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They might be able to get him cheap, since I’m pretty sure he did very well in the settlement of his lawsuit against Northwestern for wrongful termination.

Agreed. Both of them are in ahead of the Irish no matter the outcome.

This topic is about officials selected to work the Finals, not about the quality of the officiating in the actual games. Also, please be mindful of my disclaimer at the bottom of the page. While at the games this weekend, I had a conversation with a good friend who also happens to be on any short list of the most knowledgeable people in the state of Indiana where high school football is concerned. He asked me a straightforward question: “Bob, why doesn’t the system attempt to put the 6 best officiating crews in LOS on Thanksgiving weekend?” I tried to explain the IHSAA’s dual philosophy with respect to advancing crews in the tournament: Insure that all crews are properly qualified to work at the tournament level to which they are assigned, and Provide opportunities for advancement in order to incentivize officials to continue to improve. This latter objective is what prevents the same crews from working the Finals every year. Under the current system, once a crew works the Finals, the highest level they can work the following year is a Sectional Final. They can then advance, if warranted, a maximum of one level per year. The result is a crew could be “ranked” #1 in the State every year, but they’ll only get to the Finals once every 4 years. Looking at it from another viewpoint, you could theoretically have crews working the Finals who were ranked ## 19-24 in the State working the 6 games. Thoughts? Particularly interested to hear from different viewpoints: fans, officials, coaches, etc.

Correct me if I’m wrong. But we have to root for no upsets in the conference championship games.

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This is from AI, I didn’t do the research myself. So, take it for what it’s worth: No, players can no longer immediately enter the transfer portal when a coach leaves ; they must now wait five days after a new head coach is hired or announced. This triggers a 15-day window for players to enter their name into the portal, a change from the previous 30-day period that opened right after a coaching change.

Here’s a question for the Committee. What are you going to do about Ole Miss? They are currently ranked 5th. But Lane Kiffin is now out and won’t coach in the playoff. He has reportedly told his staff that if they’re not on the plane with him to Baton Rouge today, they won’t have a job at LSU next season. The Committee has previously said they would take into account things like significant injuries. What are they going to do with chaos on the coaching staff?

Not in the least. It’s the American Dream.

There’s so much wrong with this, I hardly know where to begin: So, every team that doesn’t win a state championship is a failure? That’s beyond absurd. The reason the success factor was adopted was to promote the goal of class football - as far as practicality will allow, like teams should play like teams. The success factor is a crude tool for identifying programs that consistently punch above their weight class, and regrouping them with teams that are (presumably) more on their level. It does not, nor should it, require a team to win a state championship if they prove consistently that they can compete at a higher level. And they prove it by being disproportionately successful in their class. You can quibble with the point levels or the length of the points cycle if you want. But that says nothing about the validity of the basic concept. At bottom, your point seems to be that until a team demonstrates total domination of a class by winning a state championship, they shouldn’t be moved out of their class. You only have to look at Adams Central’s recent history to show how wrong that thinking is. They went to the state finals in 1A 3 straight years, losing every time, but accumulating enough points to bump up to 2A. To your way of thinking, they should have stayed in 1A. But they didn’t, and promptly won the 2A championship the next season (last year), and made it to the 2A semistate this year, losing to the eventual state champ. But to your way of thinking, it was unfair to move them up since they had “unfinished business” in 1A. If you are a program that enjoys disproportionate success in your class throughout the points cycle - however long it is - you should move up. But the idea that you can only be considered such by winning the state championship makes about as much sense as screen doors on a submarine.

Most metropolitan areas are diminishing in terms of quality of life. No reason why high school athletics in those area should not follow the trend. It’s no longer “white flight” from downtown. It’s “everyone who wants to better their situation flight” from downtown.

Why do people feel that the only barometer for disproportionate success is a state championship?

Like I need you to tell me about officiating. Stay in your lane.

The one I saw was 48.5.

Might as well get it started. Opening line has the Buckeyes a 5.5 pt. favorite. Sagarin has OSU by 2.5 pts. … on a neutral field. If you consider this an IU home game, then the Hoosiers are a 1 pt. favorite. Now, that’s before Sagarin has updated his rankings to reflect this weekend’s results.

Judgment call, based on all the circumstances. Both are true.

For The Legends trophy.

O-H-…

Is Andrean officially the best program in the true North?

It’s not a fair catch, but the ball is declared dead as soon as it is possessed by a member of the receiving team. By giving a fair catch signal, the receivers give up their right to advance the ball when they possess it.

Yes, it was.

Merrillville pulls even with a 35 yd. field goal, after New Pal’s kicker doinks one off the upright. 17-17. 3:11 left in the 3rd.

New Pal leads Merrillville 17-14 at the half. Merrillville scored on a 55 yd. pass from their backup QB with 30 sec. left in the half, and will get the ball to open the 3rd quarter. Interesting to see which QB starts for them. EDIT: Just got the word Merrillville’s starting QB out for the rest of the game.

You sure you don’t mean “accomplices?” 😜