Footballking16

Down to 7.5

Meh, Pegula won’t spend money on the teams he does own….he’s going to shell out $60 million to buy out Franklin? I don’t believe it. Penn State is definitely at a cross road with Franklin, but they can do a lot worse than a guy who consistently wins 10+ games a year.

Have to say I’m pleasantly shocked and surprised with last night’s outcome. Cathedral ran and executed a better offensive game plan last night but still tough to watch for stretches. Defense was lights out and way more physical than the Trojans up front. Not often you get to say that. For as well coached as Center Grove has been the majority of the last three decades, pretty befuddling they couldn’t make any adjustments to stop the Cathedral pass rush. QB going to be feeling it today.

New Pal is now just the favorite to win 5A. No longer a lock in my opinion.

Only way Iowa can hang with IU is if IU self destructs. Indiana’s front 7 is too good. Notre Dame is the only team that has been able to control the LOS and methodically run the ball and control the clock against a Cignetti defense. Iowa ain’t Notre Dame.

Kamara switched positions this year. He’s more a strong side end/hybrid LB. He’s no longer terrorizing QB’s from the weak side. He won’t have the same numbers as last year, but he’s graded out extremely high and drawing double teams.

And that’s what is hypocritical about all this nonsense. The same group that picked Illinois to beat Indiana almost unanimously is the same group calling Illinois overrated. It’s also the same group that rated Illinois that high to begin with. How can you call a team that you rated, overrated? Pick a lane lol.

This was always going to be the narrative. Last year it was, “their schedule was weak, beat a ranked team”. Indiana proceeds to beat a ranked team (a top 10 team at that one that is still ranked) and the narrative shifts to “Illinois was overrated” or “Illinois was injured”. The narratives are going to keep changing as IU continues to get better and better. If IU was an SEC team or any other name brand program, they’d be the #1 team in the country right now after that performance. There are certain media groups and fans of certain fan bases that simply cannot handle the rise of Indiana’s program. Just going to have to accept that. Makes it all the more sweeter.

Not automatically no, but a lot of the time it's implied, especially if it's two evenly matched teams.

Because all teams aren't created equal. You can bet on teams to win outright without the spread (handicap) but it's at heavily discounted price. For example, IU has -250 odds to win outright tomorrow. If you aren't confident they can cover a 6 pt spread, you can bet on them to simply to win, its called a moneyline bet. But it would cost you. You would need to risk $25 for a bet that only win $10. Betting the spread typically pays out nearly 1:1.

Need a lot of help at 10-2 especially if your best win is USC. I see 3-4 losses on USC's schedule.

It's a handicap. IU being favored at -6 essentially means the game starts 6-0 in IU's favor. IU needs to win by 7 or more to cover the spread while Indiana winning by 5 or less and/or an outright Illinois win means Illinois covers +6. A 6 point win for IU would result in a push.

Xavier Scott, Illinois top corner and potential 1st rd pick, is out this week and potentially longer. Not sure a single injury to a non-QB player drives the line almost 3 points but I'm sure it has factored into the movement. Line had been steadily moving Indiana's way prior to the announcement.

They didn’t when he built that program from the ground up. He was a very successful coach in Florida prior.

Eric Moore

I'm not too versed with New Pal's school make up, but if any kids were crossing county line they're likely coming from Warren or Franklin townships. As New Pal continues to grow so will the demographics. That's a good thing, I believe they are set up well for the long run.

I'd be hard pressed to find a player excelling at the level of Branden Sharpe right now. It's a shame that juniors are ineligible for player of the year award.

I don't know if the score will be lopsided, but do agree with you that IU wins by multiple scores. Stylistically, I think IU is a terrible match up for Illinois. Bert and Illinois are at their best as a ground and pound, ball control team. IU has been elite at stopping the run dating back to last season. I just don't see the Illini being able to control the ball and keep the IU offense off the field. Defensively Illini will be the best the Hoosiers have seen all year, and they'll get stops, but just don't believe they have the firepower to keep up with IU. 31-21 Hoosiers is my prediction.

Bingo. I grew up in the Admirals 25 years ago and it was all LC (unless you went private). Don’t live too far from there these days but would venture to say a lot of kids living there going to a public high school are at either HSE or Mt Vernon.

By-laws state consecutive tournaments in same class. Points reset once you move up or down a class.

You need 6 points to move up a class under the under the new proposal. A state championship for New Pal only gets them to 4 points. They appear to be in 5A the next two years regardless of what happens this season. https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Tournament Success Factor.pdf

And with my comments above, it goes without saying that Kyle Ralph is responsible for all that. All the credit in the world to him.

Top notch feeder system all the way up to high school. Elite weight lifting program. And the community has fully bought in 100%. Don't know if New Pal will ever get as big as Center Grove, but it's the exact blueprint that Coach Moore used 25-30 years ago.

Not sure I'd go that far

Most went to North Central. One to Lawrence North. A few freshman last year transferred to Chatard. Will be a ripple effect that becomes more noticeable in the coming years.