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My presumption what that Valpo and Snider were moving down. Clearly both those programs rate ahead of Warsaw.

A two loss regular season seems to be the norm for Bart Curtis at Warsaw. Does he do better in 2021? I think they get over that hump this year. They may have solidified themselves as a Top 5 team in 6A North. 1. Penn 2. Merrillville 3. Elkhart 4. Homestead 5. Warsaw/Carroll

Regarding the original topic: Warsaw is approaching the level Phil Jensen had them at during the 1999-2001 seasons. Scheduling Warren Central is sending a message to the rest of the state that the Tigers fully intend on being a significant player in the tournament moving forward. Good for them and good for Northern Indiana Football. Without me scrolling back five pages, what is the difference between Tech and WC?

No one said it was the "sole" reason. In my opinion it's 1/3 of the equation.

Noblesville, HSE, and Fishers are just recent members of the enrollment Top 10. So you can't compare them to Carmel, Ben Davis, Penn, and Warren Central since those schools have been at the top for decades.

Programs with Top 10 enrollments have won 28 of 36 championship in the states largest class. Actually, it's more like Top 5, since that's where Ben Davis was enrollment wise when they were winning their trophies.

Although I completely agree with the affects socioeconomic factors, I can see why some struggle with the concept. But enrollment? That's grade school math.

Fine. Let's try something different for him then. Footballking16.................Program A and Program B both have the SAME socioeconomic factors and equal strength coaching staffs. Program A has a school enrollment of 3600 and Program B has an enrollment of 1800. Is it likely that Program A will produce double the amount of D1 caliber players than Program A?

Seriously. Let's try this again. Enrollment and socioeconomic factors have NO impact on the success of a football program. None?

Not a guarantee, but a major advantage. Can you agree to that?

Doesn't matter if it's 5 or 22. Congrats to the Greyhounds. Their defense was all that was advertised. I'm curious though, did you even pay attention to the game while it was happening? Your "the game was never in doubt" comment was perplexing to say the least.

It was in doubt when Homestead was up 18-13. But in the end, Carmel proved that they own Homestead in all sports. And that game probably puts the school with 5000 students at the #1 football/basketball position. But lets be honest. Isn't anything less than a state championship kind of embarrassing for a school that size?

I was able to send you a message. Check it out. Carmel will be a handful for sure.

Shoot me a PM by Saturday morning. Homestead takes on #2 Carmel at 9:30am.

You there?

He'll be a tough one to replace.

Yes. PM me.

It's pretty clear who the Top 4 are. It's the order that is confusing. Each one of those four could make a case for #1.

It'll be a tall task to get through the season and tournament unblemished. Although they ran the table on Indy schools during the regular season, doesn't mean they'll do it again. They've earned their #1 ranking through their body of work all season long, but I'd probably be crazy to take that bet. I didn't donate in 2020. PM me if you want to work something out.

Upstate 8

Depends on who you ask. Ask anyone from Central Indiana and the Top 3 will comprise of all Indy teams. Ask anyone from Northeast Indiana and Homestead is in there. Best basketball team in the state and champions of the third best football conference in the state.

I'm more intrigued by what would happen if they consolidated now.

I think they would do more than "very well" in the North. There is some good football being played in Adams County. Adams Central and South Adams are a good model for other small rural programs to follow. If you combined all three programs, I think they would be a dangerous team against any team at any level.

You hit the nail on the head. And for that reason, the system is flawed. Most programs have a two year cycle where the talent is high, followed by a two year cycle where the talent is low. The talented kids play down a class, the less talented kids play up. It makes no sense. Moving to a four year cycle would fix that problem. Eight points during that cycle bumps a program up. Private schools moving up can be justified. They can recruit a kid from anywhere. By and large, I believe that 80% of a catholic school's success comes from within. Let's face it, those catholic kids can play some football. Recruiting is just 20%. Enough for the bump up, in my opinion.

Unless your name is Lyndon B. Johnson. Probably the most racist president ever............until he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Then he was deemed a hero. Allegedly, after signing the new law, he turned to the two governors in the room and said to them..........."we'll have those n-----s voting democrat for the next 200 years." It's all about the vote. Always has been, always will be. Last week, while at that gym, I was watching FOX and CNN side by side. While FOX was celebrating the start-up of high school sports on Long Island, CNN was promoting racism by marketing white on black crime. This morning, while FOX was focusing on the return of kids to the classrooms, CNN was promoting white on Asian hate crime. The more divided we become as a country, the more the Dem's have minorities wrapped around their finger.