Footballking16

Forget ESPN not doing their homework, how about this team playing two games 48 hours apart from each other?

In a game where Cathedral should be able to name the score, execution and attention to detail will likely be my two biggest takeaways. Offensive line play has been very suspect, if not downright bad, over the culmination of the last two weeks. This should be a nice confidence booster. Can’t have another game with double digit penalties and 100+ yards worth of penalties. That drives me crazy. I have Cathedral winning 49-0. Backups finally get some reps playing the last quarter and a half with a running clock.

Carmel needed a literal Hail Mary to beat an inner-city Detroit Public with 1500 students where 67% are on a free or reduced lunch program. Center Grove in theory has a punchers chance in this game Friday night. Somebody out there give me Tim Bless’ thoughts on this game? Is it safe to play? As far as the game goes, give me Center Grove and their 2500 students and higher free and reduced lunch program in a big upset. 31-13 Trojans.

Sounds like a nail-biter doesn’t do this game justice. What a game.

Penalties have been that way for the last few seasons. Not going to change unless players are held accountable. Defense again played lights out, offense has a way to go. Offensive line needs to get better in a hurry. Playing Penn should help.

King is what IPS had envisioned for Tech. Inner-City school that has athletes littered all over the field. Carmel will be the more disciplined team, and if patient should wear King down with their size. Like Carmel in a nail-biter, but King will put points on the board.

GOTW Cathedral (-22) at Brownsburg Chatard at Warren Central (-15.5) Roncalli (-28) at Franklin Central New Pal at Brebeuf (-3) Warsaw (-4.5) at Michigan City Westfield (-32) at Harrison (West Lafayette) Avon at Ben Davis (-6.5) FW Carroll at FW Snider (pk) Columbus North at Columbus East (-5) Decatur Central at Center Grove (-29.5) Detroit King (Mich) at Carmel (-11) Elkhart at Mishawaka (pk) Fishers (-3.5) at Pike HSE (-5.5) at North Central Adams Central at Eastside (-4) FW Concordia at Homestead (-13) FW North at FW Dwenger (-14.5)

Looks like a good avatar for Muda.

Not sure, but I would take anything Sagarin related with a grain of salt until about week 5 or 6.

Have followed European soccer for years. Teams being promoted from lower leagues get a massive revenue boost and can subsequently go out and buy top league level players. Doesn't work that way in Indiana High School football. The same Gibson Southern team that beat Columbus North this year lost by 42 points the year prior. The success factor in of itself follows a model of promotion and regulation.

It doesn't. A team like Gibson Southern doesn't belong in the 6A tournament just because they can beat a school like Columbus North. That's an indictment on Columbus North, not Gibson Southern or the enrollment-based classification system.

It's not meaningless. Teams who have success in their enrollment based class are bumped up a class for a minimum two year cycle.

Think it would be foolish to write off Chatard just yet. Unless this Chatard team is completely different from any Chatard team I’ve seen the last 20 years, they aren’t going to roll up and die. Warren appeared to have several conditioning issues last week and with another scorcher in the forecast, tired football players lead to undisciplined football players. Chatard has thrived in this kind of situation in years past playing with nothing to lose. Unless Chatard self destructs with turnovers I think it’s a close game. Might be my upset pick of the week.

Didn’t they beat the same B10 QB by 40 last year? You can’t complain about enrollment disparity as a 6A school and get run off the field by a school with 700 kids. Doesn’t work that way.

Saw the Pike-Zionsville game was 14-10 going into the 4th. Thought Zionsville was going to roll.

You answered two of the questions I had: was Webster injured or were they just rotating QB’s. I thought Webster may have been hurt but did see him come back in. And was wondering if that was Chris’ son or perhaps former mayor Greg Ballard’s son.

Did all of Ohio open up tonight? I thought Ohio usually started their season a week after Indiana? Nonetheless impressive win.

Zionsville and HSE were expected although I think Pike gave Zionsville more than they wanted. NC is pretty stunning, thought that program may have turned a corner. Your long concerns about Simmons probably warrant recognition.

Lol. I think it goes without being said. Columbus North has a ton more to worry about than than 6A mega enrollment school that they play once every 15 years in the tournament or voluntarily schedule.

O’Neil looked great. Took him a couple series to get his feet under him but he’s going to be a treat the next 3 years. Offensive line didn’t look very good and that was with Popeye Williams absent from the game. Cathedral was a train wreck in the red zone in the first half. Dumb penalties, dumb play calling, poor execution, definitely left a few points off the board. Defense showed out all night. Was on the field a ton in the 2nd half, especially in the 3rd quarter, but turned Westfield away every time forcing key turnovers. Credit Westfield, they played extremely well. Was down their best defensive player and really controlled the line of scrimmage.

Cathedral 14 Westfield 0 Final

Cathedral up 14-0 late 3rd

Cathedral Westfield tied at 0 at half. Irish have been a train wreck in the red zone.

Lol taken it for even money??? Obviously it's easy for you to say that in hindsight given the outcome. Look, if you took that bet in a similar situation on Saturday's or Sunday's where you're allowed to legally bet in a real life setting you'd be down more money than you could count in a hurry. I subscribe to a forum where handicappers give picks and there was an article 2-3 years ago where one of the handicappers had compiled a list of data over a 10-15 year period in both college and NFL on the winning % of teams who possess the ball under two minutes with a one score lead in which the opposing team had zero timeouts. I forget the actual hard # (I'll have to find the article) but it was staggering. It was something like 675-45. Over 90% of the time the team with the ball and the lead won.

I didn’t see it on there yesterday. Thought I saw LC-HSE and Noblesville and whoever their opponent is. Cathedral streamed a few games on their Facebook page last year, not sure if that will be the case this year.