Bobref

USC is the biggest rival for the Irish. No question about that.

Not impressed with the way they played last night, but it’s hard to feel bad about a win over the hated Trojans. They will have to play better in the Big House in 2 weeks. They’ll need the bye week to get healthier. I suspect that, after Penn State smokes Michigan next Saturday, Khaki Boy will be coaching for his job against us.

As a general proposition, sure. But we’ve already established that you and I have different notions of what “fair” is. So, saying someone should be treated “fairly” is, essentially, meaningless.

I’ve been doing it for 42 yrs. 😂🤣😅 Seriously, some people are just avid high school football fans. High school and small college football are the purest forms of the sport we love.

I think it would be more accurate to say that “any conference win is bigger than any non-conference win.” But if you’re looking at a game to serve as a barometer, telling you where your program is at a given time, a home win over Rutgers doesn’t tell you much.

Doesn’t take too many years at $20K a pop to add up to hundreds of thousands. How long has this been the case?

I’m glad the Hoosiers won today. But going into the game, Rutgers was #139 in Sagarin ratings ... behind 21 FCS teams, including traditional powers like Dartmouth, South Dakota St., and Nichols St. If that’s your “big” win ...

“Fair?” I guess I don’t understand what’s “unfair” about treating different sports differently.

Perhaps because football and basketball are different? “One size fits all” simply means that, in most cases, the fit won’t be optimal. For example, when I was in HS, there was no football tournament, but there was certainly a basketball tournament. But as a football player, I didn’t feel cheated, or discriminated against. That’s just the way it was.

The notion that all sports are alike - a notion that infects the IHSAA as well - makes no sense whatsoever.

It can be, but doesn’t have to be. Ejections for personal fouls at the HS level (except for fighting, which is automatic) come only when the foul is “flagrant,” i.e., places the opponent at risk of serious injury. If I had to guess why the rules makers didn’t make it automatic, it’s because the sanction is so severe, and we don’t have replay to make sure we get it right like they do in NCAA.

Best I ever saw in HS.

Rod Woodson. Hands down.

First time Griffith got the Hobart monkey off their back.

Watched it just now. Could not tell well enough from the video whether there should have been either OPI or DPI. But the block in the back was an incorrect call. It was not a foul. The cause was the back judge was not where he should have been on the play. Bad mechanics cause bad calls.

Anyone have video?

Even so, they won’t be able to run the clock until the 2nd half.

Yes, but I think the nails used to nail the P/Ps’ hides to the wall have to be 1.5 times the size of those used on the publics’ ... or something like that.😂

Absolutely love the preemptive trash-talking.

Lots of people bemoan the shortage of officials. Some people do something about it. Thanks. 👍

The Ohio memo explains why they think it is a good idea to put a 6th official at C. Can you give us the counterpoint as to why a traditional 6 man lineup of R, L, H, U, S and F is superior?

Ohio thinks it is. This is verbatim from the weekly memo that the OHSAA sends out to administrators and head football coaches: The Center Judge Position Officiating football is a great challenge at all levels. The number of officials needed to adequately cover good football games, like we have in the state of Ohio, is an example of this challenge. We know with the high caliber of football in Ohio that five-person mechanics leaves many holes in coverage. The goal is to add officials to cover the important areas of our game. When we studied the high school game, we realized that one huge area in which we need better coverage is the line of scrimmage and everything that happens in that three-yard band beyond the line of scrimmage. The center judge is a position that was added at both the collegiate and professional levels which gives great coverage to the line of scrimmage since the referee must focus on the quarterback soon after the snap (this is true at our level, also). We found the center judge position very successful in 2017 and 2018. There are other advantages to the center judge position. These mechanics give the umpire more freedom to focus on the point of attack because we have coverage on the line of scrimmage from the center judge. Also, these mechanics give us better coverage on both scrimmage kicks and free kicks. We are very encouraged with the evolution of the center judge position and we will look to expand more each year. To do this, we need several things to happen: 1. We need to increase the number of class 1 officials to supplement regular season crews. 2. Concurrently, we need schools to assist in scheduling six-person crews to regular season contests. My hope is that we can work together to improve coverage in our football contests that our game demands. I know we have a real scramble for sufficient officials to cover games in some areas using only 5. But we could start by switching to 6 by the 2nd week of the tournament. Something to think about.

No, but you’ve given me an idea for a great fantasy novel.

Now that legislation in CA allowing college athletes to profit from use of their name and likeness has been signed into law, what will be the consequences - long and short term - for college athletics? Several other states are considering similar legislation. How will the NCAA respond? What will be the unintended consequences? Does this signal a sea change in the way college athletes are treated? https://www.si.com/college-football/2019/09/30/california-governor-signs-fair-pay-play-act-lebron-james

No argument there.