GrayingPanther

The SIAC Scallion - Serious scores. Satirical sendups.

5A - SECTIONAL 16
North 17 at Castle 14 - An unnamed Courier and Press staff member comes off a nine week suspension for suggesting the headline “Huskies Rook Knights” after the Huskies win in week-one.  Same staff member is put immediately back on suspension for recommending “Knights Lanced By Huskies” when North pulls ahead in their sectional championship rematch.

4A - SECTIONAL 24
Reitz 24 at Memorial 17 - Luke Ellspermann and Roland Vera Jr. continue their versatility/virtuosity contest by selling concessions at halftime and helping the elderly cross streets after the game. Ellspermann claims victory by collecting more in tips at the concession stand.

3A - SECTIONAL 30
Vincennes 27 at Gibson Southern 35 - The Alice’s and Titans play for the newly minted “Old Oaken Tundra.”  The trophy is the brainchild of Toyota Motor North America’s marketing team and represents the first vehicle produced at their Gibson County facility.  It will be presented to the winner of this and any future matchups between the two schools. Both programs react with a confused shrug.

Posting today, I might not have time tomorrow.

I wonder if I can get a refund?  It’s also, unsurprisingly, moved to IHSAATV.

2 hours ago, TigerFan20 said:

It appears Memorial/Reitz game will be PPV

I decided to bite the bullet any pay the $10+ - ugh.

58 minutes ago, swcgillespie said:

You can catch all the Evansville Reitz vs BNL action this Friday Night on 1340 WBIW or 105.5 WQRK! We will also have our radio broadcast streaming on our websites for those outside of the listening area. Visit wbiw.com/listen-live/ or wqrk.com/listen-live/ our pregame show will begin 15 minutes before kickoff. 

That’s good news.  Some much better than watching North or Memorial streaming, and flipping through the Evansville Courier & Press for a score update - lol.

Found this write-up for Reitz at BNL on WBIW.  There is an outside chance they might stream the audio here.

https://www.wbiw.com/2023/10/25/bnl-to-face-second-ranked-reitzs-defensive-demons-in-sectional-24-semifinal/

I noticed that the North and Memorial games are on IHSAATV.  Does anyone know if someone is broadcasting (radio or streaming) the other SIAC games?

Bedford NL 42 Harrison 7 - Warriors fail to wake up the echos of Ryan Hales and CJ Hedgepeth, the authors of the last Harrison team to win a sectional in 2015.

Boonville 14 Reitz 35 - Panthers make up for the close loss last year.  However, a Reitz assistant coach is forced to run the stairs of Reitz Bowl every day next week after exclaiming, “Hey Pioneers, have you had Benough?”, after Ben Davies throws his second TD.

Memorial 48 Central 7 - Coach Hurley cancels his membership in the Coach Prime fan club after the Buffalos embarrassing loss to the Stanford Cardinal .  Bryan Harsin reaches out to the the Central Bears about the prospect of an unpaid assistant coaching position.

Jasper 35 at Bosse 32 - Coach Lewis instructs staff to deflate all of the practice balls and shows a nonstop highlight loop of Herschel Walker, Red Grange, Barry Sanders, Jim Brown, and other great running backs to emphasize the Wildcats run first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth…identity.

Sectional 30
Vincennes 26 Owen Valley 13 - Coach Salters arranges a FaceTime between Luke Lindsey and Curtis Painter to get Painter’s insights into playoff football (Somewhere Jim Mora has a heart palpitation at the mere mention of playoffs).

Sectional 40
Mater Dei 28 Tell City 26 - After a narrow win, Coach Goebel, recalling a chance meeting he had with Abe Lincoln in his first year at Mater Dei, awkwardly shares with a befuddled Coach Webb his favorite Lincoln quote, “I will prepare and some day my chance will come.”  Coach Webb shakes his head as he thanks Goebel.

1 hour ago, GrayingPanther said:

Here go my picks for this week.  Hoping to do better on the scores this time around.  

Harrison 14 Bosse 45 - Daily screenings of “Rudy” fail to propel the Warriors to victory.  Elijah Wagner, Royal Elliott, and Arron Finnot give the visitors a guided tour of every yard mark and end zone at Enlow.

