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If you added JC & Madison without dropping Connersville and Rushville, those 4 schools would be competitive with each other. South Dearborn already plays both schools. They could be competitive with FC and, Greensburg and Batesville at times as well. No one in the EIAC is really competitive with EC or Lawrenceburg right now. Milan and Madison make sense from a location standpoint as well as the fact they are both independent, so it could make scheduling easier for both. Milan, though a very solid 1a program, is still a small school for that conference. Then again, they already play 4 EIAC teams plus Madison.

Didn't JC try a few years back? Either they were denied or decided not to go forward. Or was it Madison was denied because JC didn't want to make the move and the EIAC wanted balanced divisions? That seems familiar. At least geographically speaking, I think it makes sense. JC would be the second largest school in the conference, I believe. I think Madison is enjoying their independence and freedom to schedule as they want. However, their week 1 opponent this year is the 5a defending state champ in Kentucky that would probably have beaten East last year, so there is a little irony in their new schedule.

Looks like a great hire by JC. Best of luck to Coach V. Thanks for all the info, Tundra.

I say it for 3 reasons. 1 - The potential ripple effect this could have. It could lead to a scramble of conference moves and changes from the 4a-6a level. That would impact nearly half the schools in the state as is. I'm not saying it will happen to that extent, but it is likely to effect more than just the MIC and the HCC. 2 - Conferences have been altered around the state over the last several years with schools moving in and out of conferences in order to be more competitive (from 1A-6A). Schools could stop seeking so many different moves if the state made a move to districts. It would level the playing field to a certain extent. You would only be required to the play the schools in your district that would have a similar enrollment. Then you could schedule games out of district that fit the competitive status of your school. You could redraw districts every 2-3 years and that would take into account changes in enrollment. 3 - It would give an objective measure to seed the playoffs. How'd you finish in your district? That determines your seed in the playoffs. I am not saying a qualifying playoff, you could still do all-in with this. My disclaimer as always - I don't actually think it would happen. It's too much change. But I do think it makes a lot of sense.

You can still win a district championship. It's essentially the same thing without the history of the conference behind it. This is a regular thing in other states. I'm not saying it's right or good, but it is typical. 5A/6A squads in western Kentucky have to travel 2+ hours for district games or playoff games. It happens a handful of times a year.

Yes and for Texas that makes sense. I still don't see why it couldn't work here. I think there'd still be a fair amount of teams that would play that would have played in conference anyway and if you had a rivalry from a conference, you could keep it if they weren't in your district. Indiana could still do districts and not do all in.

But why does it have to be? A district set up gives teams a much more flexible scheduling model. If everyone makes the playoffs, why does it matter how your regular season is configured? But if we do move to a "top 2 are seeded" type of look that has been proposed, such a setup would lend itself to an easier way to do that.

I say this is another great opportunity to abolish conferences and go with districts based on enrollment. That setup can be half of your schedule and then the rest can be scheduled to fit your program.

I saw that on JH, too. I have not heard anything, nor seen it from any source down here. JH did accidently put Jeff on that list last year. You couldn't blame Coach Parker. He is a full time Jeffersonville police officer (maybe a higher ranked guy?). I'm sure that was a tough thing to balance. He has done a nice job with bringing discipline to the program. I know nothing on the JC search.

Eastern Greene HC position is posted on the IDOE. It is under the "Miscellaneous" tab.

Not alone in last place! 🤑

Agreed. Hats off to Coach Cooley & Co. But you pose a good question. Who has made it that far besides East? Seymour in 99 (who also lost to Cathedral in Semi State)? That's it, it would appear. That would make NA just the 2nd team besides East to advance that far. But yes, give me Cathedral this weekend.

I said this last week but I was wrong. Last pick of the year? New Albany at Cathedral

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Last pick of the year?? New Albany at Bloomington South

Seymour at New Albany

Paoli at Triton Central North Central at Springs Valley Brownstown at Lawrenceburg

The only HHC game left to pick! New Albany at Seymour

These are my picks as well. Though if Floyd is going to win, I hope they don't have the same officiating crew they had in the last NA game...

I will disagree with others on here. I still think in the long run, Brohm may be the better hire. At the time, I wanted Fleck over everyone else, but his shtick really wears thin with me and I'm glad we aren't rowing boats all over the place. I think Brohm has had to adapt and adjust through his time, but I think he is doing just that. Don't forget the mess this program was in when he arrived. PJ took over a winning program. Brohm took over a dumpster fire that he had to practically rebuild from scratch. As frustrated as we are at this point, we still have a shot at a bowl game and will return a whole lot for next year. The recruiting has been solid all along. Purdue has never been much of a football school outside of a few coaches. If Brohm can consistently have us competing for bowls, that is more than most have done in history. A complete reset of the program at this point would be foolish.

Agreed. I wonder if anyone will pick someone other than these teams? (this serves as my selections for the week 😁)

Sectional Week 2 Columbus East at Whiteland New Albany at Floyd Central Seymour at Bedford NL

DO IT!!! I heard they moved the line on the Mooresville game due to it being a road game 😉

Must have copied poorly. Thanks. Then I must add, I think Mitchell/Clarksville could be an interesting one. Union County at Paoli Mitchell at Clarksville

North Posey at Crawford County Springs Valley at North Daviess Rock Creek at West Washington Perry Central at North Central Martinsville at Silver Creek Scottsburg at Brownstown Greensburg at Charlestown North Harrison at Heritage Hills Corydon at Evansville Bosse Salem at Southridge Triton Central at Eastern Pekin A couple of tough calls this week. I think Salem/Southridge will be interesting. I give SR the nod since they are at home, but would not be surprised to see a tough Salem team pull one out. The other is SC/Martinsville. SC has a solid team, but I give Martinsville the nod because of the higher level of competition they play.