Footballking16

I concur. A 2-6 team has no business being in the postseason but that's for a different thread. Incorrect. They're 4A due to enrollment as are the other 60-some teams in 4A other than the teams bumped up due to the success factor.

He essentially got a "lifetime" contract, it auto renews a year after each season. Not going anywhere for awhile, part of his new contract calls for a $30 million buyout from both parties if he were to leave or be fired. It decreases to $15 million at the conclusion of next season. Overhaul on the offensive coaching staff is imperative after this year. Keep McCullough but the OC/QB coach and offensive line coach need to be fired and they needed to be fired yesterday. IU is wasting a very good defense on inept offensive coaching.

Not a single one of those games were played at Arlington. Hell Cathedral played Fishers on a baseball diamond. Troll harder.

Lol, who has stopped playing Cathedral? Roncalli? Yeah I would too if I lost ten in a row? Carmel after getting run on their home field last year? What does any of that have to do with the playing surface?

Cathedral for the last two years has once again adopted Arlington as its “home field” now that it is no longer used by Arlington High School. Cathedral completely redid the field out of their own pocket. Stop acting like Cathedral saw Center Grove on the schedule, threw a dart that landed on Arlington, and decided to play the game there because it’s a natural surface. Every home game the last two years have been at Arlington and will be going forward rain, sleet, shine. Don’t like the facility? Stay at home. Nobody at Cathedral gives a rats ass where you think they should and shouldn’t play their home games. If Center Grove has an issue playing at Arlington going forward, drop Cathedral from the schedule. It’s as simple as that.

That game was going to be played at Arlington regardless if it was 180 degrees or -180 degrees. Why in the name of gamesmanship would Cathedral voluntarily give up a home game to go play on the “road” at the #9 team in the country’s home field? You need to be put on a word count until you actually pay money out of your pocket to post on here. You dumb down this board every single time you post and you’re a huge reason why so many long time posters no longer post here.

You’re right. I forgot Cathedral dictated when it rains and when it doesn’t.

Cathedral kicking a FG on 4th and 1 inside the 10 to make a one score game….a one score game is what gave Center Grove a light at the end of the tunnel. Wheats 70 yard TD run with 2 minutes left in the 3rd Quarter matched CG’s entire offensive output up until that point. It was one big play that completely flipped the game.

Won what?

One team didn’t want to move from their home field and pay to host a game??? I knew I donated to the GID for this kind of heavy hitting analysis for a reason. You should have to pay next time to make a comment so idiotic.

No one talked crap. Comment was in response to the playing surface. Cathedral had no trouble moving the ball in the first half playing on the exact same field as Center Grove.

Painful. Eerily similar to the New Pal regional a few years back. Dominate in all facets of the game except the scoreboard for nearly 3 quarters, fail to capitalize on opportunities to blow the game open, let a good team hang around, and run out of gas in the end. Credit to Center Grove, took punch after punch and never hit the canvas. Bunch of strong and mental tough kids on that team.

One team is out gaining the other team 3:1 on the same field.

Cathedral up 3-0 at half.

14-13 Irish CG misses a FG late and the Irish this time around are successfully able to run out the clock.

2014 CG 44-38 2015 CG 7-0 2016 CG 44-41 OT 2017 Cath 21-14 2018 CG 34-7 2019 Cath 14-9 2020 CG 17-13 This game is always highly contested and in a few instances have been decided on the last play of the game. Expect nothing less tomorrow night. Anyone downplaying the significance of this game is lying to themselves, it will be a war. If Center Grove wins, it's very likely they are repeat undefeated large class champions. Not even the Warren teams of the mid-2000's who rattled off 4 in a row can say that.

I think rain helps Cathedral in this instance. Absolutely nobody has been able to run on Cathedral this year and I don't see it changing much this weekend. Jackson for me has always been the X factor in this matchup. Sans a last minute drive in last years game that never should have happened in the first place, I was pretty meh on Jackson's ability to throw the ball down the field. He faced a ton of pressure last year and through into coverage a lot. If Cathedral can force CG into obvious passing games, Cathedral's pressure and weather could play well into their favor in the passing game. -

Must be the potential rain keeping people away.... Would have thought Center Grove was brining an entire battalion

Defense absolutely gassed. Down 3 defensive backs and a couple lineman. I don't fault the defense for last nights loss, they played about as well as you could ask and then some for 3.5 quarters despite being shorthanded. This game was lost when Reich tried to run out the clock with 5 minutes left. Unless you've never watched an NFL game until last night, typically the team with the ball last wins. Reich playing for a FG with an injured kicker instead of trying to get a first down is the reason why the Colts lost. They were the aggressor the entire night until they got in FG range on their 2nd to last driver up 8 points.

How deep did Center Grove have to go in their playbook in the tournament last year? There wasn't a game played within 3 TD's and they're a better team this year playing in a weaker 6A. This is a game Center Grove is playing to win, a fake punt or flea-flicker be damned.

So going vanilla and potential losing a game does? Not sure how that makes sense.

I disagree. A win for Center Grove almost guarantees them a top 10 national ranking, possibly top 5. Center Grove (as well as Cathedral) should coast in the tournament even if they show all the bells and whistles. Honestly I see the game coming down to a trick play or a defensive/special teams TD with the way these two teams play defense.

It's in Neddenriep's tweet. There have been multiple Center Grove fans on here as well that have commented about the safety of the facility. @Joncommented a thread a few weeks back about possibility getting shot at because he was once shot at near Arlington back in the 80's.

Is it smart? Cathedral wouldn't play their games at Arlington if they thought the playing surface was unsafe, it is as simple as that. Outside one game in this series, these games have been rock fights the last 6 meetings with the final score being one possession games. No coach or team is getting conservative here, they certainly didn't last year. I think both teams are so head and shoulders better than their competition in their respective classes that an injury or two doesn't affect much.

Cathedral will be playing this game like its their national championship regardless if the game was played on turf, grass, or concrete. Not sure Center Grove's status, don't really care. The facility this game is being played at is garnishing more attention than the game itself which is sad. You have Center Grove fans on Twitter complaining about safety due to the surrounding neighborhoods. Do Center Grove fans not realize they literally play across the street at Lawrence Central every other year?