Coach Nowlin

@Muda69 Question, have you changed your stance on sports being a function of Public School offerings? I know we both have been around here for better part of 2 decades, I remember some posts where you advocated for youth sports to stay out of the Public School Domain, citing money allocation etc. I think if that is the model you support then you get these type of HERO DAD COACHES who are not affiliated with schools and do not get held to higher standards.

No argument here: Tremendous games and players all the way around I am sure its on rotation, Field was immaculate Friday for homecoming game: Giant RED R in middle: BLACK BOMBERS in end zone, Black Numbers all with white outlines. Beautiful.

Tough year for Gus Bradley

I think anyone who had paid attention knew what was coming for the Boilermakers Sad to see them quit

We have a talented athlete in 4th grade, those coaches are doing a great job with him, he gets about 5 carries a game if he is popping long runs because he has been around sport and is FAST, the rest of the team is developing because they are touching the ball and isn't just toss sweep LEFT/RIGHT to their fastest kid......

I am fortunate enough to referee every Rensselaer Rampage game we host at our field this fall, its been awesome, I will tell you this much: Opposing Coaches, I have had 2 issues where coaches, one was 3rd/4th grade coach and another was 5/6th grade coach.... The way the reacted when they didn't get a call they thought was right was embarrassing.....one guy started literally jumping up and down and spinning yelling NO WAY NO WAY, and guess what, his players that play and the next play when I threw a flag for face masking (a no doubter) his players started yelling and acting the same way. I told DAD COACH, this is your fault, look at how these young kids are now yelling and speaking.....I wonder why that is?? They make a goal line stand and that Same Coach started acting like they just won a major championship, I started barking at him, Congratulations on your BIG TIME GOAL LINE STAND, that WHOLE SEQUENCE you taught you kids how important it is to act like a fool and not worry about important parts of the game. Keep up the good work coach...... Now the other coach, he saw it all go down, he appologized to me, blah blah blah..... Wouldn't you know it said team won 6-0 and in classic form, dumb dumb coach comes to me after the game, I am sorry, blah blah blah, so I calmly said, You are only telling me that because you guys 1. Won, and 2. I made you look like a fool on other occasions tonight based on how you choose to act in front of kids. I told him we are in the KID BUSINESS, not winning like that business and probably needs to reevaluate what his goals as a coach is in 5/6th grade football. Same team came back last week, not a PEEP from him all night long. Now onto the situation in Indy: Adults again FAILED KIDS. What exactly is "competitive talk gone too far" when the kids are 11-U. Garbage, all of that . So no wonder it got real stupid after what sounds like a close game..... As the guy in charge of our games on the field, the SLIGHTEST moment of a player getting out of line, I immediately stop, talk to the kid/coach and tell em if it happens again, yellow coming out and taking a seat. We also reward 1 player from each team a Sportsmanship Medal, I watch and see how all the young kids interact and play the game, and then give the name to press box, where they announce it and I give the medal to visiting team with some good things that I saw that had nothing to do with X/O's and scoreboard. Maybe if places like this league in INDY think of it that way vs looking to earn Highlight love that they think will turn into a scholarship they could avoid such embarrassing and dangerous situations.

nice work by Coach Cig's Agent there on that contract, especially gettin escalator clause for his assistants

I believe the actual story is the kid stepped away for personal reasons, that's what the article of that link says, not sure why author said dismissed to infer kicked off

CHAOS !!!

It's always about the money my friends.... no matter what sound bites are out there. But agree IU could pony up whatever it would take.

sad, my football boilers have made me football sad...... Brohm Corp was entertaining and competitive...... This.....well.....this has been a colossal failure so far

I went to Camp Randall 1 time, Ben Jones Game Winning FG with Orton at the helm I said when I walked out, if I knew this place was here as a 17/18 year old then I am a Badger !! Assuming the would have took my SR year transcripts of no Math/Science, and a 890 on my SAT in 1998. 🙂

not here to "get" anyone. I have found this conversation fruitful and invigorating. It was better than days of nothing then 4 posts about how great a win or how bad a loss was and then dormant for another week. When I see contradiction in conversation, I will point it out. If your goals in online message boards are to keep a win total on debate then you're going about it all wrong, again, just my opinion.

Assuming it is all good because from my memory, it's about the quarter rule. Quarter rules start Friday to Thursday. So if games have not been played on Friday or Saturday, then Monday it is. Gives 3 days off before next contest and believe to be ok under these unforeseeable issues weather wise

All Great People for sure Though Johnny and I would laugh when Kiger, was hurt, IGOE was QB against Sheridan and we joked his 7 INT he threw that game to the Safety at Sheridan made him All State. haha for the record, Sweigart from Sheridan was already a All State caliber player. He let it rip though, it was fun, just tough to do against such a quality team that night.

