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Having seen both Southport and Terre Haute North play, it looked to me that the Cardinals are just a thin hair better than the Patriots and the game will be at Southport. The Panthers played their starters just in the first half against Southport with a running clock to start the 2nd half. The subs and JV players (in the 4th for the JV) taking over in the 2nd half and it was the JV squad that scored the only TD by either team in the 2nd half. South's starting running back Braylen Townsend came up gimpy on a run out of bounds in the Terre Haute South game last week and he sat out the game last night. Hopefully, he will be ready to go at Columbus North next weekend.

Bloomington North 36 Jeffersonville 3 (final) Terre Haute South 37 Northview 26 (final)

Bloomington North 36 Jeffersonville 3 (final)

Columbus North 42 Terre Haute North 0 (start of the 4th and a running clock)

Bloomington South 54 Southport 7 (final) The 2nd half went by in a flash with the running clock. South played almost all backups in the 2nd half to include JV players in the 4th qtr. Southport got their first points of the season in this game.

Bloomington South 54 Southport 7 (5:20, 4th with a running clock) With mostly JV players in there in the 4th to include the QB, South tacked on another TD.

Columbus North 35 Terre Haute North 0 (half)

Beech Grove 6 Edgewood 0 (half) Bloomington North 21 Jeffersonville 3 (half) Whiteland 27 Martinsville 6 (half) Floyd Central 21 Columbus East 7 (half) Terre Haute South 10 Northview 6 (half) Sullivan 28 Owen Valley 0 (half)

Columbus North 21 Terre Haute North 0 (8:30, 2nd)

Bloomington South 47 Southport 7 (half) With the clock winding down, the Panthers kicked a 27-yard FG to closeout the first half. Obviously, a running clock will take place at the start of the second half with the Cardinals getting the ball to start the 3rd. You can expect the Panthers go with their backup QB for the 2nd half with other subs out there also.

Bloomington South 44 Southport 7 (3:56. 2nd) A muffed kickoff by Southport gave the Panthers possession deep into Cardinal territory and a short pass completed the drive for another score.

Bloomington South 37 Southport 7 (4:05, 2nd) I was congratulating South for not have any major penalties in the 1st qtr and halfway through the 2nd qtr which is something they haven't done this season so far, but they then had a TD called back for a holding call and they ended up kicking a 20 yard FG.

Bloomington South 34 Southport 7 (6:05, 2nd) Well, someone was going to give up a score to the Cardinals and the Panthers were the ones to do it. On a corner blitz, two Panther defenders sandwiched the Cardinal QB, but he threw up a prayer as deep as he could just a millisecond before he was hit, with a Cardinal receiver getting a couple of steps on a safety and he outraced the defender to the end zone.

Bloomington South 34 Southport 0 (7:45, 2nd) South scored on a four-play drive with backup RB Shaun Cooper scoring on a six-yard drive. The PAT was no good.

Bloomington South 28 Southport 0 (2:03, 1st) South forced a punt and the punt was muffed by the Cardinals with the Panthers recovering the ball at the Cardinal five-yard line. South backup RB Shaun Cooper scored on a five-yard run.

Edgewood 0 Beech Grove 0 (end of 1st)

Bloomington South 21 Southport 0 (4:19, 1st) South forced a Southport punt down near their goal line and the Panthers scored on the first play from scrimmage after the punt on a 45-yard pass play. South's QB Duncan Combs already has three TD passes on the game.

Bloomington South 14 Southport 0 (7:07, 1st) On the Cardinals' very first play from scrimmage they fumbled the ball away at the 18-yard line and the Panthers scored on the first play from there on an 18-yard pass play.

Bloomington South 7 Southport 0 (7:17, 1st) The South Panthers opened the game with a 80 yard drive to take the early lead. The Panthers scored on a 6-yard pass.

