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I like the idea but with all-in you can get some really unnecessary travel for Round 1. For example you could see Ev Bosse go to Lawrenceburg and Ev Harrison go to East Central for a Rd 1 game. If those teams had qualified for a playoff appearance like OH or IL I could see it. Otherwise it just seems like a bus trip that is way too long.

I agree that this is the case. But I don’t think it would be a big deal to redo sectionals every year for football. Games are held on home fields, so there is no chance that a host school gets moved. Officials are assigned by the state. There is no qualification/seeding necessary. Redoing every year could also make a rolling SCF possible. That would make too much logic though.

Yes I know and that's a good thing. Luckily the conference removed the by-law forbidding the forward pass when Coach Hart showed up too! 😄

The endzone camera in the PAC is like Bigfoot. There are rumors of its existence but rarely seen.

Now that it's October, Calpreps is doing their projections as well. I think they come out on Monday or Tuesday each week. Last Friday's were pretty close:

In the grand scheme of things this doesn’t matter. But I have a new theory. The Al Gore Rhythm has to be based on some measure of your performance and your SOS. These closed conferences are drastically weighed down by the SOS portion. The worst team drags the whole conference down. Summit - this is FW South who lost a game to COVID. So they are 1-5 which in computer speak would be much better than 1-6. SIAC - Vincennes. They are 1-6. And they have yet to play Memorial (6-1) and Jasper (7-0). So their opponent W/L record has to be awful compared to a ‘normal’ SOS. Again, none of this matters but it beats watching Notre Dame today. Lol

Current roster and stats are never available on-line. Are we sure the Internet exists in Jasper? LOL

Honestly, I was this close to tagging you after my last sentence... but I went with the smiley face instead. Some might say it's the same thing???

I know we've beaten this topic to death, but this one literally made me LOL this morning. # 78 Boonville (0-5) # 99 Jasper (6-0) Even Sagarin knows the PAC really IS that much tougher than the SIAC. 😄

Welcome to the board. Great first post! Go big or go home, amirite?

Day for Jasper did not play last week vs Central. According to the broadcast guys, he was on the sideline in crutches. That could make a difference against Castle if he is not back.

My favorite part is the 1:54 mark. I've watched my sons be both the kid in blue and the player on the field. Something special about that. PS - What's with the blue sweatshirt? Has Memorial already started recruiting up there?? 😄

There's the rub. Your definition of major advantage and a coach's definition might be two different things. An organized coaching staff can be put at a disadvantage. In Bob's original question he mentioned it's 3rd and 4. The offense sends in a bigger RB/FB type and he joins the huddle. Is he replacing the current RB or are they taking a WR out and going to play with 2 backs? The offense breaks the huddle and the two backs remain in the backfield. Two receivers run left and two receivers run right. Out of the huddle, the defense is trying to align to cover a 12 man formation - until one of those receivers running left continues jogging all the way to his sideline. I really hope the defense wasn't going to play man to man, or now the DB running with the guy who continued to his sideline suddenly realizes he is wrong no one and there is another man uncovered... the ball is snapped. Yes. I know "Can't break the huddle with 12" isn't a penalty but I think the defense would be completely justified in complaining about it.

2007. The Wildcats beat Memorial to win the sectional 24 (now 32) championship. I would argue the regional was bigger but it was AT Heritage Hills not MV. Very memorable in SW Indiana because the Courier Press ran an article on MV the week leading up to the regional with some inflammatory quotes about the game. In 2008 MV refused to speak to the news media because of it. Ahh, the good old pre-Twitter/Snapchat days. 😃

No love for the Trash 80? I did my best programming with one of those. I also had the snazziest pocket protectors then too, but that’s another story.

Mt Vernon and North Posey must have been reading too many press clippings lately. It happens with 16-17 year olds. But I will take an ugly win over a loss any day.

This is the best game of the week around the state IMO. Tough to tell from down south, but are the Guerin scores comparable? 42-14 and 45-21. Seem based on the one common opponent they might be evenly matched. I think Roncalli wins, but hopefully its a good matchup.

I think it would be a first down. I thought a stat guy told me once Touchdowns are first downs. If you were really curious you could probably look up the stats from the state finals on IHSAA.org. They have the play by play and stat sheets

Washington, Boonville, and Princeton are struggling this year. Mt Vernon and Vincennes seem to be hot/cold - a great class of athletes every few years. (The new coach at MTV might be able to sustain more than a one year blip but that hasn’t been the case in the last few years.) It seems that with them and Jasper’s success in the SIAC, the Big 8 conference was destined to break apart at some point.

I'm not so sure. I've heard the IHSAA is not going to give out Sectional trophies this year, but instead "Top 48 Sagarin" trophies at the end of week 10. I could be mistaken though. 😄

Looking at schedules, it looks like 3 rematches could be in store for tournament time. 19: Leo v East Noble - Leo won by 8 22: Roncalli v Chatard - Roncalli won by 7 24: Jasper v Memorial - Jasper won by 8 It’s always interesting to see how the teams adjust and play a second time. All three could pose great sectional finals. Ping pong balls could match them up week 10 though. (Looking at you sectional 22)!

The game is on IHSAATV - the Mooresville student TV broadcast. Brimmage was not in the first series, but according to the student broadcasters, "they were just trying to get other players a chance to play." 😃 He did come in the second series.

Awesome! Thanks to all the law enforcement folks in Spencer and surrounding counties. I have been thinking about this all day. As much as I would want a game to be played, the possibility for a fugitive to escape via blending in with the crowd or even worse, hiding out in the back of an unattended pickup truck until the driver returns worried me.

Sounds like they need Special Agent Jess LeCroix and his team from the FBI. In all seriousness I heard from a friend whose 7th grader plays for Memorial (it was Mem/HH playing) that got cleared out at halftime. Crazy stuff and I hope they are caught soon. Hiding out in the woods. I guess they don’t call it The Jungle for nothing.