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Floyd down 21-6 to Male at Half. This is the best Floyd has played them in years. Playing extremely hard.

Just now, Frozen Tundra said:

Dang. That's a three hour drive.

If this is the case, a 3 hour drive sounds better than playing the Kentucky 6A State Champions. 

45 minutes ago, Frozen Tundra said:

Week 1 Predictions

Batesville at Jennings County: The Panthers finally have a motivated, young coach trying to build the program from the ground up with energy and commitment. The community seems to be quite excited. However, it's going to be a multi-year process and the Bulldogs have owned them the past 15 years by going 14-1 (JC's only win was in 2011 with senior Iyan Bass at RB). Batesville gets the W.

Bedford North Lawrence at Martinsville: The Stars had a great season last year but the Artesians had a slightly better one. Both schools have lost a bit of talent but I think Martinsville has enough remaining to get the win over BNL again this year.

Columbus East at Whiteland: Whiteland lost a TON of players from last year's team due to being senior-heavy. East lost some talent but they reload rather than rebuild. However, the Olympians have seemed to struggle with offensive line play at the beginning of the last few seasons and, defensively, they've traditionally struggled against Whiteland's unique offense. This could be a tougher game for East than it should be but, ultimately, I'm not sure the Warriors have a team capable enough this year to match the Olympians point-for-point. East gets the win.

Evansville Harrison at New Albany: The Warriors have only had two winning seasons since 2004. Their current coach is in his third year after going 2-8 his first two years. The Bulldogs may have lost quite a bit of talent from last year's team, but I don't think it's enough for Harrison to overcome them. New Albany wins it.

Fern Creek (KY) at Jeffersonville: This is the first time I've ever heard of Fern Creek. Apparently they're a Louisville metro school and haven't had a losing season since 2012. Seems to spell doom for the Red Devils who are on their third coach in three years. Based on this, I'm taking the Tigers in this one.

Floyd Central at Louisville Male: I was really hoping the Highlanders would've replaced Male by now. The Bulldogs have won the last seven games, with 24 points being the smallest margin of victory in that span. I think Floyd Central will be improved this year but this game won't be an indicator of that. Male wins easily.

Madison at Paoli: The Rams are coming off a 12-1 season in which they won a 2A sectional title, and they were 9-3 the previous season. Not sure how much talent they lost down there but now it's Brian Glesing's turn to take control of the program and build on that recent success. Meanwhile, the Cubs haven't won more than two games in a season since 2014 and the outlook for this year doesn't look too promising either. It could be a close game but I'm going with Paoli.

South Dearborn at Seymour: I'm not sure what to make of this game. On one hand, I feel like Seymour is the more talented team. On the other hand, South Dearborn's program improved drastically last year and there's a belief from some that it'll continue. Seymour opened the season with a 7-0 victory against South Dearborn last year and I'm going to play it safe by picking them to win again this year.

I heard that, this is the last year that Floyd will play Male. I hope that’s true. We will have to replace Male, Providence, and Vincennes Lincoln.

Supposedly they are picking up a Terra Haute school.

8 hours ago, Impartial_Observer said:

I beg to differ, you are accusing them of cheating per the rules of the scrimmage. And I wasn’t there, but I would be willing to bet FC’s starters played more than 10 plays.

 

There was some sarcasm there. That’s not a “literal comment”. You’re feeding it that way because it fits your narrative.

1 hour ago, SPARKS said:

Why does one team have to do the same thing as another?  How far does that go?  Team A passes 4 times, then Team B is expected to throw 4 times?  Since Team A wants to play their 2nd team 10 plays, Team B is expected to?   What if Team B doesn't want to?  

This gets into newspapers publishing scores of scrimmages and who scores---it has -0- relevance, down to how many yards rushing someone has. 

IO---keep up the good work.  Someone needs to call people out.

 

I’m just asking why they do it? Lol.

10 minutes ago, Impartial_Observer said:

This is where I take issue with some of your posts. You are accusing Charlestown of cheating in a flippant post, and then you backtrack. 

Whoa whoa whoa. I never accused them of cheating. I said they play their starters most of the time. They do this every year. And I have no idea why?  But I know that coach Hawkins DOES play by the rules. 

I take offense to people calling that an “even scrimmage” when 1 team plays their starters a lot and the other team doesn’t. Just because you are an official doesn’t mean you can officiate on this board. Just because you don’t like me, doesn’t mean you can put words in my mouth.

3 hours ago, Impartial_Observer said:

http://www.ihsaa.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Ksqxsc51QrQ%3d&portalid=0

Specifically:

IV. Players

No athlete should be on the field for more than fifteen (15) consecutive plays without a 10- minute rest period. No player shall participate in any more than 48 total plays. Only those players who have participated in five days of full contact practice shall be allowed to participate in this scrimmage. Players must have full eligibility as transfer students to participate. Students with limited eligibility are not permitted to participate.

