tournament, and was playing a tough opponent in Wk 1 of the playoffs. Whose to say they wouldn't pull their starters for a "meaningless' late season game to rest up for the playoffs? In any event, I suspect the number of teams sitting starters is very, very low.

If the scuttlebutt is true, then VL has about as much of a chance of beating GS on Friday as PC does beating MD.

I would favor the home team in any matchup between the winner of Sectional 24 and East Central. I don't see anybody stopping New Pal.

MD hasn't lost in a 2A Sectional game to anyone except Southridge since uh, I think ever. Perry Central lost by 3 scores to 1A Tecumseh. This game has running clock written all over it. At least the home team will finally get a W at Central Stadium though...