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20 hours ago, ts32 said:

Nope, the tee-ball fence is still there 😂 Not only that, the field slopes downhill to left field so it's even easier to clear the fence. Only way they could move it back would be to plow up the road that runs behind the outfield fence

What did the Herald-Times preview say about his year's squad?

No one has created a thread for the PAC in the Pick'Em Club. Link: 

Here are my Week 1 winners, if anyone decides to create a thread in that forum (or run it here until then ... I have enough on my plate).

Memorial (system, experience, talent)
North (begrudgingly)
Heritage Hills (I'm a homer)
Vincennes (keeping it simple)
Boonville (I like the coach)

No one has created a thread for the PAC in the Pick'Em Club. Link: 

Here are my Week 1 winners, if anyone decides to create a thread in that forum (or run it here until then ... I have enough on my plate):

Bloomington South (toss-up, I'll take the home team)
Central (swing and bubble passes, nothing between the tackles or more than a three-step drop)
New Albany (says Sagarin)
Memorial (all Tigers)
North (even though it's a road game, the Gibson Southern insiders tell me Princeton was overhyped in local media)
Reitz (don't disappoint me)
Vincennes (interesting, mistake-prone Bosse fights hard but takes the loss)

No one has created a thread for the PAC in the Pick'Em Club. Link: 

Here are my Week 1 winners, if anyone decides to create a thread in that forum (or run it here until then ... I have enough on my plate):

Gibson Southern (as much as they want)
Heritage Hills (HH wins, I don't see them scoring more than five TDs)
Tell City (toss up)
Brown County (toss up)
North Posey (South Spencer probably wants revenge, but do they have the horses to win in Poseyville?)
Southridge (hold on to the football, please)

Sent.

What schools and media outlets are posting podcasts online?

Please post the primary school(s)/conference, when it is broadcast live/archived, a hyperlink, and how often it is broadcast. I think more and more programs are getting their messages out there, lets build a list.

Note: Every podcast's hyperlink on this thread will be shared in an individual post with our 8,000+ Twitter followers http://twitter.com/gridirondigest. Bonus if you include a banner or graphic to embed in the tweet.

3 hours ago, XStar said:

I'm pretty surprised that nobody has ever returned 3 kickoffs for a touchdown in one game.  

Mason at Chatard? @Lysander

Seifrig, Winchell or Sigler at Heritage Hills @DaveMosbey

Big Play Ray at Memorial @tango

??? 

This and the Brown County - Pike games were the hardest for me to pick.

I know previous scores, Southridge's system is just incredibly hard to defend in Week 1, but it can also be very unforgiving with some untimely mistakes and if Linton has some special kids back who can break a play or two early. What's going on in Miner country? Have you moved that tee-ball baseball fence back yet or built a green monster?

Here we talk about the Wishbone, its implementation, defenses (the invention of the 5-2 that led to the 3-4), power vs. option vs. counters, single motion, shifts, unbalanced.

What we do not talk about is any such thing called the "inverted Wishbone, triangles, Maryland Is, Power Is, and other bastardizations" of the most balanced (not good if your QB can throw to both sides), most perfect football formation ever devised by a coach.

Let's start with my favorite play. The 16 Blast (line follows FOIL blocking scheme, TE seals first backer inside of him, FB/playside RB blast the DE, playside RB takes another playside backer/SS/Rover, and the QB has three running lanes (over the DE's face, a slight inside cut between the DT and DE, or one-one-one in space against a corner back. QB has a reverse pivot, giving the backside RB two steps to get in front of the QB.

3 hours ago, Temptation said:

What’s the timeline?  Starting after week 1?

I favor a 9 pm cutoff for the pre-season poll this week. @WCGrad92 should set the deadline for Weeks 1-9, as he's doing the legwork. 

I'll have to do some serious Google/WaybackMachine fu to find archives for 2016-2018 unless WC still has an archive. 🤔

2010-2015 is saved. Coach Adams was the inspiration for the poll which is now in its 10th year. 

This article is a year old. Please add something to make it relevant to conversation in 2019, or it will be deleted.

