Guest Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Chronic low numbers are at the core of the reason OC is contracting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerFan20 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 OA has a football team? Didn’t know that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man High Pants Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 7 hours ago, HHF said: Chronic low numbers are at the core of the reason OC is contracting Source? Heard this was a possibility but hadn't heard anything official come out yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Old Man High Pants said: Source? Heard this was a possibility but hadn't heard anything official come out yet. Source requested anonymity. I will honor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 My nephew goes to school there, but runs cross country with 3 other student athletes. They might want to go 8 man football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 23 minutes ago, Julio said: My nephew goes to school there, but runs cross country with 3 other student athletes. They might want to go 8 man football. LOL Who are they going to play? Indiana has no interest in playing 8 man football. Just give them flags and let them play flag football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 minute ago, HHF said: LOL Who are they going to play? Indiana has no interest in playing 8 man football. Just give them flags and let them play flag football. Who are they going to play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man High Pants Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 I think this has been in the making for a while. From those I've talked to the school never really wanted to commit to actually building a football program. The bulk of their team were Seniors last year so it wouldn't be surprising if this were the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQWL Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, DE said: Who are they going to play? I'm pretty sure 8-man football is on it's way. Edited December 21, 2021 by JQWL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 13 minutes ago, JQWL said: I'm pretty sure 8-man football is on it's way. I wasn't asking about 8-man football. I was asking about flag football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbat Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 39 minutes ago, JQWL said: I'm pretty sure 8-man football is on it's way. I'd be interested in seeing if the 13 mentioned here are new schools or just teams that are currently playing 11-man that are sliding to 8-man. If it's the former, it would would mean an increase in kids playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Julio said: My nephew goes to school there, but runs cross country with 3 other student athletes. They might want to go 8 man football. Had a state champion recently that is doing great things at Purdue. Indiana is a single class state in cross country by the way. Wrap your mind around that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 I can speak with 100% confidence that the football program at OA is currently on pause, I was the head coach there this last year. We had 16 players, 8 were seniors that graduated and 6 freshman who never played a minute of football previous to this season. Next year the team has 8 returning players, if every single player from this past year comes back. There are a couple reasons why the team is on pause 1) lack of players: No enrolling freshman have shown interest in playing football next year 2) Decreasing enrollment: OA is having one of their smallest class sizes coming in to the school for next year. 3) Lack of practice space: The current space where we practiced belonged to the nuns who live at the local Sisters of St. Francis and sits next to a cemetery. Due to Covid, there has been an increase in needed space for burial and the nuns needed the ground to accommodate that. It is an unfortunate situation for sure, the community is great and the kids are phenomenal, but with the circumstances listed above, its just not fair to the student-athletes to try to continue to throw something together and put them in situations where they could possibly get hurt (we finished our sectional game with 12 kids this year). They are going to hold on to the pads and such and the program is in the status of "on pause" with the hope that in the next couple years, number of enrollment will increase at OA and they can gather enough interest to reboot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachVeatch Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 4 hours ago, HHF said: LOL Who are they going to play? Indiana has no interest in playing 8 man football. Just give them flags and let them play flag football. The pilot program for 8-man football in Indiana football begins in 2022. Plenty of schools interested. Only available to schools that do not currently have 11 man. It's coming my man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiting89 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 2 hours ago, CoachVeatch said: The pilot program for 8-man football in Indiana football begins in 2022. Plenty of schools interested. Only available to schools that do not currently have 11 man. It's coming my man. Can schools contract this school year and become eligible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachVeatch Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Whiting89 said: Can schools contract this school year and become eligible? no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 19 hours ago, CoachVeatch said: Only available to schools that do not currently have 11 man. It's coming my man. Aren't most of these schools concentrated in the far southern half of the state? I don't see some schools like Rossville (just east of Lafayette) relishing the thought of 2+ hour bus rides to find other 8-man opponents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiting89 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Muda69 said: Aren't most of these schools concentrated in the far southern half of the state? I don't see some schools like Rossville (just east of Lafayette) relishing the thought of 2+ hour bus rides to find other 8-man opponents. Kouts, westville, Morgan twp, washington twp, lacrosse, and Hebron closer but they play volleyball so not sue if the would switch to 8 man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachVeatch Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Muda69 said: Aren't most of these schools concentrated in the far southern half of the state? I don't see some schools like Rossville (just east of Lafayette) relishing the thought of 2+ hour bus rides to find other 8-man opponents. That's up to them. Just telling you what I know. I imagine they'll be trying to figure that stuff out during their pilot run. Games will more than likely be on Saturday's as to avoid overbooking officials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 minute ago, CoachVeatch said: That's up to them. Just telling you what I know. I imagine they'll be trying to figure that stuff out during their pilot run. Games will more than likely be on Saturday's as to avoid overbooking officials. JV games could conflict. Some officials do college, though not a ton IMSC @Bobref??? Saturday evenings would be cool. I would enjoy it, if games are near me in NWI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Should have a whole new raft of officials, specialists in 8-man "football". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Muda69 said: Should have a whole new raft of officials, specialists in 8-man "football". This is interesting. Maybe it could work. Maybe not. As discussed on here in great detail, officiating numbers are way down. I wonder how much the rules vary. Will have to look into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobref Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 9 hours ago, DE said: JV games could conflict. Some officials do college, though not a ton IMSC @Bobref??? Saturday evenings would be cool. I would enjoy it, if games are near me in NWI. @JustRuleswould have a better handle on the number of our officials who also work college ball on the weekend. But my understanding is the same as yours - not a huge number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustRules Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 10 hours ago, Bobref said: @JustRuleswould have a better handle on the number of our officials who also work college ball on the weekend. But my understanding is the same as yours - not a huge number. The HCAC has 6 crews so 42 staff officials. I would estimate about half of them still work on a HS varsity crew and some of them are in Ohio. Some of the others keep their HS license but aren't likely to work HS sub-varsity any longer. There are also 20-25 D1/D2 officials and some of them still maintain a HS license to work an occasional HS varsity game. There are also 10-15 HCAC applicants who may keep their Saturdays open to tag along with a college crew or be available in case there are last minute needs for subs. With over 900 licensed HS officials the impact of the college officials is minimal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjay Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Is there a list of these 13 schools anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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