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For everyone talking up Luers SOS, go ahead and take a look at the Sagarin ratings in 3a on SOS. Then find Evansville Memorial SOS, compare it to Luers SOS, then notice that Heritage Hills beat Evansville Memorial by 2 touchdowns. That is all….

Man, I don't know. We desperately need more officials. With inflation (gas prices) and dealing with fans that get worse every year, it's a hard problem to fix. I will say this though, I have seen an improvement in coaches over the last 2 years and how they treat officials. They understand the issue.

First week and we already have a fan trying to tell us how to do our job. Those flags were spot on. As an official, I know how hard our crew works to officiate the game fairly. We could care less who wins. The only thing we want to do is get it right, ensure safety as best we can, and make sure the game does not get out of control. Those flags were thrown for that reason. If you let some taunting go here and there, it's just a down hill spiral. Most fans and spectators don't even think about that part of officiating. Absolutely nothing wrong with a kid being excited after a big play and celebrating with their teammates but when there is any form of taunting, it needs to be flagged. And there is no context for the second play noted. Maybe the kid yelled something, who knows. Just let the officials officiate and leave them alone. We lost like 8-9 officiating crews from last season. You want to help Indiana High School Football? Stop complaining about the officials. When we screw up, we either know it or figure it out after watching film. Nobody is harder on an official than themselves. I promise you that. And full disclosure, I was not one of the officials at this game.

Have you had the nachos at LOS? Delicious.

I spoke too soon!

Wow. At this point might have a running clock.

Here's a wild idea......... Wouldn't it be interesting if as the season went on, all schools classification was dynamic? Meaning at the end of the regular season, the top 32 programs by Sagarin rating were in 6A. The next 64 in 5A, the next 64 in 4a.......and so on........Would make for a very competitive tournament in all classes. Of course you'd have some knuckleheads throwing games just to lower their Sagarin ratings......so I'm sure might drive the wrong behavior.

But if you did talk to them and they continued to do it, I'm guessing the infraction would be more than 4 players in the backfield? Since the rule changed to say it was no longer 7 players on the LOS but no more than 4 players in the backfield ( I know the only possible way for an offensive unit to have less than 7 on the line of scrimmage would be to only have 10 players on the field, which is not an infraction).

As a fairly new official, I cringe when I read these types of comments. Was the game called unfairly? Was it lopsided? I'm guessing not. The crews that were picked for the Semi-State were solid crews. I can promise you that the crew you had didn't care one bit who won the game, but definitely cared about calling a good fair game. I'm guessing they prepared ahead of time, talked among each other before the game about having a good game, shared critical feedback with each other at half time, and did the best they could. Most of you will never see this side of officiating but I'm telling you.......we prepare very hard and take it very seriously. We do take it personally. And we try our best. It's a different world out on the field compared to the stands. The speed of the game increases by a factor of 10. You've got keys and things to keep track of on every snap. With a million different scenarios that could happen on any play and you have to officiate it and your expected to be perfect. But nobody is perfect. I encourage anyone that reads this post to think twice the next time you decide to yell or degrade an official. I promise you, we put in a lot of time and effort and do the best that we can. For your information, 146 crews applied for the tourney. Out of those crews, 12 were selected for the semi-state games. They were all good crews.

Really good example of poor leadership at Roncalli. From the players all they way to administration. If all of this is indeed true, they need to clean house. I wouldn't be surprised if the school folded. What parent would want to send their child to a school with this type of leadership........I just can't imagine how a group of players got to the point that they thought this was a good idea.....what kind of kids do this? What are they teaching these kids? I'm generalizing a bit here so my apologies..........the argument that kids that go to P/P schools are better kids, work harder, etc......just doesn't hold true. Never thought I'd say this but they are not 1.5X......and this is a perfect example.

Hehehe.....I love it when people come on here talking crap and have to eat their words... Where you at jimsinchur???

Jimsinchur is way too outrageous. I smell an imposter....

No dog in this fight but I did see HH play a couple times this year. Sagarin has them as a 10 point favorite. Take into consideration home team bias and it goes to 8 point favorite. I'm taking the Patriots in this one 28-20.

My point is that once you stop making excuses and focus on winning, regardless of who you're playing, your chance of success improves greatly.

Southridge beat 3 private schools (Mater Dei, Providence, and Scecina) on their way to a State Championship two years ago. A southern Indiana team winning a state championship and beating 3 private schools. It can be done....