Wrestling Scholar

Maybe Fort Wayne should host state?  Looks legit.

The best thing College Wrestling could do is get rid of riding time.... It just smothers potential action and the resulting excitement. Make it better for fans.

Ok, What we've learned about Evansville food from Indianamat:
1. Best Pizza is Pizza King
2. Best Tacos are Taco Bell
3. Best Italian Beef is Arby's
 
Is it a fair assumption to say best Chinese is Panda Express?   

Ok, What we've learned about Evansville food from Indianamat:
1. Best Pizza is Pizza King
2. Best Tacos are Taco Bell
3. Best Italian Beef is Arby's
 
Is it a fair assumption to say best Chinese is Panda Express?   

Hey don't be too hard on Evansville, it is not like Indiana is some food mecca. People in Indiana think City BBQ is good BBQ... that couldn't even sell at a gas station here in Texas 🤣 - joking aside St. Elmos - stellar for any city in the U.S. 

Ok, What we've learned about Evansville food from Indianamat:
1. Best Pizza is Pizza King
2. Best Tacos are Taco Bell
3. Best Italian Beef is Arby's
 
Is it a fair assumption to say best Chinese is Panda Express?   

Ok, What we've learned about Evansville food from Indianamat:
1. Best Pizza is Pizza King
2. Best Tacos are Taco Bell
3. Best Italian Beef is Arby's
 
Is it a fair assumption to say best Chinese is Panda Express?   

Ok, What we've learned about Evansville food from Indianamat:
1. Best Pizza is Pizza King
2. Best Tacos are Taco Bell
3. Best Italian Beef is Arby's
 
Is it a fair assumption to say best Chinese is Panda Express?   

I need another angle before I decide

I cant help thinking of  the irony in this situation of kicking McCutcheon and Harrison out of the NCC.  They weren't good enough (mostly football) to compete in the Hoosier Crossroads conference which resulted in a backdoor eviction.  Harrison did lose 39 straight football games which makes a valid argument.   But now they're too good to compete in the North Central Conference, which also a valid point as Harrison has won 15 of the last 22 conference championships in all mens and womens sports.    So the cited point of geographical distance, enrollment gap and competitve balance is also a valid point.  
But this does create a headache for Jerry Galema and Ryan Waldron, the respective ADs.  I can understand why they wanted to stay.  It was more out of geographical convenience, not competitive dominance.   The problem is that Lafayette  area is in a donut hole were they're too far from schools with similar demographics.   They have a travel budget.   So now they have limited options, and have the task of convincing another conference to allow them to join with the obstacle of travel miles and $$.   But the Schools do bring in some very competitive teams with McCuthcheon winning some recent volleyball state championshsips, Harrison had a soccer championship and was in the finals of the Softball and Tennis last year.
 
So the scholar of course had to do an anlysis based on average travel distance and enrollment gap and some other intangibles to determine what the best conference would be.   Really trying to be objectve and real.  Would be curious to see what other opinions on the board of the reality of these options.
These options are ranked worst to best and are looked at from all IHSAA sports.
 
5.  Hoosier Crossroads Conference: avg travel distance = 61 miles, average enrollment gap = -1146.  Pros:  Prior conference history, shortest travel distance of all options,  theres still a lot of out conference competition between these schools and TSC, both are similar suburban schools  with schools TSC scchools getting bigger to decrease gap.   Cons:  Enrollment gap would make football tough,   TSC traveling football gate is not big enough for these schools, and the bad blood of kicking TSC out in 2014.  Also the HCC has an ideal  8 teams. Have the TSC schools - Laf Jeff improved and grown enough to bring  a better crowd and to put enough of a fight in football to coerce these schools drive up I-65? i think without the football disparity and possible loss of football gate, HCC would really consider this.
 
4. Conference Indiana: avg travel distance 99 miles, avg enrollment gap = +71.    Pros:  Closest enrollment gap and the schools would be very close in socio-economic demographics.   Interesting rivalry between Bloomington and West lafayette, with a mini- IU Vs PU atmosphere.  Also they have 6 schools, and the TSC schools would make a nice 8   Cons: Travel distance would be a huge obstacle and not much history.  But there's some possibilities.
 
3. MIC:  average travel distance = 62 miles.   Average enrollment gap -1494.   Pros: The travel distance is bearable and with the departue of Carmel and Center Grove, they need to schools that could compete. In non money sports, TSC could compete well.  Cons: Enrollment gap:  I see TSC struggle in basketball and football and the demographic is still a little differrent.  Would the MIC want two suburban schools with a large travel $ tag.
 
