Bobref

I wonder if it was actually a belated false start flag? What was the signal given?

So, in your very first post, you’re calling out “healthy” teams for being unwilling to play Elkhart, but you won’t name them. Do you know who they (supposedly) were? I don’t know who the Elkhart coaches are, and I don’t do Twitter. So, you’re willing to say these teams should have been willing to play, bit wouldn’t, but you aren’t willing to say who they were? I mean, it makes a difference, don’t you think? Were these 1A teams or 6A teams? Located nearby, or across the state? Or another state? Travel arrangements?

Dare I invoke the name Tim Adams? It is historical fact that it took several years to do it, but before his premature demise, TA came around to this way of thinking, and embraced the concept of a qualification format.

It’s like we were twins separated at birth.

Correct. The rationale behind the rule is that making the head coach the fall guy is the best way to insure that the restricted area is clear while the ball is alive, which is potentially a real safety issue.

And we have a new leader in the clubhouse for “Most cliches in a single post.” 😄😅

I recall exchanging posts with @Irishman last season about how good Claypool was going to be in the League. But this is crazy. 3 receiving TDs and one rushing. If he stays healthy, he’s going to be Randy Moss with a 1,000% better attitude.

Do you think, under these unusual circumstances, that these teams had some sort of ethical obligation to be receptive to that kind of overture? Or do you think they were just 🐓? Care to name names?

“Haughty Catholics?” 🖕

This. Cinderella is a myth. A convenient excuse not to take a hard look at whether we could make Indiana football better by having a qualification format.

From your lips to the Commissioner’s ear.

Did you play? If so, think back to your last game. When it finished, what would you have done to get just one more week of practice with those guys, one more week of locker room shenanigans, one more game? It’s a shame you can’t see how important even this abbreviated season is to those kids.

Unlikely. Someone’s got to lose. And whoever loses, their fans will say they didn’t go all out because they were saving themselves for the playoffs.

The question here is whether the kick had ended. The kickers can never advance a recovered free kick. But if the kick had ended, it’s a fumble and can be advanced by either team. A kick ends when the ball is possessed or declared dead by rule. So if the receiving team player clearly had possession, then it’s a recovered fumble advanced for a TD.

You cannot convince the “all in” people with common sense. I was on the field for over 500 varsity football games. Approximately 100 or so were playoff games. If you think there’s no difference in the level of competition or intensity, on the field, on the sidelines, and in the stands, between a regular season game, the first game of the sectional, and a sectional championship game, quite simply, you’re wrong. I can’t explain it any more simply than that.

Hey, it happens. I once threw an incompletion to stop the clock as the half was winding down and we were on the 3 yd. line. Oops! It was 4th & 1. Of course, I was a freshman in high school at the time.

So, I just sat down to a nice lunch, opened up the GID to see what’s new, and this is the first thing I see? Could you please go back to just talking about end zone cameras?

The black helicopters are circling.

I wonder if the IHSAA considers seeding the tourney as a first step on the “slippery slope” of a tournament qualification system. The inevitable consequence of seeding is those 1 vs. 8 or 1 vs. 7 opening matchups, which will get everyone very familiar with the Mercy Rule, if they aren’t already. Once we have a few years of first round massacres, the IHSAA will realize the futility of those 1st round matchups, and simply eliminate half the field, let everyone play a 10th regular season game, and the tournament will be 5 weeks instead of 6. I just hope it happens in my lifetime ... but they better get started pretty soon. 🤣

I’ll be there Friday night. Love the Inferno.

Trick plays are one of my favorite things about football. This thread is dedicated to gadget plays at all levels. If you can accompany your post with a video, that would be optimal. Otherwise, try to describe it in sufficient detail that we can picture it in our mind’s eye. Here’s my favorite ... from a national championship game, no less.

So, this foul is on the defense, correct? It’s a running play, so the enforcement spot is the end of the run. 15 yd. penalty is 1 yd. short of the line to gain. 1st down and 1 to go.

Been there a number of times over the years. Great place. Great fans. One of my favorites.