SIAC 2024

[TigerFan20]

 

[TigerFan20]

14news Reitz preview:

https://www.14news.com/2024/08/15/reitz-panthers-want-playoff-success-after-undefeated-2023-regular-season/

[TigerFan20]

 

[tango]

It would be nice to get some rain before tomorrow night to compact the fill. 

[Titan32]

Central at Gibson Southern tonight at 6:00.  As usual the GS starters will play 8 plays.  Some fans get frustrated with Coach Hart over this, but I have come to understand his philosophy over the years.

 

 

[Football Fanatic]

8 minutes ago, Titan32 said:

Central at Gibson Southern tonight at 6:00.  As usual the GS starters will play 8 plays.  Some fans get frustrated with Coach Hart over this, but I have come to understand his philosophy over the years.

 

 

I completely get it. I think more teams should trend that way. Sure, football is football and injuries can happen at any time, but way too often do we hear about impact starters getting hurt in scrimmages. Most teams keep their scheme and playcalls fairly basic in scrimmages anyway. It's also a chance to get the backups and younger guys some experience before the games kick into gear.

Let us know how Central looks after if you get a chance!

[TigerFan20]

5 hours ago, Titan32 said:

Central at Gibson Southern tonight at 6:00.  As usual the GS starters will play 8 plays.  Some fans get frustrated with Coach Hart over this, but I have come to understand his philosophy over the years.

 

 

Memorial does about the same thing, it makes a lot of sense to avoid injuries and let the younger guys get some reps in.

Edited August 16, 2024 by TigerFan20

[TigerFan20]

 

[Titan32]

57 minutes ago, TigerFan20 said:

Memorial does about the same thing, it makes a lot of sense to avoid injuries and let the younger guys get some reps in.

We look at it as a joint practice basically.

[TigerFan20]

Memorial-Castle Scrimmage went well yesterday, interesting to see how flat the field is now at Castle. How did the other scrimmages go?

[TransplantedPanther]

Reitz and MD went ok. Defense will be the Reitz calling card, but offense wasn’t too bad. Reitz has no seniors starting on their offensive line this year, so fairly young up front, but did keep our QB upright most of the scrimmage. 
 

On the flip side, MD struggled running the ball all night, and really only connected on one long passing play. Too many times the Reitz edges beat the MD tackles around the corner last night. It could be a very long year for MD no matter who their QB is if they can’t sure up the o-line. 

[TigerFan20]

Sagarin Opening Season Rankings

1. Reitz 81.65, 5th in 4A, 26th overall

2. North 78.23, 6th in 5A, 34th overall

3. Jasper 71.49, 12th in 4A, 52nd overall

4. Memorial 70.55, 9th in 3A, 56th overall

5. Castle 69.61, 12th in 5A, 62nd overall 

6. Lincoln 69.07, 11th in 3A, 65th overall

7. Bosse 59.69, 26th in 4A, 105th overall 

8. Mater Dei 59.32, 21st in 3A, 107th overall 

9. Harrison 34.59, 52nd in 4A, 212th overall

10. Central 26.3, 60th in 4A, 247th overall

[tango]

14 hours ago, TigerFan20 said:

Sagarin Opening Season Rankings

1. Reitz 81.65, 5th in 4A, 26th overall

2. North 78.23, 6th in 5A, 34th overall

3. Jasper 71.49, 12th in 4A, 52nd overall

4. Memorial 70.55, 9th in 3A, 56th overall

5. Castle 69.61, 12th in 5A, 62nd overall 

6. Lincoln 69.07, 11th in 3A, 65th overall

7. Bosse 59.69, 26th in 4A, 105th overall 

8. Mater Dei 59.32, 21st in 3A, 107th overall 

9. Harrison 34.59, 52nd in 4A, 212th overall

10. Central 26.3, 60th in 4A, 247th overall

I think those are the same as the end of last year.

[TigerFan20]

42 minutes ago, tango said:

I think those are the same as the end of last year.

It appears you are correct

[TigerFan20]

 

[oldtimeqb]

On 8/17/2024 at 9:01 PM, TigerFan20 said:

Sagarin Opening Season Rankings

1. Reitz 81.65, 5th in 4A, 26th overall

2. North 78.23, 6th in 5A, 34th overall

3. Jasper 71.49, 12th in 4A, 52nd overall

4. Memorial 70.55, 9th in 3A, 56th overall

5. Castle 69.61, 12th in 5A, 62nd overall 

6. Lincoln 69.07, 11th in 3A, 65th overall

7. Bosse 59.69, 26th in 4A, 105th overall 

8. Mater Dei 59.32, 21st in 3A, 107th overall 

9. Harrison 34.59, 52nd in 4A, 212th overall

10. Central 26.3, 60th in 4A, 247th overall

With the closed conference schedule, not much to get worked up about with Sagarin until week 11 or 12.  

