Footballking16

Not necessarily, there’s just other very good teams at the top who don’t play in the SEC. I think Oregon is going to kill Washington in their rematch and be one of the 4 teams. I think there are only two guarantees right now: -Michigan is in regardless of a loss -Winner of Washington/Oregon is in Georgia is obviously in with a win and Florida State is also in if they go undefeated. I think this is the most likely scenario. If FSU loses and both Texas and Alabama win, Texas gets in by virtue of beating Alabama earlier this year. If FSU and Texas both lose and Alabama wins, Alabama is the 4th team bumping Georgia. If FSU, Texas, and Alabama all lose Ohio State gets in.

Swap Oregon for Alabama and it’s a good list.

They (FSU) weren’t any less impressive with a back up QB than Alabama who needed to convert a 4th and 31 to beat a team that lost to New Mexico St on their home field by 3 TDs last week. If an undefeated FSU gets left out just burn the entire system down and go back to no overtime’s and mythical titles.

How many of the state champions played their toughest postseason games 5-6 weeks ago? Fixing the postseason format might make for a better and more competitive Thanksgiving weekend.

Back on topic, didn't mean to derail the thread with an innocuous Tom Allen joke. CG has been there done that these last few seasons and I think that gives them a slight edge. I got CG 34-28.

*Covid

Might be the 3 biggest wins of Allen's coaching career 😁

Certainly worthy as well

-Dick Dullaghan and Bud Wright are no-brainers. -Rick Streiff has to be on there too I would think -Eric Moore, Chris Geesman, Matt Lindsay, and Bruce Scifires all have legitimate cases.

Seeing Cathedral play Brownsburg, Center Grove, and Ben Davis this year, Brownsburg in my opinion was the best of the 3. They were very balanced both on the ground and through the air. This version of Center Grove isn't as good as some previous teams in my opinion but still good enough to win the next two weeks. Honestly expected more out of BD. Their defensive line was very good and gave Cathedral all sorts of problems but I wasn't wowed with their speed and offensive play-calling.

Huge break. Far-side line judge is having a terrible night.

Looks like it's more than just the NCAA after Harbaugh. Barred from the sideline for the rest of the regular season. Hopefully Scalions didn't retire the disguise Ray-Ban's. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38864724/sources-big-ten-ban-michigan-jim-harbaugh-field

I would be shocked if Cathedral laid down Friday night.

Put the bong down. Private schools will likely only win 1A and 3A. The rest of your post is pure nonsense.

Cathedral could certainly win. My fear is that Ben Davis is going to make Cathedral one-dimensional and Cathedral isn't going to get enough stops. I see a higher scoring affair but with Cathedral playing catch up most the game. Here's to hoping I'm wrong.

Wouldn't bet on it unfortunately.

There's a zero percent chance Cathedral wants to or prefers to play a rainy, muddy game. They like to sling it all over the field and run tempo, none of which is conducive to inclement weather on a sloppy playing surface.

Unless football simply becomes de-emphasized, I don’t see that happening. Too much structure and too big of a commitment for Center Grove to take a step back.

Definitely not remotely close to being the same deal. The NCAA explicitly states that off-campus, in-game scouting is strictly prohibited. Two programs sharing info on a common opponent is a form of gamesmanship and is widely practiced nor is it an NCAA violation. The issue isn't the fact that Michigan stole signals, it's the method in which they stole them.

Biggest question: Who fronted this operation? Could be that Stallions "went rogue" but hard to believe he did it on his own dime. Michigan is more than likely culpable given somebody from that institution or athletic department reimbursed Stallions financially and find it even harder to believe Harbaugh knew nothing about it. He may have not directly asked Stallions to set up a sophisticated espionage scheme, but I hardly doubt he turned down any useful information. At the end of the day, this single l incident is a minor violation. But it's magnified considering Michigan and Harbaugh are already under NCAA investigation into a completely different set of infractions. It doesn't help that Michigan and Harbaugh continue to play dumb and act like they knew nothing about what was going on.

Sh*t in one hand and wish in the other and see which one fills up first. Private/Public separate tournaments will never happen. The IHSAA can't even seed the damn sectionals.

They don't. Purdue has looked miserable since coming off their bye two weeks ago and their loss to Syracuse looks worse and worse with each passing week. I'd go 11. Northwestern 12. Indiana 13. Michigan St 14. Purdue All 4 are levels of bad right now but Indiana plays Michigan State and Purdue to end the year so this will sort itself out. Michigan State still has OSU and PSU two opponents IU was more than competitive with.

Purdue still too high

Why not just kick it out of bounds then? LN started in plus territory 3 different times (on top of a failed fake punt) because of it? Not going to get away with that against Ben Davis.

I’m sure there’s specific language in whatever contract he signs that gives Michigan an out if the NCAA lays down the law.