Boilernation

Or gymnastics! Congrats Pioneer. Great W! I would think it’s never happened and 1A vs 5A in the old system couldn’t have had more than a handful.

Drives me absolutely insane! Especially when the cart return is within a 10 second walk. Those people are the same ones who throw their McDonalds trash and lit cigarettes in the parking lot or ding doors. Obnoxious! And my wife criticizes me for being too picky with the spots I take.

I saw on Max Preps this game will be aired Saturday night at 6 on ESPN 2. I believe the game is being played Friday night. Hope this one doesn't get cancelled. Brownburg jumped out to the early lead last year and led 17-16 at the half in Cincinnati. It was all St. X in the 2nd half as the Bombers walked away with a 38-17 win.

Bringing up Chesterton and Pioneer is low hanging fruit at an attempt to prove a point. Don't let one week/season change your mind that a 10 team conference and 9 game round robin schedule sucks. We could be back to normal next year and all cancellations due to Covid are no longer happening. I'm sure the SIAC fans miss seeing the likes of Southridge, Henderson, and various other Owensboro schools in Non-Conference play. I miss the few years the SAC wasn't round robin and schools like Snider and Dwenger tested themselves in OOC play. Back to Chesterton, they originally had Class 5A power Chicago St. Rita scheduled in week 2. I'm not sure who Pioneer had in week 2. Nevertheless, 2A vs. 6A isn't ideal, but kudos to them for at least finding an opponent and not taking the week off. The Duneland originally only wanted Penn and Mishawaka when discussions heated up a few years back. Both wouldn't budge unless Elkhart Central was included. IDK. I want to agree with you, but I'll still be surprised if it happens. This is a good lineup: DAC West: Lake Central, Crown Point, Merrillville, Portage, Chesterton DAC East: Valpo, Michigan City, LaPorte, Penn, Elkhart I agree. I watched what I could of the Mt. Vernon/Noblesville game until my eyes couldn't take any more of that beating and the MV team just didn't look like a Hoosier Heritage team. They were big and athletic. From a size and geographical standpoint, both schools seem to have outgrown their current Conference.

DT went to IU. He relishes any attempt he can get to take a dig at the Old Gold & Black.

Radtke loses in week 1...

Wow, that was quite the finish for the Vikings to overcome a 9 point deficit late in the 4th quarter. From what I could tell the backup QB played the entire 2nd half. Not sure if Grimes got hurt in the 1st half. Per the NWI Times, Valpo was without 2 starting OL due to Covid precautions. Western Michigan bound John Hofer was one of them. Going to be an interesting year for all teams as more and more backups will be put in starting roles.

Pawlus.

Ha! Pleasantly surprised when I saw the final score. I stopped watching after that last post to meet some family. I’ll have to go back and watch the rest of the 4th to see how they pulled it out.

16-7 Penn. Early 4th. This one is likely over. Good rebound for Penn. Abysmal offensive showing by Valpo.

9-7 late in the 3rd. Valpo can’t get anything out of either QB.

Valpo needs to get it together on Offense or Penn us going to walk away with a W. Valpo had 2nd and goal from the 2 and took a 17 yard loss on a bad snap followed by an INT on the next play. 9-7 Penn at the half.

Yikes. 42-7 Mt Vernon early 3rd quarter. Noblesville sticking with the Power T formation and not even trying to spread the field. -2 yards and a cloud of turf isn’t cutting it

And the punt return for a TD should have a small return. Awful attempts to tackle by Noblesville. Not sure what Noblesville can change. That’s Sharpes style. Won’t work if the O-Line can’t open holes.

The Sharpe era is not off to a good start in Noblesville. The Mt. Vernon D-Line is living in the Noblesville backfield so far. 21-7 Mount Vernon

Valpo vs. Center Grove Week 2 needs to happen!

Speaking of Arcadia, great little coffee shop there called The Remnant. It has the hip rural appeal that gets mimicked in places like Broad Ripple and Fountain Square. Rural Indiana has some gems. I agree with Nowlin; Delaney wouldn't have cancelled the season. It's going to be interesting to see how this plays out as it's now unclear whether a formal vote of Big Ten Presidents was actually taken.

Excellent work! I did not know about these newly scheduled games. One oddity did pop out to me. Why does Monroe Central have cancelled games for the 21st and 28th when they turned around and rescheduled both dates? Good to see Andrean and Lake Central fill their cancellations. LC’s backyard (Dyer, St. John, Schererville) have always been pillaged by Andrean.

Per Indy Star. A task force will be convened to pick a new nickname and mascot.

Boone Grove just announced they are suspending all athletic workouts until further notice due to the rise in Porter County Covid cases.

Unreal. Really looking forward to watching them play this year. Fingers crossed we can actually watch them play this year. I have no logical reasoning for making this statement as it's truly a gut feeling, but I have a feeling they're going to come out firing and open a can of whoop*** on Warren in Week 1.

Agreed. They may show some weaknesses and even lose one or both to Decatur Central and Brebeuf. But, they'll get an idea in weeks 1 and 2 which players and schemes work, iron out kinks in HHC play, and Ralph will have them ready for a playoff run by week 10.

Speaking of Stanford, I noticed while looking at IU's roster that they picked up Jovan Swann as a grad transfer. That's a huge (no pun intended) get for IU. Agreed. There's a lot of size.

I agree with your take on Brownsburg and Avon in the 5A Thread. These two walk with a big stick, but still can't get over the MIC hump in the playoffs. Well, more so Avon. Brownsburg can't get around themselves when they do finally beat Avon in the playoffs. Brownsburg once again opens with Ben Davis and St. X. Avon has LN and Ben Davis. Solid opening tests for both programs.

Wenkers Wright from Floyd Central has a phenomenal name. One thing that sticks out to me, per this list, the 27th ranked player in the state is going to a Big 12 program with a respectable coach. We could argue the validity of these rankings all day; however, 10-15 years ago, could we see any listing of Indiana recruits where a player ranked that low was going to a Power Conference? IMO, this list speaks volumes to the improvement this state has made in developing HS football talent.