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Cool. If you go to Google Street level view (215 Mulberry St, Greenfield, IL, 62044) you can see the team on the field. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.34239,-90.2060685,3a,15y,352.94h,86.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIS4ygqQ9tJ6jdlwczA657A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

As far as IN vs KY, I went back to check out the Evansville schools since 2007. That was the beginning of the "Border Bowl" which featured 4 interstate matchups in week 2. It was a 4 year series and then another 2 year series took its place in 2018 and 2019 before the SIAC became a closed conference. Here are the respective schools vs Kentucky schools since 2007. Ev. Central 10-0 (includes wins over Owensboro, Daviess Co, Louisville Holy Cross, and North Oldham) Reitz 16-5 (includes 9-2 vs Henderson Co but also wins over Owensboro, Paducah Tilghman, and Louisville Central) Mater Dei 5-0 (several wins over Owensboro Catholic) Memorial 5-3 (wins over O. Cath, Apollo, and Daviess Co.) Bosse 3-1 The two schools with losing records: Ev. Harrison 2-4 Ev. North 2-11 (includes 1-10 against Henderson County) Except for Harrison, who has been down for awhile and North's matchup against Henderson County - which occurred prior to Coach Paridaen's arrival, the Evansville schools have all fared well against Kentucky competition. There are a lot of good teams - Male, Trinity, Covington Catholic, etc. that SIAC schools haven't faced, but I think an average IN school could beat an average KY school IMO

I like it. I was thinking directionally challenged as well. Fort Wayne Southside Southwood South Adams Evansville North North Posey North Harrison If you play a "south" school you have to drive north, and if you play a "North" school you have to drive south. Reminds me of the days when Evansville North was south of Evansville Central.

I would also include Marion and Marian. And a new Three team conference: Tri Tri-Central Tri-County

It appears to be in really small letters. Option 4 seems to keep the other 3 schools the same but adds a 4th school (East Vigo) at around 1,200. Option 5 removes THN/THS and makes East Vigo large (3,800). All 5 options keep West Vigo, which is the smallest currently. I assume that would be unchanged as 3,800 is close to the current enrollments of N&S. Keeping it must make sense geographically - I would guess?

I would say Memorial's team identity will be the same as just about any year. They will be small and undersized. But they will make up for that by being deceptively slow.

Basically, no one wants to go to Terre Haute unless they have to. 🙂 I don't know the demographics of Vigo County, but did they consider consolidating 3 schools down to 2? It might not be feasible or result in a huge school north of I-70, with THS being relatively unchanged.

So West Vigo, THS, and THN are the same school corporation? If so, I was not aware of that. That would explain the THSV and THNV acronyms better I guess.

With IU’s turnaround year, and Bret Bielema taking over at Illinois, I have seen several calls on social media for in-state kids to stay home. They obviously are talking about top talents, but what about walk-ons? Do colleges still have walk on tryouts in the spring? Or do they just do the preferred walk ons now? Does D1 college football still allow for the Rudy’s of the world?

I’m not going to put too much stock in any ticket sales (or lack thereof) this year. The hodgepodge structure of different schools, different counties, etc having different rules has caused most fans to just wait until next year. Just this basketball season, we had to turn in the name of which parent was going to attend a game 2 days in advance. The next week my wife used our parent ticket only to find out the school was selling tickets at the gate. And we have a son playing. I can’t imagine how frustrating it would be as a grandparent, uncle, or just casual fan. So I’m not going to judge 2020-21 for anything but this year.

Best of luck to Coach Kirschner. People I respect in football have had nothing but the best to say about him and his programs. If I were a head coach, I could definitely see the appeal of returning to your Alma Mater to finish your career.

I would imagine it’s week 6. The 2020 schedules should just be a mirror (flip home/away) of the 2019 schedules. Memorial has 5 home games and at Bosse. I wish that could be flipped somehow. Have 4 home games and at Bosse in one year and 5 home games (inc. Bosse) in the other.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm not sure that any school in the SIAC has control over their schedule anymore now that the conference is closed. I wouldn't mind seeing the first 8 games (leave week 9 alone) reordered 2 or 4 years to add some variety.

