Boilernation

Nah. I could give two shakes less if you want to waste your day/night arguing hypothetical matchups. Just find it annoying when you want to bash an entire area of HIGH SCHOOL football teams because you don't like that the AP and Coaches Poll voters rate Crown Point and Merrillville high.

I would agree. The product on the fields does very much look improved in comparison to last year.

Belittling the accomplishments of HS football players on a board meant to promote Indiana HS football because AP/Coaches poll voters give them lofty rankings is childish.

Lowell hasn't? Andrean hasn't? And typically when a Region school has made it to Indy to bore you they've beaten a Fort Wayne school at some point along the way. So what if 5A was weak. It's still a W. Against a respectable team from a solid Central Indiana Conference. And the Vikings beat Snider in Fort Wayne to get there. But, nice back handed compliment. Are you actually a fan of Indiana HS football or just the upper echelon Central Indiana teams?

Which is wild to me that this is generally the talking point despite The Region's recent/historical sucess against Fort Wayne from The DAC and Northwest Crossroads (Lowell + Andrean). I gave up on "The Region vs. Indy" arguments once I moved to Indy around 2002 and witnessed the difference first hand and it became obvious the once rural Indy suburban schools were booming in enrollments. But, I often wonder why people often give Fort Wayne a pass when knocking The Region as if Fort Wayne carries the same dominance. The head to head records between the 2 metro areas have been very competitive.

I'm a big fan of mascots that pay homage to the local industry. Whiting is home to the 8th largest oil refinery in the US and we all know about the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Lets get the Whiting Oilers vs. the Speedway Sparkplugs on the books.

Nobody in the Region can compete with Crown Point’s lines (OL/DL) or coaching staff. Those advantages are negated against Westfield, Carmel, etc. They don’t have much speed at RB. They don’t have any WR’s that can dominate a secondary like Carmel or Westfield. They lost a 4 year starter at WB to the MAC and his replacement isn’t better.

I think you're grossly underestimating Westfield while over estimating Crown Point. Westfield has far more talent than Crown Point. Outside of Gibbs Crown Point has taken a major step back in skill talent in comparison to the past 2 years.

2 brutal redzone turnovers for Pavia after running his mouth about Albama. Meanwhile, Ty Simpson continues to look like a 1st round prospect.

Agreed on Franklin. I could understand them wanting to move on in hopes of leveling up; however, getting rid of Franklin can also just as well take them back to 8-4 purgatory.

I'm hoping we get a Merrillville vs. Lafayette Jeff Semi-State. The O/U on that one should be set at 80. The more I watch Hill from Merrillville the more I'm impressed by him. I won't be surprised if he gets some Power conference offers heading into his Sr. year. Kid has an arm and is a threat running the ball. Merrillville has a stable of speedy WR's.

McKim seems to have resurrecting RDP in just 1 season. Good to see! I was thinking Hanover Central had taken over that area and couldn't have been more wrong.

Illinois is very hard to schedule with them starting a week later. The elite conferences in the Chicago area typically only have 2 openings for OOC play.

Seems like he would have been better off to stay at Penn and the hype surrounding Elkhart's portal prowess was premature once again.

Is Bardo playing yet for Elkhart? A lot of good story lines in this one. Elkhart continues to garner attention in the offseason for the portal achievements and are often talked about as a program on the verge of leveling up. Good chance for Penn to remind Elkhart who owns Michiana.