LC_Bears_04

On 9/12/2023 at 2:50 PM, Frozen Tundra said:

 

 

This week’s games (week 5):

 

BNL (2-2, 2-0 HHC) at Seymour (2-2, 2-1 HHC)

Floyd Central (3-1, 1-0 HHC) at Jeffersonville (0-4, 0-2 HHC)

New Albany (1-3, 1-1 HHC) at Columbus East (1-3, 1-1 HHC)

Madison (1-3) at Jennings County (2-2)

 

Note:

- Floyd Central received 4 votes in the media poll this week but none in the coaches poll. I believe they’re the only HHC team to receive votes in either poll this season so far.

Seymour

Floyd Central

Columbus East

Jennings County

There is a ton of parity in the Mid-State Conference this year.  Last week i was very surprised by Martinsville beating Decatur Central, Franklin beating Whiteland, and Plainfield only beating Perry Meridian by 1 point.  With that being said, my picks for week 5 are:

Plainfield

Franklin

Whiteland

Mooresville

Twin Lakes

Northwestern

Hamilton Heights

West Lafayette

Lafayette Central Catholic

Knox

Carroll (Flora)

Delphi

Sheridan

Bowman Academy

1.  Fort Wayne Snider

2.  NorthWood

3.  Southport

4.  Merrillville

5.  Castle

6.  Hammond Central

7.  East Noble

8.  New Prairie

9.  Gibson Southern

10.  Brownstown Central

11.  Carroll (Flora)

Lutheran

Scecina

Ritter

Southport

Monrovia

Triton Central

On 9/9/2023 at 3:27 PM, ptr said:

 

 

Pick'em results for Week 4:

 

ptr (3-1) - 11-2

 

Frozen Tundra (3-1) - 10-3

 

LC_Bears_04 (3-1) - 10-3

 

Bulldog15 (2-2) - 10-3

 

MuleDriver (3-1) - 9-4

 

THPD262 (3-1) - 5-2 (Weeks 3 and 4 only)

 

 

There are four games in Week 5:

 

Bloomington South @ Terre Haute South

 

Terre Haute North @ Bloomington North

 

Indy Chatard @ Columbus North

 

Southport @ Beech Grove

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bloomington South

Bloomington North

Chatard

Southport

On 9/9/2023 at 10:48 AM, BDGiant93 said:

I really expected LC to take a step forward this year as a program given all the people returning. Obviously, losing to LN and WC is not a jaw dropping surprise, but does anyone have any insight as to why LC is struggling this year?

In the last 2 games LC has really gotten pushed around at the line of scrimmage.  Our offensive line isn't giving QB Bryson Luter any time to throw and isn't opening any holes for our running backs.  Our defensive front 7 isn't getting any pass rush on the QB and keeps getting gashed for long runs out of the backfield.  Our special teams has done a poor job of covering kicks and have been constantly allowing long returns.  We do have injuries to key players like WR Ahmaad Duff and LB Mateo Russell, but that's not an excuse as the players that are on the field need to do their damn jobs.  Turning the season around starts with giving a great effort in practice every day, being a lot more physical at the line of scrimmage, and frankly just wanting to win more than their opponent on gameday.

Louisville Trinity by 7

IMG Academy by 28

LN by 21

Center Grove by 21

Pike by 28

LC by 7

Brownsburg by 28

Hamilton SE by 7

Westfield by 3

Franklin Central by 7

1 hour ago, Frozen Tundra said:

 

This week’s games (week 4):

 

Columbus East (0-3, 0-1 HHC) at Jennings County (2-1, 0-1 HHC)

New Albany (1-2, 1-0 HHC) at BNL (1-2, 1-0 HHC)

Seymour (2-1, 2-0 HHC) at Floyd Central (2-1)

Jeffersonville (0-3) at Louisville Fern Creek (2-1)

