Gipper

SEC: So Everybody Cheats. I'm not excusing Harbaugh's lying (as it is indeed a breaking of the 10 Holy Commandments), but it's not like Jimmy Pants handed over the keys to BMWs, Ferraris, and other high-end luxury cars which is rampant at many schools only to have the new drivers get busted for traffic violations...even someone lost their life! The U-M recruit may have had a case of indigestion...

Does it really matter? Sure, winning is nice and all, but the clear majority of high school football players will not play beyond this level.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38035812/ex-qb-lloyd-yates-others-seek-damages-northwestern-scandal

I still am flummoxed by this turf thing. Sure it looks good, etc., but turf toe and other injuries that can be attributed to it are very real...

This whole thing is getting ugly. Not only did the football coach get canned, but so did baseball. Could basketball be too far behind? There are even reports on the news about the hazing, definitely not a good look for NU, nor the Big Ten. I get hazing...to an extent. I had to run barefoot, but that was basically it. Good clean fun does not include what these kids went through.

The plot thickens, sports fans: NU's baseball coach just got canned for a similar type offense. We either have smart, dumb people, or dumb smart people. BTW, NU just accepted an invite to the SEC.

Then there's that buzzsaw of Warsaw, Ft. Wayne, and Lafayette before almost certain annihilation to an Indianapolis-area school...

I'm really hoping for a great season in the DAC. Hopefully, Buzea's coaching at Crown Point gets everybody else going and they make some noise in the tournament.

Fitz is already layering up. ESPN reported he has Dan Webb (a former US Attorney) in the fold. $40 mil at stake...

Northwestern is going to have a new head football coach, and it's going to be okay. --www.collegefootnallnews.com

Regardless of intellect, everybody should know right from wrong.

I'm not happy with this at all. I would expect something like this to happen at an SEC school, not one of the more venerable institutions of the B1G.

I'm very surprised this happened at Northwestern as this has Nebraska or Ohio State written all over it.

Anything for more tax revenue in Illinois....

Why not? The more the merrier...

Again, this is where my Norther Indiana Football Alliance mumbo-jumbo comes into play: all of the 6A schools in one league: Crown Point, Lake Central, Penn, Elkhart, Warsaw, Carroll, Homestead (and another FW school I may have missed as our Lafayette Jeff Broncho {with a H} friends are still reminiscing about basketball).

That does seem to make a lot of sense, but I'm going to retreat to my "Time Zone" defense. RC and KV are Central, while all others are not. No big deal for football, but other sports that have weekday games, it's not as fun. I like the looks of your new Sagamore, and although they're the smallest by a mile, I see Tipton holding their own. BTW, Hanover Central just joined the NWCC, which could alleviate the need for the Kougars with a K.

I've never been a fan of the Bombers in the HC. Sure, the matchups with BC, Twin Lakes, West Lafayette (and to that end Central Catholic) make sense--but there are no natural rivalries with anybody else. I think the Northwest Crossroads would be a much better fit. Same time zone and a natural rivalry with Kankakee Valley who is out there on an island. Decent proximity to Lowell and Hanover Central as well...

I said what I said,

Pretty weak and selfish of what LC did. Not only did they take their ball and run with it, they left other schools scrambling to find a replacement, and by the looks of it, a long ride must be endured. West Lafayette to Tippy Valley isn't exactly next door, nor is HH to South Bend.

INDEED.

I saw that and wish him well. I think with Hudson Card, Ryan Browne, and Bennett Meredith the Boilers will be fine.

The actual CPHS building is actually well south of downtown Crown Point. When I looked for a house in Crown Point, I learned the neighborhood I was interested was in the MHS school district.

I love the Grand Canyon, but it's hot as hell most of the year, but there was actually snow on the ground when I visited the South Rim a few years ago.