Lysander

I share your “zeal” as regards closed conference.

Make that “one of two dudes”…..

Good luck to South. I hope they pull it off. I'm looking forward to the South/Chatard rematch on October 15, particularly with the McCullough brothers playing.

That was the standout score I noticed this week as well.

Am I correct in saying that only CN has a shot at winning the conference over Bloomington South at this point?

Welll...Roncalli and Cathedral certainly won't meet this year. it would be interesting if they played this year, admittedly. Despite the score, it was an incredibly physical game and I thought Brebeuf fought them toe to toe until the weight of Roncalli's O-line just wore them down. It was a pretty brutal game.

Roncalli 28 Brebeuf 10 Final

Brebeuf 10 Roncalli 28 1:24 in 4th. 88 yd TD pass Brebeuf.

Roncalli 28 Brebeuf 3 2:05 left in 4th

Roncalli 21 Brebeuf 3 4:16 in 4th. Brebeuf has only had the ball for less than 1:30 seconds in the ENTIRE 2nd half so far....that's INSANE. Brebeuf has played well but Roncalli's O-line simply took over in the 2nd half. Many bumps and bruises in this game.

Roncalli 14 Brebeuf 3 5:00 left in 3rd.

Brebeuf 3 Roncalli 7 :12 in the 2nd

Brebeuf 3 Roncalli 0 40 yd Field Goal. Game is a battle 4:26 left in 2nd Q

I think the Guerin scores might be comparable but from what I’ve read elsewhere, I thought Roncalli had some starters sitting out in the Guerin game due to being a little banged up. That said, Brebeuf may as well have had injuries but it’s hard to say since they have never really had any posters here except Coach G. One other consideration is that this is the Circle City Conference Championship game. So far Chatard has won it 3 times and Roncalli 2 times. Brebeuf has a chance to be the only team not named Chatard or Roncalli to win the CCC tonight.

Check IHSAATV.ORG There should be a link there.

If they can do that, I would certainly agree but I likely feel the same even if they can only keep it within 2, maybe 3, TDs.

Harrell has Roncalli in this game 31-28. Thoughts?

In another sport, my oldest ended up as an All-State player, HS All-American and later played in college. He picked up his official’s license and officiated his first game his Senior year in HS - a 5/6th grade game. After, the abuse hurled at him by parents and one particular coach (who was and is a HS coach to this day), he never officiated another game again. I hope they sue the pants off that school and anyone involved is separated permanently from the sport. There is no excuse for that.

All I know is that in the PAC must be beastly this year per Sagarin. Three teams in the Top 15 (and another South team, Linton 19th, btw) The SAC and SIAC crazy numbers are to be expected because of the closed conferences. Not sure though, about some of this other stuff. Guess I don’t want to hear anyone South complain about being disrespected - at least for the moment.

Yep. I was thinking the same when I watched them as well.

Wondering the same. The 2018 and 2019 squads were pretty solid (especially '18) but last year's 2020 team under the same coach as 2018-19 dropped off significantly. Even more so this year with new coaching. Honestly, but for one flukish play and a called back touchdown or so, the final score should have been 69-10. That said, Southport did play fairly well in the first Quarter last night.

I get that and don’t disagree but Chatard had 4 (maybe 5 turnovers) against Brebeuf. I don’t see Roncalli making those mistakes against Brebeuf. To be clear, I don’t want to downplay Brebeuf, they are solid.

Not to say, though, it won’t become one over time. Brebeuf has very much Improved its game these last 12 years and the new shared CCC conference will add to that.

Unfortunately….not that big of a rivalry historically. Roncalli’s historic rivalries have been with Cathedral (up until about 10 yrs ago when the series was discontinued) and Chatard.

October 1 and October 15 will likely tell the tale as to that.