BTF

One would think Merrillville is a 10 point favorite in this game despite what Sagarin says. This is coming from someone who has seen neither play, just looking at their schedule. Curious what Region folks think.

Does Valpo stand a chance in this one? Merrillville handled them earlier in the season. Valpo just defeated the team that clobbered the Pirates a few weeks back. Sagarin has them with almost identical ratings. Thoughts from The Region?

Just wondering what they have for 2023. They open with Snider.

Agree. Would love to see some of those matchups in the future though. I get that Snider, Carroll, and Homestead are looking for bigger fish to fry. But I think surrounding area schools could engage in some good battles with some of the other SAC teams.

Matchups worth seeing: Eastside vs Wayne Eastside vs Northrop Adams Central vs South Side Adams Central vs Concordia Norwell vs Wayne Columbia City vs Luers

Realistically, when was the last time someone other then an SEC team or Clemson was Top 2? Not necessarily by ranking, but in actual reality.

I feel like Ryan Day's ceiling is #4 in any given year. Every year there is talk about them being one of the best two or three teams in the country, then they end up #4 or #5 in reality.

Love it.

How is Clemson ranked ahead of Notre Dame? Did Clemson just have a bad game last night? If they played again on a neutral field would the outcome be different? What I witnessed last night was total domination. Notre Dame beats Clemson on any field on any day at any time.

Probably as well as anyone. Streaming games live has ruined it a little bit. Maybe since Snider hasn't played in a regional since 2018, they'll travel for this game. I know back in the 80's and 90's Snider had one of the better traveling fan bases. It's just different now I think for all schools.

Luers is the home team, my error. Kokomo at Columbia City.......another error

Carroll at Lafayette Jeff - Jeff is a good team, but it ends here for them. Carroll could be in trouble if they are looking ahead to Indy, but I think they get the job done. Carroll by 17 Snider at Mishawaka - The Cavemen dispatched of Warsaw by three touchdowns. Snider better be ready for this one. Mishawaka is more than capable of winning this game. But I'll take Snider by 14 Columbia City at Kokomo - The Wildcats wasted every team they played not named Jeff, and that game could have gone either way. Columbia City took care of business as well against a slightly better strength of schedule. My gut tells me that Kokomo is a little better than some are giving them credit for. I'll take the home team by 10 Luers at Bluffton - Looking at the body of work of both teams this year, Luers is by far the better team. No reason this game should be close. Knights by 28 Carroll at Adams Central - Carroll has put together an impressive season. It wouldn't shock me if they kept this game close to the end. I just really think this is the year of the Flying Jets. Adams Central by 14

Lol. Rooting for both Notre Dame and Brian Kelly?

Agree

People can say what they want about Kelly. He turned Notre Dame around and left them in a really good place.

In Kelly's defense, this Clemson team isn't as good as the Clemson team Kelly beat a few years ago.

So you stand by your comment? He's in over his head?

Clemson isn't scoring 21 points in 1:35.

What about now?

28-0. Feeling better now?

I'd give you my address. It backfires on me every time.

Fourth ranked team on Notre Dame's schedule about to go down tonight at the hands of the Irish. But Freeman is "in way over his head." Footballking? Hello?

I think he was suggesting that there's no doubt Warren Central had the best team in the state in '04. I suggested otherwise had Quale Lewis been healthy. Either way, that was the best 4 year run I've seen by a large division team.

If you're bad enough to go down 35, there's no way you're good enough to score 35 with a running clock against the team that just mercy ruled you.

Not sure anyone but an administrator really knows for sure. Shoot Irishman a PM, he might be able to give you an answer. He's had bouts with the administration in the past. It's unfortunate, because he supplied a lot of really good content on this forum.