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Is Ditka playing for the Giants?

I never do, and I am always here to eat my crow when I am wrong. Have been since I came on this board.

For the third-straight year, it's Ben Davis at Center Grove in the Class 6A Semi-State. The Giants nearly beat CG in 2019. They were in the game for the majority of the first 30 minutes in 2020. Can they pull the major upset in 2021? Sure they can. We've seen the Trojans just a little off the last few games. It's still been good enough to win, but I think this Ben Davis team is coming in heavy with a freight train of confidence. They blew the doors off Brownsburg before the Bulldogs knew what hit 'em. Will it be good enough to win on Friday night? CG's awfully good. I'm sure Coach Moore will get their attention this week in practice. He may be fighting a team that feels that a championship is inevitably theirs. BD, on the other hand, I believe is playing with confidence and poise. They've been battered and beaten this year and have had things happen off the field that completely were out of their control. I think it's galvanized them. Give me the Giants in a tight one. Good health to both teams. Let's have some fun on Friday.

Well, that may be true, but they're going to the Final Four with a chance to beat Center Grove, a team that they led at the half and were within three of with four minutes to play in the third quarter this year. This is a healthier, more confident version of the Giants too. Call them whatever you want. They just beat a good Brownsburg team. They've got a kid that's thrown for almost 3,000 yards. That's only happened twice in BD history. But, you clearly know all great oracle of Ben Davis Football. Or a Ben Davis team that's about two plays from being 9-3...but...you know. Whatever. Ya just gotta love a guy like @Footballking16 who comes in and dumps on kids on one of their best nights.

Great win for Ben Davis. Total beat down of a fine football team. Don't discount the number of "flight hours" (as Coach Simmons says) on this Ben Davis Football squad. This is certainly a different team than it was at 2-5. They are healthier and better. Puncher's chance next week against the defending champs. We'll see what the Giants have for the Trojans on Friday, 11/19.

Ben Davis 32, Brownsburg 14 Giants advance to take on Center Grove in the Semi-State. Great win for the program and Coach Simmons. That's now his third Regional putting him behind Dick Dullaghan (13) and Mike Kirschner (4) in the BD history books in just his fourth season as head coach.

Added another one tonight!

I'm told the BD Dads will be selling their "World Famous" Ribeye Sandwiches for $6.00. Scrumptious!

They're all supposed to be free on that ihsaatv platform, I believe.

My condolences to his family and his friends.

Brownsburg at Ben Davis is available on ihsaatv.org, but it's also on WBDG 90.9 FM or at www.onlineradiobox.com/us/wbdg

That Evans run was electrifying. What a football game. 1990, My first high school State Championship game witnessed as a fan as the Ben Davis Giants defeat the Marion Giants. 1991, As a high school junior, witnessing the Ben Davis Giants win the National Championship. I was the statistician for WBDG and went through many pencils. Got to see the state game from the sidelines. 1992, Got to call the 5A Championship Game on WBDG where Seth Ziegel kicked a field goal late to win the game for Fort Wayne Snider. 1999, Damon Fine nails a 56-yard field goal to defeat Arlington in Regional 2000, James Banks leads a late drive with no timeouts and scores to defeat Decatur Central in Sectional. 2001, James Banks takes a poorly snapped ball on 4th down deep in Warren Central territory and weaves his way for a touchdown. 2002, Playing on a soupy field at Warren Central, Ben Davis stuffs Warren on 4th down to preserve a 35-28 OT win in Regional. 2008, Ben Davis goes across town and thumps Warren, 45-28, in Regional to advance to Semi-State. 2011, Ben Davis overcomes a 28-7 deficit in the second half to beat Brownsburg in Sectional, 38-31, in 2OT. 2014, BD beats WC in a shootout at home. Then they defeat CG in the Semi-State. They get down 17-0 to Carmel before scoring the next 42 points to win State, 42-24, over the Hounds who had beaten them 37-7 in the regular season. The 2014 Giants remain my favorite Ben Davis Football Team. I cried happy tears for my friend Mike Kirschner. 2017, BD leaves no doubt in a 63-14 win over Penn that wasn't that close. The Giants set all sorts of records in that one. 2018, After allowing 70 points in the regular season, the Giants worry the heck out of Warren Central before falling to the Warriors 49-28 in the Sectional. Yeah, it was a blowout, but after the 3-6 regular season, the Giants played hard and left it all on the field. 2019, After finishing the regular season 5-4, BD nearly stuns the Center Grove Trojans and nearly advances to the State Championship game. A late drive was thwarted by a fumble. 2020, Ben Davis upsets the Carmel Greyhounds in Regional.