Based on these being the teams in 3A I see no problem with this alignment. Will there be 63 teams (It looks like you only have 7 in SE Indiana/Louisville/Sectional 31.) I also wouldn't mind a re-numbering of sorts. Using your example, make the Indy SW sectional 31 and Louisville 30. That way you could see a different matchup at regional. Using 2020 alignments it would have been Sullivan vs. Southridge and Danville vs Lawrenceburg for regional.

I had heard USA Football had recommended single grade play only. 3rd grade league, 4th grade league, etc. But that simply isn't feasible for many smaller leagues. I was trying to find their official document that stated the single league recommendation (as opposed to hearsay from other parents) and found this: https://fdm.usafootball.com/docs/default-source/default-document-library/fdm-game-progression-brochure.pdf?sfvrsn=f0b0590f_2 They recommend a "rookie tackle" - smaller field, less players. I had not read this before, but I can say I had many of the same ideas.

Have there been studies on the optimal size of a HS? Do 2500-3000 students schools provide a better educational experience than 1,000? 2,000? What about 5,000 students like Carmel? Claiming enrollment is positively correlated with educational experience is a pretty bold claim. And improved schools attracting industry? I’m not even going to begin with that unfounded claim.

Hit enter before I was ready (stupid fat thumbs). Your point is another reason why I think 8-man would be a good starting point for tackle players. Allows the teams to be smaller, and less bodies to watch for coaches. I don't know if you have tried to watch 11 players at once, especially 11 nine and ten year olds, it's almost impossible to coach well, IMO.

T-Ball. I was approached by another parent when my youngest son was 4, asking if I wanted to join their travel T-Ball team for a weekend tournament in Indy. (In hindsight, it was probably the big place in Wesfield.) I laughed before I realized he was serious. Driving from Evansville to Westfield for a 4/5 year old T-ball tournament wasn't my idea of a good time.

I think HH's youth league doesn't tackle until 5th grade and won't let them throw a forward pass until 7th grade. (I kid, I kid!) I don't have a problem with 3/4th tackle, but I would rather see a smaller field and 8 man. Maybe move the sideline to the far hash, and always put the ball on the near hash (Middle of the remaining field.) There's too many grade school Lombardi's that want to run toss to the wide side to Johnny EarlyBloomer. Or my personal favorite, a double-reverse with Johnny. Watch a 4th grade team break the huddle in the middle and send a receiver to the bottom of the numbers on each side. And some CB follows him out there. They're essentially playing with 9 already.

Crazy how Mt. Carmel started the whole conference realignment thing and the problem (IL District play) never came to fruition. I'm guessing a 3A school wins the big and small school divisions of the PAC

I would assume Chatard, Roncalli, and Brebeuf will all be in the same sectional and headed south.

Read the Disclaimer!!! And before the criticisms come in - Congratulations to all the winners on their awards. We are announcing all-state teams and crowning a Mr. Football. Things I didn't think would happen this year.

I get that the article is written out of Chicago. But the same could be said of SW Indiana. Since Evansville North (95) and Bloomington South (97/98), have been the furthest south teams to reach the state title game in 5A. And there haven't been any schools in 6A since the creation of the class. Seems like 6A has a dual criteria for competitiveness - Top 32 enrollment AND between Highway 26 in the north and Highway 46 in the south.

And I expect in the future ejected players must be escorted to the locker room immediately - which is the NCAA/NFL rule. I never quite understood allowing an ejected player to remain on the sidelines anyway.

Just sickening. Now that I have seen this clip which is longer than the ones posted last night on Twitter I have a question. The coach escorting the player off initially - blue shirt, dark sock hat, white mask. Is he the same coach that is charging down the 45 yard line towards the other team as the player is charging the referee? What is the story behind that? If it is the same coach, his actions seem really off to me.