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Is week 1 the first week he could "legally" practice? Was he skipping before then? A lot to unwrap when looking at ANY kid that moves/transfers. All programs have had kids move in going back long before I was born (and I'm old!). As long as a kid is putting in the work once he can officially start why should he be punished?

I can only assume Coach Mosser knows what he's doing and can get kids up to speed based upon their position, expected role, and amount of experience. Just a guess, but his track record suggests a guy who knows what he's doing🤷‍♂️

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But it was "Sunny"😇

Fact check true!! Holy cow....that game didn't end until 11:37! And it wasn't that long of a game (I find it humerous that a game that kicked off after 9pm in November was described as "sunny")

The interwebs tells me... Illinois is 10, 1, 4, 7 kickoff time Michigan is 9:30, 12:30, 4, 7 Those morning games are early wake-ups for those teams, even if you traveled the night before. Do they do awards on the field after the games? For reference, Indiana is 11, 3, 7...I still feel like that is tight sometimes, with the onfield awards and pregame warm up time.

I'm confused by this....if (in our hypothetical, fairy tail secession of counties from IL to IN) counties leave IL for IN how would Indiana lose population? I had previously been told that this number is already six (3 per day)?...but that wasn't from North Meridian, it was from IFCA. And it was a few years back.

Thats actually more than I would have guessed....thanks Coach Is there really ONE high school (Berwyn-Cicero) that has 7700+ students!?!

Despite what the Indiana Legislature is looking at, my understanding from my Illinois friends is that this group of Illinois counties doesn't really want to secede and join another state like Indiana or Missouri. They want want to make Cook County/Chicago Metro something like its own district (i.e. Chicago D.C.) that has less political influence over the rest of the state. When they've explained it to me they use the example of Washington DC being geographically part of Maryland but politically separate (I realize that is a federal designation and not a state level thing). Most of those friends are in Chicago area and are about 50/50 for or against (and that does not fall along their "traditional" political beliefs. A few very "blue" people are for it, and a few "red" people are against it). I'm far from a legal scholar, but thats the vibe from people I know who have been watching this from inside Illinois for the last handful of years. How that works in actual reality I would have very little insight. From a purely "football" perspective, I'm not really on board adding a few hundred mostly smaller schools to our current tournament format. Those of you with more knowledge of Illinois football, if you exclude Chicago Metro (and I'll leave it to you to define that); how many schools in Illinois would fit in with the current size for 5A (Currently about 1500-2100)? How many for 6A (currently about 2100+)? I'm sure this is online somewhere but I have no energy to look for it😜

I don't know how many times we've played "what if" on future conference changes....but I think there a at least a couple old threads on different conference changes that might happen in the next decade. I don't forsee CG and Carmel being independent forever....and could see a reshaping of current MIC, HCC, and those indy area independents, along with some of these growing schools (e.g. Whiteland). I know I've got an old post with what I thought could happen (at least what I thought at that time....you can't hold me to it now, STATE LAW!).

While most people correctly associate Hall of Fame Coaches JIm Belden & Dick Dullaghan with their success at Carmel and Ben Davis in the MIC...did you know that both of them got a coaching start at a current HCC school? *If I recall the story from Coach Belden correctly, Coach Dullaghan would have been best described as a "part time/volunteer assistant"

No real argument from a competitive standpoint....The only reason for putting them in the "bigs" is because they are 5A. NW/NR are 4A. For good, bad, or indifferent that was my thought process.

IGNORE MY ABOVE POST BECAUSE I'M AN IDIOT AND FORGOT THE MINI-MEN!!! Sorry Dunlap! While it wouldn't directly address the "upgrade" issues....I would suggest a NIC/NLC realignment is long past due...especially given the performance discrepencies in the NLC and size discrepencies in the NIC The "Bigs". In a eight team conference, Penn, Elkhart, Warsaw, et al can schedule whatever size schools they wish. The ex-NLC schools can still scheudle non-cons against old rivals. Goshen & Adams have each other at least... Penn Elkhart Warsaw Concord Mishawaka New Prarie Adams Goshen EDIT: I forgot the Mini-Men😜 The "Not-So-Bigs". More balanced size wise...the ex-NLC teams can still schedule non-cons vs old rivals in the other conference. I'd argue this one is more competitive from top to almost the bottom (in a variety of sports). Northwood Northridge Plymouth Wawasee Marian St Joe Washington Riley Despite how easy it seems to split these schools up into two "new" versions (that IMHO make the situation better for pretty much all schools (except maybe Adams and Goshen)....I fully agree with Bob. Because of some of the schools involved, it will never happen.

In September of 1900, Goshen High School lost to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 55-0