Footballking16

11 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

I believe DT explained that in his initial post.  Go back and read it.

 

I did. Read a lot of complaining. Name of the game is to win, not get offensive lineman to the next level.

22 minutes ago, DT said:

RPO has basically reduced offensive football to a simple read and react decision by the QB.  All of the great , wonderful offensive schemes of the past which demanded perfect execution and maximized the specific physical talents of individual players have been marginalized and forgotten in homage to the great RPO.

I absolutely despise it.  

When you see the same schemes run at every level of football from midget to pro, you've seen homogenous football gone wild.

 

How so? You telling me the variation of the run option (triple, veer, wing t, etc) that teams ran for generations wasn't anything but read and react starting with the QB? Why is RPO different? 

15 hours ago, DT said:

I read everything in this thread

Did not see any details pertaining to the shooting

Was it a random drive by?

Was a crime involved?

Gang activity?

Or is it all just random speculation at this time while the police department conducts its investigation

Im sure the police know exactly what happened and why at this point.

 

An investigation is still pending so no, all the details have not been released. Regardless that's neither here or there, 2 young man tragically lost their lives to senseless gun violence. 

I don't get the angst towards RPO? Now I don't advocate running it for the sake just to do it, but if you have a QB who is good/smart enough to make the reads and it utilizes your athletes in space that gives you a distinct advantage over your opponent, why the hell not run it? The end goal is to put your best team in a position to win. Whether that's RPO, Air Raid, Wishbone, Triple Option, who cares? 

3 minutes ago, HereComesTheBoom said:

WOW!  It looks like the correct call was made to me!  

It pains me to say, but I believe it was as well. My only issue was that the official who made the call was 10 yards up the field and not in good/proper position. Stones call though, that was literally the last play of the game. The play before Cathedral was in FG range and a very questionable intentional grounding call was made which lead to the Hail Mary attempt rather than a potential game-winning FG.

Not sure I would define it as best, maybe craziest. Cathedral trailed Reitz 35-34 in the 2007 semi-state final (blew a 13 point lead with less than 4 minutes to go). Now Indianapolis Colt Jack Doyle catches a Hail Mary but is ruled down inches before the goal line.

Edit: Found a better angle right down the goal line. Doesn't get much closer than that

Junior DB Mario McCullough was tragically shot and killed Sunday afternoon. Just devastating. Prayers to the McCullough family as well as the Cathedral community.

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2020/03/30/mario-mccullough-cathedral-mourns-death-junior-football-standout/5086985002/

8 hours ago, Lysander said:

Happy New Year!  That said, attribute it to my no longer young and, no doubt, misfiring neurons, but I am certain I am missing something obvious here....apologies in advance.

Ha replied to the wrong post. Meant to reply to the post surrounding Luke Goode and his college considerations. I believe Goode is Trent Green’s nephew and IU is a destination favorite.

Would not be shocked to see him declare for the draft, especially after being injured.

Reason I’m hearing he’s in the portal is that IU told him he’d be moving to guard. True Freshman Matthew Bedford supplanted him in the line up last year and has NFL talent written all over him. Not sure why Cronk wouldn’t accept the move to OG as that is likely his projected position in the NFL. I highly doubt he’s going to ND or Alabama to play LT.

Also, love the hire of Kevin Wright.

On 1/9/2020 at 5:44 AM, Lysander said:

Hopeless, given the environment.

Voters simply aren’t up to it regardless of intentions.  They will always default to the newspaper headlines and the easily displayed measurables.....which are only for the “skilled” positions.

That said, it’s not brain surgery.  Just look at the highest ranked college prospects...whatever position.

Easy peasy.  

That said, it will never happen.

Isn’t he the nephew of former IU QB Trent Green?

2 minutes ago, TrojanDad said:

Perhaps....everyone got up to the line, but then the spike seemed very delayed.  Seemed like it was all in slow motion.

I thought they wanted to RPO with 7 or 8 secs left and have the timeout if it was unsuccessful.

You're getting one play with 8 seconds meaning they should have called the TO right there and then and as you said thrown one in the back of the endzone.

Want to give CTA the benefit of the doubt, but the way the team hurried to the line makes it appear they didn't realize they had a TO remaining. 

3 minutes ago, TrojanDad said:

I think they were saving the TO at the end of the half to set up for the FG.  But it was horrible clock management.  IU should have gotten off 2 plays.  For whatever reason, QB was very slow getting the ball spiked.  Allen probably should have used the TO and simply told Q to put the ball out of the back of the end zone if no one open.  But they should have had one play for the TD before settling for the FG attempt.  You are spot on.  They went into halftime still holding onto a timeout.  As many said, last night was not Allen's best game.  I sure hope he learns from the mistakes last night.  I guess that is a part of growth.

Something tells me that the players/coaching staff forgot they had a TO to use. Why would you hurry everyone up to the line to spike it otherwise?

11 minutes ago, Temptation said:

I can easily see 8 wins again next year in Bloomington...

I do too.

Games IU likely to lose (Wisky, UM, OSU) all on road and they have 5 B10 home games this year as opposed to 4 last year. 

