Footballking16

It's a helluva a lot more accurate than you or anyone give credit for.

You know it's bad when you're coaching at ND and drawing comparisons to Tom Allen 😄

To be honest, Kevin Wright has been dreadful. Not sure what he actually does? Certainly hasn't been very involved in recruiting Central Indiana given his ties. TE room has been bad the last two years after he was hand-gifted Peyton Hendershot. Wright's predecessor put two TE's in the NFL.

Said that last year when they played not to get blown out at Ohio State. His emotions on the sideline rival a 14 year old girl and he is responsible for some of the worst in-game coaching decisions I've seen. At least Mario Cristobal let him off the hook for a little bit.

Can the Trojans shutout Roncalli for a 3rd straight week…..🤞🏻

5A would look a lot more interesting if the 32 largest schools were 6A and 32 smallest schools 1A.

Not sure why the IHSAA wouldn't just prioritize the regular season to begin with? What's your rationale or opposition for not seeding the sectionals other than "cream always rises to the top"? Again, it's a simple fix.

One of these teams isn't even going to get the chance to play for a sectional title, let alone anything past that. It isn't a tragedy, it's just ineptness from the IHSAA. It's a simple fix.

And 5A and 6A you could easily do away with sectionals and regionals and seed North and South appropriately.

Can't imagine Brownsburg thinks the regular season means much after going undefeated in the hardest conference in the state and drawing the #2 team in the state in the first round while 1-8 Pike and 0-9 Tech play on the opposite side of the bracket. Coaches and players might not come out and say it publicly but every single one of them knows it's total bush league.

By the way I believe they have already secured their spot in 6A for the next cycle. Only need 2 points instead of 3 I just read. While it is an opinion true, you are correct that cream always rises to the top. However it completely renders the regular season meaningless in the process.

They can of course petition to remain in 6A although that won't happen.

I believe they need a sectional win to accumulate the necessary points to stay in 6A. Lawrence North will be a battle.

They won't fully seed the playoffs because the next logical step is a qualifier. The all-in blind draw keeps the mythical "Cinderella" story alive regardless of how much it screws deserving teams along the way. It's also the IHSAA's only way of justifying unnecessary blowouts in a postseason format.

I will assure you that if the IHSAA used a rating formula such as Sagarin to seed the sectionals, teams with a softer SOS would get penalized more over the long run. There's a reason why 7-1 Warsaw is rated lower than 1-7 Avon.

I don’t believe Marcus Freeman is long for this job.

I’ll allow it

You can say whatever you need to say to rationalize Roncalli’s decision. At the end of the day, it was Roncalli who picked up their ball and went home. Period. End of story. I have little doubt that this renewed edition will be very short-lived. And we’ll all know why.

Cathedral 21 Roncalli 0 7 min 2Q Roncalli doesn’t have a 1st down.

Ok, Louisville and UK. Point has and remains the same.

Why not?

Ehh no harm in poking the bear to renew a little rivalry. Surprised though to see so many defend Roncalli. Imagine IU dropping Purdue a few years back when their basketball team lost 9 in a row in the series. And only basketball, not in any of the other 17 sports they play Purdue in. IU wouldn't have heard the end of it. Roncalli shouldn't either.

Agree with your premise although this being a civil matter, guilty beyond a reasonable doubt doesn't apply here. I think there's enough smoke out there to suggest Fitzgerald knew what was going on and at the very minimum could have stopped it in regards to the hazing allegations. That being said, Northwestern absolutely butchered the termination process and because of it, they will pay dearly.

Good for him

Bullshit lol. Was this a Roncalli administrative decision? No Roncalli continued to play Cathedral in every other sport, freshman and JV football included. Was this a diocesan decision? Nope. Cathedral has played every diocesan school in some facet, Roncalli included, since the agreement was drawn up. I get optics and line reading aren't your thing. Oh well. Hope the series continues. There's several years to be made up.