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Fair enough. And I hope my post didn't come across as negative. Coach Lewis did a great job at Jasper. 20 games over .500 is quite a record for a 5 year span. I wish him the best of luck in whatever path he takes next.

Eh. That's always the company line. I'm pretty sure Oxley (Harrison), Schnur (Bosse), and Coultis (Central) all stepped down/ resigned from their coaching positions but were going to stay as a teacher. Then all 3 ended up at a different school in a coaching capacity by the next fall.

I think you were referencing my comment. I just went back and re-watched it. So forgive me for my use of amateur descriptions and not official terms. 1st and 10 40 seconds left pass complete to the right flat Brebeuf player steps out of bounds. Official does not give a windmill motion or stop the clock motion. Only raises a single hand. Clock stops. 2nd and 4. 36 seconds Ball is spotted on the right hash and the white hat gives the wind the clock motion. Clock begins ticking again. Should the clock have continued to run the entire time since forward progress was in the field of play? Or is the momentarily paused and restart the appropriate mechanic?

Since we have some officials and some armchair officials in this thread, I have to ask about another play. Around 40 seconds left, right after Danville takes the lead 36-35, Brebeuf runs a quick out and the receiver steps out of bounds at :36. The ball is spotter and the white hat winds the clock. Brebeuf then calls a timeout with :29 seconds left, losing 7 seconds in the process. Can someone explain that to me?

From the state of Wisconsin, which I admit I am not familiar with. Just saw this on social media. https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/10/21/high-school-football-wiaa-facing-controversy-over-playoff-brackets/75777790007/ The short of it - The state organization (WIAA) selects playoff teams and seeds them according to a somewhat vague formula with tiebreakers. Or at least appears to maybe have not followed their own precedent. No worries though. The teams left out have put in an inquiry which will be answered by the WIAA - in December.

Allegedly I have also heard the submarine races are best viewed from atop Reitz Hill.

Personally, I am not a fan of a teams schedule being set the same way annually. Whether it is with a closed conference of 10 teams, so you play the same nine opponents every year. Or if it were set by the state with some sort of district type play.

I saw Haubstadt at 10.9% and Owensville at 41.6%. When it comes to sports is one elementary Elite while the other gets Kickapoo'd?

There is discussion this morning about the genius of Oregon in that they sent out a 12th man on defense with 10 seconds left. Play happened - incomplete pass. Ruled illegal substitution. 5 yard penalty but now only 6 seconds left. The gamble that it wouldn’t be caught pre-snap paid off. But under NFHS rules, is that 15 yard illegal participation? How is this enforced under NFHS rules?

Thanks for the explanation. *Had the whistle not blown - Can K Team advance a blocked kick, provided the ball did not travel past the neutral zone? But a tipped FG kick that travels beyond the neutral zone is effectively a "punt" - where the ball is not live until a player from R touches it. (a la Leon Lett) Is that correct?

The other tired "should be" conversation. Has anyone checked out Sectional 31? Amazing difference in Sagarin. Sagarin 1-7: Sectional 32 teams 8-12: Sectional 31 Teams Bottom 3: Princeton, Edgewood, Owen Valley If we had a playoff where the Sectionals (or Districts) ranked #1 - 7 played against each other, all 7 games would be won by Sectional 32 Teams. And Princeton would have a slight edge over the bye. (Just kidding)

Two questions 1. Are they using the collegiate hashes? 2. Are they using the collegiate goal posts? I guess the same could be said of games at Marian. I’m just jealous there is no comparable collegiate field in SW Indiana.

Brebeuf is now 2-0 in games where their opponent scores 60+ points. It just defies all logic. OH MY indeed

Curious where you got those projections. CalPreps (my standard go-to projections) has been shut down by MaxPreps/CBS Sports. The only Massey ratings I could find combined Reitz and Reitz Memorial. You would think someone would be smart enough to know the same team couldn't play Castle at Home and @ Bosse on the same day. For what it's worth, Reitz Memorial has a 60% chance to beat Reitz Memorial this week.

Best wishes to those trying to find gate & concession workers, gameday personnel, custodial, and most importantly officials, who now have to scramble.

If Coach Nickerson would have had Rifleman hold the ball, we would have won. #NeverForget

In high school we practiced the FG return (short kick or block) and also the fair-catch free kick. I guess my coach just knew the rules so I assumed others did as well. Perhaps he was just in the rare group that studied rules.

That is a great question. I'm surprised a HS coach would NOT know this rule, but maybe I am overestimating their knowledge of the rule book. I would guess it comes down to your opponent. If the opponent is well-coached, they know it's returnable so their best athlete has his heels on Goalline (NFHS rules) and the FG unit usually has bigger lineman. 53 1/3 yards is a lot of room for a skill player to juke a lineman. It's been a known rule around Southern Indiana ever since Jay Cutler caught a short field goal and went 99.5 yards for a TD.

We lived out of state during the 1980's, so I missed the "Cluster" system. Although I have heard others mention the "Cluster Buster" format. Not sure I really heard them right, or my memory has faded since it was explained to me. Did two teams really show up to play essentially an overtime - 4 plays from the 10 on offense and defense to determine the Cluster buster?

If I had tech skills, I would insert the Clint Eastwood/ Gran Torino face meme. Ugh.

I mean - last year the MD/Mem game was 9-6 and 2019 was 10-3. So a rock fight wouldn't be out of the norm.

Just stepping all over Boom's thread from earlier in the week. Rodney Dangerfield voice: No respect, I tell ya. No respect. 😄 https://gridirondigest.net/topic/14800-pac-week-2-games/

Random thought - doesn’t Marian only have stands on the home side? How does that work for fans?

In the YouTube linked video above. At the 1:45:00 mark, on the punt in question the backjudge appears to throw what looks like a white bean bag forward to around the 13-14 yard line. Which is why I was asking. If he threw a bag what that might have indicated.

Could you explain the BJ's normal mechanics on a punt? Why did the back judge throw a bean bag around the 10-11 yard line? I thought the bag was thrown to mark the first touching.