BDGiant93

If you can call a nine time State Champion a darkhorse, I'll ride with the Ben Davis Giants.

I thought you were done posting until the playoffs.

Great accomplishment. Now they have to stay healthy and close the deal in the tourney.

BD has now finished in the top half of the MIC for the 23rd time in 25 MIC seasons. The loss to LN is so disappointing still. That close to being 5-4 and 5-2 in the MIC.

Depends on the teams playing, the venue, and the weather. A crowd of 5,000 can look like it fills up most stadiums, but that would be 50 percent capacity of Ben Davis and Warren's stadiums.

This is a great point. Competitive balance vs. the almighty dollar.

I absolutely agree with this idea. It's absolutely ridiculous that a team with a dominating record or that has had a great season has to go to an opponent with a lesser record or a worse season's home field for a playoff game. The best teams should have earned the right to play at home in Sectional and then have neutral sites in the Regional and Semi-State.

Ben Davis @ North Central - Really a coin flip game. I expect it to be a low scoring matchup. Giants eek it out 21-20. Cathedral @ Center Grove - CG has played with fire a little bit the last two weeks. They finally get burned. Cathedral 28, Center Grove 24 Lawrence Central @ Carmel - Carmel wins this one going away. 49-0 Lawrence North @ Pike - The Wildcats close out the season with a 14 point victory, 35-21. Michigan City @ Warren Central (Possible Game) - Warriors win this one by double digits, 35-7...if it happens.

Coach West has an impeccable reputation. I respect him tremendously as I respect Mr. Clayton and the Warren Athletic Department.

DT's only agenda is to stir up controversy and discussion, and he's good at it. He's the Skip Bayless of the GID.

It was designed for a specific purpose using the school colors to see at a glance who was where.

What, I don't get what I saw in 2000 or 2010 or 2015? That Eric Moore has built Center Grove into a state power? Next you'll tell me how Bill Belichick has finally arrived.

Why?

Center Grove is and has been a top program for 20 years. This isn't even his first undefeated MIC title.

This game went like the BD/LC Sectional game in 2017. It's a good thing to get a challenge.

That's exactly why you play another game.

I hope for a good game with no injuries.

