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LOL. Not representing Evansville Memorial, just a guy who supports EM representing my own thoughts and opinions. But while I'm here ... I don't believe EM has ever had a kid transfer in from an IN public school (who played varsity at that public school) who was ruled eligible to play varsity immediately. But in contrast, I can think of at least 5 kids in the last 3-4 years (who played varsity football and soccer for us) and have transferred out to a local public school and been eligible to play varsity immediately at the new school. It's a double standard. Even worse (albeit different scenario) is that last year we had a kid who: (A) had never played American football before; (B) was a 1 year transfer from his homeland of Iceland (that hotbed of American football) as his mother (a former Icelandic candidate for President) and father moved to NYC for her new job; and (C) pretty much had no idea what he was doing but tried very hard and could have at least gotten the experience of playing football under the lights on Friday night during 4th Q mop-up duty in 13 of the games we had that were over by the middle of the 3rd Q. He was ineligible. Go figure... It could have been a wonderful story for the IHSAA to use in PR & marketing for all HS sports. Nah....

Yes, and I would bet they lose more kids to public schools than they get from public schools. Very classy of you to make this point and ups the respect level I already had for you, Coach. Exactly. As long as there is not "undue influence" as defined by the IHSAA, kids should be allowed to go wherever they want and be eligible to play at whatever level they are capable of playing.

Uh...I'm not buying that...

LOL. I think you are right..

Dave Snyder is a good guy... blind as a bat, but a good guy. LOL.

The rankings are just a way to drive web traffic. And the C&P preview of Castle required hip-waders to get through all the BS. Sounds like Coach Hurt was running Dale Carnegie seminars this summer... With the focus on D, does that mean there is no longer an assistant coach for "Offensive Quality Control" in Paradise?

Per Twitter, Evansville North had a midnight practice. Coach P is really making an effort to inject new life, energy and excitement into the program.

Amen to that.

I thought it was somewhat interesting that at the media day yesterday, the Central HC simply said "no comment" when asked about the roster. Maybe that simply means he wasn't going to answer a bunch of questions about the kids in question at this point. From the player comments, the coach seems to be a disciplinarian, which could make things interesting going forward. I also get a little tired of hearing excuses about "tough life". Last year Central had kids who had well-publicized circumstances that were far-more challenging and those kids played within the structure of a team that was one break away from a state title. And Central is not alone. Every school - public or private - has kids who grew up with less than ideal situations. As Panther86 said, the proof was in the pudding - it was only when Central had a coach who instilled discipline and self-responsibility that they climbed to the top of the mountain.

Tiger sauced? LOL

Heat must have gotten to Coach... Or still maybe its still the fumes from the burning plastic boat...

No question having a group of kids that has played 30 games over the last two years helps in a lot of ways.

LOL, not sure but love the passion I guess. Pence will be the QB and has a lot of the same skills as Lindauer had - can move the pocket & extend plays, run, and has a strong arm. Central has to be the pre-season SIAC favorite, but they have to replace as many if not more starters from last year as anyone in the upper part of the conference. Should be an interesting year in the SIAC.

Yes it was an absolutely brutal way to lose for Southridge - 3 critical mistakes - E on throw to 1st after dropped 3rd strike on what would have been the final out, CF missing cut-off on hit that tied the game, then the miscommunication on the pop up to shallow LF. Per IHSAA website, 2 day attendance was down by a little over 400 from 2018, which isn't that big of an issue I suppose...

I don't want to beat up on Boonville because I think Coach Ward is building something good there, but I agree the AD's comment about being undefeated and barely beating Bosse didn't show much faith.

The Wk 1 crowds when they've played us at Enlow have always been pretty good.

A lot of schools already play Jasper and Lincoln in multiple sports, so adding them as a conference opponent isn't all that big of a change. I think the biggest benefit is what some have already said, it makes scheduling football easier and brings in 2 schools that have good athletic programs overall. As I've said previously, I would have preferred Jasper and Boonville or Jasper and Gibson Southern, but I'm fine with Lincoln too. I do know several SIAC schools have had problems scheduling non-conference opponents in football at times. I know we have, in part because other conferences don't always use Weeks 1 & 2 for non-conference opponents. Jasper is definitely a good gate addition for football and basketball, which are the only consistent gate revenue sports for most schools. As an example, Jasper will be a better football gate draw for Reitz than Henderson County. Mater Dei currently plays Indian Creek and Whiting in non-conference football, so this move will save them travel costs and I suspect both Jasper and Lincoln will travel better than either of those 2. At this point, I'm not a fan of adding 2 more schools and going to 2 divisions.

Unless of course you live in any part of the state that requires driving more than an hour or so to Indy and you have to work the next day... I would have preferred the IHSAA to use another facility on the weekend and skip Victory Field this time around. I think it will really impact attendance unless the participants are all from the Indy donut..

I don't see that doing much for you guys, do you? I think I'd rather leave the PAC as is and have the ability to schedule some quality non-conf opponents like you guys have been trying to do the last few years. I sure as heck wouldn't want a guaranteed football game every other year at Washington and risk injuries...

They are both pretty dang good pizza IMO. I agree 100% with your comment about having the stones to compete at a higher level.

No idea, but it could be a very cool set-up if they would put some money toward it.

Washington brings zero to the table for the SIAC and the football field is flat-out dangerous.

I don't see MV as a big benefit to SIAC at all, but just wonder if GS is trying to find a date to the party.. LOL

Must be. It doesn't make sense for them to not want in. Has GS approached any other schools? MV?

According to my source, Jasper was always looking SIAC and had Lincoln ready to commit early on if the SIAC was open to the idea. Same person told me Boonville is not the school that got cold feet, it was the 2 schools they were trying to pair up with. In any event, I like where the SIAC is as a 10 school conference and hope they stay there.