CaptainHook

1 minute ago, Bobref said:

That would be terrific. Although I don’t suppose you can hear a whistle in the video.

Actually you can.  

1 minute ago, Bobref said:

Love to hear some specifics on this one.

there is video of it on twitter

I will see if I can find it.

1 hour ago, cg_holmeaid said:

Not so much how good a coach he is. CG handled them pretty easily, turnovers and poor officiating cost them.

CG lost 4 fumbles.  Muffed a punt that they recovered.  And had another fumble blown dead that probably should not have been.  Warren's defense was pretty darn good at forcing those turnovers.  Was very impressed by #27 defensively.

9 hours ago, btownqbcoach said:

You've heard wrong. 

4 hours ago, btownqbcoach said:

It already stops at scores. It's a good rule. 

I don't think this is correct.  From what I've heard, getting it back under 35 doesn't matter.  

On 8/19/2019 at 12:07 PM, dmizers3 said:

I'll take CG 21-14

well, you nailed the score! just not the winner . . . 

agreed, don't care for it.  I think the move to 6 quarters should have been done first.

11 hours ago, bittergymteacher said:

Yorktown just started a new Youth Football program that has 200 kids in it's first year.  Some kids played at a nearby league last year but many came from soccer and had never played prior to this year.  Football is not dying.  Football as we once knew it is no longer around but the sport itself is still going strong.

that's awesome!

12 hours ago, DumfriesYMCA said:

I think the number of students participating is contingent on the coaching staff and community support. 

This.  1000x this.

To clarify, just read a story in the local paper about GF, their 50 players include 16 freshmen. They have 7 seniors.

Gonna take some time at Greenfield Central. Both QBs and top WR transferred from the program in the last 9 months.

Looks like their varsity has less than 50 players. But the new coach is going about it the right way. Both 7th and 8th grade teams were in the wishbone.

New Palestine has 80 in 9-12.

5 minutes ago, Rodney said:

There are only 5 notable teams in 5a this year.

1. Bishop dwenger

2. Valpo

3. Castle

4. Bloomington south

5. Michigan city

 

Heard from an inside source new pal will not be very good.

Just making sure this is quoted and saved Rodney.

18 minutes ago, blueandgold2389 said:

Cathedral all around looked fine, couple things to work on before playoffs obviously. All around better than last year. Wide Receiver core looked good too. how about New Pal

 

Solid.  Also some things to work on.

From NP twitter:

Charlie Spegal 6-95 Luke Canfield 4-66, 2 TD Eric Roudebush 30yd TD Lincoln Roth 2-3 passing, 43 yds, 2 TD (33 to Austin ,10 to R.Large) Darin Johnson 31 TD run Defense pitches a shutout.

Defense had two picks and recoverd a fumble.  Scecina looks to be down a bit though.

🍿 🍿 🍿 

Can I ask how Cathedral looked? Or will that start a fist fight?

I know it’s only 7v7, but Cathedral looked good in the tourney at Colts complex. Lost in semifinals in OT vs eventual champs Brownsburg.

Scecina @ New Palestine

21 minutes ago, OldschoolFB said:

On a separate note to  Mr Hook,  For the record, I think your son is every bit as valuable as Spiegel is  to New Pal.  He is fun to watch play. 

Thank you.  I appreciate that.  I definitely did not mean to imply anybody was chirping.  Dwenger is confident they will compete in 5A.  Good for them.  That's what this season is all about.  I knew last year after week 2 that NP was very, very good.  Definitely lost some great seniors and leadership.  That team was also blessed with very few injuries.  Not sure if this team is in their class yet.  The QB last year was one of the toughest runners I've ever seen.  Well maybe since his brother.  That will be missed.

1 minute ago, Boilernation said:

IMO, Valpo’s move to 5A makes them an immediate contender to rep the the North. They are going to have some very large and disruptive lines on both sides of the ball.

agreed, Valpo's move to 5A has me worried

FWIW, Maxen said Dwenger was calling their shot at the statehouse.  "We'll see you next year!"

Cathedral returns a QB, OL, LB, and S that are all getting college looks.  I read in the paper they may be very young on the OL, with possibly 3 sophomores starting.  They also lost RB1, WR1, and TE1 to graduation.

NP does return 7 offensive starters and 8 defensive starters as well as punter and kicker.

Not sure "coast" is the word I'd use.  New Pal returns quite a few players, but also lost a lot of quality seniors that played major roles.  QB, WR, center, guard, and 3 ILB all graduated.  The center also played D-line and has moved on to play at UIndy.  The WR also played CB and is gonna play baseball at Indiana Wesleyan.  And one of the LB is gonna play at Taylor.  Lost some studs.  Need some kids to step up into those spots.

42 minutes ago, Temptation said:

True but I just don’t see a path to the top half of the conference for LN...though they do get BD and WC in back to back weeks AT HOME this fall.  I smell an upset in one of them...

 

Side note related to the Wildcats, whose bright idea was it to move the LC game to Lucas Oil?  It’s a great rivalry game and you’re gonna require both fan bases from schools five minutes apart to drive 20 minutes downtown to play in front of 67,000 empty seats whereas LN has some great facility upgrades?!

Seems ridiculous to this guy...

as an LC alum, I think it's a great idea.  I guess attendance numbers will determine if it was or was not.

7 minutes ago, Irishman said:

5A was planned that way. 1A through 4A are maxed out at 64 teams each. So the bumping is necessary. 6A is set at 32, and will not change. 5A started at 32 as well, but the intent was to have additional teams added once the smaller classes were set. 

Yep, looks like 3A has 64 teams, so a bump should be coming.  However, with the IHSAA, anything is possible!

FYI, when this happened in 5A, nobody got bumped to 4A.