Mater Dei 7 Reitz 35 - Both offenses sluggish in their first series as they shake off the after-effects of excessive consumption of Kuchens, Pork Chop on a Stick, and Ski at last week’s West Side Nut Club Fall Festival. The panthers eventually come to life to easily handle the wildcats, prompting Coach Goebel to quip, paraphrasing Al McGuire, “The best thing about underclassman is that they become upperclassmen.”

Memorial 6 Castle 27 - The Knights take advantage the Tigers absences and win comfortably at home. Coach Hurley nixes his plan to tell reporter the following in response to critics of his coaching this year,“In sixteen years of coaching, I’ve come up with two hard, incontrovertible facts: there is a God, and, I’m not him.”

Jasper 28 Vincennes 26 - Jasper staff meets with Dr. Rick to discuss their fear of the forward pass.  He notes that may teams have had success with the new-fangled innovation since its introduction in 1906. Further stating that it will add a wrinkle to your offense since your opponents know you run the ball nearly 93% of the time.

49-7 Central 0 North 42 - Cainen Northington channels former Huskies great Cornell Garrett and runs for 200+ yards. Central boosters seeking IHSAA approval to give free dinners at Wolfs to the first 20 new players who come out next year.  Hopefully Coach Artis can start turning things around with a little more time and a few more athletes coming out.

Sorry, the copy and paste from my phone made the font too large.  Take 2:

Harrison 14 Bosse 45 - Daily screenings of “Rudy” fail to propel the Warriors to victory.  Elijah Wagner, Royal Elliott, and Arron Finnot give the visitors a guided tour of every yard mark and end zone at Enlow.

Mater Dei 7 Reitz 35 - Both offenses sluggish in their first series as they shake off the after-effects of excessive consumption of Kuchens, Pork Chop on a Stick, and Ski at last week’s West Side Nut Club Fall Festival. The panthers eventually come to life to easily handle the wildcats, prompting Coach Goebel to quip, paraphrasing Al McGuire, “The best thing about underclassman is that they become upperclassmen.”

Memorial 6 Castle 27 - The Knights take advantage the Tigers absences and win comfortably at home. Coach Hurley nixes his plan to tell reporter the following in response to critics of his coaching this year,“In sixteen years of coaching, I’ve come up with two hard, incontrovertible facts: there is a God, and, I’m not him.”

Jasper 28 Vincennes 26 - Jasper staff meets with Dr. Rick to discuss their fear of the forward pass.  He notes that may teams have had success with the new-fangled innovation since its introduction in 1906. Further stating that it will add a wrinkle to your offense since your opponents know you run the ball nearly 93% of the time.

49-7 Central 0 North 42 - Cainen Northington channels former Huskies great Cornell Garrett and runs for 200+ yards. Central boosters seeking IHSAA approval to give free dinners at Wolfs to the first 20 new players who come out next year.  Hopefully Coach Artis can start turning things around with a little more time and a few more athletes coming out.

4 hours ago, TransplantedPanther said:

Rivalry week. And then there weee no more weeks of the regular season. 
 

Bosse over Harrison

North rolls Central

Reitz beats MD comfortably

Castle beats Memorial as struggles continue

Jasper holds on to beat Lincoln

 

This really does a doozy to the standings. Reitz goes 9-0 and wins conference by three games, while five teams (Lincoln, Jasper, Castle, Memorial, North) all tie for second with three losses. 

I agreed Jasper and Castle likely take care of business, and Reitz wins the SiAC by  three again.  Hard to imagine that but…

Is it usually Friday when everyone adds their predictions?

1 minute ago, TransplantedPanther said:

Well, another long delay with no explanation. Still going on now. 

Any chance this ends by midnight?

Lindsey has 2 field goals and at least 10 yards passing.  Is that close enough to 2 TDS and 100+ yards?

5 hours ago, Football Fanatic said:

Some fun gameday discussion...take your pick, what is more likely to happen?

1. Central scores twice on Castle or Harrison scores three times on Mater Dei?

2. Reitz shuts out Bosse or Bosse scores 28+ and makes it a close game?

3. Ben Davies throws for 200+ yards and 2 TDs or Elijah Wagner runs for 200+ yards and 2 TDs?

4. Vincennes beats Memorial or Jasper beats North?

5. Luke Lindsey throws for 100+ yards and 2 TDs or Porter Rode plays and rushes for 100+ yards and 2 TDs?

Those some difficult choices indeed.  I’ll go with:

1.  Central scores twice on Castle.  Castle gives up about 25 points a game, so it’s possible.  As FootballFan2000 correctly notes, Harrison has scored 0, 7 and 12 all their games except at Central.

