Frozen Tundra

Still need week 5 picks from @boilerfan87, @Impartial_Observer, and @mamasa

Week 5 Picks Columbus East (2-2, 1-0 HHC) at New Albany (1-3, 0-1 HHC): The Olympians lead the all-time series with the Bulldogs 29-6. East has won the last four and 23 of the last 24. East has also won the last 12 games at New Albany with the last loss there being in 2002. This will be the closest game of the three. I have East by two to three TDs. Jeffersonville (1-3, 1-1 HHC) at 5A #5/#6 Floyd Central (4-0, 1-0 HHC): The Highlanders took the lead in the series over the Red Devils last year which was the first time since 1981. Jeff led it 24-10 after their game in 2009 but Floyd Central has won six straight and 18 of the last 21 to take a 28-27 lead. Floyd Central wins by at least 35 here. Cue the running clock. Seymour (0-4, 0-3 HHC) at BNL (3-1, 2-0 HHC): This has been a pretty even series lately with the Stars and Owls splitting the last 12 matchups with six wins apiece. Seymour leads the overall series 26-25 but BNL will look to win consecutive games for the first time since 2018 and 2019. I don’t foresee them having any trouble doing so. A running clock wouldn’t surprise me.

I don’t see any picks

Week 5 Schedule Columbus East (2-2, 1-0 HHC) at New Albany (1-3, 0-1 HHC) Jeffersonville (1-3, 1-1 HHC) at 5A #5/#6 Floyd Central (4-0, 1-0 HHC) Seymour (0-4, 0-3 HHC) at BNL (3-1, 2-0 HHC) Only week during the season where all the teams are playing each other. Pretty sure picks will be unanimous this week so, if the site is down for maintenance issues, it shouldn’t affect anything if we don’t count them.

I think eight football members is enough. You need non-conference games to see where you’re at with the rest of the state.

If that’s the case then it blows up my prediction. I’m intrigued.

@ptr I’ve been looking at the HHC teams’ schedules as well as Bloomington South’s to try and figure out how the conference schedule could look next year. The easy fix would be to plug Bloomington South into the spot Madison once occupied in the HHC schedule. This would ensure all teams get three home games and three road games in conference play. Here’s what that would look like. Potential 2027 Bloomington South Schedule Week 1: Bloomington North Week 2: Martinsville Week 3: at Floyd Central Week 4: Jeffersonville Week 5: Greenfield-Central Week 6: at New Albany Week 7: Columbus East Week 8: at BNL Week 9: Seymour This would give South six home games and three road games. Terre Haute North, Muncie Central, Columbus North, Ironton (OH), Brebeuf Jesuit, and Center Grove would all be dropped from the schedule as those games are during the weeks South would be playing HHC teams. However, I could easily see Greenfield-Central being dropped and Columbus North being moved up from week 6 to week 5 to take their place. With Columbus North being independent and with this being a classic rivalry, it would make logical sense. In doing so, the game would be at Columbus North next year since South is hosting them this year. This would mean South would have five home games and four road games instead. If South plugs into Madison’s old spot on the HHC schedule then BNL will be removing Scottsburg from their schedule in week 8, Columbus East will be removing Chatard in week 7, Floyd Central will be removing Silver Creek in week 3, Jeffersonville will be removing Kokomo in week 4, New Albany will be removing Silver Creek in week 6, and Seymour will be removing Crispus Attucks in week 9. Considering the travel distances or the outmatched nature of most of these games, I think the HHC teams would be willing to drop these teams. The only exception would be New Albany having to give up Silver Creek, but that could easily be fixed with moving that game to week 3. Floyd Central would be giving up Silver Creek that week to make room for Bloomington South, and it would be more advantageous for New Albany to remove Brownstown Central from that week and play Silver Creek instead. Doing so would mean New Albany would go from a five home and four away game split to a four home and five away game split. Silver Creek would then need to find a week 6 replacement and would have two HHC options if BNL would be willing to drop Jennings County or if Jeffersonville would be willing to drop Connersville. Given the distance between Jeff and Connersville, as well as the regional rivalry (per se) of Jeff and Silver Creek, I think the latter of the two options makes the most sense. The only hang up would be that the series was played from 2021 through 2024 before being dropped. It seemed to be a decent series as the first three games were decided by 14 points or less before Jeff crushed them in 2024. Jeff won 3 of the 4 games so I don’t if this led to the series ending.

