Teams do suck at times, that’s a given. But I don’t think these so called “sucky teams” will be stuck in first gear forever. Why punish a program for a few bad years?
In defense of said poster (which I can't believe I'm doing) who I think you're referring to, it's just a miscommunication. I'm pretty sure I've seen him say he looks at records and determines who lives, and this case, who dies. The supposed "Contraction List" is his mind only and sure as hell not at the IHSAA.
I know this will come as a complete land utter shock to you all, but I’m a Purdue fan. I see nothing wrong with what Coach Allen is doing. Classifying the walk-one as “preferred” does not increased the number of scholarships, but rather gives the walk-ons impetus to try harder. Who knows? Maybe they’ll see the field..
Exactly. I know it's tough for the Hautians, but what else are they gonna do? I think the next biggest schools in the area are Martinsville, Mooresville, Plainfield, South Vermillion, and West Vigo.
People are kind of missing the forest for the trees here: conferences need to be about geography first and foremost. Intriguing matchups are great, but when it comes with a long bus ride, that kind of defeats the purpose.