Lysander

I never even mentioned Washington but am now absolutely assuming it must be wishful thinking on your part, though.......though he’s clearly targeted for you and your comrades. I’m just assuming you were still too giddy over the death of Herman Cain when you made that slip.

Errr, dunno,.....the faculty at Butler University back in the day thought I was marginally proficient in History. Not having listened to a Brit talking about American history, my only observation was that he thought that the idea of the current crazies tearing down Lincoln and Jefferson statues was more than ridiculous....literally a straw man position. ....and yet it’s happening.

None, none whatsoever...regardless whether I might personally disagree with his not wearing a mask. Some folks here simply have a sickness inside and celebrate the death of those they disagree with, that sickness has nothing to do with a virus. But truly sick, nonetheless. I’d never wish or celebrate death on most anyone...it’s beyond my kin. Pray I never hope to be as depraved to celebrate the death of a good man.

Classy stuff....

I wish them the best in the MIC.......

“Cathedral to the MIC or the HCC” Yep, those conferences are just biting at the leash for that.

She was out of town when I sent her the link regarding Roncalli’s (and the Archdiocese as well)......prostration. I can’t print here just exactly what she had to say about Roncalli and the Archdiocese being.....err......”vaginas”.....or something to that effect. She is nothing if not erudite. I married well.

Excepting Cathedral and Brebeuf, it didn’t change. We considered Guerin (even attended a couple of fund raisers...thanks for that Colts signed football, btw) since we, quite literally, lived on the Hamilton/Marion County line but that “no refundable” application made us opt out of considering Guerin (along with their really pricey tuition).....even though my old college teammate was the AD there at the time (another old teammate was, still is, Chatard’s AD). BTW, DT, do you happen to know of a Highland grad named Tim Vasser? Another old college teammate....from roughly your vintage...and mine, I believe.

Hell yeah! That said, I think you’re buying what I’m selling on this one.

Outside of Carmel last year, I don’t think ANY North team in 4A (that’s a given), 5A or 6A survives little ole’ 3A Sectional 28 this past year.

Dang, Cathedral admissions appear WAY, WAY down these days. They used be twice Chatard’s size....people must be catching on. I’d suggest changing your mascot and adding some Riverdance classes....appears to be working for Roncalli.

I’m assuming you’re blowing smoke because that’s your gig but 3A has been the best class pound for pound the last 3 years or so (been a fairly weak class historically....not so now, though). Most any truly keen observer already knows this which tells me more than a little about your evaluations (or lack thereof....or, simply, your desire to stir that pot.....worked in my case). The fact that 3A Evansville Memorial won 4A last year in a comparatively “down“ year for them versus the prior couple of years should say it all. Prior to that, in 2017, Chatard fairly easily handled eventual 4A State Champ East Central the last game of the season yet Chatard got smoked by Danville who in turn got smoked by Memorial.

“Fiesty”? Seriously? As a wordsmith....that’s the best you got? A chihuahua is “fiesty”......and easily kicked to the curb. Farthest description I can imagine from Chatard......honest to God......”fiesty”?