2. Reitz shuts out Bosse (I guess).  No one has held Bosse under 16 this year. Bosse gives up 37 points a game, so Reitz will top that.  So even if Bosse scores 28 it won’t be close - so 28 and close is less likely to happen.  I picked Reitz 42 Bosse 28 - still not close.

3. Ben Davies throws 200+ yards and 2 TDs.  He threw for 2 TDs against a stout Memorial defense, and Bosse’s defense is as stout as a Buckler.  Wagner running for 200+ yards a 2 TDs is every bit as likely.  Nobody seems to stop him.  But if “more likely” is the measure, it goes to Davies.

4. Jasper beats North.  Memorial’s D is solid.  I don’t see Vincennes being up to the challenge without Hunt.  If the Jasper OL can block effectively, and run like they like to do, they could beat North.  Again “more likely.”

5. Porter Rose plays and rushes for 100+ yards and 2 TDs.  Lindsey has only thrown for 82 yards and 1 TD if MaxPreps is to be believed…so good luck and God bless trying to get 100+ yards and 2 TDS versus Memorial  I give Porter Rode on crutches a better chance.

22 minutes ago, Football Fanatic said:

Sure. When I say scores I’m meaning TDs. So for example when I say 4 scores, as a baseline I’m meaning anywhere from 24-28 (missed PATs/successful PATs). Not accounting for field goals, safeties, 2pt conversions (I think Bosse is the only team that consistently goes for 2). So admittedly, predictions using a “scores” term is fairly broad, but simply evaluating a little more closely rather than just predicting who will win. 

I like your analysis.  You’re more bullish on the Panthers than I am, but my score depends how well Reitz can defend Wagner.  Otherwise we are in the same ballpark, more or less, for the other games.  I gave Castle the 49 based on a running clock, and no defensive scores.  Unrelated note: Memorial’s third string QB (Bryant?) looked good in the 4th QTR.  Seems like he earned a chance to be the starter (unless/until Fisher is back).

5 minutes ago, Football Fanatic said:

Bosse at Reitz - I think Bosse could probably score at least once on any 4A team in the state. With a QB like Wagner and fast receivers, they're bound to break one at some point with his ability to scramble, reverse field, and create plays no defense can prepare for. However, Reitz may have the best defense in the state, so I'm intrigued by this Bosse O vs. Reitz D matchup. And can the Bulldogs score enough to stay in the game? I don't think Reitz will have trouble scoring points. I will take the Panthers by 4 scores.

Mater Dei at Harrison - intriguing matchup here as MD has been struggling and the Warriors are fresh off their first win of the season. I think this one can be close into the 2nd half but ultimately this will be a good opportunity for the young QB Mallory to have a great game. Harrison will have a few of the best athletes on the field, but MD has more talent overall. I will take the Wildcats by 3 scores.

North at Jasper - GAME OF THE WEEK! Very interesting matchup that could go either way. Both teams playing solid football lately. Jasper seems to always roll into the playoffs firing on all cylinders but is coming off a heart-breaking loss to Castle. North has seemed to figure some things out as the season progressed. Jasper will struggle to move the ball against North's run defense, but the key will be if they can wear those big bubbas out. I will take the Huskies by 1 score.

Castle at Central - Worst matchup of the week. The Bears lost their chance to win a game last week so they have basically guaranteed a winless season. Castle could really pick their score in this one, but will the Bears score at all against a suspect Castle defense? I will take the Knights in a running clock.

Vincennes at Memorial - Would love to see this matchup with both QBs healthy but I lean towards Memorial as the favorite either way. I have a feeling the Tigers will use #4 at QB more and open up the field for their offense. VL really struggled last week against North. Even though Memorial has been giving up points the last two weeks, VL may get shut out for the second week in a row. I will take the Tigers by 3 scores.

One can kind of guess a range for one or two score games.  But can you give us a better idea of what three or four scores means?  Hypothetically three scores could mean anywhere from 6 to 24 points, and four scores could be anywhere from 8 to 32 points (i.e., three or four safeties is 6 to 8 points and three to four TDs with 2-point conversion is 24 to 32 points).   A 2 to 8 point range for one score is a minimal difference.  A 4 to 16 point difference for two scores starts to get troublesome.  However ranges of 6 to 24 and 8 to 32 present a marked decrease in utility. 