5 minutes ago, TrojanDad said:

Teams are more than just great athletes.  I think you get way to enamored with a star ranking as a high school kid.

IU basketball has pretty good darn athletes....now if one of them could consistently shoot a basketball.

Tennessee had an impressive sized D line...after watching them jump offsides and line up in the neutral zone repeatedly, it was obvious they lacked discipline and perhaps a head for the game.

As you state above, player development is critical and I believe the biggest responsibility of a coaching staff.

The game is more than 40 times, shuttle times, vertical jumps and benchpress.

Great post.

Tennessee has more than a few guys who will be playing on Sunday's, but they didn't play as a cohesive unit.

They had below average QB play (from a kid who was the 79th rated prospect in his class which goes to show you stars aren't everything) and made way too many mental errors and lacked discipline.

Wasn't CTA's finer moments last night, but you can tell his players respect him and will play hard for him every play. 

Tough way to end the season but I see things getting better in Bloomington. 

2 minutes ago, BTF said:

I'm pretty sure my disdain for Pete Carroll was clarified in previous posts. But I'll say it again................he's a cheater and he let his players run amok. No respect for him as a college coach. He's more suited for the NFL.

Where did he cheat? You didn’t clarify that.

And to clarify, you don’t like Pete Carroll because one of his players made an inappropriate gesture? Oh my, how college of that player.

I’m guessing you’re not a fan of many college coaches then?

7 minutes ago, BTF said:

Anyway..........didn't mean to come down hard on your Blue Blood ranking. Pete Carroll (as a college football coach) makes me nauseous. 

Why? Had some of the most dominant teams in college football history.

4 minutes ago, BTF said:

What about the house Bush's family was staying in?

That's the improper benefit and what they were hammered for, everything else you mention is hearsay. The NCAA punished USC solely for the actions of Reggie Bush and family. The punishment handed down was a travesty. Louisville got off easier for their hooker scandal. Absolute injustice. 

1 minute ago, Temptation said:

Come on now.  Sneaky Pete skipped town just in time.  Bush fell on the knife but more cheating was going on.

With their endorsement of Helton, I actually think USC is trying to play by the rules and do things the right way, cleaning up their image from the fall out.

Said it in another thread, play clean and accept your program for what it is (averaging 9-10 wins) or go all in and bend/break the rules and compete for titles.

I'm not saying there wasn't foul play, but the punishment doesn't fit the crime.

-2 year postseason ban

-loss of 30 scholarships

-national title vacated

all because what, a players family took money from an agent? Why do you think the NCAA hasn't acted on the current FBI probe into college basketball? Because they know they royally screwed USC. Here is what one writer had to say about the NCAA's punishment towards USC:

 "It's become an accepted fact among informed college football observers that the NCAA sanctions against USC were a travesty of justice, and the NCAA's refusal to revisit that travesty are a massive act of cowardice on the part of the organization."

I don't care for USC one way or the other, but he's absolutely right, a complete abuse of power by the NCAA. 

1 minute ago, BTF said:

What hurts even more is when your program is caught cheating............. 2000-2009.

They didn't get caught cheating per se, Reggie Bush' parents accepted money from an agent while he was still in school and the NCAA completely overreacted and they have even said they went to hard.

4 minutes ago, Bobref said:

All I heard when I read this aloud was “blah, blah, blah ...”

Hey, sometimes the truth hurts

1 minute ago, Bobref said:

Notre Dame behind USC? You’re dead to me. 

Had to do it Bob. Been awhile since ND has strung together a dominant era, most their accolades pre-date the modern era of football but still count for something. USC is 2nd all-time in bowl wins and it was all that long ago the Trojans were the premier football program in college football (2000-2009).

Football Blue Bloods in order

1. Alabama

2. USC

3. Notre Dame

4. Ohio State

5. Oklahoma

Michigan, Texas, Nebraska, Penn State, Miami all on historical merit come next.

Clemson is amidst a current dynasty but has a long way to go to reach blue blood status. LSU and Florida State I would have in the discussion as well.

3 minutes ago, MICFan34 said:

@Footballking16 When you watched Cathedral play Noblesville the past two seasons, why do you think Noblesville can't be successful then? (Not being a jerk, just wanted to know) 

They were dominated at the line of scrimmage

17 minutes ago, Knightmare said:

Where are these "freakish athletes" at Noblesville? Someone educate me on the last time Noblesville had a RB or WR go D1.  Here's an article from August 28, 2018.  There are 4 Noblesville players, and guess what position they play!? 

 

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/2018/08/28/indiana-high-school-football-state-players-2018-fbs-rosters/1127783002/

You don't need "freakish athletes" to run a spread offense lol. 

1 minute ago, Coach Nowlin said:

Center Grove looks to have an outstanding SOPH QB, glad he is ok running the wing t 

Center Grove ran a lot more Shotgun this year than I've ever seen them run prior.

You're right, there is nothing wrong with being different. But in the case of Noblesville, a budding suburb with 3,000+ students and growing, I just see running heavy splits, power football as a potential turnoff when my rivals are throwing the ball all over the field in a modern offense. I'm glad it has worked for Center Grove.