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Mater Dei

You work with what you have. If you have D1 sophomore QB, throw the ball. If you have to play Butcher ball in football and then try to break out a few plays in the sectional, then you do it. No one ever had problems with Jasper in the 1990s passing more with Mauck, HH with Cutler, Mater Dei with the Schiffs. Gibson dominated Chatard on the game in 2013 or whenever, but couldn't hold onto the ball. It's 3A. Fit the scheme to the players, especially with a small roster.

Heritage Hills Mount Vernon Perry Central Gibson Southern Southridge Tecumseh Don't want to show anything on film yet. KISS.

TGD was there live posting updates on the forum pre-Twitter. I roamed the Reitz and CE sidelines. Lots of good folks in orange. I missed out on my pizza though.

I think we know that Mater Dei is not going to regress. They may get banged up being the smallest team in the SIAC, but they always seeem to be resilient. They've had a few thin years, but so long as they don't beat themselves, they should at least be able to match anyone with gameplanning on any given week. Reitz is the real wildcard (and HC for that matter). I haven't seen the HC game, but let's see how they do and if Reitz can build on any strengths. Not sure if Central is back to being the Central of old or if they were really hampered by the roster. Figure it out. Don't run between the tackles and get the ball to the outside. At least be sound in special teams and the Bears could surprise ... they could also sink.

More than you know. It all starts with the snap. Is the umpire in Indiana now in the offensive backfield like in the NFL or still behind the linebackers... Is it a personal perference, or 6/7 man crews dictate it or even offensive styles? The poor umpire during the Lafayette game this week probably is at the chiropracter from placing the ball and the white hat is getting a shoulder replacement from winding the clock..

Everyone forgets the stats guys @crimsonace1 @Bcaster

Why is Castle "down?" They have the feeder system, stability, it should be time for some generational success to return from the Lidy days. Are kids going out too often for other sports?

South Spencer Rebels with Confederate Gray, Blue, Red, and White. Yes, I believe a few Confederate battles or skirmishes occurred in Spencer (then Warrick I believe) County. Vincennes Alices is also a good one.

As I said, Reitz loses, Memorial opened with an always tough opener at a program like Jasper. Tigers ranked 4 to 7 after Week 1. Central lost. Roncalli lost. Memorial has been reloading for the past ten years under Hurley. Add in a Castle, Bosse, Harrison or other transfer at a needed spot and they'll play an above average 4A schedule and be perfectly comfortable in their sectional.

My preseason SIAC rankings were Memorial Central Reitz Castle Mater Dei North Bosse Harrison

Well I'd say go meet at Windell's, but you might have to settle for a strombolli now at Jenks... Darrell and his sons are terrific. Do you have his book about the history of Dale? Lots of photos showing for example how the square has transformed over time, like the old pharmacies and bank buildings at the intersection of old 231 and 62 (the Mariah Hill to Lynnville road).

Brandon was a great athlete and person. I believe he went on to become a doctor or lawyer at University of Louisville. I want to say the three INT game was against Wood Memorial or Tecumseh. I believe the power outage was against Pike and the ADs and officials called that game. That was when Pike had a coach who refused running clocks and passed when down seven TDs.

Is the Dale Library also getting them or taking donations? I think Daryl Lovell would be very interested. I would love to be able to know his collection, the Finecies, Haaff and Hargis will have their personal archives stored at a school or library.

Just a personal note and relaying the thoughts of other admins, moderators, staff, boosters, and contributors... Thank you very much for making Week 1 of the 2019 football season a success on the forum for supporters of the Indiana HS football community. The server crash was unfortunate. Lessons were learned. Thankfully @DK_Barons @77Jimmie were able to provide us with a platform to discuss and connect on a message board. Mayor @Coach Nowlin and @Irishman and others greatly have stepped up and taken some of the weight off of other staff. @crimsonace1 keeps us in-line and is a voice of reason @WCGrad92and @sr1 are others with multiple jobs teaching and involved at schools but still make contributions to TGD. @DaveMosbey and @Miner_Pride's consistency is unmatched on TGD and is only rivaled by John Harrell and @Rudy, and a few others across the state. Even @Muda69 and @DT thank you for the banter. @Mrs Gridirondigestshared a message with the administrators saying how happy that Coach Adams' legacy and love for INHSFB lives on. @dawgieinthepound turned corporate, doubt he can find his way back to Casketville. I'm still working and living in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (8 time zones ahead of most of you). In June, my father visited for 10 days and I married my fiancee ... You can send me a personal FB invitation https://www.facebook.com/Chrstopher.Johannes or follow my professional work as a journalist in the Middle East for three years now at https://www.facebook.com/cmjohannes812 I plan to allocate more time to TGD: getting the Predictor Tool back up, rebuilding our http://Twitter.com/gridirondigest to more than 10,000 followers by the end of the season, and contributing more on threads. Again thank you all and anyone we left out like top contributers this week @gonzoron @Impartial_Observer and @Impartial_Observer. Any @Bobref sitings or have @SoIndRef and IO taken that load? PS: We need more northern representation on the board. If you are interested in becoming a referee, send The Sheriff, Nowlin, me and any other staff your interest...

Is TW paying you to post?

State Champions in a class that was probably better than 4A last year... It's not hard. Why am I advocating for a private school like Memorial? Too much sand and dust in the brain here in Iraq. A cat will win regardless at Jerry Brewer Alumni Crusades Artificial Turf Field. Or is it stadium. It's Jasper and Memorial. Three overtimes, rain and lightning delays, a reurn on Saturday would make this Patriot fan happy.

The merge threads button is looking quite enticiing...

No challengers? I'm the automatic winner of this final iteration of the the PAC Pick'Em challenge? Stop being pansies and take three minutes to post your winners.

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Wow. No love for Evansville Memorial despite beating Evansville Central which has a depleted interior this year. Central has studs, no doubt. Memorial going from 3A to 4A isn't a huge change given their SoS and conference.

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His post almost wanted me to change my pick (no pun). Then, I remembered how hard it is to stop the Wing-T consistently when you don't have much tape or tendency. I think the Raiders win with fewer than two turnovers plus TDs given up in special teams. Should be a great Week 1 learning experience for both squads. No losers or playoff implications in Indiana!

Having been a former employee on the Sports Desk at the H-T briefly from 2015-2016, I have a soft spot for what that staff has tried to maintain for high school sports... especially Harrell, Beane, Gordillo, and others.

Jasper has gone through iterations under Brewer and then especially Ahrens where their base was I Formation, Double TE, Flanker R/L; a true Power I; a FB/HB/TB (basically a triangle); and also more recently under Ahrens a true Wishbone and inverted Wishbone (two FBs...). They were never able to develop effective passing out of the Wishbone. Later Ahrens went to some spread sets and I believe even some Pistol/motion stuff. One thing you can always count on is Jasper having a 6-3, 230 pound RB/FB type probably with the name Schmidt or Schuetter or Messinger or Lewis, who can get you three yards on most well-blocked plays. Let's see how the Wishbone develops in the 21st century against newer defenses liked the 4-2-5, 3-3-5, 3-5-3, and other alignments. Using the middle of the field is often forgotton in this new-fangled world of tip-toeing WRs and presnap reads/sideline audibles.