 

I wasn’t exactly counting, but they were out there A LOT. Marion Lukes played a lot.

15 hours ago, Impartial_Observer said:

This is not allowed per scrimmage rules.

What isn’t allowed?

5 minutes ago, starbacker said:

Weber is building a program, Szabo tried to but the community didn’t let him. 

They have allowed Weber to be the strength and conditioning coach (weightlifting) Szabo wasn’t given that opportunity.  They have now (after years go fighting to get it) gotten one middle school team and it’s already paying off. Well over 30 Freshmen out this year. 

BNL has been blessed to have two incredible coaches and better men to run the program. 

I’m all for making this conference stronger. Lord knows that East has carried it for far too long. BNL and Floyd are doing ok. NA and Jeff are pretty underwhelming for the size and talent in their schools. Seymour seems to have improved recently. JC is another program that needs to find a program builder.

16 minutes ago, Fkfootball said:

 

16 minutes ago, Fkfootball said:

My observation: Charlestown tries to “win” a scrimmage. If they want to try to beat Floyd Central, then why not start a series with them? I have no idea about how these seasons will go for these teams. But it’s hard to say they are “evenly matched” when Charlestown never takes their starters out. Floyds Starters played 10 plays total.

And believe me. I’m not slighting Charlestown. They are a very good football team. I just have never understood why Hawkins does that. Marion Lukes played about 40 snaps going both ways. 

10 minutes ago, starbacker said:

I do understand that...like every season though the Stars got outplayed and didn’t look sharp, same as last year and the year before that. Seems like it always works out though Weber has them ready. 

How do you feel about Weber compared to Szabo. I personally like both coaches. They both improved BNL from being on the mat. I think Weber is building a good program.

13 hours ago, PiratePride said:

Observations from Floyd Central/ Charlestown scrimmage

Teams looked evenly matched. Both Defenses seemed to dominate when starters were on the field. Lots of subbing on both sides. More then usual for Charlestown.

However I was troubled by Charlestown's lack of imaginative play calling and offensive schematics. Passing game is still inept. The same things that have caused us not to have won a sectional game since 2015!

Hopefully  they are saving the good stuff for the season.

My observation: Charlestown tries to “win” a scrimmage. If they want to try to beat Floyd Central, then why not start a series with them? I have no idea about how these seasons will go for these teams. But it’s hard to say they are “evenly matched” when Charlestown never takes their starters out. Floyds Starters played 10 plays total.

I doubt that recruitment is over.

28 minutes ago, mamasa said:

Anyone going to any of the scrimmage games tonight?

Going to Floyd Central vs Charlestown. Should be good. Two good teams. Charlestowns QB/RB is an Eastern Kentucky commit.

Looking forward to the FC/Charlestown scrimmage. Two good teams. Interested to see how they look.

29 minutes ago, starbacker said:

2019 Predictions 

1. East is head & shoulders above everyone else, last year a few teams missed their chances. I think they will surprise some 6A teams come sectional time.  Gaddis always has his kids playing at peak performance come sectional time 

2. Weber is starting to build a solid program at BNL.  Not extremely deep this season with a small junior class but has 19 seniors and the sophomore & freshman classes both look good. 

3. BNL, FC, New Albany & Jeffersonville hopefully all think they can win a sectional title this year and that’s good for the competitive balance of the conference. 

4. Seymour will continue to improve 

5. JC & Madison will continue to struggle 

6. Some FC fan in forum land will have himself convinced they are one of the top teams in southern Indiana. 😃

Truthfully I have a lot of fun in this thread this time of year and expect this year will be the same. 

Enjoyed meeting a few of you last season and hope to connect again this fall. 

Best of luck to every team in the HHC this season. 

Why do you have to bring me in to this? Lol. 🤦‍♂️.

2 hours ago, Impartial_Observer said:

I'm from Seymour, and have contact with several HHC teams doing lower level games throughout the year. I'm really hit or miss on seeing HHC V games over the course of a season. Last year for instance I saw one team. This year I will see three. 2020-2, 2021-2, 2022-0, 2023-0, but I have a couple of open dates. 24 and 25 I have 0 but a lot of open dates. I was a HC in the HHC, so I'm a little more in the know than the average fan. I'm not an HHC fan as you say, but I do get around and see some things. I've been on this forum since the beginning, and from my observations there are VERY few people who continue to post and follow as the years roll on. What you typically see is a program bursts onto the scene and suddenly they've got a bunch of fans/parents posting, the program fades, or their kid graduates and the interest wanes and they disappear. For instance in the late 90's when Seymour was enjoying a little more success there were several posters from Seymour. While East was in the doldrums at the end of the Stafford years, you didn't see any posters from East. Anyone remember the Horde? Large group from Heritage Hills, etc. 

