Rodney

On 9/18/2023 at 8:29 AM, roaringthunderdlr said:

Hey Snider people,

If Snider makes it to LOS, who do you think they'll face from 5A South, and who do y'all want them to face? Being in Plainfield, I'm hearing a lot of biased Plainfield talk and I'd like to get a semi-neutral perspective.

I think 5a is down again and snider will walk all over everyone except for valpo... if valpo gets their shit together

I expect 5a state to be about as close as 4a this year and about as memorable as any 1a football game.

Hope I'm wrong but I'm not, it's kind of a curse.

On 9/20/2023 at 2:10 PM, temptation said:

Figured as we approach week 6 (officially over halfway) now would be as good a time as any to sign your name to some mid-season predictions now that we have over a month of data on all schools.

I’ll start:

6A:  Hamilton SE vs Center Grove

5A:  Snider vs Harrison (WL) how are one of these schools coming out of the south lol

4A:  Kokomo vs East Central by 30+

3A:  Chatard vs Heritage Hills

2A:  Luers vs Triton Central

Whatcha got?

 

2 hours ago, BTF said:

South Side vs Carroll twice in 24 hours? Ouch. I do like best of three in the playoffs though. 

also were removing the abomination that is the mercy rule

you definitely did not rank them in the regular season

I wouldn't have let you get away with it

your big crime last year was ranking Northwood

Multiple rightfully unranked teams would mollywhop Lutheran

Padding stats against 1a teams and bad 2a/3a teams does not make them a serious contender across all classes

26 minutes ago, BTF said:

What about pre-game warmups? Eliminate those and we have time for 6 quarters. 

6 quarters is a little much in one night dont ya think

I'd prefer to run 2 games a week instead

Friday saturday vs the same team

And all playoffs go to a best of three on friday saturday sunday

cut the band half-time shows

cut half time

add a fifth-quarter or whatever the hell you call 5

On 9/19/2023 at 2:10 AM, scarab527 said:

They put mid majors who dominate in the Top 25 of the AP polls in college. Same thing. Not hard to understand. 

I don't believe in putting anyone but the top 25 in a list of the top 25 teams

putting a *cough* 1a err I mean non top 25 school in that list makes everyone look bad

7 hours ago, scarab527 said:

Think Indy Lutheran needs to be on here somewhere. Are they overall a Top 25 team? Maybe not, but I think the utter dominance they've shown deserves some recognition. 

"I think this team should be on the top 25 list"
but questions if they are in the top 25

this year's lists are much better than last year's no need to downgrade them

7 hours ago, BTF said:

You promised us Rodney's Weekly Hot Takes. The suspense is killing me. 

 

ill work on it

11 hours ago, Komets2727 said:

East Central is great apparently, but you can’t teach or catch speed. EC hasn’t seen anyone like New Haven with 6A talent and speed to burn. First, I am not convinced New Haven will get to state, they will be playing shootouts the further they go in the playoffs and those can go either way. Second, ask other teams about speed. Perfect example, Snider played New Palestine in 2016 and literally everyone anointed New Pal as state champions long before the tournament began. Then they played Snider and found out what real speed was and lost 64-61 in an all-time great game. You get that kind of speed indoors and it is literally a different game than what is played outdoors in inclement, cold weather

Also agree great game very fun

I was blacked out for most of it but if memory recalls new pal slung about 6 deep balls for touchdowns. So I'm not sure I would declare snider Victors based on speed alone

And let's not begin to talk about comparing new haven to 2015 snider

You could give new haven all their players over the last 10 years and they couldnt beat 2015 snider

@temptation

Glad to hear you're fully on board that there is no real football north of fort wayne

Now what are your opinions on the fair catch, pass interference, the curvature of the earth and 1a football

Henceforth I would like to be referred to as the prophet.

On 9/9/2023 at 5:54 PM, Dave007 said:

I would think HSE win on the road @ Fishers in Mudsocks game would lock them in at #4.  Maybe you struggled with that one?  Other than that you are spot-on

does that even really count as on the road

what a surprise you took the north last year as well

speaking of dodged a bullet you also dodged the meetup

8 minutes ago, temptation said:

Looking more plausible.

+28 right? 

u got north and 27.5

6 hours ago, temptation said:

Yes.  I feel much better about having the Giants #1 after this performance and the transitive property of how both teams played Moeller.  Far from a done deal obviously though.

Now, are we ready to have that difficult discussion about EAST CENTRAL?

you talking about the difficult discussion that ends in a free beer for me in Indianapolis this November

1 hour ago, temptation said:

“Emotionally charged journalism” is what I like to call it.

He’s right on this one (assuming the facts of the case are accurate) but loses credibility and legitimacy based on some of his previous “stories.”

”Thousands will die if we have fans at the Indianapolis 500 or play college football this fall.”

Enough said.

To be fair, I go the 500 every year, and I almost die every year

Fair catch should be removed from the game

All punts live let's go

17 minutes ago, BTF said:

Actually, the Sagarin is pretty accurate the further into the season we go. Let's just say it's a little sketch  after Week 1, but it's certainly worth more than "squat." It starts to make more sense after Weeks 2 & 3. 

It's too early to jump on the NE8 bandwagon. Right now there are a lot of good teams, but how good only time will tell. It's hard to gauge East Noble after beating a Luers team that's probably in their bottom 10% historically as a program. We'll have a better read on them after tonight's game against Snider.  New Haven waxed the worst team in the SAC. Northrop is really bad. And we can't hardly judge Dwenger after playing, arguably, the best team in the state.

I know Dwenger is getting a bad rap, but I know this program well enough to understand that you never underestimate them when they are playing within their weight class. 

 

Dont worry btf. Any ne8 bandwagon is bound to crash and burn

This is Indiana football were talking about. 

Saints win that sectional just wait

On 8/23/2023 at 11:48 AM, temptation said:

Now this is true, but that's not what you originally said.

True heat acclimation takes longer than 96-120 hours.

Absolute nonsense

Put me in charge and I'll get everyone acclimated to extreme conditions in less than 48 hours

I wanna b a zebra

only this one ain't afraid to meet someone in the parking lot

Snider looking like a good bet

oh yes I am a lifelong pirates fan and definitely can point to merriville on a map

I'll make it to kilroys don't worry

heres the receipt for the beer btf owes me from last year