Staxawax Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Quite a few on this forum thought we wouldn’t get to this weekend with HS foootball. I was optimistic but had my doubts. 95% of scheduled high school games in Indiana were played. We still don’t know all the answers for this pandemic, but congratulations to every member school, coaches, staff and players on staying disciplined and being a valuable source of entertainment in your communities. Let’s hope 2021 is closer to normal(whatever that will be) and we are all in the stands cheering our student athletes. 9 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysander Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 26 minutes ago, Staxawax said: Quite a few on this forum thought we wouldn’t get to this weekend with HS foootball. I was optimistic but had my doubts. 95% of scheduled high school games in Indiana were played. We still don’t know all the answers for this pandemic, but congratulations to every member school, coaches, staff and players on staying disciplined and being a valuable source of entertainment in your communities. Let’s hope 2021 is closer to normal(whatever that will be) and we are all in the stands cheering our student athletes. Spot on! Given all the great doubt we heard here just a few short months ago, I began to have my doubts as well. Also kudos and congrats to the IHSAA and their leadership to make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaWrestlingGuy Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Agree. The winner is the IHSAA for having fortitude and for setting the bar for all states. They had an end game in mind despite the bullsheet. Proud to be a Hoosier and proud we accomplished a 13 game season with a state championship series. Indiana wins. So damn proud of this state. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gipper Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Now let’s see what happens with basketball... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) Yep. Where’s @TheStatGuy? He told us all summer how ridiculous the notion of playing high school football was and then doubled down telling us there’s no way the season finishes once it had started. Rent is due. Edited November 29, 2020 by temptation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Not me. GREAT job to all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Gipper said: Now let’s see what happens with basketball... Same thing. Will be fluid, just like FB. At worst, I can see teams only allowing 2 people in per player. Onward and upward. The best is yet to come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeqb Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Here, here! I will gladly toast the IHSAA leadership for the guts to see the fall sports season through. I hope they have the same resolve for winter sports as well. My son has classmates who have spent weekends out of state for travel soccer and volleyball during the month of November. I would 100x rather support the education based model of IHSAA over club sports. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 31 minutes ago, oldtimeqb said: Here, here! I will gladly toast the IHSAA leadership for the guts to see the fall sports season through. I hope they have the same resolve for winter sports as well. My son has classmates who have spent weekends out of state for travel soccer and volleyball during the month of November. I would 100x rather support the education based model of IHSAA over club sports. Very well said OTQB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbc34 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 We now have proof that the response by most in leadership positions is to completely overreact. Kudos to the IHSAA for letting the kids play. Now let them have their winter sports. And let’s get these kids back into schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilLee Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 And lets all laugh at the poor fools in Illinois and Michigan in the process. We would have had 100% of games played without useless quarantines of perfectly healthy kids too. Players played the game and practiced against one another every day and there wasn't mass carnage. Fans attended games (almost everywhere) and ambulances weren't needed to cart them out of the stadium. On to football season of 2021 when this idiocy will be a distant memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue Pete Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Thx to Iowa for showing the way last summer and for Holcomb / Box combo. I’ve now heard from 2/3 school administrations in our co that as long as we have teachers to sit in class rooms we will not shut down. Proud to be a Hoosier. We’ll have crowned fall / winter champions and will be watching spring sports when Illinois decides “out of an abundance of caution” to scrap spring football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staxawax Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 I didn’t really start this thread to revive the Covid argument, but I have to admit I’ve come full circle. From believing this thing would run its course by fall to believing I will eventually get it unless I’m vaccinated. Basketball is certainly off to a rocky start, with Butler having to cancel most of their non-con schedule and NFL teams struggling to field a competitive roster (see Broncos without a QB) or being unable to practice or play at home (see 49ers and the overreaction in SF). I don’t know how high schools will deal with it but I am confident we will see high school basketball through March. #marchmadnessinabubble #IHSAAforthewin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laces_Out_Dan Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 8 hours ago, oldtimeqb said: Here, here! I will gladly toast the IHSAA leadership for the guts to see the fall sports season through. I hope they have the same resolve for winter sports as well. My son has classmates who have spent weekends out of state for travel soccer and volleyball during the month of November. I would 100x rather support the education based model of IHSAA over club sports. I guess it depends on what your kids' goals are... most club sports are their ticket to recruiting, thus scholarships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Good topic...I do think the schools and teams, along with the IHSAA deserve credit. I was hopeful, yet not very optimistic we would get through this. And I admit I have the same feelings about basketball. I am hopeful but skeptical. As far as the comments critical of the quarantines and getting kids back in school....I will agree there could be some easy changes to how quarantines were handled; have a kid stay out a few days; if they test negative after that time, they can return. As far as getting the kids back; every educator understands completely that the best situation for kids is to be in school. But, that is only part of the equation. Our district has a number of teachers out from positive tests. The inability to find enough subs to cover those teachers was a driving force behind our being 100% virtual through this week. Back to the topic, congrats to all involved for getting through the full season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eschnur66 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 19 hours ago, Laces_Out_Dan said: I guess it depends on what your kids' goals are... most club sports are their ticket to recruiting, thus scholarships. This is why football is king, however there are people trying to kill it with travel as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Wan Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 As a coach I have to say that I held my breath from July until last Saturday and now that I can actually breath and look at what the state and all the kids that play were able to accomplish. It feels good knowing we were able to set a standard for athletics in this state. I do hope it continues with the winter and spring sports as well. With everything going on this little bit of normal was great to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan32 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 11/29/2020 at 7:09 AM, temptation said: Yep. Where’s @TheStatGuy? He told us all summer how ridiculous the notion of playing high school football was and then doubled down telling us there’s no way the season finishes once it had started. Rent is due. He is pulling feathers from his teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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