I will say with regards to the HHC, we've never really seen any numbers from Jeff, Madison, NA I believe have had a handful of parents, you're the only poster I recall from FC, and JC has had a couple former players post. 

If it's any consolation, the Jeff/NA people used to dominate the BB forums, I haven't looked at one in a long time. 

It isn’t a shot at East or anything. Great program, and I appreciate their fans on here. I just wish we could get more discussion about some of these teams. I’m just a football fan and I enjoy watching all these schools.

This isn’t personal. Are there not any other HHC fans on here that can come and discuss their team too? These HHC threads basically become Columbus East threads. Yes, I know they are great, and they always run the table, but I would love to hear about BNL, Seymour, New Albany sometime.

2 hours ago, Olympian06 said:

East opening up with Whiteland, CN and Pickerington Central is a 3 game gauntlet. PC is one of the best teams in Ohio. 

That another “Columbus team” I believe. That will be fun.

42 minutes ago, starbacker said:

Last year was the year to topple East.

Both NA & BNL had decent shots at it but fell short. 

 I think the programs are coached well enough but just aren’t enough kids dedicated to working hard enough to beat East. 

I agree. BNL and NA both should have had them. It was a funny year. Because Floyd ended up whipping NA, but couldn’t touch East. Floyd could have easily beat BNL, although BNL was probably the better team. Just a really wierd season.

HHC pre-seasons predictions. From my perspective.

1. Columbus East-As sure as salt in Ocean Water. Bob Gaddis. Cole Gilley. Mark McDonald. The machine will keep rolling. There may not be a close game in the HHC. IMO. 

2. Floyd Central-I like our team here because they have some good skill guys back. I love coach Bragg. Huge fan. I like his staff a lot. Polk at QB is solid. Really quick RBs and good athletic WRs. I haven’t seen them play yet obviously, but I like this team this year for what I’ve heard.

3. BNL-It won’t be easy replacing McCall Ray. Coach Weber is solid and he’ll find a way to put a decent team on the field. BNL kids are usually pretty tough kids.

4. Seymour-I’ve been hard on these guys over the years. But they have gotten a lot better. They will be an upset type of team this year. They’ve picked off some of the bigger teams lately.

5. New Albany-They lost a lot. Cooley is a good offensive coach but they are young. They’ll have a few breakout skill guys. They always do.

6. Jeffersonville-Dissapointing program. Glesing bailed on them. Their new Head Coach is a Police Detective with the Jeffersonville Police Dept. I really don’t know about his coaching experience. Obviously they should be more disciplined. But a good football team, I don’t expect that.

7. Jennings County-They are here because they’ll find a way to beat Madison. It could be their only conference win unless they can beat Jeffersonville.

8. Madison-I really feel bad for them. At least they don’t have to play Floyd Central this year. That allows them to schedule a better matchup opponent. Hopefully they can win a game or two.

COY-Bob Gaddis/James Bragg

POY-Mark McDonald

On 7/20/2019 at 8:53 PM, dmizers3 said:

That's what happens when 1 school develops a top notch program and no one else seems to try to catch up.  Similar to what has happened to New Pal in the Hoosier Heritage Conference.  It will definitely make it tough on East to prepare for the 6A tournament when their average conference score will be 56-6.

Floyd Central is a decent program. BNL is a decent program. But nobody is anywhere close to East right now.

On 7/18/2019 at 3:32 PM, Fogertyputmein said:

Indiana Football Digest

Columbus East with pre-season #5 Ranking in 6A football.  Columbus North #10.   

Pre-Season All State

Mark McDonald--RB--Columbus East

Parker Harrison--LB--Columbus East

Dalton Back--WR--Columbus East

Tyler Settle--DB--Columbus East

Honorable Mention

Cole Gilley--QB--Columbus East

Blake Huffman--RB--Columbus North

Montez Mitchell--DL--Columbus North

Landon Robbins--LB--Columbus North 

 

 

Basically, East is going to slaughter the HHC again. This is getting so old.

23 hours ago, btownqbcoach said:

You should.. it's a very good atmosphere there. They have great food as well. 

That was the main reason my dad was so mad they had to be taken off our schedule lol. 

They have a good program.

I have never attended a West Washington game but that is going to change this season.

5 minutes ago, Impartial_Observer said:

Until a warmer climate school comes calling. 

I don’t think so. I’ve heard this guy has been dreaming of coaching IU baseball since he was a youth. It’s his destination job. But we’ll see.