Lysander

I’ve joined all the new clubs (Gonzo’s too....I think....I tried, anyway). Not sure I’ll ever post anything...but I get the mood occasionally. Hell, I can’t even understand how one might post....I tried. I’m just a “joiner”, I guess. Still...as regards Muda, I tried to open a new thread called “Thanks for a Your Support”. Thought Muda might like that.

Although I had stepped back from the OOB some time back, I do regret having the plug pulled there and likely find my sympathies with Muda. I will miss the, once in a while, opportunity to talk about a book, movie or TV series.....or, on rare occasion, something else....and even at its most “uncivil” it was downright polite compared to most other social media alternatives. And to be clear, TD’s concerns there had little to do with what most participants there were saying to one another....TD could easily handle that...

Look, I think DT is putting forth an interesting argument (whether I agree or disagree).....particularly if CG (and, potentially, Cathedral or Brownsburg end up being highly ranked nationally and end the season undefeated within the State). I don’t see the relevance of bringing up teams in other classes UNLESS those teams ended the season being ranked No. 1 ALL CLASSES in the State if you are making an argument for the “Best Team Ever in Indiana”. He’s not talking about the best team under 200 kids or the best team with a left-handed coach....he’s talking about the best team ever.....and any reasonable assumption (from my perspective) is that that team is the best team ever ALL CLASSES. I’m not sure either that scoring spreads season long (or, more specifically, only in playoffs are that relevant either). I’m thinking there was a Reitz team MANY years ago that might have shut out everyone in the season (maybe I recall incorrectly). I will say this, though, to have any HOPE of claiming to be the best team EVER in Indiana the absolute minimal requirement is not losing to any other team from Indiana (I could see dropping a game to an out of state team that is ranked higher nationally and still claiming to be the best team ever from Indiana). With that, ONLY the winner of the upcoming CG/Cathedral game might hope to even distantly make that claim.....and that assumes that neither loses a game to any other team from Indiana this year.

Errrr.....condolences?

If, in fact, any team might want to lay claim to the best team in Indiana history then they need to back it up.....and the bragging rights wouldn’t just be for the “rest of the year” but rather for decades.

That attitude is why we all remember the Colts 2009 team with such fondness.

If, in fact, both CalPreps and Sagarin are actually correct in both ranking Chatard, North Central and Carmel as No.’s 4, 5 and 6 overall respectively, then clearly both CG and Cathedral have demonstrated that there is a wide gap.

As good as they are, I’m not entirely certain they are even the best team in Indiana THIS year. Although, I think CalPreps/MaxPreps doesn’t update for a few days (could be wrong), they are (were) ranked 2nd in the State behind Cathedral. Admittedly, if CalPreps hasn’t updated, CG’s absolute spanking of a good North Central team (who is NOT the No. 2 team in the State.....they’re not EVEN the No. 2 team in 6A...where are you coming up with that?) could send them to No. 1. I’d hope that both CG and Cathedral will show all their cards and not hold back (and both be healthy) the last regular season game. To a point, that game IS the State Championship since neither are likely to be truly challenged in their own classes this year (with only the very possible exception of Brownsburg in 6A providing challenge to CG). For both pride and posterity, I’d really like to see both those teams give that game their all.

Mooresville (and I am a Gillin fan...and Big Bob) is no given as to coming out of the South considering Mt. Vernon and, within their own Sectional, East Central (who beat Cincy Moeller by 2 scores just 2 weeks ago).

Wow!

Chatard 42 Southport 0 Final

Chatard 42 Southport 0 3rd Q

Chatard 28 Southport 0 Half

Hmmm.....who’d a thunk?

What’s 4chan?

Wellll....since we have entirely derailed the thread...Tawny would improve them all. I have to be consistent. BTW, As regards your list, if you haven’t seen “Hell or High Water” you should give it a look. Taylor Sheridan is a helluva writer....and has also put forth the brilliant “Yellowstone” series (Kelly Reilly of Yellowstone, actually, could not be replaced by Tawny, btw. Reilly is amazing from many perspectives...deserves an Emmy).

Some friends of mine (along with me) have done roughly 300 movie review podcasts over the last 8 or so years of our favorite “Mancave” movies. One of our defining questions we always ask concerning any female lead in those movies is “Would the movie have been better if Tawny Kitaen was the lead?” I have, at all times, answered in the affirmative....life in general is better with Tawny Kitaen....so long as I can still “bob and weave“.

Honestly, I could talk about Merle, Waylon (married to the HOT Jessi Colter) Willie, Cash, “No Show” Jones....and Emerson Lake and Palmer (go figure..) with definitive authority but not so much 80s hair bands. I just had (have) a thing for Tawny Kitaen since seeing her in “Bachelor Party” while I was living in Detroit an eon ago.....up until I learned she could throw a haymaker....not that that made her entirely unattractive.....rather the arrest photo did.

Featuring the great (and crazed) Tawny Kitaen....who apparently has a helluva punch per Chuck Finley.

Roncalli is much improved this season....yet still taking polls as to what other people decide that they need call themselves. Hopefully they are not so indefinite in their Catholicism....

Thanks. Brebeuf’s cancellation today (9/18) was missing both here and on the currently posted schedule. It appeared they were playing this weekend vs. Culver YET skipping next weekend vs. Roncalli (which, I think, would have been a hellacious game).

Consider me confused. On September 25, Roncalli was supposed to play Brebeuf in a Circle City Conference game. A CONFERENCE GAME. Per the most recent update, this game has been cancelled and Roncalli is now playing Lafayette Harrison. Brebeuf is, apparently, just sitting out that weekend? Why? Preemptive COVID-19 infections?

I was bummed to read the PM late last night from TD. He was a fixture here before I first discovered the GID and to a a very real extent - a kindred spirit (particularly when I used to frequent the OOB) although, on rare occasion, I’d get a bug up my rear end when it came to TD’s intense “MIC love”....kind of like I do about another school further east on 56th Street. I wish him and his the absolute best....most especially his son who is an officer in the Special Forces. Over the years, there were many times when something bugged me here that I would reach out to him to discuss. Going to miss that. That said, I understand his decision and respect it.....just wish it wasn’t so. I think the GID is going to be the lesser for it, unfortunately. It certainly will be from my perspective.

Keep trying......I am admittedly ambivalent...I really don’t care. I’m just looking at who has visited LOS these last 20 years. Seems pretty clear. Good luck, though, tying your identity to a city in another state that you don’t even live in. BTW, I’m a proud hillbilly from Southeast Indiana....not Cincinnati.

Humility....an Irish quality I always appreciate.