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Also remember, if a K player is blocked into the receiver, the contact is excused.

I think we can stick a fork in the Packers for this season. The real question now is: Is it time to start Jordan Love and really see what he can do before deciding on his 5th year option? If so, it will be fascinating to see how The Spoiled One reacts to that. My guess is badly.

I wonder if anyone’s Mommy pitched a fit.

New Prairie with a somewhat unconventional approach to semistate practice. https://fb.watch/gSHph6tQHR/

I have no doubt.

I don’t know about a hundy, but they definitely took their foot off the gas after halftime.

You a Warrior? And it was only 19 years ago! 😂

I don’t see how … unless you want the first game to start at 7 a.m.

Yes, I didn’t mention that since I didn’t want to make the answer more complicated than it was.

The IHSAA announced a couple of years ago that they would not set the finals schedule until the matchups are determined. Their idea was that, for example, if Luers, Snider, and Carroll all went to the finals, they’d schedule the 2A, 5A, and 6A games on the same day, in an attempt to draw more people from Ft. Wayne. Don’t know if that’s come into play or not.

Who are the people who have the plastic milk jugs with pebbles rattling around in them? Man, that’s annoying!

In either case, as soon as R completes the catch, the ball is dead. So, there can be no fumble in B), since you can’t fumble a dead ball. In each case, the covering official will judge whether the contact was forcible or incidental. If the former, it’s going to be a dead ball personal foul. 15 yds.

First, let me say great job of data mining. Appreciate the work. Very helpful to this discussion. The numbers are what they are, but they don’t speak for themselves. They have to be interpreted. And you’ve overstated the significance of these numbers in your interpretation, perhaps knowingly for emphasis, in order to make your point. If what you are trying to do is determine whether a bus ride of 2+ hrs. is a more (or less) significant disadvantage than a shorter ride, simply using won-loss records won’t do that. For example, Team A travels 2 1/2 hrs. to play Team B. On a neutral field, Team B is 10 pts. better than Team A. They play the game, and Team B wins by 21 pts. The next week, Team A travels 15 minutes to play Team C. On a neutral field, Team C is 10 pts. better than Team A. They play the game, and Team C wins by 1 pt. These data support, but don’t “prove,” that as for Team A, a long bus ride causes them to perform more poorly than a short bus ride, even though they lost both games. Of course, you’d need a lot more outcomes to be able to talk about “proving” something. But the principle is the same. If you want to find out how travel times affect performance, you have to measure the difference between the actual performance after travel compared to the expected performance over travel times. I think this illustration shows how difficult it would be to measure how much travel affects performance, since there are way too many variables involved. Now it’s about time for someone to talk about “common sense” … which is often neither common nor accurate.

Sure it will. You just have to run sideways.

Here are all the dimensions for a high school field and an NCAA field. Compare and contrast.

That would be “Griffith.”

In order for the kickers to legally recover the kick it must be both grounded and go beyond the receivers’ free kick line (normally the 50 yd. line). These requirements may be satisfied in any order. If the receivers touch the ball before it goes 10 yds. and is grounded, all bets are off and it’s a free ball.

On the playoff application, each official is asked to list any schools to which he should not be assigned, and why. How would you feel about coaches having a “scratch list” for the tournament? For example: “List 3 crews you do not want to see in the playoffs.”

West Lafayette is just really good at football. Their coaching, play design, play calls, all really top notch.

No doubt there are many factors to be applied to an individual game. That’s why large numbers are necessary to say anything definitive.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Opinion by intelligent, experienced observer = good Statistical evidence over many games compiled without bias = better

When I attended St. Edward in the late 60s, we had a live Golden Eagle (at that time, private ownership of bald eagles was illegal, as they were endangered). It had a wingspan > 6 ft. At the start of basketball games it would fly from one end of the gym to the other, an awesome sight!

Take the Poll.

Keep your eye on the ball. This started as a discussion of whether the all in format is the best way to construct a post season, in order to promote the interests of Indiana high school football. If what we are trying to do is design a system that works best for all of Indiana High School Football, every season, the feel-good Monrovia story is irrelevant.