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Does ‘slapping the head’ by offensive player include stiff-arms?

Educator as in a mindset, not degree or credential. And echo pretty much what @Indiana Fan said.

That's my big take away. Five years ago I would argue that football was the last "pure" sport. Travel teams have destroyed Little League baseball and AAU basketball has killed fundamentals and skill development. At least football didn't have that. Can't say that anymore with these Pylon travel tournaments and 7v7 leagues that feature non-educator coaches. I can't stand it.

That’s awesome and I hope it’s a great event. I don’t mind the occasional Saturday afternoon game.

@Coach Nowlin Nice! Just curious. What's the story behind the Saturday game vs Culver?

My observation: 25 years ago, I loved playing rec league softball. Those leagues are gone now. The guys that would play in that league are now 5-6 deep "coaching" their kid's travel softball/ baseball team every weekend. The kids are a reflection of parents living vicariously through them.

I appreciate your CSI breakdown and will add a bit to it. Also, I will never be convinced taking a knee from shotgun is a good idea. To add to your play-by-play. 1st Down - Ball is on the +46. QB kneels down on the -49. Helmet toss. 15 yard penalty. 2nd down - ball had to be spotted on the -34. Two more kneel downs. 4th down - 4th at 40+ yards from the -23. Which means they gave up 15+ yards in kneel downs besides the penalty. Block/Shank punt is less of an issue if they didn't voluntarily give up that field position. One more thing. Clock stopped at :16. How does St. Charles gain 5 yards and run two plays in :06 to set up the 3rd and 5 field goal? I feel awful for Shaw coaches and players. But so many things could have gone differently to secure victory.

I would think a downfield player handing the ball, or in this case a teammate taking it away, would have to be one of the more difficult plays to officiate. A couple of questions for the officials out there. The ball can be handed parallel to a teammate just not forward, correct? And the determining factor is the movement of the ball, not the orientation of the players.

I LOVE the 40 second play clock rule during end of game. No more coaches yelling from the sideline "Blow it in!" I also think the end of Seahawks - Colts plays out much differently in HS. It would be an extremely rare thought process to think "They have a FG here so let's use TO's on defense to save time for offense." Maybe inside the 20, but even then it's tricky. They only had 2 timeouts. The unsportsmanlike like penalty was the third stoppage, and thus forced the 4th down. Time expires after 3rd down play otherwise.

Has Bosse announced a coach yet? I don’t remember seeing anything but I may have missed it.

Last night the UVA receiver was pushed out of bounds by the DB around the 5 yd line. The WR came back in bounds and both feet were in bounds before he caught the game tying TD. Is this rule the same for NFHS?

Please CC every Knox fan who has never looked at an All State list. Myles was a Top 50 RB which means he is not on the All State team.

A lot of injuries in conference this year, especially key offensive players on numerous teams. That led to the worst postseason in recent memory. Reminds me of 2013 when only four teams finished top 100. (only 8 teams then) 2013 63 Mater Dei 64 Castle 65 Reitz 98 Central 110 Bosse 117 Memorial 123 North 180 Harrison At least the bottom of the conference was competitive then. Next year shouldn't have those issues, as there will be at least 9 OOC connections before postseason.

Butler commit Rylee Canaan leaves Memorial girls basketball program https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2025/11/29/butler-commit-rylee-canaan-leaves-evansville-memorial-girls-basketball/87010150007/ Thanks @1st_and_10. I didn’t know about the other transfers. Just the Memorial one mentioned in the Evansville paper. Curious to me is that her father said the decision was made after the loss to Plainfield last Saturday, the same day as the article. But “We have a few video calls today and tomorrow with these [prep] schools.” He then later mentions she may transfer to another local school. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

If my memory holds - the loudest critics of the 5 class system were the "small" 5A's. John Hart when he was at Evansville Reitz (5A at the time) complained relentlessly about matching up with Ben Davis, Center Grove, and Avon in regionals. I would say schools in the 1A-3A really didn't care too much, but the growing 4A's and small 5A's were adamant they should never be expected to compete with Ben Davis and Carmel in the playoffs.

Smart scheduling on Boonville's part. And they will love the gate $$ from Week 5. Speaking of gate receipts. Providence will be thrilled hosting Harrison. They will get dozens of dollars. Might even hit triple digits.

They also don’t have 6 classes and have a tournament that stretches a month and a half. I remember when football was the ONLY classed sport. I’m ok with football being different.

Winner winner. Seeing how little effort is put in to field a competitive team at some schools, I know there would be less effort to find 3 opponents each year. As much as I would love the following: 10 game regular season. 7 games against sectional opponents 3 games against whoever you want Top 4 in each sectional make playoffs. Seeded by sectional record. And yes - I realize some adjustments would be needed for 5/6A and sectionals with only 7 teams.

I’m aware how pro/rel works in English soccer or “football” as the Brits say. The big difference is that the level is set for the entire season. Whether Frankfort is 2A or 4A wouldn’t change weeks 1-9. They already play 1A schools weeks 1 & 2. I don’t know who is in their conference, but those opponents wouldn’t change. I’m more familiar with Ev Bosse, who is 2nd lowest in 4A Sagarin. SIAC opponents are 3A, 4A and 5A, even if they were in a lower class for playoffs. Are you suggesting schedules should change yearly with class to make pro/rel more effective?

Thanks. I saw Roncalli had a returner back for a short kick but wasn’t sure. It is really a gutsy place on the field for any kind of fake. What a play.

Just watched the replay. Does Dwenger’s kicker really have a 54 yard leg?

Radio announcer just said Andrean ran consecutive ‘Tush Push’ plays. One of my pet peeves. Not every QB sneak is a tush push. Which isn’t even legal in HS football.

I don’t know if anyone follows the state to our west - but Illinois had to postpone today’s 5A - 8A games due to severe winter weather. They were supposed to be played outdoors at Illinois State in Normal. Another thing - because they try to squeeze in a 4th game, the 4A game kicked off at 7:50 and ended at 10:50PM. (1A started at 10 AM.) So even though I think IHSAA could improve the Lucas Oil postgame, they still run a better state finals weekend than Illinois.

3A South was so much deeper than the north this year.

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Just wish I could watch the games this weekend on broadcast/cable TV.