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Coach Wimmer’s 1987 Zionsville team’s 3A state championship victory over Elwood was my first state final. I subsequently worked games involving his teams at Merrillville, Greenwood, and Fishers. He’s among the 2 or 3 best in-game coaches I saw in 40 seasons. Always classy.

I know it’s a small sample size, but Nick Foles played pretty well yesterday in his only appearance of the year. But if Foles can still play, why did the Bears need Andy Dalton in the first place? Is this just another case of lousy talent evaluation by the Bears? Foles’ contract was restructured when he came to the Bears, and they still owe him a bunch of guaranteed money. If Fields is ready next week, do they play him or showcase Foles, trying to find someone who will take on what was previously thought to be an untradeable contract? This is just another example of the Bears’ organization making it up as they go along, rather than actually having a coherent plan.

For me, the scariest ones were shots when the player on the receiving end went into “Fencer’s Pose,” which you knew meant they were really unconscious. Very creepy.

Don’t sleep on this guy. Brian Parker at Hanover Central. NWI Times Coach of the Year in the Region. https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/football/sustainable-success-hanover-centrals-brian-parker-is-2021-times-coach-of-the-year/article_d55373c2-bf9a-5919-b83f-5d8299637187.html

One of my favorites is Tommy Lasorda when he was asked after a game when Dave Kingman hit 3 homers against the Dodgers, what he thought of Kingman’s performance. Very NSFW.

They only had 1 ball? 😂🤣😅

Just go to YouTube and search Earl Weaver. Hours of entertainment.

Female variants of male nicknames don’t count. See above. Also … are you kidding? Squaws?

Plymouth, though, can still boast that they are the only high school in Indiana with 2 nicknames: the Rockies and the Pilgrims.

Today we celebrate the birth of The One — He who has shown us The Way — who provides the template for our lives. The One to whom we can turn for words of comfort or inspiration. The One to whom so many owe so much. Please, keep on doing what you do. Happy Birthday, Jimmy Buffett!!! Merry Buffett Day to all my GID friends!

Notice that all the current SCOTUS Justices are skinny. 😉

Par for the course for Jimbo Fisher.

Discriminatory and unlawful are not the same thing. There are all sorts of discriminatory practices that are perfectly legal. Body size is not a “suspect classification,” like race, sex, religion, etc.

Yes, I seem to recall Rex is something of an expert on feet.

I worked a sectional at the Rockpile in 2009. I thought it was among the most supportive and animated student body cheering sections I had ever seen, and I’ve seen a lot. Hard to believe they’ve deteriorated to the point where they lack numbers.

@JustRuleswould have a better handle on the number of our officials who also work college ball on the weekend. But my understanding is the same as yours - not a huge number.

That’s largely because for 50 years the owner, GM and Coach were the same person.

Why stop there? Bring in an actual football guy as President and limit Ted Phillips to the business side (if you’re determined to keep him). The problem is the order. In a rational world, you’d name the new President, he would hire a new GM, and the new GM would hire a new coach. But in McCaskey World, the only thing you can be sure of is that the Bears will screw this up, too. I’m hoping for a happy accident, where they get the right guys by luck or happenstance. Because you know if they really put their minds to it, it’ll turn out wrong.

Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. — Vince Lombardi

It’s just that I’m waiting with bated breath for the other 8! 😂😆

That’s only 4.

Found this when flipping around the dial. High school state champions play one another. Just watched the Washington state champ score a TD with 1 second left to beat the Georgia state champ. They’re playing at Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas, Nevada. Apparently, whatever it is about traveling more than 300 mi. from the state line that afflicts Indiana kids is not shared by kids from Georgia or Washington. … Or Florida and Arizona, who also participated. How great would it have been to see Center Grove in a game like that? Maybe someday Indiana will be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the modern era.

That’s known as the “opening position” in a negotiation.

No.

Overpaid? Seems to me they are paid what the market dictates. That is at odds with my definition of “overpaid.”