2. Duneland Conference:  Avg distance = 91 miles, avg enrollment gap = -297.  Pros:  Based on enrollment gap, these schools are very close and not far off from type of school and i predict the gap would be smaller in future.  This would be a nice competitive add in multiple sports.  Some possible good rivalries and this on personallly would be awsome from a wrestling perspective.  Also the lafayette are could possibly be deemed to have quasi region status.  Cons:   Distance is a big barrier albeit highway miles, the conference has there nice round 8 teams already.  The time zone change would be tough,  I could see a lot late and early incidents.   Would  the Region Rat snub his nose or welcome the competitors from the south?  Would the TSC guys be able to acclimatize themselves to the notorious "Region" steel mill/refinery air?
 
1 Mid States Conference:  avg distance = 77 miles, enrolment gap -258 Mid states avgs 1685 vs 1943  of TSC.  Pros:  This is a compromise of a  avg drive and not a large enrollment gap.  TSC and these are similar suburban schools.  Harrison and McCutcheon would really improve the competitiveness in fit well with all the sports. but wouldnd dominate.   A couple of good wrestling rivalries would emerge.   Cons:  The  nice thing of this conference is their compact closeness to each other as not spread out,  adding the TSC schools would change that.  Its sill on average 77 highway miles.  Not a lot of interconference competition or history.   But there could be a future here. 
 
Long shots: 
Sagamore conference;  With it breaking up,  maybe a possibiliy of rebuilding with a merger but the enrollment gap is too big albeit proximity would be nice.
Summit conference:     The drive is too far,  but the school types might be close enough to fit.  Also, I know a lot of people in Lafayette that want to see and experience  "Victory Bay". 
Northern Indiana conference:   See long drive comments,  different type of schools.  But playing Penn would everyyear in multiple sports would be interesting and they might like excluding the drive.
Independent status:   Scheduling nightmare,  no all-conference honors, only happens if everybody rejects the TSC schools.
 
Conclusion:  The TSC shcools would be nice assets for competitiveness based on there well rounded sports over all.  Good sportsmanship and a lot recent state final moments in various sports recently, and the fans travel fairly well.    Somebody should compromise on the geopgraphical distance and improve their conference.   Im sure the A.Ds will do their full "Due Dilligence" in finding a home.  I just hope the whole state doesnt snub their noses at these quality schools. 
 
Just surveying on opinons:  A= "We would love to have the TSC schools in our conference". B- no way were letting those bastards in and traveling that far.  C- in between.

I cant help thinking of  the irony in this situation of kicking McCutcheon and Harrison out of the NCC.  They weren't good enough (mostly football) to compete in the Hoosier Crossroads conference which resulted in a backdoor eviction.  Harrison did lose 39 straight football games which makes a valid argument.   But now they're too good to compete in the North Central Conference, which also a valid point as Harrison has won 15 of the last 22 conference championships in all mens and womens sports.    So the cited point of geographical distance, enrollment gap and competitve balance is also a valid point.  
But this does create a headache for Jerry Galema and Ryan Waldron, the respective ADs.  I can understand why they wanted to stay.  It was more out of geographical convenience, not competitive dominance.   The problem is that Lafayette  area is in a donut hole were they're too far from schools with similar demographics.   They have a travel budget.   So now they have limited options, and have the task of convincing another conference to allow them to join with the obstacle of travel miles and $$.   But the Schools do bring in some very competitive teams with McCuthcheon winning some recent volleyball state championshsips, Harrison had a soccer championship and was in the finals of the Softball and Tennis last year.
 
So the scholar of course had to do an anlysis based on average travel distance and enrollment gap and some other intangibles to determine what the best conference would be.   Really trying to be objectve and real.  Would be curious to see what other opinions on the board of the reality of these options.
These options are ranked worst to best and are looked at from all IHSAA sports.
 
5.  Hoosier Crossroads Conference: avg travel distance = 61 miles, average enrollment gap = -1146.  Pros:  Prior conference history, shortest travel distance of all options,  theres still a lot of out conference competition between these schools and TSC, both are similar suburban schools  with schools TSC scchools getting bigger to decrease gap.   Cons:  Enrollment gap would make football tough,   TSC traveling football gate is not big enough for these schools, and the bad blood of kicking TSC out in 2014.  Also the HCC has an ideal  8 teams. Have the TSC schools - Laf Jeff improved and grown enough to bring  a better crowd and to put enough of a fight in football to coerce these schools drive up I-65? i think without the football disparity and possible loss of football gate, HCC would really consider this.
 
4. Conference Indiana: avg travel distance 99 miles, avg enrollment gap = +71.    Pros:  Closest enrollment gap and the schools would be very close in socio-economic demographics.   Interesting rivalry between Bloomington and West lafayette, with a mini- IU Vs PU atmosphere.  Also they have 6 schools, and the TSC schools would make a nice 8   Cons: Travel distance would be a huge obstacle and not much history.  But there's some possibilities.
 