2 hours ago, DumfriesYMCA said:

MFL and sleeper are my preferred sites for fantasy football. With that said...if I join another league I’ll be on the couch for the rest of the football season. 😂. So I can’t join. But MFL and sleeper are the ways to go. I think sleeper is free

If we get 6-8 frequent players, we can definitely split it into divisions Big/Small School or North/South... 

Also because not everyone has the time/desire to do weekly roster changes, we could do a collective points system ... I believe it's called rotary or something. Draft whoever you want, change your roster whenever you want, scoring is collective end-of-year (Week 15) by category (Most Pass Yards, Passing TDs, Rushing Yards, Rushing TDs, Catches, Receiving Yards, Defense, Kicking)...

Join one, join all...

Is anyone running an NFL fantasy football league this year? If someone puts it together and we get 8-12 players, the winner will receive a donation for Booster status on TGD which they may use or pass it on... Also braggin' rights in your profile. 

Anyone willing to organize? Is everyone using ESPN or NFL or another site nowadays? 

I'll do 2A, 3A, and 4A.

TGD poll is the only poll that combines the opinions of coaches, fans, media, administrators, and Uncle Rico. 

Even @DT's vote is welcomed. (In all honesty we need more northern representation on the poll ... Da Region and that isolated 9-team conference (I forget its name) needs to have some pollsters. 

Keep it up 

Calling on @Bcaster to see if he has lists of broadcasts for Heritage Hills, South Spencer, Forest Park, Jasper, Tecumseh, Perry Central, and Tell City?

@WCGrad92has done them in the past. Let's see if he's up for it or if he is able to pass the system on to another.

Here's what's needed:

- At least eight voters preferrably geographically balanced in each class (8+ is optimal) ... SIGN UP BY POSTING ON THIS THREAD WITH WHAT CLASSES YOU CAN COMMIT TO

- A 10 week commitment to have your votes submitted by Sunday night at 9 p.m. (when Sunday night football starts)

- If @DK_Barons could set up a Pollsters Forum, that would be great

We used the traditional 10-9-8... scoring system where first-place gets 10 points, 9 for second, 8 for third... (@WCGrad92 or I may have a spreadsheet to speed up this process)

Archives 2010-2015 (for my own records)

GID Poll Preseason 2018-19 (Last year)

Class 6A Total (First Place Votes)
1 Warren Central 146 11
2 Ben Davis 134 4
3 Carmel 115  
4 Avon 112  
5 Penn 70  
6 Center Grove 67  
7 F.W. Snider 58  
8 Lawrence Central 27  
9 Westfield 20  
9 Columbus North 20  
9 Brownsburg 20
Receiving votes: Lafayette Jefferson 14, Fishers 11, Franklin Central 10, Valparaiso 1

Class 5A Total  
1 Columbus East 122 8
2 Indpls. Cathedral 119 4
3 New Palestine 104 1
4 Roncalli 92  
5 Zionsville 57  
6 Decatur Central 56  
7 Michigan City 48  
8 Bloomington South 46  
9 Kokomo 25  
10 McCutcheon 21  
Receiving votes: Concord 17, LaPorte 3, Martinsville 3, Castle 1.
Bedford-North Lawrence 1  

Class 4A Total  
1 East Central 150 15
2 Lowell 125  
3 Evans. F. J. Reitz 114  
4 F.W. Bishop Dwenger 109  
5 New Haven 59  
6 Mississinewa 45  
7 Northridge 42  
8 New Prairie 28  
9 Greenwood 23  
10 Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 22  
10 Angola 22  
Receiving votes: NorthWood 21 , Mishawaka 19, Culver Academies 18, Jasper 8, East Noble 7, Leo 5, Western 4, S.B. Saint Joseph 3, Evans. Central 1.

