BTF

No, maybe, maybe, and yes.

You make a good point. It's the "getting worse" part that bothers me the most. Thank God for high school sports. Still some integrity there.

The NCAA has turned into a clown show.

I've watched lot's of high school football. When you have a quarterback returning with those kinds of numbers, you have a good shot at going deep. My previous comment was based on watching a team with the best lineman and linebacker in the state not even make it out of sectionals a couple years back. It takes 22 talented and motivated players, sometimes 13 or 14 if they are playing both ways, to make it down to Lucas. As long as Northwood's defense is 80% of what it was last year, it looks like they have as good of a shot as any with what they return on offense. Good luck to them.

No one outside of Fort Wayne. Though the game with HSE could have gone either way, we knew the real speed bump would be Center Grove.

Carrall should be solid. I wanna say nine returning starters with two on the offensive line. I don't think they were a one year wonder, I think they are a formidable program with a world of potential.

Not trying to rain on your parade, but that doesn't mean a whole lot considering eleven players make up the offense and eleven on defense. It's a good start, don't get me wrong, but they better have a heck of a supporting cast if they have any plans of getting to Lucas.

Observations: Warren Central: Only one player in the Top 100 and he comes in at 97. Is that even possible at the talent rich school? Mishawaka: QB comes in at 19. Did he even throw the ball 10 times last year? They had no passing game in the game I saw. Maybe this is a different kid all together, and if it is, why wasn't he playing last year? Was he injured?............ Confused. Hamilton Southeastern/Carroll: Week 1 rematch between last year's Northern Semi-State. HSE has 5 players in the Top 63. Carroll comes in with only one in the Top 50. Do the Chargers have even a morsal of a chance in this one? Maybe they were just a one year wonder.

I'm pretty certain Fort Wayne Community Schools falls into the 15%. If my memory serves me correctly, when the economy tanked in 2008, many schools were in financial disarray. Head coaches in the Fort Wayne schools were forced to re-interview for their teaching positions, and then it would be determined if they held onto their coaching position. I want to say that had something to do with Casey Kolkman leaving North Side after 2009. Disclaimer: I am not nor never have worked for FWCS. My information could be off.

I can't speak for any school outside of FWCS. I'm not even sure how it works at Homestead or Carroll. But within FWCS's, a head coach also has to hold a teaching position (unless something's changed over the past couple of years).

Lmao...........that's for sure!

That might explain why Indy teams are so hard to compete with.

The average IQ of these "sportsman" can't hover too much over 60.

Is coaching a full time position in Indianapolis?

Amen, thanks for the update!

That's biblical.

If she's pro-life, I'm kissing it. I think for every baby that is aborted, they should take out one adult who thinks it's ok. Eye for an eye.

Pain and suffering? Mental anguish? Reparations won't make them any better. Get better or get used to it.

I'm presuming INDOT faced similar challenges when going from Indy to Evansville? What about the eight highways going out of Indy? When they want a highway, they make it happen. The plan right now is to restructure intersections to make them safer. Unfortunately, that's a waste of taxpayers money. The growth from Fort Wayne to Merrillville is growing, not shrinking. US 30 becoming an interstate in inevitable. If they don't do it now, it will be much more difficult 20 years from now as Columbia City, Valparaiso, and Warsaw continue to grow. Like everything else outside of Indianapolis, the state seems satisfied with applying a band aid. Hell, no one is even asking for access to the east though Columbus. Give us west to Chicago, eliminate some deaths along the way. No one really seems to care about death unless their family is directly affected.

Life is a good thing. I would think we could all agree on that.

Tragically, two more are dead on US 30 going through Columbia City. When is enough enough? I get it, Indianapolis wants to be known as the Crossroads of America and continues to build highways less important than the one that needs to go west out of Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne has a metro of over 600,000 people, yet INDOT still treats it as a third world country. All the state's focus being on Indianapolis is a poor model for growth. For years, an imbalance of state funding has gone to the capital city, regardless of what populations in other areas of the state tell the funding where it should go. The result? Two more lives. US 30 is dangerous, yet building a highway from Indy to Evansville is more important than Fort Wayne to Chicago. Do the math people. Do the math INDOT. It's doesn't make much sense. Six hundred thousand people and the only access out of here is north and south. East and west is pretty important too if anyone outside of NE Indiana cares even just a little bit. How many people have to die on the ever so dangerous US 30? Oh wait, eight highway access points out of Indy isn't enough, they're probably look at Springfield, Toledo, or Cleveland to be next. Wondering if anymore lives are being taken on US 30 as this is being written. Shame on the State of Indiana. Shame on INDOT.

Is there a link providing any information on this? You're the only one who seems to have any information. What's the entire lineup for the day?

If anyone can find a loophole, it's Rodney.

I googled this and nothing came up. Is this your idea? The first of it's kind? What size venue are you thinking for this?

I don't think it's a matter of right or wrong. I think it's a matter of do you want the investment in your city or the one next door. These venues provide a massive amount of entertainment for family and friends.