Frozen Tundra

BNL at Jennings County will be played at 4 PM tomorrow. Silver Creek at Jeffersonville will be played at 5 PM tomorrow.

Still need week 6 picks from @SPARKS

Week 6 Picks BNL (0-5, 0-3 HHC) at Jennings County (0-5, 0-2 HHC): How ironic that the two conference games this week will likely decide who gets first place and who gets last place. Neither the Stars nor the Panthers have been good this year. As a matter of fact, they’ve both been awful. So how does one decide who wins a game like this? Personally, I look at common opponents played. New Albany is the only one. BNL lost to them 22-12. JC lost to them 33-7. I also look at total points scored and total points given up. BNL is at 31 and 199, respectively, while Jennings County is at 38 and 234. When you consider BNL has played Martinsville and Bloomington North while JC has played no team better than Columbus East, it makes this an easy decision. The Stars win. BNL leads the series 44-7 and has won 7 straight. BNL has also won 10 straight at Jennings County (last loss was in 2002). Columbus East (3-2, 3-0 HHC) at Floyd Central (3-1, 2-0 HHC): The Highlanders have gotten off to slow starts the last couple weeks and didn’t even put Silver Creek away until the second half three weeks ago. The key for the Olympians will be to put the pedal to the metal from the start and not let up. While I think that’s possible, I don’t think it’s probable. Floyd Central has more talent and is the better coached team. Columbus East leads the series 31-17 but the Highlanders are looking to win three straight for the first time since 2001-2003. New Albany (3-2) at 5A #7 Bloomington North (4-1): This is a get-right game for the Cougars after a poor showing at Terre Haute North last week (a 24-14 win nonetheless). As for the Bulldogs, they’re 3-0 against winless teams and 0-2 against 5A teams. Even worse, this is their toughest opponent of the season. Easy pick here. Bloomington North leads the series 7-3 and has won the last five. New Albany’s last win was in 1982. Seymour (2-3) at 2A #2 Brownstown Central (5-0): This rivalry game can be a tricky one to pick as some bad Seymour teams have beaten good Brownstown Central teams over the last decade and a half. I think this game could be much closer than people expect. The Braves have lost the last two games in the series so I’m anticipating they’ll really be motivated to win this one. I’ll go with them just based on my gut even though my gut has been wrong picking them before. The Owls lead the series 14-9. Silver Creek (3-2) at Jeffersonville (3-2): These teams have played one common opponent thus far, Floyd Central. The Dragons played them much tougher in the end than the Red Devils did. However, their two games since then weren’t very inspiring (a 13-7 win at Eastern and a 14-0 home loss to Scottsburg). As for Jeff, you have to think they’re motivated to get a win after a poor second half last week. I also think this could be a close game but I’ll take Jeffersonville. The all-time series is tied 3-3.

Thanks for the explanation. I have literally never heard that term before. I thought you had an autocorrect issue or a typo. 😂

Never bet on what? I’m not understanding what you’re saying.

BNL at Jennings County has also been moved to Saturday. No word on the time yet.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, you guys are in a moderate drought like the rest of us in the conference.

Nah. I want to see a wind game like this one.

Yeah at this point, I agree. We need the rain bad. Maybe Helene will be a blessing.

Yeah the residents of Jennings County will be heartbroken when the pregame homecoming parade through downtown North Vernon gets canceled.

You forgot to pick the BNL at JC game

Week 6 Schedule BNL (0-5, 0-3 HHC) at Jennings County (0-5, 0-2 HHC) Columbus East (3-2, 3-0 HHC) at Floyd Central (3-1, 2-0 HHC) New Albany (3-2) at 5A #7 Bloomington North (4-1) Seymour (2-3) at 2A #2 Brownstown Central (5-0) Silver Creek (3-2) at Jeffersonville (3-2)

Thanks for the explanation. When John Harrell’s site showed three polls listed for each classification, I was confused. I’d been meaning to ask about this so I’m glad you posted this topic.

What’s the difference between this poll and the AP media poll? I thought these were voted on by the same people.

