[Football Junky]

Ben Davis, Carmel, Center Grove, Warren Central. and several other Indy teams play great football, IMO. I like the fact that the state titles are spread out over more than two or three teams. When I was living in Indy, Ben Davis and Warren Central were the two powerhouses in most years. Lately, Carmel and Center Grove seem to be at the top of the heap, but Lawrence Central and Fishers have also won 5A titles recently. This year, Penn (from South Bend) is the top ranked team in the state, but I have a feeling that Carmel or Center Grove will go home with the trophy. The level of competition that those teams face during the regular season is amazing.

You want to know why, Indianapolis and metro has such good teams??? It's not because better coaches or players. It's because they have fewer, but much larger schools!!! Scott co is the largest enrollment in the state at apprx 2400 students (boys/girls). In Indianapolis there are several schools this size and larger. My friend went to Pike in Indy, it's larger than Scott co now. There is a big debate in Scott co now on splitting the school, where as in Indianapolis, Texas, and other places it's the norm to have 3000 plus students in a school/school district, thus creating an illusion of better players. Count how many big schools are in Indianapolis and the enrollment of each of them. Then count how many in Louisville and the enrollment of each of those schools. Louisville and Indianapolis have very similar population demographics