Frozen Tundra

At least Frankfort has scored a point this year.

Pretty sure the haka is what allowed Irvington Prep to get their first ever win last Friday night. Never underestimate the haka.

Overall, it does prove the travel has no effect on the outcome. However, there are always exceptions to the rule. Just because the data states it has no effect doesn’t mean that’s 100% accurate. Even if it’s 99%, that means there’s an exception to the rule somewhere.

HHC Pick ‘Em Standings (after week 5): @boilerfan87 8/8 @Goose10 8/8 @Fkfootball 7/8 @Frozen Tundra 7/8 @gonzoron 7/8 @Impartial_Observer 7/8 @LC_Bears_04 7/8 @mamasa 7/8 @Bulldog15 4/4 @Uncle Bubba 3/4

Worst thing about the Madison at Jennings County game tonight was the number of penalties. As I was leaving, I heard the game stats on the radio. Jennings County had 14 penalties for 130 yards. Madison had 19 penalties for 129 yards. The amount of flags was atrocious.

BNL beat Seymour 34-13

Floyd Central beat Jeffersonville 34-12

East beat New Albany 49-28 and only led 21-14 at the half. Pitiful performance by East when New Albany’s biggest offensive output prior to tonight was 14 points. Floyd Central and BNL will steamroll us.

Jennings County wins 41-20. Not sure what Burton said to them at the half but they outscored Madison 41-7 in the second half. A completely different team.

16 yard TD pass by Jennings County. They lead 41-20 with 40.4 seconds left.

4 yard TD pass by Jennings County. They lead 34-20 with 4:58 left.

And Jennings County returns the kickoff about 80 yards for the TD. 27-20 with 10:37 left.

2 yard TD run by Madison. Tied at 20 with 10:51 left.

24 yard QB keeper for a TD by Jennings County. They now lead 20-13 with 1:00 left in the 3rd.

Jennings County recovers the onside kick and marches down the field before finishing it off with a 35 yard QB keeper. PAT missed. We’re tied at 13 with 5:07 left in the 3rd.

3 yard TD run by JC. 13-7 Madison with 6:49 left in the 3rd.

After the kick return, Jennings County lobs a bomb down the field on the first play only for it to get intercepted and returned into field goal range. Madison then kicked a 26 yard field goal and leads 13-0 with 3 seconds left in the half.

Madison kicks a FG. Didn’t get the yardage but it was around 30. It’s 10-0 with 33.6 seconds left

2 yard TD run by Madison. 7-0 with 10:27 left in the half.

@Donnie Baker should’ve spent that money more wisely. I heard from his neighbor to the north, Mitchell, that Donnie has racked up quite the amount in fines by the Homeowners Association because he refuses to move his dilapidated, eyesore of a boat from his property.

Yeah he was released on Saturday morning and is doing fine according to a post on Facebook.

Forgive my stupidity but didn’t the whole state used to have access to channel 4 to watch Cowboy Bob, Janie, Sammy Terry, IU/Purdue basketball games, IHSAA football and basketball state championships, etc.? I’ve heard folks talk about channel 4 and its programming with fond memories despite being from outside the Indy tv market. I was applying that same concept for my idea.

Let me just preface this by saying this is meant to be a fun, imaginative idea. Before anyone spouts off about how the money could be better spent on real world things, get it in your heads that not everything has to be so serious. Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming… If I had Elon Musk’s money, I think it would be cool to have a TRUE Indiana high school sports network. I’d split the state up into nine regions (see pic below of a rough idea on what that could look like). I’d get a digital tv channel and have sub-channels to go along with it. Those of you with antennas know what I’m talking about. For example, 50.1 would be for northwest Indiana. 50.2 would be for north-central Indiana. 50.3 would be for northeast Indiana. And so on. Each region would have their own broadcast teams and would air a game of the week each Friday night during the football season. If two teams from different regions played each other then the regional channel of the home team would broadcast it. Other weeknights or Saturday mornings/afternoons/nights during the fall would broadcast boys/girls soccer or girls volleyball. In the winter, six days worth of boys/girls basketball would be broadcast. In the spring, six days of baseball, softball, or boys volleyball would be broadcast. On Sundays, each region’s channel would have a studio show with a panel containing a host and analysts (media member from the region and a former player and/or coach) discussing their sport of expertise. For example, in the fall you’d have an hour-long block of football, an hour-long block of girls volleyball, an hour-long block of boys soccer, and an hour long block of girls soccer. To fill the rest of the time throughout the week, I’d air the following: 1. Pre-taped interviews with coaches and players. 2. If enough independent footage existed, highlights of games from the day or from the previous night. 3. A ticker showing all scores from the day or the previous night. Upcoming games for the night or the next day would also be shown. And to top it all off, each region would have their own website dedicated to high school sports coverage of their whole region. This would also include the other IHSAA sports like tennis, golf, cross country, track & field, wrestling, gymnastics, and swimming. If you’re still reading at this point, what other ideas would you have to expand upon this? Or if you had Elon’s money, would you spend it a completely different way to promote/support Indiana high school sports?

Still need week 5 picks from the following if they want to remain in the main pick ‘em competition. @Bulldog15 @Goose10 @mamasa @Uncle Bubba

If Bloomington South and Terre Haute South isn’t the closest game of the four then I’ll be shocked. I don’t think Columbus North stands a chance of keeping it within 28.