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You said that to a Reitz fan? You chose violence. Lol

I’m glad schools apply this rule equally to marching bands, preventing then from performing at the Macy’s parade in NY and dance teams can’t go to Disney for competitions. Wait… nevermind. (And yes. I know they are not under IHSAA, but the heat is making me snarky. Lol)

lol. Let’s see if I can figure this out:

Excuse my lack of tech savvy, but the Twitters are reporting Ross Fuhs is leaving Forest Park to go to Southridge. I am assuming in an Asst coach role.

An economist I know used to say ‘Give them a direction or a timeframe. Never give them both. That way you’re never wrong.’ Seems to apply here as well.

The #1 byproduct of social media and I dislike it. So @HHFis this player-driven or bro-coach driven? (Of which Luke Fickell would be a prime example.)

With Brebeuf, Roncalli, New Pal, and Mt Vernon all in the same regional, it could be tough for someone to get SF up. Slunaker and LaBelle were tremendous HS players that started 4 and 3 years for MTV who will be tough to replace as well.

Pretty sure it’s inaccurate, unless they really have 3 kids wearing #15. The next time Jasper posts a complete roster and stats online it will be the first.

The only minor tweak I have might be 42 (or 35 + ball). I think a team trailing 35-0 and receiving the second half KO should get a shot. But once it starts, I like the running clock rules. Timeouts and scores are the only stoppages I think. A team up 40 should never have to throw the starting D back in for a goal line stand to keep the clock running. That would be ridiculous.

The Evansville track scene is the deepest in a long time. Brodie and Thomas, as well as Eli McDurmon, are all medals contenders at the state finals and lead the way. But two other football guys like Dasmon Johnson (EM) and Drew Martin (MD) advanced to regional as well. Johnson was 7th in the 100 and Martin was 7th in the 200. So top 7 in the city was good enough for top 16 in the regional. That is amazing.

The Big 8 in 1990 - Vincennes, Jasper, Washington, Boonville, Mt Vernon (Posey), Tell City, Princeton, and Gibson Southern were a pretty good fit. Gibson Southern was the lone outlier as more of an agrarian community and moved to the PAC in the early/mid 90's. The blue-collar, rust belt communities of Vincennes, Mt Vernon, Washington, and Tell City have all fallen in enrollment. I used to have a spreadsheet with the PAC/Big 8 schools with population and median household income data. Pretty drastic declines for some of these former Big 8 towns, while Jasper and Gibson Southern have thrived. With GS, Tell City, and Mt Carmel all leaving at various times over the last 25 years, Jasper was looking at a 5 team conference that they had really outgrown. That is why it broke apart.

If you think recruiting talent and stars are most important in a game - Roncalli might struggle against New Pal. Check out the offers their current group has. I will go on record. College recruiting rankings has little to do with who wins a HS football game.

Thanks for the explanation. Thinking back I am sure one of the designated/restricted areas was what drew the flags and not simply the argument. Since both can happen simultaneously, it’s easy to assume from the stands it was the yelling.

No love for the big guys? LOL Zaven Sebree (Harrison) Garrett Mooney, Timothy Dixon (North) Cole Wilson, Dane Wilson (MD) Dashon Stewart (Central) Ashton Stewart (Bosse) Adam Watson, Will Bracher (Castle) I probably missed a few, but a lot of OL/DL guys placed in the Shot & Discus events.

I was thinking something along these lines as well. I vaguely remember when my younger sister pitched in the early/mid 90's that she was taught glove hand and pitching hand (with ball) dropped to her sides, then could bring them together to start her windup. I assumed it was her coach's preference because that was the windup his daughter used. She (his daughter) had pitched in the state finals in the 89-90 era when softball was in its IHSAA infancy. If it was a rule, it must have gone the way of the white softball.

Is there a "sideline warning" type infraction that can be called in baseball/softball? If I'm not mistaken football can go sideline warning - 15 yard unsportsmanlike - 15 + ejection. Of course the warning is only as good as the mindset of the coach. I would take it as a sign to calm down. Sounds like this coach might have taken it as a personal challenge, unfortunately.

Some SIAC thoughts. Week 1 has Castle vs. North and Jasper vs. Memorial. Should be a great opening week. Castle/North - Both teams will need to replace their QB from last year and should feature two great OL/DL line battles. Jasper/Memorial - Both teams looking to replace RB tandems but return their QB's. Mater Dei - if they can replace the losses of two multi year all-conference DL, they should be in good position to return to LOS. Remaining healthy through a SIAC schedule is always important for a team with so many two-way players.

There are 6 SIAC teams in sectional 24. Boonville (PAC) is the only Nonconference opponent in the 7 team sectional.

If I’m Memorial, my list of questions are: 1. Who will be QB1? 2. Who is the feature RB? …. 623. What is the best route to St. Leon for regional?

Outside of the random renumbering of Sectionals 30, 31, and 32, I don't see any real surprises down south. Two years and we get to do all this fun again!

I thought for sure William Wallace would be the replacement for Schuetter at Jasper. I hope so, I have a bunch of Braveheart jokes ready to go. I expect Guerzini and Pierre to have monster seasons and I hope Burnett at Reitz (pretty sure there is no relation to MtV's Burnett) gets a full season.

Thanks for the unfortunate update on the situation. I met Nic 20 or so years ago when he was at Oakland City Wood Memorial. I knew he had previously been at Ev Memorial and Ky Wesleyan. So it’s hard for me to consider him an ‘out of state’ guy. I didn’t know he had been working out of state the last few decades. This sounds like a bad situation and I feel bad for the players and JC administration.

St. Mary's is starting a "sprint" football team with a weight limit of 173ish pounds. I have heard some rumblings of another Indiana school starting a sprint team to begin play in 2023. I am all for giving more students - especially males - an opportunity to get a college education first and continuing to play football, even if they have to eat nothing but salads to do it.

I agree with this. I think the OVC was strategic when they added Lindenwood (St Charles, MO) at the same time as USI. Lindenwood will fill that need to sponsor D1 football for the conference. I concur.

But you used to have your own middle school field… until futbol showed up.