hhpatriot04

Let's move on to the semi-state and other threads...

Evansville North is a very socioeconmically mixed school ... very urban, low-income families mixed with CG-like Evansville sprawl on the northside. You can guess which side of the tracks the girls' golf team comes from.

Many similarities between Southridge 2020 and HH 2019. Expecting a very close and physical game against Danville.

Isn't football a mixed gender sport like wrestling?

Good luck Raiders.

Reminder to not post any players who might be out due to injury or illness without a media or school source.

It's not even the number of schools which give programs an advantage though. The quality of most Catholic feeder programs is the real difference maker. Some public schools can replicate it, but it's no easy task. Castle had it under Lidy down to such a science even HH players went there, including Jay Cutler. South Spencer and Jasper's baseball programs are set up to maximize the number of players in the system.

He obviously didn't attend Columbus East at Reitz in 2007. 61-60. UNDOUBTEDLY the game of the century for Indiana high school football.

How far does Memorial need to advance over the next two years to stay in 4A?

Westfield used to be 3A/4A. They've become Carmel North over the past 15 years. Most definitely would prefer Chatard over playing at Carmel. Evansville Memorial over Castle. Best of both worlds...

Umm statistically any given year a sectional has a 25 percent chance of being represented at state.

Goebel by 12.

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I'd wager you can't find a HC in Indiana that would agree with you, especially given the extra reassurance that Southwood doesn't have COVID-19. Every coach I've heard has said they want to play if it can be done safely.

Even a broken clock is right twice per day. Computer rankings which report margin of error or confidence should be trusted more. But a rankings system that only looks at games played and two teams have no connected opponents, I don't see how a rating can be given without caveats...

Probably if they are following the model of the UFC and testing everyone and testing everyone frequently. For the WS, the players, coaches, umpires, support staff, etc. probably aren't allowed out of their hotel unless it's to get on a bus.

After Week 9 1. Central (9-0) 2. Southridge (9-0) 3. Jasper (7-2) 4. Gibson Southern (6-3) 5. Memorial (6-3) 6. Castle (5-3) 7. Mater Dei (5-4) 8. North (5-4) 9. Tell City (6-2) 10. Boonville (4-3) HM: Linton-Stockton (6-3), Vincennes Lincoln (3-6)

Oh, I had that 4A team ranked No. 1 in SW Indiana last year all season, just as I've had Central, despite early calls for North to be there. Also predicted Memorial and Mater Dei would end the season much higher than they began. Regardless, it's still probably Central or Jasper's sectional to lose. Jasper won't win another 4A sectional title until they are pushed out of the current geography or they have a losing record in baseball under Terry Goebert. Forever cursed for dismantling the Big 8 Well rooting against Jasper has never been hard, so hopefully this won't bite me in the rear in a few weeks.

I assume the IHSAA and Lucas Oil have been in touch with relevant Marion County and state health authorities to see what real effect emptying and "cleaning" the stadium between games would actually do to thwart the spread of the virus. It's not b exactly like every surface will get sterilized which makes social distancing the bigger concern... I'd be quite surprised if they can fit six games in two days with a policy of emptying and cleaning between games.

No computer rankings can be accurate with closed conferences. If seeding is ever supported by the coaches, teams must play at least 2 or 3 non-conference games. This leads into other possibilities like splitting conferences and making week 9 or 10 with a 10-week season (not game) a conference championship week where MIC North #1 plays MIC South #1...etc. But again, it's the coaches and ADs and principals who would have to push for it, not the IHSAA.

What happened to the kicker from Columbus, or was it Brownsburg? Didn't he go to Florida and projected to play in the NFL?

I stand by my statement. Lol. In all seriousness, that spreadsheet could be a nice table with school logos using tables in a text editor like Word (can be exported as a PDF and turned into an image file).

Basketball makes it work. Are all the regional and semistate hosts at schools which would feed into those rounds? For instance, Washington hosts a 3A basketball regional, but it's the same regional they would play in if they win sectional.

Teams outside of the Top 32 have never won a state championship and Sagarin correctly predicts around 78% of winners consistently

Just eliminate the scrimmage and add in a bye week (5A & 6A aren't allowed to use it Week 9 to eliminate the possibility of back-to-back bye weeks, or make it so teams can choose whether to play 9 or 10 games... As we found out this year, it's not the end of the world if all the teams in the tournament haven't played nine games. I'm not sold on the 10th game or whatnot. TW once ran the numbers and a team outside of Sagarin's Top 32 after Week 9 has NEVER won a state championship -- including the Northwood, Mater Dei, FW Luers teams which had 2 or 3 wins heading into the tournament. Things are more complicated now by the evilness and seeming spread of closed conferences (which would definitely complicate any kind of seeding or playoffs vs. an all-in tournament).