Perhaps one day there will be expansion and divisions, which means a chance to slide in some non-conference games. 

[TigerFan20]

Final preseason rankings;

1. Castle

2. Memorial

3. Jasper

4. Reitz

5. North

6. Lincoln 

7. Mater Dei

8. Bosse

9. Harrison

10. Central

We already saw a sneak peak of Memorial and Castle last in their scrimmage. Rankings 3-6 are somewhat difficult to rank by, I saw Reitz did well with their scrimmage and Jasper is always Jasper. Going to be interesting to see who the new QB at North is, but having Rucker as RB1 will relieve some of the pressure. I have no clue who is replacing Hunt at Lincoln, but they do return some guys. I see Mater Dei improving this year, but it sounded like they were disappointed last week in their scrimmage. Bosse replacing Wagner will be a difficult task, although they have their QB for this season. Harrison returns a lot of starters from last year, but having TE Brooks being out is devastating. Can the Bears finally win this first game since 2021? The bears have a good amount of returning starters

Edited August 19, 2024 by TigerFan20

[Titan32]

I have to tell you that Central looked very solid on offense.  When the #1s were out there....they have a nice QB... a powerful running RB and a tremendous athlete at WR.  

[TigerFan20]

HTF Reitz preview:

https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/reitz-panthers-eager-for-kickoff-in-upcoming-season/

14 News: Castle, Harrison, and Central Previews

https://www.14news.com/2024/08/21/central-bears-bring-positivity-into-2024-season/
 

https://www.14news.com/2024/08/21/castle-football-wants-get-back-defensive-roots/

https://www.14news.com/2024/08/20/harrison-football-continuing-rebuild-year-5-under-coach-sutton/

 

[Football Fanatic]

IndyStar playoff predictions on classes involving SIAC:

 

Class 5A

Sectional champions

∎ NORTH: Merrillville, Valparaiso, Warsaw, Lafayette Jeff

∎ SOUTH: Decatur Central, East Central, Bloomington North, Castle

Give me Merrillville over Valpo and Warsaw over Lafayette Jeff in the north regional and Decatur Central over East Central and Bloomington North over Castle in the south. In the semistate games, Warsaw clips Merrillville and Decatur Central knocks off Bloomington North.

▶ Championship game: Decatur Central over Warsaw.

Class 4A

Sectional champions

∎ NORTH: New Prairie, Mishawaka, Leo, Lebanon

∎ SOUTH: New Palestine, Bishop Chatard, Martinsville, Evansville Reitz

In the regional round, I will take Mishawaka over New Prairie and Leo over Lebanon. In a loaded south, give me New Palestine over Chatard in a regional showdown and Evansville Reitz over Martinsville in the other regional. In the north semistate, Mishawaka over Leo. In the south, New Palestine over Evansville Reitz.

▶ Championship game: New Palestine over Mishawaka.

Class 3A

Sectional champions

∎ NORTH: Knox, Tippecanoe Valley, West Lafayette, FW Bishop Luers

∎ SOUTH: Tri-West, Batesville, Indian Creek, Heritage Hills

Give me Knox over Tippecanoe Valley and West Lafayette over Luers for north regional titles. In the south, I will go with Batesville over Tri-West and Heritage Hills over Indian Creek in the regional championship games. In the north semistate, I have Knox over West Lafayette and Heritage Hills over Batesville.

▶ Championship game: Heritage Hills over Knox.

 

[TigerFan20]

14news Memorial Preview:

https://www.14news.com/2024/08/22/matthew-fishers-return-headlines-memorial-football-season/

14news North Preview:

https://www.14news.com/2024/08/22/north-huskies-return-strong-weapons-offense/

[TigerFan20]

IFCA Poll:

5A:

7. Castle

4A:

3. Reitz

22. Jasper

3A:

3. Memorial

12. Mater Dei

20. Lincoln

[TigerFan20]

Week 1 Finals:

37-6 Memorial over Jasper

45-7 Mater Dei over Central

48-8 Lincoln over Bosse

49-27 Reitz over Harrison

14-11 Castle over North

 

[tango]

1 hour ago, TigerFan20 said:

Week 1 Finals:

37-6 Memorial over Jasper

45-7 Mater Dei over Central

48-8 Lincoln over Bosse

49-27 Reitz over Harrison

14-11 Castle over North

 

Pretty much as expected, right? Except maybe Memorial taking Jasper to the woodshed and Harrison scoring 27?

[TigerFan20]

6 minutes ago, tango said:

Pretty much as expected, right? Except maybe Memorial taking Jasper to the woodshed and Harrison scoring 27?

I saw a Twitter conversation saying Reitz and Harrison had a combined over 30+ penalties in the game around the 4Q. Wonder if Harrison had some 4Q touchdowns?