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14 hours ago, Rodney said:

I think we ought to move to a 1 man crew and make him stand in the parking lot 

I think we just need to leave the officiating to the people in the stands. They seem to always have a better angle and are never wrong. To save confusion, they dont have to use NFHS rules, they can use whatever rules they see on Saturday and Sunday TV. Trust me on this, Ive gone to this with all my offensive play calling, they seldom call the wrong play, and if it doesnt work then it was the kids fault and we are playing the wrong kid.  I dont have to hear "That was a stupid play" 10 seconds after we run it. 

Let’s go back to the original question…….does ANYONE plan on using those footballs in a varsity game??? Hopefully you still have a few of last years left. I personally will take footballs out of the trophy case first. I’m sorry but they are not a good substitution for Wilson’s. 
 

Back to the original question, They feel like synthetic leather and have the appearance of a toy football. They are stamped NFHS but the are obviously different size then Wilson. Hard to accept as a replacement. I haven’t tried to break one in yet, if even possible. 

New Prairie will now play Goshen week 2 and SB Riley week 7. John Harrell site hasn’t updated the schedule 

5 hours ago, NRRaider2001 said:

Northridge is not the same team as we were in the regular season either, and we have faced some great running teams the last 2 weeks that have had very little success moving the ball, including Leo which has multiple D1 offensive linemen. 

Northridge will need to block better this week than we did last night however. 

 

There's a little history between these two schools. 

Since 1971, Leo holds a 4-3 advantage over Northridge with the most recent being a 28 to 10 win at the 2014 semi state. 

Also from Stu Swartz on Facebook:

Amzie Miller, 1944 Middlebury High School graduate, is a member of the Elkhart County Sports Hall of Fame.
The football field at New Prairie High School is named after Amzie who was a principal in the school system for 19 years.
Northridge, a 1969 consolidation of Middlebury and Jefferson, will visit Amzie Miller Field at New Prairie for a Class 4A semistate football game next Friday night. The Raiders vs. the Cougars.

 

Great fact, I am born and raised in the New Prairie  Community and didn’t know this fact. Mr Miller was my HS principal. Regardless the Cougars will welcome NR to Amzie Miller Field! 

1 hour ago, CoachVeatch said:

I've never in 12 years coaching or when I played seen any of these rules enforced lol. Not upset about it or anything, I just find it funny they lay these rules out. Maybe they should just call them "suggestions". I'd actually love to see a live animal mascot trot out before a game.

Mountain Lions (Cougars) have now been spotted in Indiana, please don’t call the IHSAA if one happens to run across Amzie Miller Field! It probably feels safe from the lack of music coming from our speakers. 

6 hours ago, Dolts said:

Last year I remember seeing a video with IHSAA Assistant Commissioner Robert Faulkens instructing coaches on how to clean and sanitize footballs related to the COVID Pandemic.  In the video he not only recommends the Wilson Prep Kit but shows you how to use it. 

https://youtu.be/3A4UtLaOnkg

Thank you!! We can’t get a better answer then that! 

I agree, the footballs straight out of the box are unusable for the last couple of years. I have started using their prep kit and it makes them better. Scrub them with hot water to get the factory wax off of them then was the bar wax. Tried to get baseball mud online and it is impossible to find right now. My question is the Original question, is it legal??? I have never had an official say anything? 

I passed along the information to our AD.

Hey DannEllenwood, what week is that cancellation?  We might be able to pick you up.

New Prairie is looking for a week 3 freshman game 9/12/19.

Please contact New Prairies AD, Ben Bachmann

On 5/14/2019 at 8:20 AM, Major said:

I wonder if the New Prairie head coach goes along with all of your ideas?

Would you care to elaborate?

New Prairie currently has 2 Social Studies and 1 Art openings in the high school. 

My question on the rule is this.  Can a freshman play 2 quarters on a Monday night JV game then 4 quarters of their freshmen game? 

A lot of discussion on it at the ICFA meeting, Friday morning and a proposal will be presented to the IHSAA. Until then we shouldnt muddy up the waters until the verbiage is all laid out. But will be beneficial if accepted.

Is that week 1 of the Indiana season or week 1 of Michigan season?

1 hour ago, Major said:

Glenn and Bremen to the HNAC.  New Prairie and Jimtown to NLC.  South Bend trim down to 2 public high schools.  

 

Then St. Joe, Marian, Penn, 2 South Bend public school, new Elkhart public high school join Duneland.  Nice 14 team conference.  For football split east and west by placing Laporte in the east.  

That would work for us, but the factor that holds this up is travel distances. If NLC would go to a East/West split it wouldnt be bad, all schools within 45 min-1 hour. A conference of Plymouth, Northwood, Mishawaka, Northridge, New Prairie, and Jimtown would be outstanding and all with great communities that will travel.

