Gipper

This summer flew by! Played lots of golf, drank even more beer, accrued many frequent flyer miles--and here we are. Should be a great weekend. Lowell & Crown Point should be a fun game, but who am I kidding? CP, and I could really care less about their ranking, (whatever it is) will most likely maul the Red Devils. Then again, RDP has a pretty good scrimmage against Merrillville last weekend, so you never know. As for my South Newton Rebels, they will be after their third straight winning season, and host Lake Station. Plenty of more great games across the great state of ours, although some feel the need to cross state lines to find opponents (big head scratcher there) Good luck to everyone!!! G

Greed is good. But is it in this case?

Prost! My family heritage is from Westphalia. Don't anger Herr Gipper by dissing his beloved bier.

I've never been a fan of local teams playing prep schools, the risk of injury is greatly exacerbated. And I don't think IMG has a goat to steal...

You mean the SEC has been less that honorable?!?

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/38134021/big-ten-set-send-invites-oregon-washington-sources-say

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38130567/sources-arizona-deal-big-12-expected-finalized-soon

Indeed. I also hear Arizona is close to joining the Big XII. Too bad, because those are one of the PAC-12 schools I would have liked to the in the B1G, Tucson is a great place and U of A is an awesome school. Especially basketball wise, I know football drives the bus, but there are also many sports that will also be heading west.

They're in the mix, too, but the Huskies and Ducks (Nike U.) are bigger fish.

Although they were not added yet, the Big Ten conference will be scouting the Universities or Oregon and Washington for membership. Although this would destroy the PAC-12 as we know it, our league would only grow stronger. If you can stand the hippies and homeless people (in addition to some whacked out people), bot Eugene and Seattle are great places to see games. Sure, UO has that abysmal basketball court, but their football stadium is rather nice.

I'm totally flummoxed.

"Hold my beer." --P. J. Fleck

So many great things in GB.

Ugly all around. We either have smart dumb kids or dumb smart kids.

I did as well--that basically launched her career...

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