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Jeffersonville 40 Jennings County 14 Final Seymour 34 Madison 0 Final

Week 9 Predictions BNL (4-4, 3-2 HHC) at Columbus East (3-5, 3-2 HHC): I would’ve picked a different winner three weeks ago. The Stars are definitely capable of coming in and getting a win but the loss to Floyd Central turned me off to them. The Olympians have improved a little since the beginning of the season. Not a whole lot like they usually do but I can see it. East gets the win. Floyd Central (3-5, 3-1 HHC) at New Albany (5-3, 5-0 HHC): The Highlanders have the pieces to pull off an upset in this rivalry/HHC championship game. It probably will be closer than most expect. Nevertheless, I still like the talent and experience the Bulldogs bring to the table. This is their year to win the HHC and they knew it before the season even began. They’re not sharing it either. New Albany gets the W. Jennings County (1-7, 0-5 HHC) at Jeffersonville (2-5, 1-4 HHC): It’s going to be another long night for the Panthers. The Red Devils could use this game as a confidence boost going into sectionals. Jeff is my pick. Seymour (2-5) at Madison (3-5): South Dearborn beat the Owls by 30 in week 1 before losing by three to the Cubs in week 2. That was nearly two months ago, though, and plenty has changed since then. For example, Seymour beat Jennings County by 21 in week 7 and Madison lost to the Panthers by four in week 5. I’m going by the “What have you done for me lately?” principle and Seymour has done a lot more than Madison has recently. Seymour is my pick.

You’ve got plenty of time to make up the one point differential. There are at least four more weeks to pick games after this week.

That’s not how I’m reading it. Looks to me like Floyd Central would be the home team in the championship game if BNL beats Seymour. If both make it to the championship game then neither team will have been on the road up until that point. Since they would have played the same number of away games (zero), Floyd Central would be the host because they’d be the bottom team in the bracket.

Not how it works

Unless Seymour beats BNL

They’ll be fine. They did much better in 6A than East did.

Yep. It’s time for Cathedral to have another go around in 6A.

Yeah I think New Palestine is the favorite but I also think Whiteland is very capable of beating them. What’s sad though is how weak 5A south is. The two best teams are in sectional 13: Cathedral and Decatur Central. Regional and semi-state will be a cakewalk for the winner (a.k.a. Cathedral).

In case you guys missed it, here are all three sectional brackets involving HHC teams. Jennings County will be one and done. Columbus East COULD win but it isn’t likely. Therefore, for the purposes of this thread, all eyes will likely be on 5A sectional 16 during sectional championship week.

Pick ‘Em Standings (after week 8): @Frozen Tundra 30/37 @Olympian06 29/37 @LC_Bears_04 28/37 @boilerfan87 25/37 @mamasa 24/37

It was over as soon as Floyd Central won tonight. Even if New Albany had lost, it would’ve been two one-loss teams battling it out for the conference title next week.

BNL 41 Madison 6 Final New Albany 48 Seymour 27 Final

Columbus East 27 Jeffersonville 7 Final Floyd Central 28 Jennings County 3 Final

So I had heard the HHC won’t penalize Floyd Central from not getting to play seven conference games and would award them with a share of the conference title if them and New Albany finish the conference season with one loss each.

Week 8 Predictions Columbus East (2-5, 2-2 HHC) at Jeffersonville (2-4, 1-3 HHC): Knowing how bad the Olympians have played this year, I find myself constantly unsure of whether or not they can win. This is another instance of that. The Red Devils seem like they’re capable of winning this game but I guess I somehow trust them even less. East gets the win. Jennings County (1-6, 0-4 HHC) at Floyd Central (2-5, 2-1 HHC): To put it mildly, the Panthers are awful. They’re giving up 47 points a game in conference play which is much worse than any other team. And despite having played one more HHC game than the Highlanders, Jennings County has scored the least points in the conference. This one is going to get bowling shoe ugly. Floyd Central’s passing game should light it up en route to a blowout win. Madison (3-4) at BNL (3-4): I was quite surprised at the beginning of the season to see this game was still on the schedule. I figured the Cubs would only want to play Seymour and Jennings County after leaving the HHC. Maybe these teams couldn’t find a replacement. Regardless, if the Stars smashed Jennings County and Jennings County beat Madison then I feel Madison is going to suffer a similar fate against BNL. Stars by a landslide. New Albany (4-3, 4-0 HHC) at Seymour (2-4, 2-2 HHC): Could this be a trap game? There’s the potential that the Bulldogs could be looking ahead to next week’s rivalry game and a shot at winning the outright HHC championship. The one hour bus ride north to play a Seymour team that also overcame a two possession deficit in the fourth quarter against Columbus East is nothing to overlook. The Owls may be capable of slicing up that New Albany defense like so many other teams have done this year. Nevertheless, I’m playing it safe and going with the experience and skill of New Albany. The Bulldogs get the W.

Pick ‘Em Standings (after week 7): @Frozen Tundra 26/33 @Olympian06 25/33 @LC_Bears_04 24/33 @boilerfan87 23/33 @mamasa 20/33

Ben Davis opened the season with Bloomington South back in 1995 and 1996. They also met in semi-state from 1997-1999. Maybe that’s where the confusion came from.

Just a heads-up but Ben Davis was never in Conference Indiana. Conference Indiana started up in 1996, which is the same year the MIC began, and Ben Davis is a founding member of the MIC.

Amen to that. Although, I’m not sure we’ll be able to rebound as quickly as we used to. Things have sort of trended in the wrong direction as far as incoming talent is concerned.

Yeah we thought the same thing. Completely fell apart after that interception. I think you guys made some adjustments though. Oh well. It is what it is. Congrats on the win!

Seymour 50 Jennings County 29 Final New Albany 41 Jeffersonville 19 Final Chatard 42 Columbus East 0 Final

Seymour leads Jennings County 34-7 at the half. New Albany leads Jeffersonville 20-13 at the half.

42-0 at the half. My ride wants to leave so I’m out.

41 yard touchdown pass by Chatard. PAT missed. 42-0 with 27 seconds left in the half.