Class 3A Total  
1 West Lafayette 155 6
2 Evans. Memorial 146 7
3 Indpls. Bishop Chatard 139 4
4 Brebeuf Jesuit 112  
5 Danville 83  
6 Gibson Southern 74  
7 F.W. Bishop Luers 64  
8 F.W. Concordia Lutheran 41  
9 Andrean 32  
10 Mishawaka Marian 26
Receiving votes:  Indpls. Cardinal Ritter 25, Lawrenceburg 19, Brownstown Central 7, Guerin Catholic 5, North Harrison 4, Monrovia 1, Heritage Hills 1

Class 2A Total  
1 Southridge 112 6
2 Indpls. Scecina 105 4
3 Woodlan 102 1
4 Eastbrook 95 2
5 Western Boone 77  
6 Evans. Mater Dei 68  
7 Tipton 54  
8 Triton Central 29  
9 Linton-Stockton 25  
10 Shenandoah 16
Receiving votes:  Bremen 13, Lapel 6, Cass 5, Rensselaer Central 3, Milan 2, Heritage Christian 2, Eastern (Greentown) 1.

Class A Total  
1 Pioneer 160 16
2 North Central (Farmersburg) 121  
3 Monroe Central 106  
4 Fountain Central 85  
4 Churubusco 85  
6 Adams Central 74  
7 Lafayette Central Catholic 72  
8 Sheridan 69  
9 Indpls. Lutheran 45  
10 Eastern Greene 31  
Receiving votes: Carroll (Flora) 10, LaVille 7, Tri Central 4, Covington 4, Indiana Deaf 3, South Adams 2, Indpls. Howe 1, North Vermillion 1.

I am a huge fan of open enrollment. I don't know the specifics of this situation, but I have seen it earn boys and girls college scholarships. I've seen it work the other way too ... Warren Central - CG and the George family.

The timing is quite convenient for all parties!

On 8/17/2019 at 7:27 AM, DaveMosbey said:

Heritage Hills had 47 listed on the roster at the scrimmage tonight grades 10-12 ( 18 Seniors, 13 Juniors and 16 Sophomores) Included in that are 2 soccer player kicker and one exchange student.

I heard we had over 20 freshman but frosh are not listed on the varsity roster so total 9-12 would be around 70 which is big for us.

Washington had 34 listed on their roster including 7 freshman. 

How many freshman games this year? Can you add some links to your signature to your website. I know HH fans like your 2020 schedule/results page, and SW Indiana fans like your history against all other teams. Athletic directors and those who make pregame factsheets/rosters have told me they use your site, Harrells', and Almanac. Journalists as well!

Why the CAPS? My family went to Howe ... is RC somehow more loyal to our veterans? 😛

On 8/14/2019 at 4:54 PM, Coach Nowlin said:

How if @dawgieinthepound gets out of his hibernation we will have a Mid 2000's QUORUM!!!  

OH SNAP

Such the prognosticator he was. Dawgie shall remain in the pound until Batesville DBs learn to cover a pump--and-go fly route. In his defense, he shouldn't have been playing CB. Definitely more of a rover/SS type. 

1 hour ago, DumfriesYMCA said:

Wait isn’t it Gibson Southern=Reitz north? 

Or did you mean it the original way you stated? 

Is there a difference?

Just now, SoIndRef said:

Also, you were referenced for the Matchup Predictor that was lost in the crash...

 

Do you still have that? @hhpatriot04

"That" is a bunch of line of computer code. Yes I still have it, but not the most updated version. Hoping to get it up and running by Week 1 or 2.

This thread is about me, thou holier than thou admin/moderator. Now that @DK_Barons and @77Jimmie have welded the bleachers back together with bailing twin and chewing gum from the class of 1973, we can properly have a smack down.

1. Reitz = Gibson Southern south; Memorial yes; Castle no (Why is my niece now enrolled in her first year of kindergarten at Castle?!? Recruited into the gymnastics program, I believe.) Paradise no more? Fair weather fans, can you get enough Walmarts in and around Newburgh? Take an adventure and drive to the East Side Walmart at midnight on the 31st. Good times!

2. PAC ADs finally listened to what we were saying ... after 10 years (yes you can get to TGD archives using waybackmachine.com) ... as early as 2006-2008 some of us suggested splitting the PAC into an upper/lower tier or combining with the Big 8 @Bcaster and @DaveMosbey recall these discussions, I'm sure.

3. Stay humble, but don't get it mixed. @TW (wherever you are) has that Circle City Conference page on lockdown. It's the Cathedral kryptonite. Can't beat Cathedral at its own game? Divide and conquer starting at the CYO level.

Boo yaa from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (7-8 hours ahead of you, no apologies).