You act like he hasn't done this before. Year MIC STANDINGS YEAR-BY-YEAR 1996 Ben Davis (3-0) Carmel (2-1) North Central (2-2) Warren Central (1-3) Lawrence North (0-2) Center Grove (0-0) 1997 Ben Davis (4-0) North Central (5-2) TH North (3-1) Carmel (2-3) Warren Central (2-3) Lawrence North (2-4) TH South (0-2) Center Grove (0-3) 1998 Ben Davis (6-1) Carmel (5-2) Warren Central (5-2) Center Grove (4-3) North Central (4-3) TH North (2-5) TH South (2-5) Lawrence North (0-7) 1999 Ben Davis (7-0) Carmel (4-3) Center Grove (4-3) Warren Central (4-3) TH South (3-4) Lawrence North (2-5) North Central (2-5) TH North (2-5) 2000 Ben Davis (6-1) Carmel (6-1) Center Grove (6-1) Warren Central (4-3) North Central (3-4) Lawrence North (2-5) TH North (1-6) TH South (0-7) 2001 Ben Davis (7-0) Warren Central (5-1) Center Grove (5-2) Carmel (4-3) Lawrence North (3-3) North Central (2-5) TH South (1-6) TH North (0-7) 2002 Warren Central (7-0) Center Grove (6-1) Ben Davis (5-2) Carmel (3-4) Lawrence North (3-4) TH North (2-5) TH South (2-5) North Central (0-7) 2003 Ben Davis (6-1) Center Grove (5-2) Lawrence North (5-2) Warren Central (5-2) Carmel (4-3) TH North (2-5) North Central (1-6) TH South (0-7) 2004 Warren Central (6-1) Ben Davis (5-2) Center Grove (5-2) Lawrence North (4-3) North Central (4-3) Carmel (3-4) TH North (1-6) TH South (0-7) 2005 Warren Central (6-1) Lawrence North (5-2) Carmel (4-3) North Central (4-3) Ben Davis (3-4) Center Grove (3-4) TH South (2-5) TH North (1-6) 2006 Warren Central (7-0) Carmel (6-1) Ben Davis (4-3) North Central (4-3) Center Grove (3-4) Lawrence North (2-5) TH North (2-5) TH South (0-7) 2007 Center Grove (6-1) Warren Central (6-1) Ben Davis (5-2) Carmel (5-2) North Central (3-4) Lawrence North (2-5) TH South (1-6) TH North (0-7) 2008 Carmel (6-1) Center Grove (6-1) Warren Central (5-2) Ben Davis (4-3) Lawrence North (4-3) TH South (2-5) North Central (1-6) TH North (0-7) 2009 Carmel (7-0) Warren Central (6-1) Ben Davis (4-3) Center Grove (4-3) Lawrence North (3-4) TH North (2-5) North Central (1-6) TH South (1-6) 2010 Warren Central (7-0) Carmel (6-1) Center Grove (5-2) Ben Davis (4-3) TH North (3-4) Lawrence North (1-6) North Central (1-6) TH South (1-6) 2011 Warren Central (7-0) Carmel (6-1) Ben Davis (5-2) Center Grove (3-4) North Central (3-4) Lawrence North (2-5) TH North (1-6) TH South (1-6) 2012 Ben Davis (6-1) Carmel (6-1) Center Grove (6-1) TH North (4-3) Warren Central (3-4) North Central (2-5) TH South (1-6) Lawrence North (0-7) 2013 Ben Davis (6-1) Center Grove (6-1) Carmel (5-2) Pike (4-3) Warren Central (4-3) Lawrence Central (2-5) North Central (1-6) Lawrence North (0-7) 2014 Carmel (7-0) Warren Central (6-1) Ben Davis (5-2) Center Grove (4-3) Lawrence Central (3-4) Pike (2-5) Lawrence North (1-6) North Central (0-7) 2015 Center Grove (7-0) Carmel (6-1) Warren Central (5-2) Ben Davis (3-4) Lawrence Central (3-4) Pike (3-4) Lawrence North (1-6) North Central (0-7) 2016 Warren Central (7-0) Center Grove (6-1) Ben Davis (4-3) Carmel (4-3) Lawrence Central (3-4) Lawrence North (3-4) North Central (1-6) Pike (0-7) 2017 Ben Davis (7-0) Warren Central (5-2) Carmel (4-3) Lawrence Central (4-3) Pike (4-3) Center Grove (3-4) North Central (1-6) Lawrence North (0-7) 2018 Warren Central (7-0) Carmel (5-2) Center Grove (5-2) North Central (5-2) Lawrence Central (3-4) Ben Davis (2-5) Lawrence North (2-5) Pike (1-6) 2019 Ben Davis (5-2) Carmel (5-2) North Central (5-2) Warren Central (5-2) Center Grove (4-3) Lawrence Central (2-5) Lawrence North (1-6) Pike (1-6) 2020 Center Grove (7-0)

Bingo.

Have you seen how hard show choir kids work? You enjoy throwing kids under the bus to advance your own agenda of edginess on the GID page.

Warren's struggles are on the offensive side of the football for sure. They'll get it turned back around.

Actually, it was a principals vote that ultimately murdered the one-class system.

Carmel 28, Warren 14 Center Grove 56, Lawrence North 14 Ben Davis 34, Lawrence Central 21 Pike 27, North Central 24

Because of the financing of Indiana schools, money spent on athletics is not money spent in the classroom or on activities and vice versa.

I'd wager to say there are a lot of young men (and maybe some young women too) who need football to keep them in school. If you take that away from them, you are taking away more than a sport.