Irishman

Here is the 2nd down play. There was a point earlier in the previous drive too they had just 10.

Probably a bad idea to play defense with just 10 guys on defense Seeing posts that they had 10 the previous play too. But this one was after a time out....completely inexcusable. There are WAY too many eyes in the pressbox to not see that.

way too many missed tackles, especially on 3rd down and too many blown coverages.

Did you ever have one at the Ice House on Bluff Road before it closed? It was a favorite in college.

or old posts from way back being brought up....:)

Fields was a good athlete in college who happened to play QB. Even in the game against IU, he showed this kind of hesitation. It's crazy to think this turned into a sack.

Some schools in the burbs around Chicago play the JV game on Friday night before the Varsity game.

https://x.com/Super70sSports/status/1704335208097489402?s=20

Keeping up with what seems to have become a trend here. 😂

And here we are 3 years later.... 🤣

There are people in SW Allen County who can relate to this. @Yuccaguy it seems your crew had one of these games, and a flag came out to start the game?

This is from the broadcast. If the official determined he possessed it while completely on his back, it looks like a TD to me. As Ron said, that official is right there with a great view. I tried a screenshot of the WR on his back. As he rolls, it does look like he has the ball in the middle of his chest at the top of the number on his jersey. In this shot, he is most of the way on or over the goal line himself.

12 point lead in the 4th quarter.... You HAVE to win those games. Back to back 3 and outs left the defense vulnerable. They were on the field too much. That said, they are pros and have to find a way to make plays.

Mr Speaker, I would like to document and memorialize the time snd date for this significant event

Except they are separate funds so that cannot be done

He only cut the grass. He did not water it He did not line it or buy the paint for lining it He did not fertilize it He did not reseed and overseed it. He did not aerate it He never resurfaced the sod. So having him cut the grass saves you $2400 a year.

Not just that, but to go looking for the post from over a year ago to reply to. lol

Just spent some time talking to our director of facilities. here are some numbers Initial installation of the turf was $800,000. That included removal of 12 inches of dirt, installation of the drainage system, the materials that go under the turf for an even surface, and then the turf itself. The life of the turf is about 10 years. To replace just the turf will be $200,000 Maintenance of the turf includes Grooming once a week to remove trash and even out the rubber pellets. That takes 2 hours, and is done 27 times a year from the beginning of Spring Soccer in Mid April through the end of November. Man hours on that come out to about $2500 The contract with the installer includes an inspection once a year for $1200. That inspection includes looking at the seams, and a G Max test, to test the impact the field can absorb. There is a sstandard for determining if the field can still be used for football with that test. So a rough estimate is about $5,000 a year to maintain the field. Now for grass Painting the field for 6 home games average including playoffs 4 hours for the boundary lines and the full lines every 5 yards Depending on the number of people working, the numbers and hash marks can take another 4-6 hours; longer for fewer people. For 6 games a year to pay for man hours alone, that comes to about $10,000 for a season in labor and paint. The paint cost will vary. A 5 gallon bucket is about $60. He was not sure how many buckets were used per game. Grass was cut once a week, so about $2,400 for that in man hours. The field was watered from early Spring through the end of the season. he did not have the numbers for what watering cost. With the amount of water used, that is more than likely the biggest expense. The only comparison I have is that to put 15,000 gallons of water in my pool was $200 here in Fort Wayne. I hav no idea how many gallons were used a day on the field. Fertilizer for the grass was $1,200. Seeding the field, and overseeding done in late Fall, and aerating the field was $500. What is not accounted for in most high schools Maintenance for grass can run between $30,000 to do as little as possible to $60,000 to put time and effort into a nice field. A friend from outside of Indy that used to coach said that $60,000 was the annual cost their AD presented to the board before a decision was made for installing turf. It is also recommended that grass fields be resurfaced every 10 years to add new topsoil, recrown the field for proper drainage. Usage Prior to turf being a big thing, most fields in Indiana were low end as far as care went. Even on good fields, usage was drastically limited. Even a varsity team was limited to how much they could practice on the grass. We had PAL games on Saturdays on ours, JV games on Mondays, Middle School games on Wednesdays, and Freshmen games on Thursdays. We did not share our field with soccer, but several did. The band could not use the grass field for practice because of the wear and tear of marching, and wheeling the props on and off. Physical Education classes could not use the field. Have I mentioned what happens to a field when it rains? Especially what happens to it on a game day? Once the cooler weather sets in, most grass fields deteriorate rapidly. In the long run, over a 10 year period, a grass field easily costs more to maintain than it does to install and maintain a turf field. The usage increased about 300% on our field as a result of turf installation. In my 16 years here, I have seen far more serious injuries on our crappy grass field than I have on our turf. I will ignore any study that does not involve at least 100 grass fields...and I want to know for certain that it includes grass fields that are poorly maintained. College and pro teams certainly have the resources to maintain quality grass fields, and I have no problem with those athletes and experts wanting to switch. But for multi purpose fields, which every high school field in this state is, I will still contend the safer and more cost effective thing is turf.

The only other thing that comes to mind is it’s a TD because the force that got the ball over the line was the player dropping it and the defense not gaining possession prior to the whistle.

A possession where it first hit the ground?

Oh come on now @Muda69 that was funny 😂

I had a similar feeling about the step back as well, but kept saying to myself the defense improved as the season went on last year. They also have the best RB tandem in the league and the highest yards per carry for most of the season. And they did not lose any of the guys involved in those two aspects. LaFleur gets way too pass happy. The difference was the run game. When the Packers can get 8 or 9 yards on first down carries, they will be tough to beat.