On 2/27/2019 at 8:06 AM, NRRaider2001 said:

I mean, it really doesn't fit with the rest of us, but they could always come back to the NLC, and bring St. Joe, Marian, or New Prairie with them if things fell apart in the NIC.

Make that happen !!  Travel is the issue but an East/West NLC would be a fun conference and "Community" Schools.

39 minutes ago, DumfriesYMCA said:

I did some thumbing around on the internet because I was curious too and this is probably the best thing I have found regarding the concept of early recruiting 

 

https://www.ncsasports.org/recruiting/how-to-get-recruited/early-scholarship-offers

This is a really good and it is what I thought. It points out exactly my question. How are underclassmen getting offers??? Schools must just be taking a chance without really ever meeting the kids. Thanks for the info and I apologize on changing the subject from the original title of the blog. Lets get back to discussion on Top Qbs.  I was just happy to see someone mention ours. LOL

• Official visits: Recruits can now start taking official visits starting September 1 of their junior year of high school. In the past, official visits weren't permitted until the athlete's senior year of high school, so this rule is actually bumping them up!
• College camps and clinics: Recruits and college coaches are not allowed to have any recruiting conversations during camps prior to September 1 of the athlete's junior year of high school. Previously, there weren't really any rules that prevented coaches from talking about recruiting to underclassmen during camps. In fact, it had become common practice for college coaches to extend verbal scholarship offers to top recruits during camps.
• Unofficial visits: College athletic departments are not allowed to be involved in a recruit's unofficial visits. Quick refresher: Unofficial visits are any campus visits paid for entirely by the recruit's family. Before the rule change, unofficial visits were an easy way for underclassmen to visit a college camps, meet with the coach and get an early verbal offer. However, if athletes want to take unofficial visits now, they cannot schedule them with the coach-they should treat the unofficial visit just like any other student would. If the recruit happens to bump into the coach on campus, they can't have any recruiting conversations at that time.

2 minutes ago, DumfriesYMCA said:

Well I’m not exactly sure about the underclassmen you have worked with and work with but I think many familiar with Brady Allen understand he is likely the exception.

 

i recall arguing with some fellow GS posters a few years ago when on came on here and said something along the lines of “Look for the name Brady Allen. I guarantee you he starts for Gibson Southern as a freshman” I recall arguing that there was no way Coach Hart starts a freshman QB when there are others who already know the system and will be upperclassmen. Off the top of my head I can only think of 4/5 players in the the past 8 years who started as freshman and all 4 were the class of 2016 playing their final high school season in 2015.

 

 None the less, when Brady got the nod (of which he had to battle an extra 3 weeks in the offseason to get that spot over Delong) it made the papers and news stations....since then the buzz has only grown after finishing the season with 2400 yards, 29 TDs vs 4 Ints along with 4 rushing TDs. 

 

Its rather hard to explain and compare Brady’s situation to what your players may be experiencing but I think Brady is an exception among typical experiences and truthfully I think there is just something special about this this young gunslinger. 

No doubt, sounds like he is one of the top players, but that doesnt change the recruiting process. All I can figure is that schools must still be able to verbally offer kids prior to the the completion of their junior year. 

49 minutes ago, DumfriesYMCA said:

I have no idea good sir. I do know you can take as many unofficial visits as you are offered...official visits are limited to 5 and I believe only to seniors 

As for the offers, I’m just repeating what is being reported. Rivals & 24/7 sports say he got these offers

There has to be something Im missing with these new rules. Ive only had the opportunity to coach a handful D1 athletes in the last 20 years, the last one a couple years ago and the process was less complicated. When I was told about their new restrictions, I wondered how to go about getting attention started with an underclassman. Even a lot of the invite camps are being restricted to Juniors and seniors now.  

Very interesting, Cincinnati was one of the schools to tell me that they cant actively recruit 2021 and 2022 yet. I had a player invited to a game this year and there was very little contact. Then to actually receive offers confuses me even more.  Thanks for the info. 

26 minutes ago, Impartial_Observer said:

You can make unofficial visits on your own any time. I would assume most of these schools offer camps that athletes can attend. I'm assuming the offers are made then. Been a while since I've been in the recruiting business, but I assume most of this still holds true. 

Most schools that I have talked to regarding underclassmen have stated that they cant actively recruit anyone until the completion of their Junior year.  So I think all we can do is send players to camps. Even on game day visits, coaches have limited their contact with underclassmen. 

On 2/19/2019 at 9:31 AM, DumfriesYMCA said:

The soon to be sophomore at GIbson Southern is Brady Allen. Already holds 4 D1 offers and has visited numerous colleges

 

Gibson Southern returns a lot of the offense including 3 good WRs and a RB who is emerging as both a ball carrier and pass catcher. I’m not entirely sure about the 2020 and 2021 seasons in terms of talent at the other positions but this 2019 season should be a very well oiled machine on offense. Might be a special year with how much talent is on the offense. 

How does a Freshman hold 4 D1 offers under the new NCAA recruiting rules? Official visits?