Whoops! Forgot @Fkfootball HHC Pick ‘Em Standings (after week 4) @gonzoron 11/15 @LC_Bears_04 11/15 @boilerfan87 10/15 @SPARKS 10/15 @ptr 9/15 @Fkfootball 8/15 @Frozen Tundra 8/15 @Impartial_Observer 8/15 @mamasa 7/15 @Goose10 6/11 (.545) @Uncle Bubba 3/6 (.500) @Bluejacket1 5/11 (.455)

HHC Pick ‘Em Standings (after week 4) @gonzoron 11/15 @LC_Bears_04 11/15 @boilerfan87 10/15 @SPARKS 10/15 @ptr 9/15 @Frozen Tundra 8/15 @Impartial_Observer 8/15 @mamasa 7/15 @Goose10 6/11 (.545) @Uncle Bubba 3/6 (.500) @Bluejacket1 5/11 (.455)

BNL 40 New Albany 24 Final Kokomo 34 Jeffersonville 0 Final

Floyd Central 42 Seymour 0 Final

Columbus East 46 Jennings County 0 Final

Well then

27 yard TD pass. PAT missed again. East 46 JC 0 2:52 left

7 yard QB keeper. PAT was either blocked or missed badly. East 40 JC 0 9:49 left

Kokomo 34 Jeffersonville 0 Halftime

19 yard TD run by the RB. East 34 JC 0 9:43 left in the 3rd

Columbus East 27 Jennings County 0 Halftime

BNL 21 New Albany 0 Halftime Floyd Central 35 Seymour 0 Halftime

12 yard TD pass. East 27 JC 0 5:16 left in the half

7 yard TD run by the RB. East 20 JC 0 8:30 left in the half

4 yard run by the RB for a TD. East 13 JC 0 48 seconds left in the 1st quarter

4 yard QB keeper for the TD. PAT missed. East 6 JC 0 5:56 left in the 1st quarter

Still need week 4 picks from @Bluejacket1 and @Goose10

Week 4 Picks BNL (2-1, 1-0 HHC) at New Albany (1-2, 0-0 HHC): The Stars lead the all-time series with the Bulldogs 26-22. BNL has won 3 of the last 4 and 5 of the last 7. New Albany finally gets to play an unranked opponent after opening the season with three straight top 10 2A teams. With this being their first conference game of the season, we’ll finally get an idea of where New Albany is at within the HHC hierarchy. Crazy to think BNL could’ve actually been 3-0 for this game if they had held their big lead against Bloomington North. I don’t think New Albany presents a challenge. BNL wins big. 5A #5/#6 Floyd Central (3-0, 0-0 HHC) at Seymour (0-3, 0-2 HHC): The all-time series is tied 15-15. The Owls have never trailed in the series but that’s about to change. After their meeting in 2008, Seymour led the series 11-3. The Highlanders have won 12 of the last 16 and are on a three game win streak in the series currently. Columbus East crushed Seymour last week and I imagine Floyd Central will do worse to them. I expect a running clock for the entirety of the second half. Jennings County (2-1) at Columbus East (1-2): The Olympians lead the all-time series with the Panthers 48-7 and have won the last 28. To avoid ruffling any feathers and causing my buddy problems, I’ll just put it nicely. It should be a quick night for East like it will be for Floyd Central. At least the fireworks will be a good show. Kokomo (0-3) at Jeffersonville (1-2): The Wildkats won the first ever meeting with the Red Devils in 1984. Jeff won the second ever meeting last year. This year’s contest between the two is the first ever at Jeffersonville. Two and a half hours is a long drive so that could have an effect on Kokomo. However, based on who the teams have played in the first three weeks and the scores of those games, I’m going with Kokomo. The Wildkats are 0-3 with a -41 point differential against opponents that are a combined 7-2. Meanwhile, Jeff is 1-2 with a -48 point differential against opponents that are a combined 3-6. It’s not where I want to go (sorry Beach Boys), but I’m going with Kokomo.