4A State Championship — #1 New Palestine (13-0) vs East Noble (13-1)

[crimsonace1]

On 12/1/2024 at 1:03 PM, BTF said:

I'll have to take a look at that again. As strong as 6A teams are, they couldn't have been underrated by much. 

Pissed? Nah, it's all subjective. Hurry up and post your Top 25. I've been waiting to compare mine (already completed) to yours.

FWIW, Sagarin has NP #4 and MaxPreps/CalPreps #5. 

Per Sagarin, NP was 8-0 against the Top 64 in the state ... and that doesn't count the no-contest against Decatur Central. 

[BTF]

2 minutes ago, crimsonace1 said:

FWIW, Sagarin has NP #4 and MaxPreps/CalPreps #5. 

Per Sagarin, NP was 8-0 against the Top 64 in the state ... and that doesn't count the no-contest against Decatur Central. 

Not a fan of the computer ratings. Sagarin has North Judson over Penn, Carmel, Homestead, Leo, and Luers. From what I saw, that rating is way off the mark. 

Look, I'm not taking anything away from New Pal, I'm just a believer that 6A programs are on another level. I could be wrong. Lot's of posters keep going back to 2019 & 2020. Being deadlocked with DC at halftime just reassures me of my ranking of them. It also took overtime to beat Chatard. I don't think Chatard is anywhere close to being the #4 team in the state. It is what it is, it's all subjective. Hopefully the New Pal kids are enjoying their moment with a "come one, come all" type of confidence. If they want to tout themselves as the best team in the state, no one is stopping them. They're a good team. 

[FastpacedO]

1 hour ago, BTF said:

Not a fan of the computer ratings. Sagarin has North Judson over Penn, Carmel, Homestead, Leo, and Luers. From what I saw, that rating is way off the mark. 

I haven't looked much at Sagarin for several years because they do not include any Out of State games.

I do look at Calpreps which uses Freeman ratings. Calpreps didn't do too bad on Indiana games this year They finished predicting 83.1% of the games correctly and were 4-2 in the Indiana State Championship games. They predicted Westfield as a 24-21 winner over Brownsburg (and they were not far off as Brownsburg won 22-17 Intercepting the ball at the endzone as time expired). They also predicted a 31-24 win for North Judson  but Providence won 35-20.

No computer system is perfect and they have flaws, but Calpreps does a pretty solid job after about week 2 or 3 to give you a good solid outlook on the games. Some weeks are worse than others. Their State Rankings of teams are pretty accurate though.

[CoachMack219]

On 11/25/2024 at 10:13 AM, CoachMack219 said:

I'll take Coach Ralph, New Pal, and the Over. Lol 

Aged like fine wine. Lol