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Kinda crazy how just the rumor of Illinois moving to a district playoff situation caused all of this. no rumors of districts would mean Mt. Carmel wouldn’t have had to leave….which then set off the Big 8 disbanding….which led to the new PAC and new SIAC….which brings us to today.

The longer this goes on the more I think there should just be a committee among the IFCA where they decide where teams are placed. Southridge is one of many schools that are successful but don’t necessarily need to be playing up…and I’m certain many coaches would agree. let the coaches discuss with each other and determine where teams should be. on this note….one thing that has really stuck out to me since the success factor was implemented…..Mater Dei has stayed in 2A this entire time. Not trying to stir the pot with the MD fans….just that they have an excellent program and have had it for a long time with tons of success. They are on the same level as Gibson Southern and Evansville Memorial and would have been a very tough out in sectional 32 at the 3A level. just seems like the success factor could use some actual input from people…mostly coaches and not just some simple math formula

Not at all lol every year I’m like “oh cathedral is playing for a state title? No surprise” this last year I was at LOS but the Gibson Southern vs Brebeuf game ran for probably 4 hours almost and I had a good drive to make and traffic to beat out of there.

I was today years old when I found out that Adam Vinatieri has a son…who is also a kicker….and he is graduating from Zionsville this year. maybe I missed it but seems like too big of a name to not be mentioned on this forum more often haha

This has to be the top coaching spot available in the state no?

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Might have just been an expiring contract and both teams mutually agreed

Nobody wants memorial vs cathedral lol what we really want is Memorial Vs Gibson Southern lol. Especially on this forum where 2 of the largest fan groups on here are EM and GS

Hiring a defensive coach as HC is a huge mistake. I get it I’m a packer fan and I’m going to hate on the hire no matter what…..but you have the lions in a full blown rebuild…the Vikings cleaned house and probably are going to move on from cousins and dalvin in the near future…..and the packers have the whole Rodgers/Adams situation with 40M over the cap….. and Justin fields is sitting there needing to be developed. y’all are wasting an opportunity and still clinging to 1985….one of 2 teams that has never had a 4000 yard passer.

Just had to read my last paragraph man. Come on cut me some slack

Example of what I mean by a quick glance seeing the rankings This is Gunnar Stockton’s rankings. I believe he is the #1 QB in the class but that is just my opinion

I believe it’s a fairly new thing but it’s grown considerably….they have write ups and scouting things for a lot of players and their consensus rankings are evenly weighted between itself, espn, rivals, and 247….apparently 247 and rivals give their own rankings a lot more weight for their consensus. the interface for the site is nice too imo. The site can’t be more than 2 years old I would think…but it at least seems like there are people putting in a ton of work to make it better every day I personally am a fan of their consensus rankings knowing that they weigh their rankings equally with espn rivals and 247. 25% each and at a quick glance you can see how each ranks a particular player

It took some getting used to…I kinda prefer the AOC playing QB haha. The man doesn’t even bother with social media….just minds his own business…what’s not to like haha

Looks like Brady Allen is starting to get some bumps in the rankings department. On3 has him as QB4 of the class just short of 5 star status. ESPN moved him up from 17th to 10th and into the top 300 at 203. I imagine 247 and rivals will follow with a small bump of some sort…but still…Purdue recruited Brady when most rankings had him between 17th and 25th at the QB spot…and now he is firmly in the top 10. a small bummer he will sit behind AOC for a year but Purdue fans and coaches have to be happy seeing the rankings reflect their opinions

Are they going to split Carmel into 2 schools once they get to 6,000? I didn’t even realize they were over 5k

Who would have guessed this would come to bite us in the end? Had over a month and ST unit still didn’t improve and literally cost the game

Ehhh…I won’t say no because that’s too black and white….but anyone who has played GS the last 4 years will have to start over on how to defend Coach Harts offense again now. sure a ton of phenomenal talent is graduating…but the next QB for GS is a true dual threat and the RB room is going to be strong. Probably will still pass it more than most teams…it’s just that there is a slim to none chance they will be throwing it over 300 times on the year or going with a 65/35 pass run ratio. offenses are designed around a teams strengths…and for 4 years the strength has been at the QB being able to put the ball wherever it needs to be while having a cannon for an arm. These next 2 years are probably going to be more about RPO/Read-Option Long story short….yes the team is going to be a clear step under the 2021 team…not a question….but the 2022 team is likely going to be a very different challenge to try and stop…

I love how I make a half tongue in cheek comment about country club sports and then only say the top teams of each conference are usually pretty close. immediately after I said this: mater Dei fans enter chat* “are you disrespecting us? Is wrestling a country club sport? How dare anyone say they can beat MD wrestling (even though nobody did that)” 😂😂😂 holy smokes….we get it…Mater Dei wrestling is great. Do you really need to chip your own shoulders? lmao

They did win 5A. If I recall correctly, they lost the week before they played to GS to some Tennessee team….and then from GS on out they pretty much blew everyone out of the water.

That will be a monster sized test for this young squad coming up. think GS returns 3 starters? RB/RG/DE obviously some rotation guys are returning but it’s no secret the Titans are graduating the vast majority of the team

If Vincennes were to join I think the move would be to move them into the big school division but then also push one of the other schools down. Imo it should be Washington. don’t think the PAC benefits from top loading the big school division with the more successful teams. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Vincennes possibly joining comes with the possibility that Gibson Southern may look to join the SIAC…I’m personally don’t feel either way about it…I like the PAC and like following the matchups against teams I once played against….joining the SIAC would be fun too though. also not sure how the coaches or administration feels after the last attempt to join the SIAC…or how other PAC schools view GS. i would like to think that the other PAC schools like having GS as a conference foe but I wouldn’t be surprised if some coaches for certain sports wish they didn’t have to play GS as a conference game.

No don’t kid yourself i remember the days of the Big 8 where the BIG 8 fans would always say the PAC was the inferior conference. maybe the SIAC has those country club sports locked down but that’s about it…everything else…any given year the top teams in each conference is on par with each other. shoot if memorial was in the PAC I’m not sure there would be much of an argument for the SIAC

Agreed although…..I wouldn’t put castle in the top tier. For the number of students and social-economic factors…you would think they would be better

Football is the only schedule that would be affected. a non EVSC conference schedule would be fun…but that would be too lopsided in my opinion. I just know that I love the flexibility of the current PAC schedule as a fan and it allows GS to schedule new teams and create interesting matchups. I also actually like the PAC over the SIAC too. I think the SW Indiana fans just keep wanting to test GS and “moving them up”….like a perpetual “you have done good but you still need to prove it versus X”…not to even mention it kinda discredits the rest of the PAC indirectly…GS isn’t too good for the PAC…certainly competitive in most sports but it’s not like GS is dominating every sport. idk…just feels like any talk about GS moving to the SIAC from non GS fans is about “upgrading” conferences….but GS fans like myself seem to only be interested in potential matchups to enjoy and don’t really see the SIAC as some far better conference….more like a rival conference at this point imo