3. MIC:  average travel distance = 62 miles.   Average enrollment gap -1494.   Pros: The travel distance is bearable and with the departue of Carmel and Center Grove, they need to schools that could compete. In non money sports, TSC could compete well.  Cons: Enrollment gap:  I see TSC struggle in basketball and football and the demographic is still a little differrent.  Would the MIC want two suburban schools with a large travel $ tag.
 
2. Duneland Conference:  Avg distance = 91 miles, avg enrollment gap = -297.  Pros:  Based on enrollment gap, these schools are very close and not far off from type of school and i predict the gap would be smaller in future.  This would be a nice competitive add in multiple sports.  Some possible good rivalries and this on personallly would be awsome from a wrestling perspective.  Also the lafayette are could possibly be deemed to have quasi region status.  Cons:   Distance is a big barrier albeit highway miles, the conference has there nice round 8 teams already.  The time zone change would be tough,  I could see a lot late and early incidents.   Would  the Region Rat snub his nose or welcome the competitors from the south?  Would the TSC guys be able to acclimatize themselves to the notorious "Region" steel mill/refinery air?
 
1 Mid States Conference:  avg distance = 77 miles, enrolment gap -258 Mid states avgs 1685 vs 1943  of TSC.  Pros:  This is a compromise of a  avg drive and not a large enrollment gap.  TSC and these are similar suburban schools.  Harrison and McCutcheon would really improve the competitiveness in fit well with all the sports. but wouldnd dominate.   A couple of good wrestling rivalries would emerge.   Cons:  The  nice thing of this conference is their compact closeness to each other as not spread out,  adding the TSC schools would change that.  Its sill on average 77 highway miles.  Not a lot of interconference competition or history.   But there could be a future here. 
 
Long shots: 
Sagamore conference;  With it breaking up,  maybe a possibiliy of rebuilding with a merger but the enrollment gap is too big albeit proximity would be nice.
Summit conference:     The drive is too far,  but the school types might be close enough to fit.  Also, I know a lot of people in Lafayette that want to see and experience  "Victory Bay". 
Northern Indiana conference:   See long drive comments,  different type of schools.  But playing Penn would everyyear in multiple sports would be interesting and they might like excluding the drive.
Independent status:   Scheduling nightmare,  no all-conference honors, only happens if everybody rejects the TSC schools.
 
Conclusion:  The TSC shcools would be nice assets for competitiveness based on there well rounded sports over all.  Good sportsmanship and a lot recent state final moments in various sports recently, and the fans travel fairly well.    Somebody should compromise on the geopgraphical distance and improve their conference.   Im sure the A.Ds will do their full "Due Dilligence" in finding a home.  I just hope the whole state doesnt snub their noses at these quality schools. 
 
Just surveying on opinons:  A= "We would love to have the TSC schools in our conference". B- no way were letting those bastards in and traveling that far.  C- in between.

Dang,  no proposal for adding wrestling backs to the state tournament.   At least we got next year to hope for, at least we got that going for us.   
"#wrestlebacks for the future". Never give in, never give up.

AJ,  Wow thats news.  Are they planning on going somewhere?   Possibly getting back in the HCC or possibly the MIC?
 

Dang,  no proposal for adding wrestling backs to the state tournament.   At least we got next year to hope for, at least we got that going for us.   
"#wrestlebacks for the future". Never give in, never give up.

Dang,  no proposal for adding wrestling backs to the state tournament.   At least we got next year to hope for, at least we got that going for us.   
"#wrestlebacks for the future". Never give in, never give up.

Jeff is staying....

I think everyone is jealous of the Lafayette area's Yelp ratings.

Harrison and McCutchen were both voted out of the North Central Conference today...Next year will be there last year in the conference.
 
NCC will be down to 7 teams...

That was a very specific, colorful and descriptive review.  Very coercive,  I don't think I'll try it.

Not that I'm promoting Evansville, but on a cool sidenote, the famous naturalist John James Audobon lived across the River from Evansville in Henderson, KY.  He enjoyed eploring the woods in KY and Indiana searching for birds and made many sketches and paintings of birds in the  area.  They even have a state park named after him.  Maybe you're birds can hang out there while you enjoy wrestling next year.

Taco Bell
Taco John's
Hacienda
And a gazillion authentic Mexican restaurants.

Don’t sleep on the AM Crunchwrap 

I'd add 
Biaggi's
Cork and Clever
 
Juicys- excellent seafood 

La campirana 

But no Taco places?