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If I were Moeller, I would be talking to Kyle Ralph about coming back home to Cincinnati.

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It definitely can’t be isolated to travel. 8A and 7A is mainly Chicagoland teams who will play a lot of playoff games on Saturday afternoons or nights. I just checked their brackets for 6A to 8A. All but 3 games will be played Saturday mid to late afternoon. I’ve long been a proponent of Indiana switching to Saturday for Regionals and Semi-State. Weather and attendance is typically awful in these rounds. Maybe a sunny late afternoon start on a Saturday can attract a larger gate.

I just looked at NP’s roster. Not sure how many actually play, but they have some BIG boys listed as OL/DL. I have heard they have a Sophomore OL who will be a highly rated D1 recruit.

Any chance New Prairie and Plymouth is streaming online? I have a feeling this one will be decided late in the 4th quarter.

Interesting random fact: Crown Point has won Sectionals the past 3 years by avenging a regular season loss in the Sectional Championship. 2 out of the 3 Sectionals were won by beating Merrillville. They now have the chance to avenge an early loss to Merrillville and send the Pirates home 3 out of past 4 years. This is a neighborhood rivalry divided by 101st Avenue that I would expect to be close.

The smaller schools of the now defunct Northeast Hoosier wanted to part ways with Carroll and Homestead. Those schools joined Huntington North to form the Northeast 8. I'm guessing it was either SAC or independent for both Homestead and Carroll.

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Do Mark and Arredondo still do a weekly show on WFYN? That was must see TV for me in the mid ‘90’s. I can still remember watching Purdue and IU basketball games on WYIN. The Saturday games were typically filled with telethons during commercial breaks.

It's definitely a tough call and I don't envy the crew that has to make the decision regarding the potential for PI.

I found a Jeremiah Howard 2019 highlite clip on HUDL. The 32 second mark has the infamous last minute play against Valpo when a block in the back 10-20 yards away from the play nullified a game winning TD for Merrillville. looks like offensive PI to me. http://www.hudl.com/v/2BajvM

I'm over it. Living in Central Indiana the past 14 years has ruined my ability to handle a late Fall/Winter breeze coming off of Lake Michigan. I'm interesting to see how this one shakes out. This is a monumental moment for the upstart Boone Grove football program. They're on the Porter County side of Lakes Of Four Seasons, which is typically prime real estate for Andrean. This is a great opportunity for the Wolves to send a message.

You could have said the same thing when Pete took over at USC. The then Pac-10 was awful. Meyer has the same opportunity for a quick turnaround at USC. At FSU, it's going to take anyone a while to catch up, if possible, to the machine Sweeney has built in Clemson.

I disagree. California is a top 5 recruiting ground and USC is the "it" program, especially to So Cal kids. I would wager Washington and Oregon's recruiting sucesses in Cali wouldn't come to an end, but would suffer if Meyer was leading USC. Plus, like Ohio State, USC can recruit nationally. The Chargers are failing miserably in LA while the Rams have a decent following, but USC will always be LA's football team.

Does he owe you money too? I have a feeling Jeff wins, but by less than a 7 point margin.

WJOB is covering this one, so it’ll be streamed live in ihsaatv.org

That would be idiotic. USC or bust for Meyer. Why compete with the SEC/Clemson/Miami for Elite recruits as well as a well oiled Clemson machine for ACC Titles when you can control the Cali recruiting scene with USC and not have overwhelming Pac-12 threats to overcome. I would bet he could compete with Oregon/Washington/Utah for a Pac-12 Title within year 2 in Troy.

The complete lack of talent across Purdue's older players is a direct result of Hazell's record breaking abysmal recruiting classes at the end of his run. His hire was a complete and utter failure on the part of Morgan Burke, who drove the football program into a massive hole. A good friend of mine once taught at an MIC school and routinely spoke with the Head Ball Coach, who is well respected among GID following. Anyways, when the topic of Hazel recruiting that schools players was brought up, the HC seemed skeptical of Purdue landing his players and referred to Hazell as one weird dude. I thought that was an interesting tid-bit regarding a coach who routinely relied on poaching MAC commits as recruiting "wins."

Ha! The visitor side was quite the unique venue. You'll be hard-pressed to find another stadium where the visitor bleachers are built on top of a creek at the bottom of a hill that contains railroad tracks.

That's my takeaway as well. I honestly can't decide if Nagy isn't as good as I thought or if he feels completely held hostage by a QB he can't trust to make a 10 yard throw. I'm sure the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Chicago sports radio should be interesting today. I'm sure Watson's performance from yesterday will be mentioned at least 5 times.

I watched the Hobart/Morton game Friday night. The 'Govs had great size on the lines and some offensive firepower led by JoJo Johnson who just recently fielded an offer from Cincinnati. Morton just kept hurting themselves and Hobart punished them with TD's. The Bricks do look impressive. As someone who is old enough to have played in the Brickie Bowl while Hobart was still a member of the DAC, I'm still not used to the Bricks playing in a brand new stadium on the outskirts of town. Still two more weeks of play and quality teams in the way, but the last great player Howell had (Osika) coaching against Russ Radtke to get Hobart back into a Semi-State would be quite the story line.

I would think it has to be West Vigo over Indian Creek. That’s a 1-4 West Division team bearing the Conference Champ.

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No hyperbole here, I once played a Frosh game at Wirt and there was dog crap on the field. You're right, Roosevelt's stadium is a large relic of a once great venue. Especially, the track. The Panthers once completely dominated Indiana HS track and 'Velt was the scene for a track Regional.

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