BTF

Not a bash on Michigan, but from what I saw on Saturday, six wins would be a successful season. If they played IU right now, I'd put my money on the Hoosiers. I like what I'm seeing from Cigneti. X's and 0's beat Jimmies and Joes. Right?

I think Notre Dame is in if they win out. Smart people know that Northern Illinois was a trap game. Or was it? Can we call a 'guaranteed win' a trap game? Or do only mid and low tier Power Five qualify as trap games? Either way, win out and they are in. But right now I don't have confidence in the offense to do that.

Going into this season we knew that East Central was losing a lot of players from a season ago, which is why I was never ready to anoint them as the team to beat in 5A. I believe I had them at #5 to start the season. Bishop Dwenger went through a mediocre stretch of two years in which they posted a 12-10 record, a winning record nonetheless. What we forget is that they were 35-5 the three years prior. So that's been the story of Jason Garrett's 5 year era. Snider went 12-8 during the 2019 & 2020 season and many on this forum were also saying that the Panthers best days were behind them. So.............maybe Dwenger is still Dwenger? Personally, I don't have any answers, so for me it's a 'wait and see.' Check out this link for some pretty good highlights against Moeller. https://www.maxpreps.com/in/fort-wayne/fort-wayne-bishop-dwenger-saints-tuffy/football/

Just when I started to giggle at Michigan's embarrassing loss (I do like their coach though), Notre Dame turns around and gets embarrassed as well much to the delight of Michigan fans knowing that we are sharing in their turmoil. Bad day for the nations two winningest programs.

I like Noblesville and Fishers to be a little higher.

Ranking 6A is a challenge. After Brownsburg, 2-6 is a crapshoot, as is 9-13. Snider, Carroll, Fishers, Noblesville, and Lawrence North all worthy of cracking the Top 10, but there can only be two.

Well, the Saints did rumble with Moeller for the better part of 2 1/2 quarters. I guess time will tell.

Well yeah, but.................

I think you missed the point.

Great post. Pump dollars into your local community. A million dollars is way too much to tote a football, I'd much prefer supporting local high school kids.

This is the game of the week in the SAC. Two programs that took a beating in the offseason by fans and posters. North Side was dubbed as a "train wreck" of a program by many and Dwenger was left for dead as a program on a downward spiral. Personally, I like the passion Ben Johnson has for his program. His first three years have been a complete up and down yoyo, but the passion is there nonetheless. Dwenger has a guy who led the team to a 35-5 record his first three seasons, but after two mediocre seasons, some (I admit taking part) have dubbed the Saints as a program on a downward spiral. Fast forward to 2024. North Side opens with an impressive win over Northridge and shows some fight against 6A power Lawrence North. Dwenger goes toe to toe with the second best team in Ohio before succumbing in the second half by double digits. What Brownsburg did to the Saints is no different than what Brownsburg would do to 95% of all Indiana high school football teams. I think both of these teams have Top 10 potential in their respective classes. Hoping to see this one in person. I think the Saints prevail.

My comment really had nothing to do with Snider, more about why Riley chose to cancel their game with Wayne. To be fair though, Kendallville is 30 minutes to most of the northern part of Fort Wayne. Forty minutes to downtown (North Side High School). Snider's right down the street from North Side.

Not sure I follow. Welcome back.

Interesting. Gotta hand it to East Noble. Down 21-10. Drive back to Kendallville at 10:30pm, back in Fort Wayne by 9am the next morning to finish a game they probably knew was a longshot at winning.

Don't have a link, I was following the game on Summitcitysports.com live while it was happening. I wanna say the game was canceled sometime in the third quarter. The game might have been tied 7-7 at the half. It seemed tight all the way up until it was canceled. Don't have anymore than that.

Canceled with Wayne up 14-7. Seemed like a pretty evenly matched game.

One hundred percent, as you should. You can tell a lot about two teams the way they perform in the first half in my opinion.

Concordia at Snider - Cadets are looking good so far, but Snider will be too much. Panthers by 21 Dwenger at North Side - This should be a good game. The Saints just took on Indiana's best team and the third best team in Ohio. They got beat soundly by both, but weren't totally embarrassed. Could Dwenger be a threat in 4A? If they win this game, 4A better take notice, because North Side is closer to where they were in 2022 than where they were in 2023. Dwenger by 7 Northop at Luers - Northrop's offense vs Luers defense. I still think defense wins championships, so............Luers by 3 South Side at Carroll - South is improved, but Carroll is still Carroll. The Archers put up a fight. Chargers by 21 Wayne at Homestead - It's hard to get a read on where Wayne is right now. I'm not convinced that a close win over Attucks is a good win, nor am I sure about the 7pt lead they had against a Riley team I don't know much about. Homestead got wasted, again, by their Indy foes, but seem to bounce back when they play SAC teams that they're more familiar with. Spartans by 7

Lol, it's fun to hit the mark once in awhile. It's really a testament to how good the HCC is. How bout them Millers?

Looks good. I like Center Grove at #5 and Merrillville at #9.

Which is why them getting hammered last weekend was so surprising.

Nice bounce back for Decatur Central.

Sorry to hear that, prayers for his family.

Third source has Center Grove up 28-14

Carroll 28, Center Grove 14 Center Grove 28, Carroll 14 Two different sources.