Columbus East

Bedford North Lawrence

Floyd Central

Louisville Fern Creek

Rensselaer Central

Tippecanoe Valley

Hamilton Heights

West Lafayette

Western

Tech

Fountain Central

Bremen

Greenwood Christian

Brebeuf

1.  Hamilton Southeastern

2.  Bedford North Lawrence

3.  Marion

4.  Greenfield-Central

5.  Brebeuf

6.  Fort Wayne Wayne

7.  Tri-West

8.  Heritage

9.  Knox

10.  Linton-Stockton

11.  Bremen

Carroll

Wayne

North Side

Homestead

Snider

Scecina

Cascade

Lutheran

Triton Central

Speedway

17 hours ago, ptr said:

The pick'em results for Week 3 are in parenthesis next to the handle with the cumulative results for Week 2 and 3 following:

Bulldog15 (3-0) - 8-1

ptr (3-0) - 8-1

Frozen Tundra (3-0) - 7-2

LC_Bears_04 (3-0) - 7-2

MuleDriver (2-1) - 6-3

THPD262 (2-1) - 2-1   (THPD262 made picks for Week 3 only)

 

There are four games for Week 4:

Bloomington North @ Bloomington South

Terre Haute South @ Terre Haute North

Columbus North @ Indy Roncalli

Pike @ Southport

 

 

 

 

Bloomington South

Terre Haute South

Roncalli

Pike

Hamilton SE by 35

Fishers by 7

Brownsburg by 17

Westfield by 17

Carmel by 7

LC by 7

Warren by 28

Ben Davis by 35

Center Grove by 14

On 8/29/2023 at 2:21 PM, Frozen Tundra said:

 

This week’s games (week 3):

 

Columbus East (0-2) at Seymour (1-1, 1-0 HHC)

Jeffersonville (0-2, 0-1 HHC) at BNL (0-2)

Jennings County (2-0) at New Albany (0-2)

Silver Creek (1-1) at Floyd Central (1-1)

Seymour

Bedford North Lawrence

Jennings County

Floyd Central

On 8/28/2023 at 11:53 AM, jakone said:

Carroll at South Side

Luers at Northrop

North Side at Dwenger

Snider at Concordia

Homestead at Wayne 

Carroll

Luers

North Side

Snider

Homestead

5 hours ago, ptr said:

I'll go ahead and take the liberty to keep a pick'em going.

There were five who predicted week two games and here's where that lies:

Bulldog15 - 5-1

ptr - 5-1

Frozen Tundra - 4-2

LC_Bears_04 - 4-2

MuleDriver - 4-2

 

As Bulldog15 already indicated, there are just three games this week and only one game appears to be competitive, and they are:

Bloomington South @ Terre Haute North

Bloomington North @ Terre Haute South

Southport @ Columbus North

Bloomington South

Bloomington North

Columbus North

1.  Crown Point

2.  Franklin

3.  Decatur Central

4.  Michigan City

5.  Goshen

6.  New Haven

7.  New Palestine

8.  Hamilton Heights

9.  Forest Park

10.  Triton Central

11.  Cloverdale

Hamilton Heights

Benton Central

Western

Tippecanoe Valley

West Lafayette

North Newton

Crown Point

LaVille

Center Grove

Lewis Cass

Scecina

Cascade

Ritter

Linton-Stockton

Speedway

Triton Central

On 8/22/2023 at 3:20 PM, temptation said:

8-0 last week...lets see if we can keep it going.

Avon @ Ben Davis:  Avon hung tough with a solid LN outfit at home last week but came up short whereas BD made the statement of the early season in throttling one of Ohio's best.  Giants may be due for a let down and I expect a bit of a slow start before they begin to roll.  BD wins 42-17.

Fishers @ Pike:  A second straight blowout likely for Fishers as they get the "other" MIC bottom feeder, albeit an improved Pike squad.  The Red Devils will rely heavily on the home field to keep this one close, but I just don't see it.  Tigers roll 38-13.

Hamilton Southeastern @ North Central:  Royals got revenge on their homefield last week avenging 2022's semi-state loss to Carroll.  They'll breathe easier this week as the work in progress that is NC awaits.  Royals win 49-7.

Homestead @ Noblesville:  An interesting matchup of two often overlooked squads in their respective geographic regions of the state.  Spartans earned a moral victory last week with a close loss to Carmel and are out to prove they haven't taken a step back.  Noblesville trying to prove is annual August success is not a fluke this time.  I'll take the home team 27-20.