I can't believe that Indiana Sports Network in Terre Haute is televising the Col. North vs TH North game and not the Northview/TH South game. It's like staring at an accident while driving by. Here's the link to the televised broadcast if you want to peek in (no charge.) H O M E | ISN

My Week 6 opinion on games in CI. There are four games this week and two games appear to be competitive and the other two games are games where the favorite can pretty much name the score. My picks are in boldface. Southport @ Bloomington South This is obviously one of the games where the South Panthers (5-0) can pretty much name the score. The only question with this game is will the Cardinals (0-5) score their first points of the season after being shutout in the first the five games of the season, and that won't be easy against the Panthers' stout defense. This game might have the running clock at the start of the 2nd half and with South probably playing backups, maybe Southport can get that elusive score. South continues to rack up too many major penalties, and they had a ridiculous 9 penalties for 90 yards just in the first half of their blowout win over TH South last week. The Panthers have also given up three kickoff returns for TDs in the first five games with two of those that started the game. TH South had a kickoff return for a TD to start their game with the Panthers last week. Harrell's site prediction: Bloom. South 42 Southport 0 Columbus North @ Terre Haute North After getting pummeled by two strong teams the past two weeks, the Bull Dogs (3-2) make the long trip to Terre Haute for what should be another game where the favored Bull Dogs can name the score. TH North (0-5) has lost big in all five games so far this season and they are coming off a 56-0 loss to Bloom. North last week. The Bull Dogs really miss RB Gino Prescott and from what I have read/seen they are pretty much a one-dimensional team with a passing game and not much of the running game. The Bull Dogs defense hasn't been effective against the stronger teams they faced the past two weeks. However, those two areas of concern should not be a problem tonight. Harrell's site prediction: Col. North 77 TH North 0 Bloomington North @ Jeffersonville The North Cougars (2-3) make the long trip to Jeffersonville to face the Red Devils (2-3.) Both teams sport the same record, but have just one common foe in Bedford NL with the Cougars beating the Stars by 9 points for the Stars' lone loss on the season, while the Red Devils lost to the Stars by 21 points. I commented on here before the season started that the Cougars will be a team that will be up and down all season long and they have been just that so far. You can throw out the Cougars 23-0 loss at TH Haute South earlier with the Cougars playing that game with a linebacker at QB after their starting QB sat out with an injury. I think it will be a good trip back to Bloomington with the Cougars winning this game by 10-14 points. Harrell's site prediction: Bloom. North 31 Jeffersonville 17 Northview @ Terre Haute South The No. 9/12 4A Northview Knights (5-0) travel to TH South (3-2) for what should be a very close game. This is a difficult game (for me) to try to predict. These teams have gone 2-2 the past four seasons, and last season, it was a very close win for the Knights. There is a big disparity between the two teams when it goes to their strength of schedule so far. The Knights' five wins came against teams with a combined record of 3-22, while the Braves two losses have come against the 5A No. 2 Bloom. South and 5A No. 3 Plainfield. Despite the lack of playing even an average team, I'm going to go with Northview in this game. The TH South Braves are still smarting over a home blowout loss to Bloom. South last week, so they are either going to still have a hangover from that game, or they will be fired up to rectify it against the Knights. Harrell's site prediction: Northview 38 TH South 28

I sent a check two weeks ago, so I hope he has it by now since it hasn't cleared my bank yet.

Okay. The Bull Dogs are no longer an enigma to me. The loss of a lot of talent from last season is really showing now after getting thrashed by Carmel, and they seem to have a passing game but not much else. They certainly miss Gino Prescott.

You really have to feel for the Cardinal players considering all of the work they put in (I assume) getting ready for the season. They just don't have the talent (I assume again) to compete against just about anyone. Bloom. North shutout Terre Haute North 56-0 and TH North has a game with Southport later on, so someone has to win that game, and maybe the Cardinals can score some points in that game.

Bloomington South 49 Terre Haute South 14 (final) It looked like the scoring was over with as the clock wound down, but a pick-6 tacked on another Panther TD with 58 seconds left. Back up RB Shaun Cooper finished with 221 yards rushing and five rushing TDs for the Panthers. B-South finished with 450 yards total offense to TH-South's 135 yards. Despite dominating the game, the Panthers had a ridiculous 9 penalties for 90 yards in the first half alone, and finished with 12 penalties for 115 yards. Penalties have been a problem for the Panthers in all five games so far on the season.