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On ‎10‎/‎4‎/‎2019 at 9:39 AM, halfbackpass said:

Psh, I wish the problem in Elwood was limited to 1 sport. Outside of softball and the occasional standout wrestler, Elwood's athletic programs are hot, steamy garbage. I don't even know where to begin to place the blame but I've got a theory brewing about the windmills they installed on the outskirts of town siphoning the athletic abilities of our youths. I mean what's reeeeally going on with those creepy turbines and their beeping red lights? I'll trade 10 windmills and my tinfoil hat in exchange for a couple more Mireles brothers. 

Hahahaha!!!!  Just imagine what the solar panel farm is going to do to Elwood and Frankton athletic programs, there won't be anymore athletic kids left in that part of the county.  The reflection from the solar rays makes throwing arms become wet noodles, I read it in a book somewhere.  Your assessment of Elwood sports is correct though, luckily Frankton's basketball teams have been stellar enough for the last decade that I don't lose sleep over the ineptitude of the football program.

I think the other sports are fine as far as competitiveness, it's just football where there's typically 2-3 quality teams per year and the rest are dumpster fires.  The biggest problem I believe for the football programs that have been bottom feeders lately (Frankton, Smellwood, MG) is that when the football team sucks for several years consecutively, it makes the quality athletic kids not want to play on the gridiron.  I mean honestly it's a very tough sell to teenagers these days, "come play football for us kid, we'll get beat by at least 50 points per game, but you'll have fun".....................  not so much.  Or the athletic kid can just wait until basketball or baseball season where they'll actually win more games and have fun.

Alex @ Eastbrook

Blackford @ Elwood

Frankton @ Ole Miss

MG @ OH

In order to get the Alex faithful riled up some, I don't see the Tigers keeping it within 4 TDs at the Panthers.  Just because it's a big game doesn't mean it'll be a close one, I hope I'm wrong though.  The MG at OH game will be intense, I picked simply based on the home field advantage, Golden Eagles 20-13.  The other 2 games, ehhh who cares, 2 running clocks for 3 quarters.

Alex @ Eastbrook *Game of the week 2 points*

Blackford @ Elwood

Frankton @ Mississinewa

MG @ OH

I believe OH vs. MG will be a better/closer game, but I had to go with the 2 teams tied for 1st place as the game of the week.

Blackford @ MG

Eastbrook @ Frankton

Elwood @ Alex

Miss @ OH   *Game of the week* I guess

Totals through 5 weeks  Feel free to check my math and your own points amount, trying to do this on the clock at work is rough while hiding from supervisor.

franktonite= 23

panther10= 20 (4 weeks)

djbowzz= 24

captainobvious= 25

LCBEARS04= 26

Fballfan15= 27

GiantBearEagle80= 22

gonzoron= 23

GV5= 29

Indiansreloaded= 15 (4weeks)

OldBruin= 26

ED78= 22

CICFan10= 21

ScottishWarrior= 26

EBPanthers12thMan= 24

Blackford @ MG

Eastbrook @ Frankton

Elwood @ Alex

Ole Miss @ OH

Not a single close game this week, gonna be tough to decide on *game of the week* that's for sure.  Although, if I were Eastbrook I'd be very worried about facing my Eagles coming off of their first win!  I think Frankton keeps it a close game................................ for the first 3 minutes.  : )

The CIC is increasing game tickets to $6 starting with the upcoming winter sports seasons.  Where does that extra dollar go?  Do other conferences do this too?

I concur with everyone's picks.  1240 WHBU online will broadcast Frankton at Elwood Friday night if you'd like to tune into the stink fest.

Alex @ Blackford *Game of the week*        As much as I wanted it to be Frankton and Elwood, the Bruins and Tigers are actually playing for a share of 1st place in this game

Frankton @ Elwood

MG @ Mississinewa

Oak Hill @ Eastbrook

Congratulations Eastbrook!  I was incorrect on my Ole Miss predictions of winning game and my early pick of the river rats winning the CIC.  I will venture to say that if the game was in Gas City, the score would've been the same but with the Indians coming out on top instead.

