BTF

I'll take Adams Central. Two scores meaning a touchdown and a safety? Or two touchdowns?

I'd like to know what the point spread is for the Lutheran/AC game is. Need someone to pay for my dinner while in Indy.

Certainly appears that way. Yes, congrats to Luers. Keep proving everyone wrong.

I'll take Ben Davis only because Indy area teams always win the 6A title. That's all I've got.

Yes, pitiful.

1. Select a committee to determine seeds. Volunteers, wouldn't even have to pay them. Not that hard. Sagarin should only be considered as a basis for those on the committee. It would be up to each individual which metrics they use to make a determination. Sagarin has too many flaws to be the 'end all be all.' 2. Not sure what that has to do with OUR tournament. 3. Yes, 50/50. Those with sub 500 records against and vise versa. 4. That's a self serving attitude. The extra gate revenue goes toward that school's athletic department. Money doesn't grow on trees. 5. Two of the best teams in the nation should NEVER play one another in the first round. 6. To run up the score. Therefore, don't allow Sagarin to be the deciding factor. 7. That's a pretty bold statement. 8. Keep up the good work.

If you're being objective, do you think someone on the Leo sideline could say, "what if this didn't happen or that didn't happen."

Kyle Lindsay for Coach of the Year.............statewide. Many left his program for dead, including me, after the first two weeks of the season. I think they are a much better team since then.

Kudos to you for throwing that out there. Are you not expecting 1A and 2A to go to the wire?

Those are all good points that the average fan doesn't see. What are the IHSAA's thoughts on seeding the sectionals? If nothing else, for ticket revenue alone. Keeping things the way they are more than likely hurts the overall ticket gate. Where there's a will, there's a way. We as a society are satisfied with the status quo............unfortunately.

I haven't seen him here in awhile, you may have to slide over to Facebook.

I've yet to see either of these teams in person, so it's really hard to give an opinion. I do know that some very good teams end their season earlier than what they should have, I've seen it plenty of times. Not really sure in this case. Either way, at the semi-state level, a pretty damn good team was going to lose last night in devastating fashion. Losing in overtime is painful when you're that close to Lucas.

What impresses me most about Merrillville is their fan support. The catastrophe connecting Fort Wayne to the Region called US30 that INDOT has blessed Northern Indiana with didn't stop the Pirate contingent from supporting their team. Kudos to the Merrillville program and their fans. Merrillville has a very good defense that kept the game in doubt until midway 3rd quarter. At that point it just looked like Snider was wearing them down. For Komets. Here's what I believe. When Snider puts their best foot forward, they can beat anyone in the state. That's what I believe. They just concern me sometimes. Like when they went up 14-0 against Homestead in the 1st quarter then fell asleep. We all know Snider is 28 points better than the Spartans. I'm real happy for this group of kids after what happened at last year's semi-state. I have to admit, I was happy to see Snider finally ditch the full house backfield last night when inside the 3 yard line. That thing just doesn't work at this level of play.

It was said that someone would have paid $20 to see that game. Yet some will pay over $200 to watch a Colts game. That will baffle me to the day I die. Ben Davis/Center Grove is worth a lot more than twenty bucks. Quite frankly, any semi-state game is.

Sometimes it takes a few hours to let the shock subside. At the end of the day, there's some really good football up north. I'm not at all surprised by the outcome of this game, but it surprised me how many people weren't giving Crown Point a chance. I really felt this game could go either way. The only surprise in my opinion was how thoroughly Crown Point was dominating Westfield up until the later stages of the game.

HCC can't catch a break.

Thanks for that link psaboy. Regardless of who your school is, that's a good one to watch, especially if you're a coach. My admiration for what Isaacs has done for high school athletics is off the charts.

Either way, the north will be well represented. Merrillville is hungry for their first state title birth since 1976. Snider's hungry to avenge last year's loss to the Duneland. The winner of this game will be a tough out next week.

I was thinking whoever scores 28 wins it.

I disagree. I would argue that the Duneland is just as good as the SAC this year, if not better. I think Merrillville is just as much battle tested as Snider is, probably equal in that department. This is a program that's averaged over 10 wins per season over the last 5 years. Pound for pound, they're right up there with anyone. If history repeats itself, this game will be close. And lets not forget they just beat Valpo, a very good football team themselves. I think this game is too close to call.

Every source I've found is saying Spuller.

Does that really happen anymore?

The meat grinder of playing in the HCC would wear down East Central to the point where they might fall into the middle of the Indianapolis pack. But they didn't play a meat grinder of a schedule. They are healthy, fresh. Given that scenario, I think Temp is trying to say that East Central could beat anyone in the state not named Ben Davis in a one game scenario this time of year. That's how I'm perceiving it. If they played Cathedral's schedule, they might barely be cracking the Top Ten. That would be asking a lot of a school that size.

Leo just doesn't seem to have a presence on this forum like Snider does. In my opinion, Leo/Northwood and Luers/LCC is right there with Snider/Merrillville. I think all three games match up evenly matched teams. I think Adams Central roles in their game. I agree that Leo/Northwood probably has the most high level D1 talent of all the games, but Snider/Merrillville probably sports more talent across the board. Anyway. Not really sure what to say about this game other than we all expect it to be a good one. I've yet to see Northwood this year, but I've seen Leo twice. They were better the second time I saw them, which means they're playing their best football of the season. I said it once, I'll say it again. The Lions are well coached and are playing high caliber 5A, and mid caliber 6A football right now. That's pretty damn good for a 4A program. I wish them well in their game against Northwood and expect that they'll win the game tomorrow night.

The quality of Chatard and Cathedral's "reloading" will normally average out higher than that of East Central. Socioeconomics?