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1 hour ago, Purdue Pete said:

No one in the SAC played outside their conference this season until last night so I believe SAC ratings were skewed until this morning.

So you are saying it's more important for Luers SOS to play Whitko than to play Carroll, Homestead, Snider and Dwenger.

1 hour ago, southend said:

Noble is up a notch this year. Leo seems like to be in the fight every year. With the stingy “Lions” defense, I think it is their year. 

Leo won by 24 in the regular season.

Luers beats a very poor Whitko team and their SOS goes from #233 to #22.

1 hour ago, WCGrad92 said:

Luers wasn' t 23rd last week,  they were 23rd the 19th of September. I have no clue why they dropped so much. The majority of the top teams in 2A all reside in the ICC. Must be a pretty good conference.

Must be a lot better conference than the SAC.

16 hours ago, LaSalle Lions 1976 said:

Kiermaier hits a home run to cut the Dodger lead.  Go Rays

 

Rays lose but Kiermaier and Brosseau knocked in all their runs.

Home Run

14 minutes ago, Coach Nowlin said:

I miss Purple Nurple

 

Thanks Coach I couldn't remember his username and it was driving me crazy.

This thread will probably get moved but I wanted to give a shout out to former Luers player Kevin Kiermaier who will be playing in the world series for Tampa Bay Rays against the Dodgers starting tonight. If I'm not mistaking his father was a frequent poster on this site.

21 hours ago, scarab527 said:

What I don’t get is why the Sagarin ratings shifted so fast. For example: last week Luers’ SOS was ranked #23, this week it’s #230. How is that possible?

Some idiot will say it's because they play conference only but last week were #23 SOS and then play 6a Snider and drop to #230. For those who still claim it's because they play conference only just try to explain that. I dare ya.

2 hours ago, Bonecrusher said:

I would think most, but not all, schools "out in the country" will not have walk-ups.  But city schools, depending on location, could have a fair amount.  As examples, in the Fort Wayne area South Side, North Side & Snider could have a pretty decent number of people walking to a game.  There are other Fort Wayne schools where it may not be as doable considering high traffic roads to cross, or just long distances for schools in the suburbs, think Northrop, Homestead, Carroll.  County schools like Heritage, Woodlan, Southern Wells & Eastbrook will not have them, but an Adams Central or Bellmont might have a few.

Bottom line, if I were one of the IHSAA people in a position to make a call on this, I would not factor walk-ups into it.  I can't see the number being large enough to make a big impact on travel if a given school did well enought to make it to regionals or semi's.  I would venture a guess that a good portion of walk-ups don't drive to the game because they don't have to, not because they can't.  I'm sure there are some in the "can't" category, but again not enough to sway policy if something like this ever made it to the table.  Just based on the few observations I have made over the years.

Good luck walking to a F. W. South Side or Luers game.

40 minutes ago, hhpatriot04 said:

No computer rankings can be accurate with closed conferences. If seeding is ever supported by the coaches, teams must play at least 2 or 3 non-conference games. This leads into other possibilities like splitting conferences and making week 9 or 10 with a 10-week season (not game) a conference championship week where MIC North #1 plays MIC South #1...etc.

But again, it's the coaches and ADs and principals who would have to push for it, not the IHSAA. 

So since the Big Ten is playing conference only games we shouldn't look for Ohio St. To be ranked in the top 25 by the computers.

On 10/17/2020 at 9:19 PM, psaboy said:

Please speakem some english, pail face. 

Pale not Pail.

New Haven at South Side

Huntington North at Wayne

Concordia at Peru

Whitko at Luers

New Haven

Wayne

Concordia

Luers

Westfield 55 Homestead 14 score, I'll take Homestead and the points all day long.

20 minutes ago, Lysander said:

It should.....and fast.  I think we all know that both Dwenger and Evansville Central are far from their current No. 20 Sagarin Rating in their respective classes....more like Top 5 in each (I could see Central steamrolling 4A).

The weird thing is that, at times, SAC statewide rankings shot high up the charts but the SIAC’s never did.

Either way, both conference’s teams rankings are going to be jumping all over the place as of early Saturday AM.  I think they will stabilize pretty quickly.

Have I mentioned, as a fan,  how much I hate closed conferences?

I hope they don't use the Sagarin ratings in college this year with the Big Ten only playing conference games Ohio St. would be ranked around 150. lol

2 minutes ago, Bonecrusher said:

How are fans that travel well stupid?  Are you referring to traveling in spite of the the Covid-19 dangers?

I'm just saying a person with intelligence would rather travel 5 miles to a game than a 100 hundred miles to a game. I guess I'd rather be smart than true.

3 hours ago, Bonecrusher said:

Hosting school keeps 100% of concession profits, which for bigger schools with large crowds could be substantial.

IHSAA gets half of the gate, the other half goes to the host school.  I believe the two schools playing also might pony up a little cash to the host, IIRC.

If your schools fans are "true" fans, IMHO they will travel well.

True fans or stupid fans.

7 home games out of 10. Wow may get tough if they have to travel.

Carroll, easily

Concordia, intriguing game

Snider, easily

Dwenger by 17

Homestead, easily

Carroll at Wayne

Concordia at North Side

Luers at Snider

Northrop at Dwenger

Homestead at South Side

38 minutes ago, SAC_Coach said:

Why do you think Snider v Dwenger is a pick em? 

Wild hunch.

18 hours ago, statmurp_10 said:

Within this portion of the regular season, would anyone believe, there is still an advantage to be the home team, by contesting on your own real-estate?

Real grass vs. field turf might be a bigger factor than where the game is located.

Carroll

Luers

North Side

Snider,Dwenger pick em

Homestead easily

Concordia at Carroll

Luers at South Side

North Side at Northrop

Snider at Dwenger

Homestead at Wayne

IF Carroll didn't have Dwenger on their schedule this year and Homestead didn't have South Side on their schedule it would be a huge advantage for Carroll.