Now on to the BIGGEST CIC game of the year...........................  Frankton @ Elwood.  The 2019 (Works Bathroom Cleaning Supplies) Toilet Bowl.  There'll be dozens of people at the game and the winner will have bragging rights of NOT finishing dead last in the conference.  HUUUUUUGGGGGEEEEEE!

Yikes!!!  Frankton down 29-0 in 1st QTR, mercy rule begin now..............

Shenandoah 8 Lapel 7 1 minute left in QTR 1

Will there be any Jason Voorhees sightings at the games Friday night?  There should be some white hockey masks lurking somewhere dang it...............................

OH by 4 TDs over the Panthers

Blackford over my Eagles, the teams run the same O but the Bruins defense actually has a pulse 35-6

Alex will win at home by 3 TDs over the Argylls

Ole Miss will beat Eastbrook by 2 TDs, but this should be a great game!  I wish I could attend and hear the cow bells.

The battle between MG, Frankton and Elwood for the honor of actually winning a game this season is going to be epic down the stretch.  My early bets are on MG to beat both teams and Frankton to beat Elwood 21-20.  After watching my Eagles for 2 quarters last week I'm hoping that they delete the Wing T from the playbook next season.  Although it's successful at chewing up the clock and occasionally scoring a TD, once a Wing T team falls behind a score or 2 the game is typically over at that point (especially for my Eagles).  However, if a team could run Wing T one play and then go spread the next I think that'd be a great formula for an offense.  It seems my Eagles are lacking the 2 Ts right now anyway, Talent and Toughness.

Elwood @ OH

Frankton @ Blackford

MG @ Alex

Ole Miss @ Eastbrook  *Game of the Week*

I'll do some math (not meth) and put up standings for this group of pickers this weekend perhaps.

Alex @ Frankton *Game of the week*

Blackford @ OH

Elwood @ Mississinewa

MG @ Eastbrook

The CIC had 4 wins and 12 losses collectively through the first 2 weeks, I know the non-conference schedules have been made tougher, but that's pretty abysmal.  I can promise 4 CIC wins per week from here on out though. : )

I might actually attend homecoming at Frankton Friday night and have a cold one at Bernie's after Alexandria wins the game by a TD.

Blackford wins at the only Swayzee in the world and Converse(s) all the way home on the bus about illegally recruiting basketball players to Hartford City

Mississinewa wins by 1,000 points but the Panthers get to eat at Friendly's on Saturday morning and that helps them get over the horrible beat down

MG suffers another defeat and it's not even close, the Panthers are frustrated and hungry and take out their frustrations on the Argylls.

Awesome that you posted this, I didn't catch much of the national narrative yesterday but I happened to see PTI and hear these 2 dumbasses.  When the fans were booing I honestly believe they were just booing the situation not Luck himself.  How were they supposed to react to the heart-breaking/shocking news that their QB in his prime was retiring?  Unfortunately in a giant stadium there's no way to say "We love you Andrew Luck but we wish you weren't retiring 2 weeks before our most promising season in a decade".  Instead all you can do is say boo.

I think this year's Colts are still pretty damn good and I think they'll be a playoff team with Brissett. 

Alex @ Wabash

Eastbrook @ Delta *Game of the week worth 2 points

Eastern @ MG

Frankton @ Lapel (mercy rule will be utilized)

New Haven @ Ole Miss

Southern Wells @ Blackford

Southwood @ OH *Game of the week worth 2 points

Tipton @ Elwood

It was a horrible start for the CIC on the opening Friday night with only Alex and Mississinewa coming away with wins in apparently nail-biting fashion.

I think some questions were answered though and here are some predictions/thoughts moving forward:

Elwood and Frankton will battle each other later this season in the American Standard Toilet Bowl to see who will finish the season with 1 W.  Frankton's OL/DL was whipped by 175 lbs Tri-Central kids, that might spell disaster for my Eagles.

MG is much improved, they went and played at Tipton and hung in there with Blue Devils.  I just hope losing the Lugar kid doesn't set them back a few Ws?

Mississinewa is the clearer choice to win the CIC outright, Eastbrook is a great 2A team but I think the gap between #1 and #2 is wider than we previously thought.

