BDGiant93

Those parents are everywhere. They just don't have the resources to hire a fricken airplane.

John Harrell does a great job and should be credited for his efforts.

I love the 32-62-62-62-62-32 idea.

There's a certain former Carmel coach coaching at Sheridan right now with his dad who might be a good fit once again if he's interested.

Don't feel bad. I think we all thought the season would go better for BD than it started out. I had no idea they'd struggle as much as they did early. They got it together, but it was too late for the record to be saved.

Tech did not even host its own home games. I think there must be issues with the stadium.

Brownsburg's crowd was fantastic, too. They definitely played a role in the game.

Letting them score quickly really hurt the Giants to start the second half. I think that's where everything went sideways. I think the Giants had them where they wanted them, but Brownsburg definitely earned it. They were in complete control in the second half. BD had no answers.

I felt like Ben Davis had gone as far as they could go, so when they were up 35-7, I was pleasantly surprised. I picked them, but I knew it was a longshot. They kind of let off the gas and then it just snowballed. Brownsburg is really capable of making big snowballs if you let them, and the Giants were just as discombobulated in the second half as they were all season. Can't let a team like Brownsburg have any oxygen when you have them down.

Congratulations to Brownsburg. I was on PA tonight, and we all said that BD had to keep its foot on the gas because we knew it wasn't over. We'd all seen too many Brownsburg/BD games where it was BD making the hair-on-fire comeback. The Bulldogs did it tonight. They'll have their hands full with Lawrence North next week. Should be a great one. Also, as a side note, I was very prominently dressed in BD garb. I made sure to congratulate every Brownsburg player I saw leaving, and one young man even stopped to thank the man holding the gate for them. All the kids were very classy. Extremely impressive impression from me. They weren't going crazy or acting like they'd just won the State Championship. They celebrated. Their fans were amazing, and they deserved the title in the end.

I know you'll be at Brownsburg next week if the Bulldogs beat BD and you beat LN, but any intel on where the game might be held if somehow the Giants beat Brownsburg and the Irish beat LN as you should be hosting.

Center Grove and Lawrence North used to be primarily Wing-T offenses, but they have begun to abandon that. Center Grove still runs elements of it when they want to line up and pound you.

I'm not a betting man, but I'd take 25/1 odds on Ben Davis. I'd probably lose my money, but I'd take 'em. I think that's fair, too.

Hats off to Coach Sharpe. Classy comments in the article by Kyle Neddenriep. Don't mean to step on Coach Sharpe's exit, but I'd have to think Noblesville will be a desired job. I would think someone like Caleb Small would be a good fit given his resume at Ben Davis, the excellent job he did in his first year at Northwestern and that he's coached there before and lives in the area. Just a thought on that though.

Darren Evans just scored on Ben Davis again. #Nightmares

Wow, we dug this one out of the wastebasket.

Giants 34-31 Wildcats 35-28 Royals 28-14 Trojans 42-7 Warriors 49-7 Shamrocks 42-21

I'm assuming no one bothered to correct him. He only has information sent to him.

Ben Davis 24, Pike 21 Center Grove 56, Jeffersonville 0 Cathedral 49, North Central 14 Lawrence North 41, Lawrence Central 21 Warren 42, Tech 0

Brownsburg 44, Avon 17 Carmel 28, Zionsville 21 Columbus North 28, Franklin Central 7 HSE 35, Homestead 10 Westfield 42, Harrison 7

This BD team isn't bad now that they've found themselves. I was one of the 18 or 19 people to see LN absolutely plow the Giants that day. It wasn't pretty. BD was caught flatfooted, and it was over before it started. LN came in on a business trip.

I'd slot them behind the 2023 BD team simply because I think last year's BD team was deeper on offense. I also think that team prevailed over an overall tougher field last year. I guess that remains to be seen.

Lawrence North compares very favorably on the offensive side of the football to the 2014 Ben Davis team that won state. Weapons all over the place with a big, smart quarterback who can deliver the football where it needs to go. That Ben Davis team also had Dorian Tate and Chris Evans in the backfield. They don't have anyone who can compare to Asmar Bilal on defense, but they do have a defense that plays well with the lead. I've seen them compared to the 2017 BD team and the 2018 WC team. Not sure I'm ready to go that far. Those two teams were both regarded and should be regarded as two of the best-ever teams in Indiana.

I have been an Indiana High School Football fan since the 1980's and an avid follower since my sophomore year at Ben Davis in 1990. I have never seen a Carmel football team achieve at a lower level than this year's squad. They look lost, and it's getting worse. For comparison, Ben Davis looked lost early, and they've got astronomically better in all three phases.

Crown Point should win Sectional 1. I think they also have to be the favorite to come out of the North again. Sectional 2 is loaded with Snider, Carroll and Elkhart having strong years. Carroll's probably the favorite, but it's hard not to look at Snider and not see the tournament success and history they've had over so many years. Sectional 3 is Westfield's playground. Carmel's probably at the lowest level I can remember their program. I don't remember them being this bad even before Mo Moriarty arrived on the scene. Zionsville has yet to turn the corner though they've proven they can worry folks. Sectional 4 is absolutely brutal. Assign a each team a random number and let the random number generator pick a victor. Would be cool to see Noblesville somehow come out of there. Brownsburg is still the favorite in Sectional 5, but those ghosts of past failures have to be rattling their chains at Brownsburg with BD looking a lot better. Big danger is for Ben Davis to look past Pike. The Red Devils have become Ben Davis Northwest with all the coaches on that staff that are former Ben Davis players or Ben Davis coaches. Good to see Coach Brevard installing his vision up there, and you have to appreciate Pike for giving him the space to do it. Sectional 6 should come down to Cathedral and Lawrence North, and that's going to be a great football game. Many people are starting to believe in Lawrence North. Give Temp credit...he's been on the bandwagon from the start. Another kudos to their excellent Athletic Department for giving Coach Mal his space to implement his program. Sectional 7 Perry keeps improving as a program, and Tech won three games this year to date. That's progress. Southport appears to be where Perry was a few years back. All that said, if Warren doesn't running clock both of their games, it will be because they get in their own way. I think you can Sharpie Warren Central into the Regional. As soon as the clock hits zero on Friday vs. Cathedral. The Warriors are already prepping for CG. Center Grove is still the class of Sectional 8, but Franklin Central's defense could make things extremely interesting. I don't think Columbus North, despite their 7-1 record, will have enough to beat the HCC or the former MIC squad.