Irishman

3 minutes ago, temptation said:

Definitely not looking good for James and only gonna get harder with the west coasters coming in next year.

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. 

3 hours ago, ragdoll said:

Expected Tom Allen to only go for a strong, hands on approach with what he decided on next. After all, he has the $. All he needed was his dream situation. Penn St D makes great sense. Good for him. And the $ as DC will be as Cousin Eddie said in Christmas Vacation, "something real nice."

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.

1 hour ago, Bash Riprock said:

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

1 hour ago, Bash Riprock said:

Curious....what makes the game safer at 12-13 vs 11-12?  

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!!!

45 minutes ago, Boilernation said:

This was inevitable. And give me more reason to believe a system of relegation is in our future. 

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

On 9/1/2023 at 5:37 PM, Irishman said:

Simple name change to All Coasts Conference. 🤣

On another note, I will try to find the stories, but there is some buzz that is in your wheelhouse. The common theme I have been seeing is a system of relegation and promotion in the future college game. 

On 9/2/2023 at 4:55 PM, Boilernation said:

Where have you been hearing buzz about a system of relegation? Seems farfetched. Not sure how I think about it. Seems like it would suck as a Purdue fan and be great as an overrall fan of college football. 

On 9/2/2023 at 5:06 PM, Irishman said:

Google it.....and apparently it is an idea that dated back to 2017-18 while looking at expansion of the playoff format. A couple articles refer to a proposal. 

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. 

1 hour ago, BTF said:

How exciting. 

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

11 hours ago, Bash Riprock said:

If I follow this logic, do you really believe Texas is better than Georgia??

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. 😄

1 hour ago, BTF said:

Cignetti said that?

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 😄

On 11/30/2023 at 2:04 PM, Coach Nowlin said:

Who ranks the Rankers?  

 

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. 

1 hour ago, foxbat said:

The only concern that I see in this is that, indirectly, there's a negative connotation that kids with special needs are "dead weight" burdens at their schools.  That's likely to bring some type of cause of action activity which, as we've identified numerous times here on GID, is something the IHSAA wants to avoid like the plague. 

With that said, I have to imagine that, in addition to all of those other stats that the schools and state tracks like race, language, FRL status, ISTEP scores, college placement, etc. there is most likely a participation stat.  That is, what percentage of the student body is involved in one or more extracurricular activity tied directly to the school.  That percentage could then be used to determine the "activity classification" or "activity enrollment" of a school. 

This number would/could incorporate special needs kids, but would not directly target/reflect them.  In addition, for kids classified with a disability or special needs who were active, e.g., the one-armed kicker that you mentioned, would not automatically/erroneously be omitted from the active count.  This would address the potential issue that the IHSAA would wish to avoid, would provide a more accurate count rather than just generally categorizing, and would also allow for several factors to be considered.  In addition, it is applied to all schools equally regardless of p/p, public, charter, etc. classification.

The main problem is that it would likely be a school-reported figure, so it would be be potentially subject to finagling, but it might be a small enough finagling number/impact that it wouldn't matter.  The only other issue, tied to finagling, would be outright reduction in offerings for students with disabilities ... or other groups.  In order to keep its activity count low, a school could decide to reduce offerings like unified flag football or unified track and field.  Similarly, schools might reduce smaller activities where only single-activity students are involved like chess club to gain advantage in the "activity enrollment" impact.  One way to combat this, or actually provide incentive to embrace activities like unified sports, might be to offer a "bonus" reduction for having these programs.  Instead of a school's mindset that it would be a hit to the activity enrollment to have these programs, it would not only be beneficial to the students to offer them, but also to the school to have these.

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

1 hour ago, FastpacedO said:

Does Roncalli still have their STARS program for Special Education Services? I know Cathedral offers language support programs, but that is not special needs. I don't think Brebeuf has any special needs. I know both schools do not discriminate against disabilities and have had disabled students, but that is different tan special needs. I definitely respect your knowledge of it because unlike others I know you have taught in both Public and P/P.

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. 

On 11/28/2023 at 3:41 PM, Just a dad said:

Just for clarification: I don’t despise those kids. Just the opposite. I was pointing out the absurdity of omitting any group of students based on the fact that they won’t contribute to the sports program of choice. Every school has kids with other interests. 

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.