Agreed, this is a stellar week for close games.  I’ll go Courier & Press style and pick scores.  Ok I'm serious with the scores, but not the write-ups.

Harrison 7 Central 8 - Central wins on a two point conversion (Jacob Tenbarge to Jamontre Johnson) with 52 seconds left. Harrison takes the ensuing kickoff to the Central 5 yard line.  Harrison QB then inexplicably takes a knee to preserve the narrow one-point loss.

MD 14 Bosse 27 - Coach Mullen rebuffs coach Goebel's halftime offer to trade his entire Sophomore class for Elijah Wagner.  Wagner responds with a boffo second half performance

Castle 28 Jasper 30 - Coach Lewis sets school record for most running plays in a game by instructing his team to fair-catch all punts and kickoffs. 

Vincennes 17 North 26 - North gambles twice on offense by running a reverse and a halfback pass.  In the same game.  Huskies survive this offensive devilry and fend off the Xander Hunt-less Alices.

Memorial 7 Reitz 24 - Keifer Sanderson, not to be outdone by Matt Gay, kicks eight field goals for the win. Panthers achieve their preferred score in close games.

22 minutes ago, GrayingPanther said:

 

 

 

The complexion of the Reitz and Memorial game has changed now that Memorial is without QB1 and RB1.  The teams are statistically similar - based on data from Maxpreps and Hudl.  One primary difference is the percentage of run versus pass yards.  For the season, running accounts for 46% of Reitz's total yards, and passing is 54% of their total.  For the season, Memorial gets 37% or their yardage from running and 63% for passing.  However, Memorial's run/pass percentages have changed dramatically in the last two games (w/o QB1 and RB1).  For the first four games Memorial's run/pass percentages were 26 and 74% respectively.  But in the last two games Memorial's run/pass percentages are 59% and 41%.  The defenses are nearly identical giving up 168.8 yards/game and 188.8 yards/game respectively.  (The site would not let me edit the original post to add this).

Fun fact - Reitz and Memorial have allowed 45 points this year, and East Central has allowed 42.  Likely the top three 4A teams next week.

1 minute ago, TigerFan20 said:

	SECT	REGN	SEMI	STATE
Evansville Reitz	61.32%	11.75%	.99%	.37%
Evansville Memorial	16.29%	1.19%	.04%	.01%
Jasper	12.98%	.84%	.02%
Boonville	9.42%	.57%	.01%

 

Can you cite the source for these estimates?

28 minutes ago, TigerFan20 said:

Reitz "at" Mater Dei, lots of questions in this one, throw the records out for this one judging from years prior. Should be a packed crowd and a heck of a game, question for Mater Dei is whether they are able to keep it up with Reitz, as MD does have a large amount of 2-way players, unlike Reitz. Going to be a lot of passing in this game for Mater Dei in my opinion. 

The 2-way players could be an issue for MD.  Brunson has been good at 2nd half adjustments (i.e., Castle and Memorial). Especially in the running game in both cases. 
 

Mason Wunderlich is huge and Pierre is talented.  MD has some weapons. It will be a tussle for sure.

4 minutes ago, TigerFan20 said:

No HTF game of the week? That is surprising 

Looks like Castle at Memorial:

Oct 14 — Castle @ Memorial

https://www.tristatehomepage.com/home-team-friday/live-stream/

44 minutes ago, TransplantedPanther said:

Heard he was only about 80% against Bosse. But he has improved every week so far. 

I was able to see the Memorial game (I live in VA now).  He didn’t look good early - before he got pulled.  And the  highlight of an interception vs Bosse looked badly under thrown.  They can get it done with Davies or Vera, which is good to know.

The only feed for the game I see is:

Reitz (8-0) at Mater Dei (6-2), 7 p.m. | WREF-97.7FM 

I guess no hope for streaming.

Must have dropped in on the week 10 thread - lol.  Any thoughts on Reitz “at”  MD?  MD on a four game streak and looking good.

By the way, did Davies injure his throwing or non-throwing shoulder?  He doesn’t seem 100% yet (based only on highlights).