boilerfan87

Congrats to Salem on the win over Brownstown. Since 2006, Brownstown has lost to Charlestown 4 times in the regular season. The only other teams to beat them during the regular season in conference play are North Harrison (2017), Corydon (2009) and Clarksville (2006). Salem last beat Brownstown in 2005. The only other teams to beat them since 1994 are Clarksville (94, 98) and Salem (94). Just an unbelievable run for BC. I have no doubt it will continue to be strong. But hats off to Coach Thompson and the Lions.

And herein lies the issue Impartial_Observer, et al have with you. You make a statement, then when called upon it, walk it back. It was a shot. A direct one. It's completely unnecessary and does no good. Do you not think that program wants to be better and do well for its community? Of course it does. Not everyone can win. When you have a near full conference slate, someone will be at the bottom of it. Always. Since they will be an independent in the future, they will have some more opportunities than they have previously.

I think this is completely an opinion type of response, but I would say yes. Being competitive this year can provide a positive momentum boost for the program going forward. Plus, they will still play at least Jennings and Seymour going forward. Maybe even BNL. I am not positive. So it's not like they won't see some of these teams again. I am not for certain about Mitchell, SD or Paoli.

Madison has very little history to speak of in football. During the last coaching search, the applicant pool was very limited. Given its history and at the time, status in the HHC, there wasn't much to be desired about the position. Coach Wilson was very qualified for the position. He has one year and a few games under his belt as an HC. Turning around a program doesn't happen over night, nor does it happen in less than two years. Once they leave the HHC, they will have some more opportunities for competition on their level and you can judge the program in year 4-5. Give it time.

I won't disagree with either of you two on the picks. Seems pretty straightforward. One of these weeks, someone will surprise us! I'm tempted with the BNL/Madison one since Madison pulled it off last year, I just don't see it happening two years in a row.

Week 4 Brownstown at Salem ©, 7 pm Clarksville at Providence, 7 pm Corydon at Scottsburg ©, 7 pm North Harrison at Charlestown ©, 7 pm Silver Creek at Eastern ©, 7 pm Mitchell at Eastern, 7 pm Perry Central at Paoli ©, 7:30 pm Rock Creek at Crawford County, 7 pm West Washington at Springs Valley ©, 7 pm There are some tough calls this week. Several could go either way! Good luck to everyone.

Week 3 Charlestown at Clarksville Eastern at Brownstown North Harrison at Corydon Providence at Silver Creek Salem at Scottsburg Crawford County at Perry Central Mitchell at West Washington Paoli at Springs Valley

Bedford NL at Jennings County Elkhart at Columbus East Floyd Central at Cincinnati Elder Jeffersonville at New Albany Madison at Seymour

The left tackle is going to UofL and RB is going to Illinois State (FCS).

It looks like the weather will be a factor for the second week in a row. There is a 60% + chance of showers and storms during game time tomorrow night. Hopefully we don't see more delays. Good luck to everyone.

No. He just calls you on your blatant homerism and unrealistic, outlandish statements.

Agreed because of what Tundra said. In a typical year, scheduling out of conference games will be much easier the first few weeks of the season because that is when most teams have open dates, including bordering states. Obviously, we had a wrench thrown in that this year, but generally that will be much easier weeks 1-3. Why are they not continuing the rivalry game and who will FC pick up instead?

South Harrison School corp announced contact tracing was complete and ruled that they would be able to proceed this week as all cases had been isolated prior to the game last week and that no one else was at risk. Or at least that's a brief summation of what was said. Either way, they are supposed to play.

This week's games... Charlestown at Brownstown Clarksville at Eastern Corydon at Paoli Salem at Silver Creek Scottsburg at North Harrison Forest Park at Perry Central Mitchell at Springs Valley Washington at Crawford County

Frozen -- I will disagree with you on one just for fun. I don't know what kind of team South Dearborn is, but I think Jeff should have the upper hand on Seymour as a result. As is often the case, I would not be surprised if it went the other way, though. Bloomington North at BNL Columbus East at Columbus North Jeffersonville at Seymour Jennings County at Brown County New Albany at Eastern Hancock Providence at Floyd Central South Dearborn at Madison

Switz County is open week 2. Washington is also open.

Actual results... Friday, Aug. 21 Clarksville 15, Scottsburg 13 © North Harrison 26, Salem 20, OT © Silver Creek 40, Charlestown 6 © West Washington 49, Eastern 0 Friday, Aug. 21 Eastern 16, Springs Valley 7 Edgewood 49, Mitchell 20 Paoli 28, Madison 27 Tell City 35, Perry Central 0 West Washington 49, Eastern 0 I think the two big surprises were how much TC won by over Perry and perhaps the score for SC over Charlestown. It was 33-0 at half of that game so it seems it was never even really close. Hats off to the Dragons. The other surprise was the late cancellation of the BC/Corydon game due to the Harrison County health department. Hopefully everyone is doing well and there are no further issues so everyone can get back to playing.

Well it looks like we were way off. New Albany surprised us. Madison was oh-so-close but let us down. I figured East could go either way and Seymour doesn't completely surprise me but I thought they'd pull it off. Oh well. Now we know better going forward what teams look like.

South Dearborn @ Seymour Martinsville @ BNL Whiteland @ East Paoli @ Madison Jennings Co @ Covenant Christian Bloomington South @ New Albany Floyd Central v Jeff

Eastern at West Washington, 7 pm Edgewood at Mitchell, 7 pm Paoli at Madison, 7:30 pm Springs Valley at Eastern, 7 pm Tell City at Perry Central, 8 pm Brownstown at Corydon ©, 7 pm Charlestown at Silver Creek ©, 7 pm North Harrison at Salem ©, 7 pm Scottsburg at Clarksville ©, 7 pm

Will they play Jeff again week 5? Or try to pick up someone else?

John Harrell has Tony Bowman (formerly Covenant Christian HC) as new Anderson Prep HC. I saw an article a week ago or so from Evansville paper confirming Tell City HC as Mac Webb (Owensboro HS in KY) and this is also reported on John Harrell. Benton Central promoted Tyler Marsh, again coming from Harrell but I could have sworn I saw an article on here about it as well.

I do like it, as it could give more schools the opportunity to play, which isn't a bad thing. I could see some current 11 man 1A teams making the choice to drop down to it. And I can't believe I'm saying it, but I do agree with Muda that co-op is not a bad idea either and the state should consider it as well. However, the 8-man proposal is on the table, so hopefully that gets some traction. It will be interesting to see.

The TSSAA (Tennessee) announced they are delaying the season. https://www.wbir.com/article/sports/tssaa-football-and-girls-soccer-to-be-delayed-due-to-extended-state-of-emergency-in-tennessee/51-7c70d34c-22b1-4dc1-a745-c387260ce2c0 No details yet on how they will proceed.

That's a top notch FCS program. There's nothing wrong with that. Good for him. Although I recall him having at least an offer from Bowling Green State, which is FBS. They have been terrible, though, so perhaps he wanted to go to a successful program. Congrats and best of luck.