Recent content by SweetWalter34

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    Skipping Bowl Games

    Nick Saban disagrees with you.
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    Skipping Bowl Games

    Nick Saban seems to have a pretty good grasp of the issue: "I will say this, I think when we created the playoff, which all of you wanted to do and all of you wanted to make it four teams. And now all of you want to make it eight teams and pretty soon all of you guys are going to want to make it...
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    Fenwick/Oak Park

    This seems timely and relevant to the discussion: http://usatodayhss.com/2016/report-fight-breaks-out-after-chicago-basketball-game-called-off http://thepublicleague.com/fight-julian-lincoln-park-basketball/
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    Fenwick/Oak Park

    Some people try their best to respond to the Christian encouragement: “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you...
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    Simple solution

    One way to make sure this NEVER happens again, add 2 simple and unforgettable rules to the rule book requiring: I) No official may officiate a high school football game in the state of Illinois without a hard copy of the most recent rule book in his/her pocket at all times. The head official...
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    Plainfield North @ Fenwick

    One way to make sure this NEVER happens again, add 2 simple and unforgettable rules to the rule book requiring: I) No official may officiate a high school football game in the state of Illinois without a hard copy of the most recent rule book in his/her pocket at all times. The head official...
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    What's the Point?

    "home field advantage doesn't matter." You might be mistaken.
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    Possessive Pronoun Pet Peeve

    crusader, I appreciate your pet peeve -- and I have no idea of the identity of the player to whom you refer -- but it is entirely possible that the player is using "my" out of a sense of deep intimacy and/or pride he feels for his team. For example, "My head coach/quarterback/teammate told me to...
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    So who should be CSNChicago The Drive team for 2016?

    Which program is more interesting right now than Phillips? I can't think of one...
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    So who should be CSNChicago The Drive team for 2016?

    How many years has CSN been selecting a team for "Drive"? Has a "Drive" team ever won the state championship game in that year?
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    NCAA rules bye bye to FBS satellite camps

    Follow the $$$. Who pays whom the most? Latest data below: http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2015/07/20/the-sec-is-finally-the-most-valuable-conference-in-college-sports/#30dc6731349e http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/finances/revenue
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    Recruiting Questions

    Almost exclusively through 1 or both of these 2 methods: 1. Twitter direct messages (DM's). 2. College coaches contact the high school coach and tell high school coach to have player call college coach at college coach's cell #.
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    Recruiting Questions

    Edgy: Just to clarify, when I said "invisible", I meant invisible to college coaches, not invisible to you.
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    Recruiting Questions

    It's all about having varsity film. If you don't have varsity film, then you must do camps/combines. If you don't have varsity film and you don't do any camps/combines, you are invisible.