Just a dad

Roncalli ‘s coaches making the QB change completely saved their season. They are a different team. Throw out any of their performance prior to the change. The QB had 100% control of the entire game vs Chatard. Had he been taking snaps from game 1 they might have an unblemished record. I was very pressed with that young man.

Well only one team played a clean game. Roncalli was well coached, prepared and up to the challenge of big time playoff football. Chatard was undisciplined (which is atypical). Roncalli will be a handful for whoever plays them. They have power (TB) and speed (QB) so good luck to whomever lines up across from them.

The Chatard/Roncalli game will come down to turnovers and missed opportunities. Bonus points to Chatard for getting to play this game at home. Not sure if Chatard has the athletes to slow down the Roncalli QB. Not sure if Roncalli has the size to handle the Chatard OL (shocked myself by saying that). Big plays for Roncalli vs a grind for Chatard. Eventually Roncalli’s defense wears out like 2 years ago when Chatard held the ball for nearly the entire 4th quarter. if the game is clean, Chatard likely pulls away at the end and wins 31-20 but it’s football and anything can happen.

So what are the 4A games to keep an eye on this week?

Where would the potential Semi-State games take place. Is there a significant “home field” advantage for any of the teams?

And he is playing on a torn ACL. He is 6’2 215 and the backup is 5’11 155. The arm talent is decidedly different. If the starter had played against Cathedral the Trojans likely win that game by 2 scores and this entire conversation is unnecessary.

Does this apply if it is to aid a fan who is winded from walking up too many steps in the bleachers or those who got bombed at the pregame tailgate, thrown out for yelling at the refs and need to sober up before driving their tractors home?

A bigger factor than travel is wether or not his girlfriend was chatting with some other guy on social media that day or if the girl he has a crush on is dating someone else and won’t let him side into her DM’s. There are so many things that affect the mindset of a teenager on any given day. The mind of a teenage boy is the number one variable in the success of the team.

And just like that the “It’s unfair that Private schools recruit and public schools wholesomely play by the rules. ” narrative died a quiet death. RIP sweet child. 1907-2025. It was a good life. You will be missed by many, I am sure.

I watched Cathedral vs BCHS on Friday. Chatard outplayed them with a sophomore QB for 3 quarters. Cathedral does not have the talent to compete in 5A this year and wouldn’t win 4A. They just don’t have the skill position talent that they used to. The multiple transfers from their program might reveal a deeper issue with the teams talent level than originally thought. Good thing they have a D1 kicker. He saved them on Friday

Chatard played their backup for the first 3 quarters for some disciplinary reason (unknown to me what it was and unimportant to the game). The backup, Harrison Odom, who I think is a sophomore, played very well considering the circumstances. Lots of mistakes on both sides that affected the outcome of the game. The kicker for Cathedral is a stud and was their MVP.

Totally not shocked to see all of these quotes calling out private schools for their rampant recruiti…..wait, what? None of them were mentioned. “Indy area” was as close as we could get with this tired old trope. Well, I hope this has finally put the “the moon landing was faked and the earth is flat” level of conspiracy theory to bed. I’m looking forward to the reply’s bashing me from the unhinged edges of this discussion board.

They are just young at the skill positions. There is a SR QB but his supports are mostly in the JR class. The defense was a strength last year but also graduated some talent. Overall they aren’t as skilled as the past few years so, like has been said above, they rely on depth. That and their uncanny knack in finding 5’6 150lb running backs. Looks like they out recruited the state again in that valuable demographic. They will likely finish the year ranked 15th or so.

Calpreps Top5 4A schools in Indiana: 1. Bishop Chatard 41.7 2. East Noble 41.3 3. New Palestine 40.4 4. Roncalli 35.8 5. Martinsville 31.2

@temptation I would say Center Grove and Decatur Central (both top 550 teams nationally according to calpreps) were very good teams in 2018 and they handled them. 2019 they played Cathedral, Center Grove and Valpo. All top 400 teams nationally, again according to calpreps. I’d say both of those teams were challenged, took punches and were superior to some really high quality teams. This year their toughest game has been against Greenfield Central who is ranked 2812 nationally. Their opponents combined records are 57-61 Chatard has lost to Cathedral (163) and Elder (429). They have beaten Columbus North (739), Roncalli twice (805) and Brebeuff (1405). The combined records of their opponents this year is 75-47-1 There is an enormous difference between 2018/2019 New Pal and 2024 New Pal. 2019 NP opponents were 91-71. 2018 NP opponents were 83-75. I just don’t see how you can compare their 2024 team to either of those earlier teams. I’m not convinced that New Pal isn’t the underdog in this game