Frozen Tundra

This week’s games (week 6): 5A #9 Floyd Central (4-1, 2-0 HHC) at Columbus East (2-3, 2-1 HHC) Jennings County (3-2, 0-2 HHC) at BNL (3-2, 3-0 HHC) 5A #2 Bloomington North (5-0) at New Albany (1-4) 2A #1 Brownstown Central (5-0) at Seymour (2-3) Jeffersonville (0-5) at Silver Creek (3-2) Notes: -Floyd Central is #9 in the 5A media poll but unranked in the 5A coaches poll. -Bloomington North is #2 in both the 5A media and coaches polls. -Brownstown Central is #1 in both the 2A media and coaches polls.

Is there a link to the maps for each classification?

HHC Pick ‘Em Standings (after week 5): @boilerfan87 22/25 @billybob 21/25 @LC_Bears_04 21/25 @Uncle Bubba 21/25 @Frozen Tundra 20/25 @LawrenceGreene 20/25 @Impartial_Observer 19/25 @mamasa 19/25 @Owls2005 19/25 @swcgillespie 19/25 @Fkfootball 17/18 @Bulldog15 14/18

Northview @ Terre Haute South Southport @ Bloomington South Columbus North @ Terre Haute North Bloomington North @ New Albany

So the HHC title will be on the line in two weeks. I’m excited for that.

Columbus East 42 New Albany 13 Final

Jennings County 54 Madison 26 Final

5 yard TD run by Jennings County. PAT blocked. Jennings County leads 47-20 with 7:04 left.

21 yard INT returned for a TD by Madison. 2 point conversion pass failed. Jennings County leads 41-20 with 1:31 left in the third.

The ensuing kickoff gets returned about 70 yards for a TD. PAT missed. Jennings County leads 41-14 with 8:00 left in the third.

12 yard TD pass by Madison. 2 point conversion pass falls incomplete. Jennings County leads 35-14 with 8:14 left in the third.

Wow. Madison catches Jennings County sleeping on a play that looked clunky as can be. 44 yard pass play results in a 4 yard TD run and a 2 point conversion pass. 35-8 with 4:15 left in the half.

32 yard prayer lobbed to the endzone on 4th and 7 results in a Jennings County TD. 35-0 with 5:30 left in the half. Encouraging start

At least New Albany can get a punt off. Madison has had their last two blocked and returned for TDs.

Madison’s punt gets blocked and returned for a TD yet again. This time it’s a 20 yard return. 28-0 with 10:28 left in the half.

Jennings County recovers a fumble and gets a 5 yard TD run just two plays later. 21-0 with 33 seconds left in the first quarter. I’m starting to see how Madison hasn’t scored a single point against an Indiana team this year.

Madison’s punt is blocked and Jennings County returns it 15 yards for a TD. 14-0 with 1:55 left in the first quarter.

6 yard TD pass by Jennings County. They lead 7-0 with 8:44 left in the first quarter.

That’s the only one I’ve ever been in. Headed home from WWE SummerSlam with my future wife and a couple friends in 2008 and it was the only place open after midnight. I don’t remember what the food was like but that’s where I first became attracted to the woman who would become my future girlfriend/wife. Maybe it was the food…

Now this is the content I’m here for.

I’ll be at the Madison at Jennings County game tonight. It’s a rivalry game and homecoming. The Colts might be a draw for most people around here but not for me. Go Pack Go!!!

Tonight is Columbus East’s first home game against an HHC team so I decided to go back and look at some stats about how they’ve done at home against HHC teams in the recent past. -The home loss against New Albany in 2021 is the only home conference game East has lost in the last 20 years (Floyd Central - 2003). When counting postseason games, it’s the only home loss to an HHC team in 18 years (Seymour - 2005 sectional 1st round). -Since East’s rise to power in 2004, East is 67-2 at home against HHC teams (64-1 if only counting HHC games). -Since 2000, East is 77-6 at home against HHC teams (74-5 if only counting HHC games). Two of the six losses are noted above. The other four were to Seymour in 2000 and 2002 and Floyd Central in 2001 and 2003. -East hasn’t lost two home games in the same season against HHC teams since 1999 when they fell to Seymour and Madison. -As for the other three HHC schools not mentioned, East hasn’t lost a home game to Jennings County or Jeffersonville since 1998 or to BNL since 1997. I say all this because East plays New Albany, Floyd Central, and BNL at home this year and I think a lot of these streaks are going to come to an end.

Still need picks from @swcgillespie

You hadn’t yet. Thanks.

Week 5 Picks BNL (2-2, 2-0 HHC) at Seymour (2-2, 2-1 HHC) Floyd Central (3-1, 1-0 HHC) at Jeffersonville (0-4, 0-2 HHC) New Albany (1-3, 1-1 HHC) at Columbus East (1-3, 1-1 HHC) Madison (1-3) at Jennings County (2-2) I don’t think these games are as easy to pick as some might think. Aside from the Floyd/Jeff game, I think the other three could go either way. BNL/Seymour almost has that “irresistible force meets the immovable object” feel with BNL’s strong defense and Seymour’s high-powered offense. I haven’t seen New Albany play but I’ve seen Columbus East play in three of their four games. Can’t stop the pass. Can’t stop runs around the ends. And, offensively, cannot pass the ball consistently or accurately enough to be more than a vanilla, one-dimensional team. If Jennings County is healthy last week then they beat East. They were in that game last week, even with a backup QB who isn’t a passing threat, until the fourth quarter when all the injuries started piling up. If New Albany beat a banged up Jennings County team by 21 and East beat an even more banged up Jennings County team the next week by only 22 then I’m going with New Albany over East. After the first couple weeks of the season, I thought Jennings County would absolutely demolish Madison. Jennings County beat South Dearborn 41-26 and Madison lost to South Dearborn 41-0. However, as previously stated, Jennings County has been decimated by injuries. Nevertheless, Madison hasn’t scored a single point against an Indiana team this season but did put up 34 last week against Carroll County (KY). The rivalry should have them motivated enough to put up points and possibly challenge for the win but I think Jennings County has enough pieces still healthy that they’ll be able to pull out a homecoming victory.