boilerfan87

Great coach, even better person. Rest in peace, coach. 

8 hours ago, Frozen Tundra said:

 

Somewhat related but I wonder how independence has affected Madison. Has it been a benefit or detriment? My gut feeling is that they didn’t expect to stay independent for more than a year or two. I know they tried to join the Mid-Southern Conference but the feeling wasn’t mutual.

I think it has been difficult to schedule favorably. When they first got out, it was a crap shoot looking for available opponents and they ended up playing some outstanding teams out of Kentucky. They essentially traded Columbus East and Floyd for similar opponents. Last year they had Greenfield-Central scheduled, who for years had been not so great. Last year, they were a very good team. They also added Brownstown, who could compete with most in the HHC. They also play Providence, who won a sectional last year. This year, they've added Scottsburg, so that is a good matchup, but Scottsburg has made a lot of progress and will be a tough out. But I'm not sure they've really softened their schedule up a whole lot. Also, there is a new administration at Madison that did not hire him so you know how those things go. 

On another note, it appears as though JC coach TJ Newton left to take the job at Eastern Pekin. It is over on the PLAC/MSC thread. 

13 hours ago, Fkfootball said:

Jeffersonville and New Albany are both a clown show. New Albany ran out a Hall of Fame coach like Jim Shannon. Hired a guy from Jay County. Their AD ran him out this summer. Then they hired a guy from Kansas who won 2 games last year. In basketball.  And I like Steve Cooley, he's a pretty good guy. But he's not really getting it done either.

Steve Cooley took his team to semi-state just a couple of years ago. No other football team around here has managed that, except Seymour in the 90s. I'm not sure about your definitions of "getting it done," but that would qualify in most people's books. 

On 11/5/2023 at 10:25 PM, Frozen Tundra said:

 

Final HHC Pick ‘Em Standings:

 

@boilerfan87 47/51

@LC_Bears_04 46/51

@Frozen Tundra 44/51

@Impartial_Observer 42/51

 

@Fkfootball 40/43 (.930)

@Uncle Bubba 44/50 (.880)

@Bulldog15 33/38 (.868)

@Owls2005 35/42 (.833)

@LawrenceGreene 41/50 (.820)

@billybob 36/45 (.800)

@swcgillespie 39/50 (.780)

@mamasa 31/46 (.674)

 

Congratulations to @boilerfan87 on winning this year’s competition! This is the fourth year that I’ve run this and @boilerfan87 is our first ever two-time winner. I hope everyone joins again next year and please remember that you have to pick every single game in order to be in contention in the main pick ‘em competition.

 

HHC Pick ‘Em Winner History:

2020: @boilerfan87

2021: @Frozen Tundra

2022: @LC_Bears_04

2023: @boilerfan87

Thanks, Frozen, for keeping track of it all. 

#3/#2 Bloomington South (9-1) at Seymour (6-4)

Paoli at North Posey

Springs Valley at Providence

Heritage Hills at Scottsburg

Triton Central at Eastern Pekin

Bonus Game of the Week: North Decatur at Milan

Scottsburg at Salem

Brownstown at Triton Central

Switzerland County at Eastern Pekin

Forest Park at Paoli

West Washington at Springs Valley

Bonus Game of the Week: Evansville North at Floyd Central

Jeffersonville (0-9) at Columbus North (4-5)

Seymour (5-4) at Columbus East (3-6)

Evansville North (6-3) at 5A #8/#9 Floyd Central (8-1)

5A #10/NR Castle (6-3) at New Albany (2-7)

Jennings County (5-5) at Greenwood (5-5)

4A #1 Evansville Reitz (10-0) at BNL (7-3)

North Posey at Perry Central

Mitchell at Forest Park

Crawford County at Paoli

Springs Valley at South Spencer

Martinsville at Silver Creek

Scottsburg at North Harrison

Salem at Madison

Charlestown at Heritage Hills

Corydon at Southridge

Scecina at Brownstown

Eastern Pekin at Christel House Manual

Bonus Game of the Week: Pike Central at Princeton

Edgewood (2-7) at Jennings County (4-5)

BNL (6-3) at Evansville Harrison (1-8)

Interesting history - the only sectional championship that JC has ever played in was 2000, finishing with a 6-6 record. Their head coach was Jerry Bland. Bland would go on to lead Edgewood from 2006-2016. 

10 hours ago, WWFan said:

Apparently NH forfeited to Providence at halftime down 35-0. Wonder what story is there. 

