Lysander

The game was in Kentucky (if that might matter).

“King in the North”!

They would but many tend to forget Snider and Zionsville (and currently Dwenger) as part of that North 5A equation. In all honesty, so long as Snider is 5A, they will generally be my 5A preseason pick in a non-Cathedral 5A. That said, the DAC would, admittedly, likely be the most solid “5A” conference in the state (chest pounding and all).

……far be it from me to discredit the “best team in the state with 17 D1 players”. I think they are the better than “Indinia” University this year. They certainly have more D1 players.

Aside from Sagarin not caring about Class, SAC and SIAC rankings are going to be worthless (except as to the conference internals) until after Week 1 of playoffs. Don’t we beat this same horse to death every years as regards SAC and SIAC (as of last year?) rankings? That said, the SIAC guys “got it” pretty quickly. I think about 1/2 of them are barristers, though. Jeez…imagine a place where 1/2 the people are attorneys…

Hope all is great with you, as well....but....daaaaaaamn, what a crazy page....at least recently. Yes, an interesting start for many of us....though not unexpected on my end (okay....there is Brebeuf...but, after watching them, the "preppies" are legit....much as I hate to admit). But Heck, that's why I enjoy it. I wont ever love the kids or coaches any less. That said, I have been wanting to see East play Chatard for the better part of 14 years. Regardless how this year turns out, I am hoping both schools keep each other on the schedule because, in my opinion, when these two teams are at their best, this is a game real Indiana HS football fans truly want to watch. Seriously, these two teams SHOULD play each other every year. From Chatard's perspective (speaking for myself), I'd love to see this game as much of a fixture as the Cathedral or Roncalli game on the schedule. East has an incredible tradition of excellence. Good luck to your kids.

Can't disagree with that.

Maybe so, but by most every appearance (including one actual game), they weren't winning 3A-5A last year. Aside from that, my sense was that they had a lot of players last year that might not have otherwise been there in a non-COVID world. Do they retain those players? Even if they do, does it matter at all once they face anyone from Central Indiana that is sent North?

I'm assuming no less than "17 D1 players" since they are (reportedly) even better than last year. I wonder if they will also receive " 5 offers from army and navy" that "decided to go to marion (sic)" just like last year. With that, you can anticipate that if they lose to another team there will be "5" or "7" or "11" starters who didn't play (for a variety of reasons that only seem to exclude a mass kidnapping from ancient aliens)....regardless, the number of missing starters in any loss seems to be variable. But aside from that, they are the best team in the State of Indiana. I think I've covered it generally.

I don’t think they’ve played in the last 10 years. The last time they played it was most likely that any Cathedral “Home” game would have been at Tech.

That parcel was always problematic. RV Welch built that office building fronting Emerson (might have actually been his first office project) and the lower level and elevators in that building were always underwater. Add that most all of that parking lot was notorious for flooding back in the day.

It appears that has been worked on somewhat. It does bear mentioning that Brebeuf and Warren Central’s defenses did have some say in causing those woes. No slouches there…

Roncalli 28 Chatard 21 Chatard ball 7:20 in 4th

Old Uncle Mark, Whatever our disagreement, I actually think you would be a fan of Chatard if you ever watched them. I'm not a Catholic but my wife and kids are and I adore the school.. I've often regretted not having attended there and felt some jealousy of my kids (even after writing the tuition check). These kids are quite often undersized but are fearless and will never back down. They will claw and scrape to the end...win or lose....most often winning. That ethos served my oldest well in college ball and, now, as an executive. I was fortunate enough to stumble into an athletic scholarship during college but my oldest son in 8th grade was a better football player than I ever was in HS because of CYO. In HS, he became even better.. Again, I think you would be a fan of our kids if you ever watched them Thank you. Bryan Miller

Just one conversation prior to last years’ Merrillville/Chatard game on the GID. “Anyone know if Jr. Merrillville RB Lavarion Logan was at at Joliet Catholic last year? Name sounds familiar." Response: "Logan was at Merrillville as a freshman and Joliet Catholic as a sophomore...yes..you are right” A conversation from last year. I also recall hearing folks from Merrillville beating their chest about Morton kids playing for them last year. Not a single D1 kid last year played for Chatard in that Merrillville multi D1 kid curb stomp. Seriously, my sense was that NE Indiana kids moved between schools for Football pretty much on a daily basis…and often as not openly bragged about it....yet Catholic schools have some unfair advantage when the same kids play for them from 3rd to 12th grade and never leave the system. Also, for the record, there is a WORLD of difference between Cathedral and the Archdiocese schools like Chatard, Roncalli, Ritter and Scecina.

“Yep”. I swear to God as well (still out of “thank you’s”) Merrillville could knock down Tampa Bay per Cody. Sadly, he and his ilk seem to dominate there. ……an even better reason to steer folks of reason to the GID.

“Ouch!”, to some prior posters above. I’m all out of “Thank You’s” for the day….but I owe you. With that, the DAC folks on Facebook are, quite literally, out of their minds.

Well played, sir. I’d give you a “laugh” but I’m all out of them today…but you will get them tomorrow.

A modest Indianapolis Catholic with no D1 players vs. a DAC team roughly 3 X the size loaded up with Chicago region transfer players. A Region team with somewhere between 5 (seen posted here on the GID) to 15 D1 players. That chest beating was incessant last year. To no avail…apparently.

Sounds right just last year…just before their beat down while visiting a Central Indiana 3A team late last Fall.

Seriously, go check out the “Indiana HS Football Fans” Facebook page. Seems like 1/2 of those folks seem to think the DAC is the strongest football conference in the state. Never been a drug guy (Hell, I’ve never tried the whole “pot” thing) but do people still do LSD? Apparently they still do there.

I’m thinking.

Thank you….and bless you. I can now stop searching for my vision of “Muda in the Wilderness”. You nailed my “high end” vision. That said, I was more inclined to “Naked and Afraid” Senior version but I couldn’t find a picture that I could post without getting me banned.

Gotta be honest, despite the fact that I am damn proud that my kids had the opportunity to represent the Bishop Chatard Trojans on the field some years back, I have nothing but INCREDIBLE admiration for the Center Grove Trojans after watching this video. WOW.....just WOW!!!!