Irishman

They do get a bit of relief with not having to play both osu and Michigan the next 4 years. It actually pisses me off because IU still plays both of them next year and in 26.

Agreed....except I do think Franklin may find himself on the hot seat soon. While he has been a victim of a similar fate as IU; being stuck in the East division, he was able to win the division/conference in his 3rd year, but has struggled to attain that level of play since. And I am going out on a limb to say PSU fans are little more impatient than IU fans.

I agree Coach….and what you said is why I refuse to listen to sports talk shows with a couple exceptions. Even with my own Packers I can say that because I am an owner lol but after beating the Chiefs, the talk was they looked like a playoff team that no one would want to play. These last two weeks have proven the opposite. My expectations have been low because they are so young, but I do not want to ride the waves from a couple weeks ago.

Makes sense to me.

We are as far away from 1981 as 1939 is. Damn we are old.

Hormones. 😀 But sort of serious….. now that our junior high has been a part of our building for a few years, there are kids I see in jerseys who look like they are 10 years old tops. There are also kids who look like they drive to school and could get by in a bar with a fake ID.

MLF outcoached again. Your RB is averaging 4 yards a carry early in the game and he still abandons it. I really thought he turned a corner with the wins over the Lions and Chiefs, but the last 2 games have been embarrassing. And the defense; guys look lost. So many 3rd down conversions given up. They also give up first downs when the Bucs had 20 plus yards to go more than a couple times. LaFleur's press conferences just show he is in over his head. It's obvious the defense needs a shake up. I was never a big fan of the yelling for Barry to be fired as DC. But two weeks in a row, you have a LB covering slot receivers getting burned.

George McGinnis passed this morning....I loved those ABA Pacers teams, and George was a great one. So many great memories, and I have no doubt those teams could have competed well against the NBA teams. RIP George This was written before he passed and is a great story. https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/his-best-george-mcginnis-was-best?fbclid=IwAR2HaausRgEWauA-r59Jln2wi9vMBS0ImIklI1Vx3R61KwPtrahqznTecQ4

MNF was one of the ugliest and sloppiest games I can remember seeing in a long time. Packers sucked in all 3 phases. This is the team that got them into the 2-5 hole, not the one that won 4 straight. They failed in all 3 phases of the game. Throw in some poorly timed and stupid penalties; it was a bad combo. MLF is right back on my shit list for this one. Pass route concepts make little sense. Defensive failures were brutal. DeVondre Campbell covering a slot receiver on an out and up route? WTF? So frustrating to watch.

Go Navy beat Army!!!

hmmmm. Seems that was brought up before. 🙂 And when I read the article, that was my first thought as well.

Heisman finalists announced...Hard to argue with the list. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/heisman-trophy-finalists-2023-jayden-daniels-michael-penix-jr-bo-nix-marvin-harrison-jr-head-to-new-york/#:~:text=College Football Rankings-,Heisman Trophy finalists 2023%3A Jayden Daniels%2C Michael Penix Jr.,Jr. head to New York&text=Watch Now%3A,college football's most outstanding talents.

Something to consider in support of Florida State Ohio State won the Big Ten Championship game in 2014 with a 3rd string QB; beating Wisconsin. Ohio State was selected to the inaugural playoff even though they started Cardale Jones. They went on to win the Championship with Jones as the QB.

Right? Think about next year when the bowls have to start with the 13th ranked team as the best option available.

Without following the logic, I will say I think Texas is the best team of the 4 in the playoff. And I also do think they are better than Georgia.

What was looking like a season of a struggling young team now has the Pack thinking playoffs. The last two weeks have been impressive. Jordan Love looked the best I have seen him all season. He took some air out from under his throws and there were a few that were lasers. Early on it just looked like he was trying to finesses everything in to his receivers. There are still times where LaFleur gets too pass happy though, and they let KC back in the game in the 2nd half. He has to stick to the run game. That sets up the play action game, and he really put the KC defense in a bind. But once you start throwing every down, they are able to make plays and get stops. All that said, no one is close to the level the 9ers are on. They are getting healthy at the right time. While the AFC looks wide open, they are running away with the NFC.

That HAD to be one of the most unusual games I have ever seen. Huge win for the Colts

Old Irish fans saying FINALLY someone leap frogs Florida State..........30 years later. 😄

yep...he was given the pa mic after he was introduced at the IU Maryland BBall game last night. Not really a fan of it, but still not as bad as Brian Kelly's fake Southern accent 😄

Ben Franklin

Watching the Big 12 Championship. I have seen Texas play twice this year, this game and the Alabama game. Blake Ewers is REALLY good. Going back to an old topic, I used to talk about Ian Book and how he waited until guys were open to make his throws and that he never seemed to throw guys open.....for their 4th TD, the pass Ewers throws is pretty cool to see. They showed the replay of him releasing the ball before the WR was out of his break; the pass hits him in stride. It really is impressive to see. And then he throws a pick...a really bad one too. 🤣

That said, I do think a couple exceptions are pretty obvious for the IHSAA to consider. 1. kids over the IHSAA age limit. Legally, kids with IEP’s can remain in high school until the age of 22. The IEP actually extends to the age of 26. 2. The physically incapable kids are easy to track. The mentally incapable ones may be a bit more difficult as I am sure there are some HIPAA laws that factor in there. But I would like to see high school leaders start the conversation with the leadership in the IHSAA.

Well stated. My thoughts exactly, but more than likely, you stated them much better than I likely would have.

The point to my post really is about who actually is available in each building. With the lack of students in the areas I mentioned, the reality is that non public schools have a number available/able to participate that is more on par with schools that are a class or two above where their enrollment places them in the current system. And there are too many people who simply refuse to consider that, or they just discount the impact of differences in population.

But do non public schools have special needs students? It isn't only about kids with other interests. It's about the kids who are not able to participate because of various disabilities. There is also the population that is interested in nothing. Our building in particular has over 200 ELL kids, and more than 12% of our students are non diploma track kids. Yet we are in 4A.........implying that just based on numbers, we are identical to Bishop Dwenger. Want to know what the numbers above look like in their building? About 1% and all of their kids are diploma track kids. Others? and the ELL kids that Catholic Charities helped bring here as refugees? Non existent.