HHC Pick ‘Em Standings (after week 5): @SPARKS 22/24 @LC_Bears_04 21/24 @boilerfan87 20/24 @Bulldog15 20/24 @Fkfootball 20/24 @Frozen Tundra 20/24 @Bluejacket1 19/24 @gonzoron 19/24 @Uncle Bubba 19/24 @Owls2005 18/24 @mamasa 17/24 @Impartial_Observer 17/20

Best of luck next week. I think we’ll need it more than you guys. Should be for the HHC title.

Reminded me of last week’s game although Jeff hung in there longer than Seymour did. I just kept waiting for Floyd Central to pull away.

I wouldn’t say they got stomped for 48 minutes. I’d say they got stomped for 24 minutes.

Seymour 49 BNL 0 Final Floyd Central 41 Jeffersonville 14 Final

Columbus East 43 New Albany 17 Final

Madison 51 Jennings County 0 Final

Halftime scores Madison 43, Jennings County 0 Columbus East 29, New Albany 10 Floyd Central 21, Jeffersonville 14 Seymour 26, BNL 0

Week 5 Picks Columbus East (2-2, 2-0 HHC) at New Albany (3-1, 2-0 HHC): The schedule gets tougher from here for the Bulldogs. After three weeks of playing winless teams, New Albany hosts an Olympians team on a bit of a roll. East averaged 3 points per game and gave up 35 points per game in the first two weeks. The last two weeks they’ve averaged 46 points per game and given up 11 points per game. The Bulldogs have dropped 11 home games in a row to East and I believe that streak continues tonight. The Olympians lead the all-time series 27-6 and have won 21 of the last 22. Jeffersonville (3-1, 2-0 HHC) at Floyd Central (2-1, 1-0 HHC): This game has turned out to be a much bigger game than any of us anticipated as the Red Devils have outperformed expectations through the first four weeks of the season. However, both teams have played a common opponent already in Seymour and it didn’t take a miracle for the Highlanders to defeat the Owls. Instead, it was a whooping. Based on that, I have to think Floyd Central gets the win. Jeff leads the all-time series 27-26 but Floyd Central has won 16 of the last 19, including the last four. Excluding postseason games, the Highlanders have won 12 straight in the series. Seymour (1-3, 0-3 HHC) at BNL (0-4, 0-2 HHC): The Owls have had a rough last three weeks playing what looks to be the three best teams in the HHC. Things will get easier from here in their remaining HHC slate. A game against the worst Stars team in over a decade should get them back on track. BNL is off to its first 0-4 start since the 2013 team went 1-9. They’ve shown very slight improvement each week but not enough to win this game. Seymour leads the all-time series 25-24 and has won the last three in Bedford. Jennings County (0-4) at Madison (2-2): The Cubs are off to a 2-2 start for the first time since 2014, which is the last time they finished a season above .500 (6-5). Meanwhile, the Panthers are 0-4 and coming off their worst performance of the season, a 62-7 drubbing from Columbus East. The home team has won this rivalry game 12 straight times and I’d be shocked if that number doesn’t reach 13 tonight. Jennings County leads the all-time series 32-28.

I don’t have a dog in the fight nor the knowledge to formulate an opinion on the Bloomington schools and the districting argument. Nevertheless, I understand the southern border of Bloomington North’s district is very close to Bloomington South. Do the Bloomington schools have to stay similar in size? The IHSAA’s current enrollment figures show a difference of 92 students whereas Columbus North has 749 more students than Columbus East. Does either Bloomington school have the capacity to house many more students than the other, or are the numbers evened out because neither can be larger than the other? And if one or both schools can house many more students then why is it districted so that the schools are pretty even in numbers?

Week 5 Schedule Columbus East (2-2, 2-0 HHC) at New Albany (3-1, 2-0 HHC) Jeffersonville (3-1, 2-0 HHC) at Floyd Central (2-1, 1-0 HHC) Seymour (1-3, 0-3 HHC) at BNL (0-4, 0-2 HHC) Jennings County (0-4) at Madison (2-2)