I read on Twitter from the Corydon Democrat reporter that it was due to multiple injuries. Hope everyone is okay.

BNL (5-3, 4-1 HHC) at Columbus East (3-5, 3-2 HHC)

#8/#9 Floyd Central (7-1, 5-0 HHC) at New Albany (2-6, 2-3 HHC)

Jennings County (3-5, 0-5 HHC) at Jeffersonville (0-8, 0-5 HHC)

Seymour (5-3) at #3 Bloomington South (7-1)

Brownstown at Scottsburg

Charlestown at Eastern Pekin

Corydon at Silver Creek

North Harrison at Providence

Salem at West Washington

Crawford County at Clarksville

Mitchell at Perry Central

North Knox at Paoli

Springs Valley at North Daviess

Bonus Game of the Week: Portage at LaPorte

Columbus East (2-5, 2-2 HHC) at Jeffersonville (0-7, 0-4 HHC)

Jennings County (3-4, 0-4 HHC) at #8/#10 Floyd Central (6-1, 4-0 HHC)

New Albany (2-5, 2-2 HHC) at Seymour (4-3, 3-2 HHC)

Madison (1-6) at BNL (4-3)

Crawford County at West Washington

Paoli at Mitchell

Perry Central at Springs Valley

Clarksville at North Harrison

Providence at Corydon

Salem at Charlestown

Scottsburg at Eastern Pekin

Silver Creek at Brownstown

Bonus Game of the Week

Southridge at North Posey

Talk about a doozy trying to pick Southridge vs. NP. Look at common opponents: Tell City (SR 47-14, NP 35-0 ), Tecumseh (SR 63-0, NP 63-0), South Spencer (SR 42-7, NP 41-7). Heritage Hills is the only one off. SR lost at the beginning of the year to them 45-13 while NP lost to them two weeks ago 10-0. It should be a great game. I'll give the nod to NP at home but it could easily go either way 

BNL (4-2, 4-0 HHC) at 5A #10 Floyd Central (5-1, 3-0 HHC)

Jeffersonville (0-6, 0-3 HHC) at New Albany (1-5, 1-2 HHC)

Seymour (3-3, 2-2 HHC) at Jennings County (3-3, 0-3 HHC)

Columbus East (2-4) at 5A #1 Bloomington North (6-0)

Brownstown at Madison

Charlestown at Corydon

Eastern Pekin at Salem

Mitchell at Scottsburg

Silver Creek at North Harrison

Paoli at Crawford County

Tecumseh at Springs Valley

West Washington at Perry Central

Bonus Game of the Week:  Castle at Jasper

5A #9 Floyd Central (4-1, 2-0 HHC) at Columbus East (2-3, 2-1 HHC)

Jennings County (3-2, 0-2 HHC) at BNL (3-2, 3-0 HHC)

5A #2 Bloomington North (5-0) at New Albany (1-4)

2A #1 Brownstown Central (5-0) at Seymour (2-3)

Jeffersonville (0-5) at Silver Creek (3-2)

Brownstown at Seymour

Corydon at Salem

Jeffersonville at Silver Creek

North Harrison at Eastern Pekin

Scottsburg at Charlestown

Clarksville at Perry Central

Crawford County at Springs Valley

Eastern Greene at Paoli

Madison at Mitchell

North Daviess at West Washington

By Popular Demand! Bonus Game of the Week

Heritage Hills at Gibson Southern

Bedford NL at Seymour 

Floyd Central at Jeffersonville 

Madison at Jennings County

New Albany at Columbus East 

Mitchell at Crawford County

Perry Central at Tecumseh

Springs Valley at Salem

West Washington at Paoli

Eastern Pekin at Corydon

North Harrison at Brownstown

Providence at Charlestown

Silver Creek at Scottsburg

Columbus East at Jennings County 

Jeffersonville at Louisville Fern Creek (Ky.)

New Albany at Bedford NL 

Seymour at Floyd Central 

Charlestown at North Harrison

Eastern Pekin at Silver Creek

Salem at Brownstown

Scottsburg at Corydon

Eastern Greene at Mitchell

Paoli at Perry Central

South Decatur at Crawford County

Springs Valley at West Washington

Columbus East at Seymour 

Jeffersonville at Bedford NL 

Jennings County at New Albany 

Silver Creek at Floyd Central

Crawford County at Perry Central

Springs Valley at Paoli

West Washington at Mitchell

Brownstown at Eastern Pekin

Clarksville at Charlestown

Corydon at North Harrison

Scottsburg at Salem

Silver Creek at Floyd Central