So you are now MICHIGAN STATE FANS..... GOT IT @temptation Room getting too HOT for you? Taking ball going home? Thought you were internet tougher than that 😃 DT would not make that post you just did. Since you claim to be his protege or something alike. Just saying

Exactly my thought as well. I feel I can at least give an opinion on a coach because I sat in room with him, listened to him speak, then researched some more of him and came away impressed with his program building success, his offensive schemes, and his off season intensity. TEMP reads a quote and formed all these stereotypes...... that's okay too, just will laugh at him for it. Fun laugh, not mean laugh for the record.

HEY BOMBERS GET TO COME PLAY IN HNAC !!!! Bombers Jays LOCKING HORNS on MONDAY NIGHT !! Rivalry renewed !! This was all done in OUTRUNNER VOICE.

My point was this: You have shrugged of Coach Cig accomplishments at Lower level schools and have said so far at IU proven nothing yet, and I am saying that there can only be 1 champion each year and if the standards for you is National Title or failure then a coach you love Jim Harbaugh would not have your respect if he stayed at Stanford.....he had to come to a blue blood (albeit his alma mater) to achieve that distinction. GREAT coaches are all around at ALL LEVELS, not being a national title winning coach shouldn't disqualify you as being GREAT. Finally, " SEC was cutting edge on what is now called NIL". What you meant to say was, SEC was the worse cheating conference when it came to paying players under the table. The next question is, are you okay with as you put it CUTTING EDGE SEC of the 90s' 00s, and yes Michigan and OSU had those Boosters as did EVERY blue blood program as done for DECADES.

That is fair I also know that if you do ignore someone, you have the ability to click a button to "view" while still ignoring. I will say this, I was surprised that ND was able to rebound against Brohm Corp, however seems they got off to real slow start with gift points, it happens. Got tied up rest of my Saturday and missed the 2nd half. Questions I have for ND followers How has Kiser and Bowen been this year?

I have no problem with Prime or Cignetti, and lets cut to the chase here: College Football along with Professional Football is FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT, are not entertained each Saturday and Sunday?? I am. It's ok to disagree and your analogy you outlined above, I just don't buy, but that's ALSO ok. I do not see the parallelism As far as the other stuff.... been on these boards since my Sophomore year at Purdue, 1999, when topic would disappear at the end of the page......needless to say, I have seen it all, been part of the leadership team for over a decade now, this is what I see on the other nonsense......Internet community members who drag on feelings, stemming from YEARS, MONTHS, DAYS of disagreements, and instead of just being okay to disagree it lingers over and over and spills into everything. So choices are easy, IGNORE feature, (if you must) or simply have a better mindset that you can have healthy discourse without having feelings hurt. ONLINE personalities probably don't represent sitting at the bar and having these same conversations over nice fresh cold COCA COLA's amongst each other. That's the internet age we live in, with Social Media (like this site is a form of it) vs Real Life conversation in person. I believe MANY if not ALL our members if sat in same room and had these sports conversations it would be fruitful and fun. The downside of social media is the reader chooses how to interpret tone or assume what the post is meant to mean et al. Okay, I am going to ask for a 3rd time @temptation If Nick Saban stayed at Michigan St does he win National Title? If Jim Harbaugh stays at Stanford does he in win a national title? These great coaches had to go to what is known as Blue Blood Football programs to earn that distinction.

I have no problem with your stance of opinion, I think it's wrong in the end but time will tell However, "attacked". Please. If you feel attacked then you're the classic can dish it but cry foul when it's thrown back or ...wait for it....dare challenges on an opinion Are we as a Community of sports fans not willing to have discourse in discussions without being so sensitive??

if bothers you such, put him on ignore what's wrong with conversation?

You added James Madison....not I..... SO I asked the same question as stated originally If Nick Saban stayed at Michigan St does he win National Title? If Jim Harbaugh stays at Stanford does he in win a national title? These great coaches had to go to what is known as Blue Blood Football programs to earn that distinction. It's a message board, where members engage with one another on various topics. In this case, Member Temptation, made clownish statements, in my opinion, as the opinion of others as well. This "HOT TAKE" has proven to be thus far FROZEN SOLID TAKE, and this has sparked conversation amongst MEMBERS , which is one of the key components of a MESSAGE BOARD where SPORTS are discussed. Its pretty simple So you have just admitted you spew nonsense because you enjoy being self anointed "most important guy here" award You can't have it both ways....... And for the record... you are no where NEAR or even in same atmosphere of DT, you are what we are call a pretender, not a contender. DT was HONEST in his assessments, conversations, you change to fit narratives you want, you post things for a reaction that you don't believe, that is what your statement above means. That is disappointing to me, but its cool, you do you Brah....... I personally have enjoyed the conversation back and forth on the topic of Coach Cig and his rise thus far, I have enjoyed the back and forth on it, it is OK to have a different opinion if its done with honest intentions, not to be some self proclaimed "HITS: count guy. Lame. Yawn.