Irishman

Do you have a link? I see a bunch of the fake ones on the list.

Just in time for IU's football season

Well, this is somethin, huh?

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2023/05/05/colts-why-og-emil-ekiyor-jr-went-from-projected-4th-rounder-to-udfa/70186908007/ Knee injuries for o linemen, especially ones that require arthroscopic surgery scare teams away. It also appears his performance at the combine was not enough to convince a team that the knee was not an issue. I hope he does well with the Colts.

Not exactly football related, but well worth posting. And the replies are great too.

Give Oregon (Nike U) a couple years to start dominating.......They have money to burn to buy the top athletes. I am not sure anyone even in the SEC can keep up.

Similar to pro sports….you let these gambling sites advertise and sponsor your league or games, trouble follows. We even get live in game odds as part of the pre game show and intermission in every game we see now. And now that this is happening, it becomes that much more difficult to reign in. https://brobible.com/sports/article/iowa-kicker-aaron-blom-accused-of-betting-on-hawkeyes-games-using-his-moms-account/

A couple things....I think the conference needs to just do away with the conference championship game. It could impact seeding in the expanded playoff. While I don't think it is likely, a loss in that game could knock a team out of the playoff. The potential exists for teams meeting each other 2 or even 3 times.

A glimpse at the future scheduling in B1G football. https://bigten.org/news/2023/6/8/big-ten-conference-announces-exciting-future-football-schedule-formats-for-2024-and-2025.aspx

8 tracks huh??? 😄 This one was a "throw in" to meet the limit on my Columbia House order.

Now that camps are open..... I love seeing stuff like this. I see things like this often with Allen. Class act

This is such a cool tradition.

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Terms used are im[portant per the IHSAA Bylaws. To clarify, the 12 practice limit is for use of helmets and shoulder pads, known as competition days, (As you said, 5 of those involving teams competing against each other)Every sport has a limit on the number of competition days they can have. Football is unique because of the helmets and shoulder pads and the contact. That said, football CAN have additional days to work as long as they are not in helmets and shoulder pads.

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Several things have come to mind with this. Coaches are in a tough spot. They have less than one week with the players, so building relationships with some is difficult; especially if players are from a rival program. While it may have worked for some time, I have long thought it may not be the best idea to house the teams on the same campus where there paths cross often through each day. Not sure what the practice set up is like. Do the teams practice at the same time? Are they doing one on one stuff with opposing players? Add to all of this, it was hot all week. Sure it has been hot in the past, but tempers are shorter in the heat. Maybe someone could approach Marian U and ask to house one team there while the other is at UIndy. It is unfortunate these things took place, but I also think this shows that there are limits to what can be done by coaches and officials.

Extra effort is involved with the other programs. The Ohio State wrestlers had work to do to get their story out after the AD and school officials ignored them.

ESPN reported about 35 minutes ago that he has been fired.....heard from a source, so nothing official yet.

Best of luck Coach

Nope, the IHSAA does not allowed co-ops There is an exception for individual students based on curriculum "Q. 12-8 If a student lives in the attendance area of Public School A, but Enrolls at Public School B (a School which offers innovative teaching methods and has no athletic programs involving an IHSAA Recognized Sport), can the student play football on School A’s football team? A. Yes, provided (i) Public School A accepts the student in its football program, (ii) the student, Public School A and Public School B, each inform the IHSAA of student’s participation in Public School A’s football program, (iii) there exist no apparent IHSAA rule violations and (iv) the student meets all IHSAA eligibility standards and all of Public School B’s standards. (rule 12-4)"

This is a big blow to an up and coming program. Just texting some friends this is what the portal and NIL will do. Programs that are 2nd and 3rd tier programs will be minor league or developmental programs for players to improve their stock to get to top tier programs.