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I’ll be at Floyd Central/Charlestown. Should be fun. The two teams are similar.

I’m glad to hear that. He’s a good guy.

I see BNL as improved. I like their QB a lot. They’ll be competitive. Jeffersonville is going through another coaching change and lost some good Srs from a team with a losing record.

Their talent isn’t good. They are going to be putting a lot of guys out there with very little experience. While East, Floyd, and Seymour bring back at least half of their starters or more.

That’s probably my top 3 as well. Seymour and East both play down here at Floyd Central so those should be interesting games.

New Albany lost about 30 guys from probably the best Sr class theyve ever had.

We’re getting very close to getting things kicked off. Football is right around the corner. I figured I would go ahead and give a Floyd Central preview since I know a little bit about them and probably a HHC preview in a few weeks when I know more about the other teams. I would love for you guys to talk about the other teams. The more I know, the more I appreciate it. Floyd Central-Coach James Bragg is going into his 5th season. Overall, he has a winning record. Coach Bragg is probably disappointed with how last season went. Floyd Central finished 4-6. Offensively, their team should be built around Jr QB Tristan Robertson. He showed some flashes last season, including some impressive throws up in Columbus. But he was mistake prone too. He threw some ill-advised passes that were picked off. He has good size and above average arm strength. If he can cut down on mistakes, he could be an All Conference QB this season. Their RB should be Jr Mitchell Bernardi. A transfer from Florida in 2021, he started most games for FC at RB last season. He was very good. He’s around 6 foot and about 200 lbs. 4.7 type of runner. Should be able to run for 1000+ this season. Jake Hausz is another guy who played LB last season but didn’t run the ball because he had a foot issue. Another strong kid with decent speed. They have a few other younger guys with speed that we could see. WR should be their best position group. They’re led by Sr Eli Branham. He’s probably Floyd Centrals best player IMO. At 5”8 160 lbs, he’s Floyds quickest and most dynamic player. He played RB, Slot WR, CB last season. A likely All Conference performer this season. Sr Jordan Fonda is another guy who should start at WR along with Sr Max Grainger and Sr Cody Bibelhauser. A lot of experience there and some guys that have decent speed. Their OL suffered some losses. I think they are replacing 4 guys there. They will be anchored by Jr Justin Brown. He’s a 6”0 300 Lb OG with possible All Conference potential. I’m not sure who the other guys will be on the OL but there is definitely some work to do at that position. Defensively. Floyd suffered some losses up front. Matt Bernardi, older brother of Mitchell, graduated along with Gavin Harvey and Nate Ripley. There will be some inexperience playing at that position. Their back 7 is in a lot better shape. The guys I mentioned on Offense, Branham, Fonda, Grainger, Hausz, Bernardi, Biblehauser, all of those guys will probably go both ways and sub out at times. Coach Bragg will get his best athletes on defense. I think Branham could be the best CB in the Conference. Such an impressive athlete. Special Teams. Floyd is typically solid in the kicking game. Max Grainger plays 3 ways. Because he’s also the K/P. And he was very solid last season and I expect him to be even better this season. I’m not sure who will return the ball for Floyd but I would definitely expect Branham to be back there somewhere. Synopsis. I do expect Floyd Central to be a better team this season. They should be able to pass the ball very well this season. People have praised their execution in 7on7 play albeit, with no pass rushers. I think this is a good opportunity for coach Bragg to right the ship.

I’m actually supportive of New Albany, even though they rival Floyd Central, because I’m a lifetime Floyd County resident. But they spent many years, as BoilerFan87 alluded to, building that team. I’ve heard that it started in the youth leagues. That was probably the most stacked New Albany team that I’ve ever personally seen. I don’t think they have anything like that coming up the next few years. Quite honestly, I think this entire area of the State is going to be down for a while.

I know a few bigger schools that could use guys like them.

We spend too much time talking about this topic. Lol. I want to hear some actual Football takes. I’m itching for Football.

