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There were no unsportsmanlike conduct fouls on either team, which would include a foul for excessive celebration. There were several personal fouls, all of them for late hits, except one for an illegal block below the waist, and one for targeting.

I discussed each of those fouls with the crew in the postgame debrief. I thought the crew was spot on with all of them. As good an officiating performance as I’ve seen this year.

Can you tell me at what point in the game the “garbage call” occurred?

The Snider @ Mishawaka game was everything you could ask for in a high school game. I was on the Snider sideline as that kid nailed the 45 yarder at the buzzer. Pandemonium!

One of the better high school games I’ve seen in awhile. Both teams left it all on the field. And, I might add, the officiating was a pleasure to watch.

It’s worse than that. Veteran’s Day. Courts are closed. If you think that was a coincidence …. As I said, this is going to get nasty very quickly … like immediately.

And I’m betting there’s a gaggle of lawyers camped out on a friendly judge’s doorstep with the injunction papers already drafted. This is going to get really nasty, really quick.

Not to mention coaches.

Game time temp. should be about 40, with light winds from the North. A dry track. Playoff football weather!

We’d welcome you back!

I think I saw it at McCutcheon this year.

Signs are pointing to a close ballgame. I hope so. Steele can be a great atmosphere. Will Snider travel well? Start time has been pushed back to 7:30.

Interesting. So many comments calling for a Snider win by multiple scores. Sagarin has the Cavemen a 1 pt. favorite, which includes the 1.8 pt. home field advantage. Calpreps also favors Mishawaka. PROJECT A MATCHUP neutral field [2023] Mishawaka (IN) 31 (58%), [2023] Snider [R. Nelson] (Fort Wayne, IN) 28 (42%)

Just curious. At some places that have the flashing lights I’ve seen notices posted reassuring people that the lights are designed so that they are not a threat to trigger people with seizure disorders. Frankfort have anything like that?

Yes, and as such I require evidence.

So, it turns out that Ohio State is not the snitch. But who is? https://www.on3.com/news/ohio-state-ryan-day-no-known-connections-michigan-sign-stealing-scandal/# Michigan sign-stealing allegations: NCAA notifies Big Ten no connection between Ryan Day, family with investigation by:Griffin McVeigh•11/06/23• griffin_mcveigh Read In App According to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo!, there are “no known connections” between Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, his family, and the private investigation firm looking into the Michigan sign-stealing scandal. The NCAA was the one to notify the Big Ten of the news on Monday afternoon. “The NCAA notified the Big Ten on Monday that there are no known connections between Ohio State head coach Ryan Day or his family and the conference’s investigation into Michigan, senior officials at both the association and conference told Yahoo Sports,” Dellenger said in his report. A report from The Washington Post stated an “outside firm” provided information to the NCAA about Michigan stealing signs, bringing this scandal to light. Chris Balas of On3’s The Wolverine went to report that Day’s brother, Timothy, and someone associated with another one of his brothers, Christopher, were apparently central to the information becoming public. One apparently runs a private investigation firm in Manchester, New Hampshire, where Day is from. Dellenger stated the Big Ten and Commissioner Tony Petitti sought clarity on the matter from the NCAA, only for it to be confirmed Day nor his family members had any kind of connection to the “outside firm.” This is far from the last twist in the Michigan sign-stealing scandal but for now, the connection to Day, his family, and the Ohio State program has been put to rest.

Has there been any credible reporting of what happened to the information Stalions and his minions obtained through their “advance scouting?” I assume he wasn’t using it to play fantasy football.

So, what is worst? Holding on to the video on the chance you’d see Northridge in the playoffs … and then using it to knock their QB out of the game. Having advance scouts video future opponents’ sideline signals. Having private investigators accumulate evidence — some of it arguably obtained illegally — and then turning it into the NCAA to get your rival sanctioned for cheating. Who knew that football could create such moral dilemmas?

Correct. The Mercy Rule is not in effect for the State Finals. But I seem to recall one game that was 50-0 at halftime.

I’ll be at Mishawaka Friday night, observing the 2-time state championship crew assigned to the game. Really looking forward to this one. I have a lot of great memories of games at Steele.

Eagles have outscored their first two playoff opponents 77-0. They get Canton McKinley next. Pretty nice when your home field is the Hall of Fame Stadium. If I recall, I spent my 16th birthday playing Canton McKinley at what was then known as Fawcett Stadium.

Human nature. Why did Nixon employ the plumbers? Happens all the time.

Strictly speaking, this changes nothing. There is an exception in the roughing the kicker rule for contact on the kicker that is “unavoidable because it is not reasonably certain a kick was going to be made.” If the kicker is simply taking a few steps to the side before he kicks the ball, that does not divest him of the protection afforded by the rule. The onus is always on the defense to avoid contact with the kicker if possible.

Good question. Probably.

I’ll look at the Hudl video. But that crew gets the benefit of the doubt from me until proven otherwise.