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#Discipline starts at the top.

Me neither. I tried to find a livestream or replay but didn't. I thought I saw that Reitz lost their RB in Wk. 2? Not entirely sure. They didn't adopt the #Discipline for nothing...

The weather is the MVP at this point. I'm pretty pleased with the Tigers so far. D looks solid (very strong in secondary). Brown has looked good at QB the first few weeks and isn't trying to do too much and has lot of weapons at the skill positions. The Jasper W in Wk. 1 is probably looking better at this point than I thought at the time. Beating Reitz was big for the JCats. North is a good team, but really struggled trying to throw the ball against us when they got down. Not sure what to make of Castle or Vincennes Lincoln yet. As expected, Bosse, Harrison and Central are just not good. Central may be a little better, but not much. If we can handle business against MD, we'll get a little two week break to ramp up for the finishing stretch of Reitz, VL and Castle - with 2 of the 3 on the road. This is a big game this week. Should be a fun one at Enlow. Tigers going for 10 in a row against the Wildcats and there should be a big crowd.

@AW0352 From the PAC Wk. 1 thread re adding teams and splitting into divisions... I would love to see a 12 school SIAC conference for several reasons. The biggest being taking away EVSC control of having 5 of the 9 schools. The best 3 fits would be HH, GS and Boonville IMO. I think most SIAC schools play those 3 in almost every sort except football as is.

Our production is not student run to my knowledge and I believe it will be free. We definitely save the costs of paying to have it done by doing it in-house. I listened to a couple of your games last year. You both did a ice job.

I think most teams are pretty vanilla for the scrimmage. We didn't run anything our 7th grade team can't run. As for Castle, to me it was more execution. Just didn't seem up to the usual standard. I have no doubt Castle will be a challenge in the SIAC for anyone.

LOL, you sure have a thing for the SIAC... I agree 100% that some rivalries are good for the community even if the game is not highly competitive (GS/Princeton is an example). Truth is, almost every conference (including the mighty SIAC) has weak teams - ours are Bosse/Harrison/Central (in recent years). Keep in mind that HH played a very strong LCA team last year that no doubt gave them the competition they needed to supplement the weak PAC teams like Princeton/Washington/North Posey/South Spencer from the PAC. Going to two divisions really was a smart move by the PAC. I sure wish the SIAC would do it, but I'm told it is a non-starter. It also may have situated VL to be in a more competitive spot. BTW, you doing radio broadcast or the stream? Well done, HHPatriots. You really set the bar high for game previews.

Personally, I'd rather not be in the poll altogether...

Lots of forward passing from what I understand. New era for the JCats.

IMO there are only two intriguing games in Wk. 1... MD, Reitz & Lincoln all win big in running clock games. Central, Harrison and Bosse will again be at the bottom of the standings (in that order). The other two games seem to be toss-ups. Castle did not impress me much in the scrimmage against Memorial Friday. I expect North will come out with some juice in Coach Nero's first game mushing the sled. I'll take the Knights by 3 based on home field and a QB that has a few seasons under his belt. Memorial & Jasper is always close. Last year's running clock W for Memorial was an anomaly. I would anticipate Jasper having some hiccups running their spread for the first time against a D that has a specific game plan. While Memorial looked better than what I expected Friday, I also expect some Wk. 1 jitters. Memorial's RB could be the difference. I'll take the Tigers by 7 before what should be a big Enlow crowd.

No mention of Sectional 32. Don't you remember that the state line is Bloomington?

Maybe stat-wise, but neither of the GS/HH games were close after the half. In contrast, in the sectional final it was 21-21 with under 3 to go in the third. We screwed the pooch by giving up a long KO return and tacking on a face-mask that gave HH great field position.

HH is head and shoulders above anyone else and a clear #1. I think 2-4 are pretty much interchangeable. I'm fine giving the nod to GS as #2 bc they probably have the most pieces returning. It will be interesting to see if GS is any more competitive against HH this year than they were last year.

If you had a good Catholic education instead of that free GS diploma you'd be able to spell "transfer"....

There is no connection between Memorial and Southridge. Jasper and Southridge would make more sense as both in Dubois Co. Memorial and Mater Dei would be the logical duo. I'd like to see the "Catholic Conclave" with some Indy schools...

Makes sense.

Yep, injuries to key players and not having comparable back-ups is what ended up getting us behind the 8 ball in 2021 and 2022 when we were fairly closely matched. In 2023 EC was just tremendous and we didn't have the horses to really compete. I like your guys' chances this year.

Not really. With EC up in 5A, I don't see you having any significant challenge until Semi-State.

I still do not think it's fair that Chatard is allowed to have Wi-Fi jerseys

Agreed. Not a discernible impact.

Should be an interesting Wk. 1 match-up.

I wouldn't call that game a beatdown. HH scored a TD with a minute to go to ice it away. It was a great game between the two best teams in 3A.

Tuition at Memorial and Mater Dei is the same. It's a little under $10,000 for a student from an assessed parish and about $13,500 if not from an assessed parish.

I hate that the surprise onside KO is gone from the NFL. It added a little bit of intrigue. And heck, the solo one against the Texans in 2014 is easily Pat McAfee's greatest contribution to football, not counting the drunken BR canal swim, I guess...

Not reporting news, I said I assume... How did it go?