Is Wes-Del actually good?  I expected Alexandria to win by at least 4 touchdowns at home, especially with all of the hype behind their offensive firepower.  18-16 over Wes-Del?

I know Monroe Central is a good 1A team but I expected Blackford to take care of business on the road, the Bruins are supposed to be the CIC's most improved team.

Perhaps Greentown is going to be pretty good this year, pretty shocked that OH could only muster one TD at the Comets.

Let's hope the CIC fares better in week 2:

Alex @ Wabash

Eastbrook @ Delta

Eastern @ MG

Frankton @ Lapel

New Haven @ Mississinewa

Southern Wells @ Blackford

Southwood @ OH

Tipton @ Elwood

I see 4 Losses here.

If it uploads properly, pages 13-22 gives season outlooks for MG, Tipton, Tri-Central, Alex, Elwood, Frankton

The_Elwood_Call-Leader_-_2019-08-21_HS_football_preview.pdf

2 hours ago, halfbackpass said:

Also, 

Blackford @ Monroe Central - Bruins are back af, baby!

Eastbrook @ Marion - James Blackmon and Zach Randolph dunk all over the visiting Panthers

Lapel @ Elwood - Burgeoning community adjacent to I69 > town where my 30 year old peers still loiter in the Dairy Queen parking lot

Madison-Grant @ Tipton - I've seen at least one person predict MG to beat Tipton at Tipton. I'm just gonna tell you, if that happens (it won't), I will personally drive the tractor hauling all 13 of the Argyll's fans Westbound down hwy 28 to paint that dumb rock black and gold. 

 Ole Miss @ Pendleton - Completely guessing here. Is the Pancol kid still at Pendleton? Do CIC teams still play pass defense like an elderly woman wearing a VR headset?  If so, RIP Indians. 

Oak Hill @ Eastern - Idk jack about either squad.  Eastern is always bouncing between legitimacy and incompetence. Are this years Comets "Superbad" Jonah Hill or are they "21 Jump Street" Jonah Hill? Either way, Bud and the boys are left eating lunch by themselves like Steven Glansberg after this one. 

Tri-Central @ Frankton - I would just like to exclaim how proud I am of the Eagles for finally ditching a lowly athletic program with a small enrollment like APA in Week 1 in exchange for ... *checks notes*...Tri-Central? Since 2012 the Eagles have outscored their Week 1 opponent 336-40. NICE

 Wes-Del @ Alexandria - Another game I know nothing about. Alex has a solid Pizza King and the only thing I remember about Gaston is that they sold us overpriced kegs of beer when I was at Ball State. Advantage: Tigers

 

Pancol is at Duke and should see the field as a freshman WR from what I've heard. 

So many of these games are toss-ups, especially on opening night when we know nothing about the teams.  Aside from Elwood and MG (losing), any of these teams could win or lose Friday night.

I'll add 2 games of the week for next week to make up for the lack of one this week.

Blackford @ Monroe Central

Eastbrook @ Marion

Lapel @ Elwood

MG @ Tipton

Ole Miss @ Pendleton

OH @ Eastern

Tri-Central @ Frankton

Wes-Del @ Alex   

On ‎8‎/‎14‎/‎2019 at 9:31 PM, captainobvious said:

Everyone thinks that there is something wrong with the CIC and it needs all of this restructuring around football season.  I guess the fact that Alexandria just won a state title in baseball or the success of the other sports, along with all of the girls sports means nothing.  The CIC is very competitive as a conference across the board!!  Not to mention that my Tigers might just surprise some people on the gridiron this year.  In the future, I could see MG closing and splitting students between Alexandria, Elwood, Ole Miss, and Oak Hill.  Crazy that Madison Grant is the biggest school district in the state (area wise) and it only has 1A numbers.  It’s possible!

I agree the CIC is very competitive across the board.  Last year Eastbrook was 2A state runner-up in football, Frankton was final four in 2A basketball, and Alex won the 2A baseball state championship, that's a great year for any conference.  However, there aren't many conferences in the state that have their school sizes range from 1A - 4A.  Typically the biggest or the smallest will eventually leave, which would mean a little addition and subtraction is probably coming to the CIC.