psaboy

Well, Indiana has been talking about how this is a problem for years. When are they going to do something about it?? I know teachers that have been in for 5-10 years and are still making less than 40K per year. Indiana's leaders should be embarrassed about this, lets see some pro-active measures to address this before it gets worse. They are losing teachers and funneling money from public schools to the private schools thanks to Pence and his crooked buddy Tony Bennett.

Ow, now you hurt my feelings.

You opened the door, I just walked through it my friend.

Told you so !!

What NFL team signed them?

Could go to Ball State and be all MAC for 3-4 years?? If that good, would dominate, maybe?

How many 2A or 3A teams do you know of that have only 16 players, or for that matter less than 20?

Ha, I was almost going to state that when two bad teams play each other, it sometime turns out to be a good game

Probably not a very good one though, a few injuries and you are in trouble.

When did this happen? Hadn't seen anything on this from FWA area or the SAC. Please provide source.

What's your fascination or desire on contraction all about???

Less penalties for the Mighty Panthers of Snider.

I believe Warren Central needs to team to play on week 9.

I don't see them losing to Valpo or LaPorte, they may give Homewood a run as well. Saint X is a likely L. so probably 2-2 or possibly 3-1 IMO

Good question, not sure.

Your points on Sagarin are good, I also don't like that all SAC teams play all in conference games, so that may limit their "upward" mobility?? I was going to point the school sizes out in my previous points, I think that has a lot to do with them. 15-20 years ago, Snider's gap in attendance was not as big compared to Penn and Carmel. The records are all time records from the Snider Football web site.

All I'm trying to say is the Snider is not as competitive against Carmel and Penn as they used to be. They are 8-9 all time vs Penn and 4-9 vs Carmel. I remember the game two years ago against Carmel when Snider went into thug mode with a few personal foul flags that shifted the game. Yes, they were competitive in that game, probably the better team, but they lost. Snider has "blown" out Carmel twice, Carmel has three W's of 17 or more points. I count 6 games that Carmel has won vs Snider by 3 or less.

OK, then the 1A thru 4A head coach vote is then worth 1/2 a point. That will settle that.

Snider is 2-5 against Carmel in past 15 years and 2-5 vs Penn. So IMO that is not very competitive. If they had a record that was closer to .500, I would then say they are or were competitive. Believe me, I love it when they face those two teams, but they are likely to lose more than they are likely to win in those matchups. Sagarin ratings are just that, a rating, doesn't really mean much.

That certainly favors (Most) 5A & 6A schools. I would think they have 50% to 100% more coaches and assistants than 1, 2, 3 and probably 4A. I would think each head coach of each school getting a vote would be best??

That was back 15-20 years ago. Nowadays I just don't think Snider can compete year in and year out vs Carmel or Penn for that matter. The best fit, IMO is 5A for Snider.

I think the best scenario is covered in other post you started on 3-10. 1 - Merrillville, Crown Point, Lake Central, Lafayette Jeff 2 - Penn, Chesterton, Valparaiso, Portage 3 - Noblesville, Homestead, Carroll, Warsaw 4 - Westfield, North Central, Carmel, Zionsville 5: HSE/Fishers/LN/LC 6: Pike/BD/Avon/Brownsburg 7: WC/Tech/Southport/Perry Meridian 8: Franklin Central/CG/Columbus North/East

Snider has QB returning (Barnes), experienced RB (Bennett), returning WR (Derrick) a P5 D1 O lineman so I think the will be pretty good on O. On D side a very good DT (Bellzaire) and a few LB and DB's from last years team. They are usually able to reload fairly easy, so if they can get by the Saints, the regional and semi state should not be as tough as sectional match up.

So, what team will be the fourth team on sectional #3 then?

They will be in sectional 3 with Carroll, Homestead and likely Noblesville.