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Ok awesome. Thank you for the info.

I think they’ll still sleepwalk their way through the 5A tournament until they run into a New Palestine or Cathedral.

Yeah I hope you guys are prepared for jet sweeps and a lot of misdirection.

No clue but Glesing isn’t coaching anywhere this year. Hopefully he just wants to take time off or retire on his own accord. I hope cancer or some other illness isn’t affecting him again.

Glesing isn’t the coach at Paoli. He stepped down in January after one season. Paoli has a first year coach.

Yeah my head was telling me to pick Whiteland but my biased heart took East.

Whoa. Why do you have Madison in fourth? They couldn’t beat Paoli last night.

This is 100% true. North fans won’t admit it but the stats as well as the eye test prove that they are at their best the first few weeks of the season. It’s all downhill from there.

Final Scores: Whiteland 28, