Punttheball

Tough dude. Brother, Mike, was a basketball guy. Didn't think football was his sport. He played be never thought that was going to be where he went at the next level. Then, no basketball scholarships were coming. Purdue offered in football. I think at one time he held the record for most starts in a career. Went on to have a nice career with the Titans in the NFL.

Just going to throw Phil Garnett out with the trash?

Losing one sectional round and gaining a 10th game which adds a home game every other year will add more revenue to the schools. In 2022, Rochester traveled to Seeger game 1, Benton Central game 2, and then had a home game against LCC. There was a bye in the other bracket, LCC played Delphi game 1, Cass game 2, and then Rochester. After expenses, I'm guessing each school received a $200-$400 check maybe less. I do believe, after the sectional round of play, schools are only given reimbursement checks. No revenue generated from regional, semi-state, or state games is given back to the schools.

Nah, that's not my point. I would be ok if we went to 32 teams in a class and stayed with 6 classes. I think it would be better to put a 10th game into play and give the revenue to the schools instead of the IHSAA. But you can twist it anyway you want.

Honestly, 32 teams in all classes is a great number. The problem is when and where you play 10 State Championship games.

Is there a different division for the Chicago city schools?

Yeah, it was just an idea. I'm not sure how ridiculous it is. We already have 2 classes that are 32 teams. Some people want it switched to be 1a and 6a not 5a and 6a. I am not for that. I would like all schools to play a 10th regular season game.

It would be impossible to play 5 classes in Lucas on one day. But I feel that having 32 team classes is a good idea.

That would definitely be an obstacle. But you could always start at 8 am with games.

Illinois is an example that uses 32 teams in every class. I don't think private schools are allowed into their state playoffs. Doesn't matter. This would have to narrow the gaps in enrollment from the top of the class to the bottom. The success factor can still be in the equation. Just a thought. I think the opportunity to play a 10th regular season game would be very enticing to 10-team conferences. This would allow for an out of conference game along with playing each conference team in the regular season. It may encourage some conferences to expand to 10 teams.

Why a stunner? Am I missing something? Munster got one of the good ones. Elkhart lost out. Coach is a great leader of men and will do a great job leading the program.

Rochester is in 2A firmly.

What else would they use?

It is interesting when there are coaches that know the alignments a week before they are announced! I think the long gap in time is for lobbying to take place for certain alignments. Also, it is difficult to justify the large salaries of the IHSAA commissioner and his minions if the process was done and completed in a weekend. I think Illinois is able to finish the season, determine what 256 teams qualified for the playoffs, classify them by enrollment into 8 classes of 32, and seed all 8 classes in a single weekend!

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I think they found out they were at the wrong central and moved to Adams Central. In all seriousness, I think it was a large migrant worker population that was added to the schools ADM in the fall of the count year.

Does anyone have them divided correctly by class? I appreciate the guys that have tried, but just wondered if there is a version that has them all aligned correctly.

At the Region 4 meeting it was explained to us that lower level games could be played as 8 man games en lieu of cancelling a game. So a Varsity could play 11 man and JV could play 8 man.

I think you just go top two every year.

How about reclassifying every year? You play in the state title game and you move up a class for a year. You would be considered the best from both the North and the South in that respective class. Reclassification can't be as hard as the IHSAA makes it out to be. If you play in the state championship after the bump, you move up again. If you don't play in the state championship, you move back down. Would be easier to keep track of then the point system. Just a thought.

Maybe some Rochester/RC sectional battles in our future!

Laville's playcalling was what it has been for years. They try to out flank you and find a numbers advantage. In the past, it was easier because they had more studs. In 2019, I thought their playcalling was very good. They had a better passer. Plummer's strength was in his legs. He was limited in what he could do passing. The coaches that are with those players everyday know what they can do and they call plays to their strength. I am pretty sure that Laville got the most that they could out of this team. If the field conditions are different week 1 of sectional, I am not sure Laville is even in the regional. I am still trying to figure out what even happened at the end of that game. The referees in that one looked to have no clue of what down it was, clock management, or general playclock rules. Honestly, some untimely flags against LCC seemed to keep it closer than it really felt. It never seemed that Laville was really ever in the game. The score board showed the opposite obviously. I am just saying the flow of the game always seemed to be in LCC's favor.

Better start scheduling out of state games! Get some big Michigan schools or a few Chicago schools on the schedule.

Yeah, It doesn't help that you play a very less than typical 6a schedule. Having only two on the schedule is not getting Penn ready for tournament play.

"The way in which they lost to Cathedral" is the way most teams on their schedule lose to Cathedral. It is going to take a special group of players to beat Cathedral on any given Friday. I'm not sure the "higher standards" thing applies. Penn was ahead of the curve for many years. I just think many programs have caught up. It is not that Penn is doing anything wrong. How would those teams of old done if there was a success factor back in the glory days?