I’ll answer for Floyd Central. We have plenty of talent. But will we be a good team this year? We’ll see.

I’d take the Jennings County job. It’s a hell of a challenge, but I’d give it a shot. Trying to figure the winning formula there would be the biggest challenge. It’s like trying to turn around Indiana University Football. And at JC, the talent level isn’t on par with most of the conference. I think the right coach needs to learn how to develop their size. Better fundamental blocking. They’re going to win with strength and not speed. You can develop guys to become stronger. Speed is a hard thing to teach unfortunately. More or less impossible.

I like that Sectional for FC and New Albany. Playing Castle is a lot of fun. More fun then opening with Male High School and St X High School. 🤦‍♂️

I should elaborate. I don’t mean the 3 RB, 2 TE style of football. I just meant, an offense that is geared more towards running the ball between the tackles. Maybe the Wing-T, although that offense has many variations of running plays. I just want to see them do well. I am supportive of every team in the HHC getting better. I like watching games where if you win the game, it’s a good win.

I’m not sure what you mean? This is true, but he wasn’t there long enough. You don’t turn around a program like that in 2-3 years. It starts in the youth system.

I’ve always thought Brian Glesing would be a great guy for a program like JC. Unfortunately he’s moved around a lot since leaving FC. But they need a good fundamentals, ground and pound, type of football coach. Spreading the offense out and trying to create a passing attack will never work at JC. They need to take advantage of the size they have there. I remember talking to a guy who ran a lineman camp years ago, that said the Floyd Central OL were some of the most well coached lineman he’d ever seen. But they were undersized. Unfortunately our kids eat Salads and Sushi. Lol. JC needs to find a coach that can teach those JC lineman how to fundamentally run block. They need to run the Power-I.

Someone told me it was Bloomington North. But I’m not sure that’s correct.

Floyd Central plays Louisville Male for one more season and then switches to St Xavier, who just won the 6A Championship in Kentucky and finished ranked #1. As you guys know, I’m not a huge fan of this. I respect them for scheduling these teams, I just wish they’d beat Columbus East a few times first before scheduling the best teams in the Midwest, but hopefully it will make them better. It appears we will continue to play Silver Creek as well.

I saw that Floyd Central had some guys make the team. So it’s been announced. Haven’t heard anything about Winter Practices.

It isn’t good enough for Purdue to have a good season and beat Indian handily. You morons have to TROLL as well. I swear, Indiana lives rent free in your heads.

I’m back again. Sorry, I’m a football addict. I agree with a lot of this. I kind of expect East to be the best team. Just going off of history. Seymour was pretty good too. We didn’t get to play them so I don’t really know much about their roster makeup. Floyd Central should be pretty stout offensively. Robertson is back at QB for 2 more years. Bernardi has 2 more years. Grant Popp who would’ve started at RB, will be healthy. Their top WRs Branham, Grainger, and Fonda will be back. 3 starting OL are back. Defensively they’ll have some attrition. They lost Harvey, Jenkins, Ripley, Jacobi. Some good guys in their front 7. I’m thinking they have about 6 starters back on defense? Something like that. Their K/P Grainger will be back too. They should be better. BNL should be good too. Their QB is a Sophomore and he was good this year.

Respect to NA, making it this far, and good luck to them this weekend. Their fans should not take this for granted because it’s going to be tough sledding after this class graduates.

Speaking for FC, we aren’t being scammed by the Strength Coach. Injuries are just bad luck. Which my teams tend to have. Simmons was the biggest game changer for NA all season. Maybe the player of the year in Southern Indiana. Yes, I know all about Dasan McCullough. Probably a day 1 starter at Indiana.

I don’t want to hear this injury crap. Floyd Central lost about 10 guys this year due to injuries and lost twice to NA. Never used that as an excuse. NA beat South because Simmons was the best player on the field.

New Albany has spent about 7 years building this team. All these kids have been together that long. They had a heck of a season and they’ll be back to winning 3-4 games a year after these guys graduate.