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39 minutes ago, Komets2727 said:

Alright, I am in the middle of a Bahamas cruise and way too much alcohol so I guess I rattled some cages with my “right wing” comment. I am way too lit to even try and have a normal conversation and the ball and chain is chewing my tail for even being on the “Net”. If the old cronies can’t figure out that it is best to seed the tourney then there is no hope going forward to have a good tournament.  Seeing the best 2 teams playing in the first round is ludicrous. When I sober up in a few days, I will send BTF a PM and tell him where my right wing comment came from. At this point, I ain’t sure…🍺🍺🍺

no no no

don't wait to sober up, lets here the hot takes

7 hours ago, BTF said:

How come you left Merrillville for Gibson Southern?

greener pastures

4 hours ago, Impartial_Observer said:

I liken this to people wanting a national football tournament, because HS kids need to be playing an NFL length season I guess. The goal of every HS team is to win a state championship. They’ve done that when they won their class, there’s nothing more to play for. The goal has been achieved. Now we’re going to have another six team bracket so a couple of over top idiot dads can have bragging rights? I’m sure you guys will want to seed it as well, so we’d have CG v Tiny School that no one from CG has ever heard of. What the hell would entice Tiny school that no one from CG has ever heard to even want to play this game? It’s stupid. 

not a longer season

i just want to cram 10 extra games into the season we already have is that to much to ask for

the hell is this auto merging my responses im trying to farm reputation here

7 hours ago, BTF said:

 "What if" Merrillville had 3500 kids.

merriville doesnt need 3500 kids, they already have 105 future hall of famers on the roster

why?

there are some years where you can speculate some about a few of the larger class champions (mainly 4/5 being able to compete in a one off with the champion of 6a)

unless ur putting all classes together for a gigantic tournament to find out who the real champion is i don't see the point in making one team of high schoolers state champions and everyone else class champions based on where they grew up

11 hours ago, BTF said:

Why do you feel they lost that one game? There's flaws all over the place with these polls. Indy Lutheran isn't beating Carroll, sorry. They aren't beating Merrillville or Valpo either. No way no how. 

Side note: I do appreciate the polls and what they have to offer, we just have to acknowledge them for what they are. They're computers that process numbers. They've never seen a game. 

they lost a close one in OT i didn't say theyd smash them, but if they played 3 more times i'd throw my money behind westfield all three times, even if i got to make that bet after the first game was played

1 hour ago, BTF said:

I'll give it "semi-accurate," right up there with Sagarin. Great polls for sure, but they have their flaws. Westfield and HSE over Crown Point? Snider at #12? I'll pass. 

i still take westfield to win that game 3/4 times

i am pro seeding but also pro all in

i wanna see some blowouts

On 2/15/2024 at 9:57 PM, Irishman said:

I was not the one who hid the topic, but the standard that has been in place since Tim Adams started this site is that posts like the one you mentioned must have a link/source. The same standard has been in place regarding coaching moves and any matters involving player news. There was a post about the incident at NorthWood this past season. The original topic was hidden for the same reason yours was hidden; there was no link. Even hearing something firsthand does not meet the standard TA set over 20 years ago here. So the claim that this was about some "good ole boy" thing is not even close to accurate. 

off topic

just want to know more about this rule

so if i happen to know enough html to hack together a website that looks like it is definitely a website 

i can write whatever i want there?

and by extension whatever I want here?

just kidding i already write whatever i want it just generally contains very little real world consequences

8 minutes ago, Footballking16 said:

stuff

 

when you work hard to build a reputation of hurting the enemy kicker every game

that carries on into the post season

this is a joke i don't condone hurting anyone intentionally yada yada yada 

believe me he will be shitting himself come game time and it will give you an advantage

if you are taking this seriously sit down and relax that is enough computer time good talk

so in this scenario yes the regular season will play an integral part of the post season

i think we oughta chuck everyone into the same class

play a 19 game regular season 

sectionals will be done in one weekend 

ending in a best of 3 for the sectional championship

the following week we'll knock out a best of 3 for regionals on wednesday and 

another one on saturday for semistate

for the state championship they just keep playing games until one team wins 6 in a row

incase of a blowout in the state championship this allows us to maintain the whole weekend for drinking and screaming at zebras from the endzone

4 hours ago, BTF said:

Any chance we can get some transcripts?

maybe someday i'll leak  them

for now we shall keep my multiple usernames separate

2 hours ago, Football Fanatic said:

I've been thinking about football while watching basketball games. Sometimes I imagine them playing basketball in full football pads and wonder what it would be like and how entertaining it would be.

basketball is everything I rally against football becoming

penalties called for absolutely nothing

im bored

the hell have you people been up to?

ive spent my winter harassing vegans on reddit

but it just hasnt filled the void of football season

58 minutes ago, Whiting89 said:

Didn’t know team success had any correlation to this award as they named individuals. Looking more into this guy is 5 star on 247 which is unheard for Indiana. 

generally speaking if your team gets shutout maybe you weren't the best receiver in the state

2 hours ago, Irishman said:

But do non public schools have special needs students? It isn't only about kids with other interests. It's about the kids who are not able to participate because of various disabilities. 

My man have you not heard of Switowski

I was not educated at a private school actually, and have no current affiliation with one

I simply find people who whine on the internet because they cant win football games amusing

An attempt to call me a 6 year old is literally doing what you just said I was doing....

Despite the fact that you called both of the people in the argument 6 year olds, effectively nullifying your "you're stupid" argument

2 minutes ago, Titan32 said:

We aren't even talking transfers...sometimes I wonder if you even read these posts.

Course you aren't

thats where the debate starts, but that argument isn't convenient for you guys anymore so the goalposts have moved

what are we on now "capped enrollment", "public schools having to deal with problem kids", "not enough faith to win the football game"???

no I'm a busy guy and most of what you write is pretty sub optimal in terms of retaining brain cells, so I normally just skip to the end.

I don't believe they have advantages their competition doesn't

A number of public schools have had questionable transfers in recent years as well

go out on the field, win the game, and tell your dad to quit crying online.

Why would you want a state championship that means nothing because you had to get your competition moved away in order to win.

I'd prefer if there were no classes, just one state champion.

this level of critical thinking is why people should be lining up to leave public schools anyways

this just in, School that needs enrollment money interested in a transfer student who is top 10 in their current class, trying to better prepare himself for college.

47 minutes ago, NPFB said:

I think we just need to leave the officiating to the people in the stands. They seem to always have a better angle and are never wrong. To save confusion, they dont have to use NFHS rules, they can use whatever rules they see on Saturday and Sunday TV. Trust me on this, Ive gone to this with all my offensive play calling, they seldom call the wrong play, and if it doesnt work then it was the kids fault and we are playing the wrong kid.  I dont have to hear "That was a stupid play" 10 seconds after we run it. 

In the game was meant to be fair there would be no officials at all.

2 hours ago, Bobref said:

They certainly did. But how good is good enough? No game is easy to officiate, but some are more difficult than others. Don’t you want to have the best chance of getting the big call right? The only question ought to be whether a 7 (or 6) man crew is likely to do a better job than a 5 man crew. 

I think we ought to move to a 1 man crew and make him stand in the parking lot 

10 minutes ago, BTF said:

Host Hamilton Southeastern Week 1. At Center Grove Week 2

oh damn

I'll have to make it to one of those games

6 hours ago, Komets2727 said:

I believe overall that 5A will be deeper in 2024. Hopefully, some new teams step up to the plate and create some better competition 

Not so sure

Snider moving up to 6a
EC has to reload at some point.... right?

Merrillville only has 64 D1 kids returning next year

could be a rough year for 5a.