OK, I’ll bite....add that this is an actual thread about football and not the whole Corona/politics BS. I find it a bit funny that some here are actually thinking Chatard declines when last season they were ranked 6th ALL CLASSES (That’s 1A-6A for the MENSA members) per Sagarin . Sagarin’s Predictor ranking had them at 5th ALL CLASSES with only Carmel, Avon, New Pal and Brownsburg ranked ahead of them. Chatard’s strength of schedule (SOS) ranking was Top 10 or 15 throughout the regular season but fell to 21st at season’s end largely due to 3A playoffs. During the regular season, Chatard played an effectively “MIC-like“ overall schedule per comparative SOS rankings.. BTW, I followed the Sagarin SOS rankings throughout the regular season - it was well within the range of the MIC team’s SOS rankings pre-playoffs. Somehow, neither Cathedral, Brebeuf, Guerin or Roncalli squeeeeeeeeezed ahead of Chatard as to Sagarin rankings last year....some weren’t even in the same solar system. So before y’all declare Chatard dead and buried (while Chatard is “desperately” clutching those State-leading 14 State Championships in hand), I am quite honestly thinking Chatard (though roughly 1/2 the size of Cathedral....just to remind you folks...lest you forget) will offer even more challenge in the future as to being THE top Indy Metro Parochial (They REALLY should have beat Cathedral last year) 1. Chatard will STILL be the North Indy Archdiocese school. Say what you want about Hamilton County (Okay, I’ll say it..much of Hamilton County can be a bit....errr, well....... “soft”). 2. Chatard NOW actually has their own football facility for home games which only Roncalli has previously had to offer as an Archdiocesan school (that said, Roncalli football, these days, may well be too cisgender male for them moving forward....I’m expecting them to drop football...I’m hearing they have some great Riverdancers on the South side these days). Pretty nice facility, for the record, at Chatard. FYI - Cathedral still has NO home game facility....nope...none whatsoever. 3. Chatard NOW throws the ball around just a tad (and Coach Doyle was a HS and College QB......add that Rob is a pretty d@mn smart dude) which means Chatard now ACTUALLY competes for Archdiocesan QBs and receivers (and by default gets an upgrade to safeties and defensive backs) which they really didn’t previously. 4. Chatard is still arguably the best Archdiocesan (and anywhere else for that matter) home for prospective college lineman to make their bones. The Big’uns are looked at like Chris Hemsworth by EVERYBODY at Chatard....just keep the shirt tucked in. Truly, truly sexy dudes. 5. Chatard still RUNS the ball like few teams do. Running backs can make a name at Chatard. 6. The apparent (and unsurprising) decision by Brebeuf to now focus on artistic swimming, gender studies and navel gazing means that even more actual football players will be available for a real Catholic school like Chatard (yeah, Cathedral too, unfortunately, even though they aren’t a Catholic parochial...life is yin and yang I guess). I’m sure I am missing tons of new reasons but I think Chatard actually (without any decline by competitors) does nothing except becomes significantly better. When you factor in the actual expected decline of Brebeuf and (further decline of) Roncalli as they both drill down hard and focus on their social justice street cred, Chatard (maybe Cathedral) does nothing except get better at playing football....as well as college and career relevant studies. PS.....Again, Chatard is roughly 1/2 the size of Cathedral and a lot smaller than Roncalli. Chatard is only about 100 students bigger than Ritter just to give some of you folks some perspective.

The Renouncers.

Gosh those comments sound familiar...........

Certainly my take on their reasoning...craven though it may be. Honestly embarrassed for them...and disgusted.

14...but who’s counting.....

Honestly, if you just want to enjoy a fun, engaging game and don’t focus on any one team, almost every weekend there is going to be either a big rivalry game or a game between two Top 5 (or 10) teams in one class or highly ranked teams from across classes (example - Chatard v Cathedral, Cathedral v. Carmel, Lutheran v. Scecina, etc.) within 30-40 minutes of most any part of Indianapolis.

Maybe 1 out of every 10-15 with a mask. Not really what I would consider social distancing....people sitting/standing side by side along the sidelines. Lots of signs, etc. about it, though. Anyone that appeared associated with the park was wearing a mask. It wasn’t really any different than the tournament they had there 3-4 weeks ago. To be honest, if I hadn’t been paying attention, I might not have even noticed there was anyone wearing masks. Place was packed....took me almost 15-20 minutes to get from the parking lot to US31 once the second game I watched ended at 12:30.

Obviously not football, but I saw (as I understand it) probably over 200 lacrosse teams from all over the Midwest at Grand Park today playing full bore. God only knows how many baseball teams there as well. About 3 weeks ago there were also over 200 lacrosse teams at Grand Park. Club sports are going at it like normal.

Thx. Bill was, I believe, on a Marian State Championship team. He later played fullback at Butler and a few years later was in my wedding. Good man.

Gotta ask. Since your avatar is Knight ‘82, did you graduate in ‘82? If so, do you happen to know or have heard of a Marian player by the name of Bill Baker who graduated in ‘78?

My recollection from the Marian game last year was that they were losing a lot to graduation. Honestly, Concordia was probably the most youthful team we saw in the North with the most coming back. I have to admit that, although the whole Sectional 28 thing was a bit...errr..... “dubious”, it was very, very cool to see and play against teams in the North. Teams that you are only going to see at LOS otherwise (unless you schedule them in the regular season). Without fully knowing, I’d still pick the winner of 28 to be the most likely team from the North to get to LOS. I really think there were 4 teams in that Sectional last year that could have made it to LOS if they had survived the Sectional.

Hmmmm......usually it’s just a rehash of the end of last season and not much of a predictor. For the most part it is - excepting they dinged Heritage Hills unusually hard by ranking them 6th rather than 2nd (which would be the norm). No idea how these teams actually shape up but I’d definitely put Guerin somewhere in the Top 10. Man, I’m going to be sick (maybe not the best word choice) if there is no HS football this Fall.