Gipper

I've always liked Sagamore, but the Tecumseh League could be a swell improvement. Imagine the protests...

Instead of success factor, I'd like to see other wrinkles: such as playing only 8-9 players at a time or wearing Crocs as opposed to cleats...

So many theories have been postulated, here's my take: Premier League: Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Florida State, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, USC, Washington Not Quite There Yet Conference: Arizona, Arizona State, Duke, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Purdue, Tennessee, UCLA, Utah, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin Outlier League: Auburn, Baylor, Boise State, BYU, California, Cincinnati. Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa State, Maryland, Louisville, Miami (FL), Michigan State, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Pitt, San Diego State, South Carolina, Wake Forest What About Me Conference: Air Force, Arkansas, Army, Boston College, Colorado State, Fresno State Hawaii, Houston, Kansas State, Navy Oregon State, SMU, Stanford, South Florida, Texas Tech. Syracuse, Tulane, Utah State, Washington State, Wyoming Wretched Refuse League: Ball State, Central Florida, Florida Atlantic, Memphis, Miami (OH), New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northern Illinois, Rutgers, Temple, Tulsa, UNLV, Vanderbilt Again, not perfect, just having a little fun...

A bit of a surprise, but I thought they'd go after a league with bigger schools. But their location is almost as bad as Terre Haute: two big schools with limited local options. I guess the only other option would be the Northwest Crossroads, and that's a bit of a stretch.

54. let's be a little more specific....

Really?

The Bears will continue to be the Bears....

Fun game to watch, other than all of the cuts to Taylor Swift. I know she's America's Sweetheart, etc., but still...

What?!? Chicago isn't run perfectly?

The age-old question: computers. Doesn't get much more blind than that...

I think Penn will continue to be Penn as they have the luxury of playing in a B or C level conference. The schools in the South Bend aren't much to speak of, Elkhart is waffling, while Concord and Mishawaka are on the fence at best. The northern half of 6A teams isn't exactly stacked either. with only Crown Point, a Ft. Wayne school, Lafayette Jeff (and/or Harrison), and Warsaw to contend with.

With CPS at #4, that doesn't include suburban schools such as New Trier and Naperville North. The Catholic juggernaut of traditional power Mt. Carmel isn't on this list.

As we all know, I'm a Packer fan, we've got our guy. But as for the Bears, I don't think QB1 is the problem. It's ownership. The McCaskeys ae too old for this and their business model is past stale. Bringing in Caleb Williams is not the quick fix as they don't really have many legitimate deep all threats outside of Kmet and Moore.

Partly. I graduated from South Newton, but now live in Lowell--my daughter goes to LHS. Great school, decent class size, great athletic tradition, awesome academics. Townsfolk are great, too.

Although it pains me to say, but Lowell is adding turf. On another note, I'm back...

point.

People will whine, trust me.

Interesting! I thought there would be more. Then again, I seriously doubt St. Joseph's in Kentland will re-open their doors as they couldn't even make an elementary school go in the 1980s and 90s.

Like I'm on the committee...

Although I don't have a dog in this fight, the cash cows (of the B1G and SEC) must be appeased. To that end, who is going to tune in and watch Florida State's backup QB? Sadly, TV rating must now be considered as well...

Nothing like an out-of-state paper covering our sports teams: Enjoy.

good for them, I read the Trib.

Are we still on this? I live close to Illinois and I don't public schools such as Maine East whining about schools such as Mount Carmel.

Should be quite the game. Don't sleep on the Dogs as Westfield was "supposed to" beat them.

As I was driving my daughter, the Gipperette, to Lowell High School yesterday, I noticed trucks by the Inferno. I soon learned they were there to install artificial turf... Gipper sad.