It would be up to the opposing school to bring this to the attention of the IHSAA. I know Ben Davis had a situation where they played a varsity game a few years back where a basketball player played too many quarters, and it was not pushed so the game is still a win for that team (which shall remain nameless) even though it was known it happened. For clarity, the team was not Cathedral, Center Grove, or New Pal.

I know, and you explained it well, but I didn't read the post well enough before commenting which was clearly stupid on my part.🤪

Not sure when you played, but most places use assigners now. I've occasionally seen a BD grad work a BD game, but the Athletic Dept. just pays the refs that get assigned here.

What are we considering southern? UPDATE: Never mind. Reading is fundamental.

The one and only TA.

Don't take this as gospel because I don't know what Coach Simmons does. I do know that for years, BD's Sectional included Northwest, Tech, Perry, Southport, Decatur, Pike, and a rotating team that at times included Manual and Franklin Central. Back in those days, they would spend most of their time on their prospective Regional opponent. That was in the Dullaghan/Allen days. So, back then, they'd get three weeks of prep for Warren. In more recent times, the Sectional has included the Hendricks County powerhouses or Derek Moyers' Pike outfit. One year, BD had to play through Moyers and Pike, Avon, Warren, Center Grove, and Carmel to win State. The last three years, they've gotten a better draw. I don't expect that will continue into next year. I would fully expect the Giants to be moved around. Zionsville and Carmel will have to go somewhere. Since the IHSAA won't split same district schools into different Sectionals, Perry/Southport, LN/LC, HSE/Fishers are all a package deal. Then you have the singletons like Tech who is the only 6A in IPS, BD, Warren, Pike, NC, and FC. Should be interesting to see where BD gets shuffled when the committees get together.

Give me the 'Rocks 24-14. Good luck Coach Gilbert. BD Class of '94.

Or you could just seed the tournament and let the higher seed host.

Merrillville rolls 35-7 over the Kingsmen.

Fair enough. Good points.

I have not seen much Wing T from LN the last few years we've played them. As far as the game goes, LN is maybe the best defensive team not named Center Grove in the MIC. I think they're underappreciated on that side of the football. Offensively, it comes down to Omar Cooper and Ali Richardson and what they can do. This likely won't be a running clock game, but CG definitely should have the advantage in the end. Center Grove 35, Lawrence North 14

The Bulldogs make the 15 minute trek through Clermont on Crawfordsville Road, and up Girls School Road to face the Giants of Ben Davis. The Bulldogs look awfully mighty right now flexing their muscles with a 31-7 win over the Carmel Greyhounds, but they're catching a Ben Davis team that has used a favorable schedule and Sectional to get much healthier and better. The Giants are 6-5 but woulda coulda shoulda been 9-3 right now. Of course, one of those bigger losses was to Brownsburg in week one in a game where BD looked flat in the second half. This one likely comes down to the fourth quarter. You know who I'm picking. I have the Giants winning Regional #20 in a squeaker. What say you?

Ben Davis was up 49-14 at the half last night at Tech. There was an altercation in the home stands that spilled into the parking lot, and that resulted in the Tech administration clearing the stands of all fans. Tech apparently tried to forfeit the game, but they were not allowed to do so by, I'm told, the IHSAA. Is there some clause in the rules that governs this? The second half was played without fans and the Giants won 49-20.