Indianapolis Cathedral @ Brownsburg:  Best game in the state this weekend in my opinion and both coming off blowout wins.  The traditional power against the upstart squad who hasn't won one in over 30 years.  Were this an October/postseason game I would take the Irish but it always seems like the Bulldogs get up for an early season contest which raises expectations.  'Dogs win this one 27-24.

Indianapolis Roncalli @ Franklin Central:  Franklin Central's time is NOW.  Booming enrollment, solid facilities, and an investment in the football program we have not seen since the 80s.  This is an underrated "rivalry" on the southeast side of Indianapolis as many families have folks on both sides of this one.  I think the Flashes pull a mild upset here.  20-17.

Westfield @ Lawrence Central:  An underrated game on the schedule and two teams coming off blowout wins and looking to get into the state title discussion.  I could see this one going either way and am going to take the easy way out and take the home team by 3 in what could also be viewed as a mild upset.  Bears win 30-27.

Zionsville @ Lebanon:  Lebanon is growing but is not quite ready for the prime time that awaits.  Zionsville gets a breather here after a nail biting win at home last week against Pike.  Eagles win comfortably 37-14.

What say you?

Ben Davis by 35

Fishers by 17

Hamilton SE by about 56 if they want to

Noblesville by 7

Brownsburg by 3

Franklin Central by 3

Westfield by 10

Zionsville by 24

On 8/22/2023 at 3:29 PM, temptation said:

Plus Carmel and Center Grove...

6-2 last week.

Avon @ Ben Davis:  Avon hung tough with a solid LN outfit at home last week but came up short whereas BD made the statement of the early season in throttling one of Ohio's best.  Giants may be due for a let down and I expect a bit of a slow start before they begin to roll.  BD wins 42-17.

Christian Brothers (MO) @ Carmel:  Hounds get Missouri power CBC and their high powered offense.  A pair of high level Big Ten recruits on each side of the ball including a WR headed to Ohio State.  I do think the travel and the fact that this is CBC's first contest whereas Carmel has already played bodes well for the 'Hounds but I think they come up short here.  CBC wins 34-23.

Fishers @ Pike:  A second straight blowout likely for Fishers as they get the "other" MIC bottom feeder, albeit an improved Pike squad.  The Red Devils will rely heavily on the home field to keep this one close, but I just don't see it.  Tigers roll 38-13.

Fort Wayne North @ Lawrence North:  Speaking of high level recruits. North Side was without their combo last week and is rumored to once again be shorthanded on the bus ride to Indy this weekend.  Sorry but that is a recipe for disaster against a MIC outfit like LN.  Wish them a speedy recovery but gimme the Wildcats here 30-14.

Hamilton Southeastern @ North Central:  Royals got revenge on their homefield last week avenging 2022's semi-state loss to Carroll.  They'll breathe easier this week as the work in progress that is NC awaits.  Royals win 49-7.

Oakland (TN) @ Center Grove:  Don't know a ton about the Tennessee squad other than the fact that they appear in the national polls.  I like CG on their homefield regardless in what I can only describe as a homer pick.  CG wins 23-21.

Warren Central @ Carroll (Fort Wayne):  Don't know where to start here but I never thought I would see big bad Warren Central get bullied at the line of scrimmage and then have inadequate speed against ANYONE, but here we are.  Taking nothing away from Snider but that final score shocked me.  It doesn't get any easier this week as the Warriors travel to Carroll.  Gut check time for the Warriors and though I think they'll improve week by week, I have to take Carroll here.  Chargers win 28-20.

Westfield @ Lawrence Central:  An underrated game on the schedule and two teams coming off blowout wins and looking to get into the state title discussion.  I could see this one going either way and am going to take the easy way out and take the home team by 3 in what could also be viewed as a mild upset.  Bears win 30-27.

Ben Davis by 35

Christian Brothers by 14

Fishers by 17

LN by 21

Hamilton SE by about 56 if they want to

Center Grove by 7

Carroll by 28

Westfield by 10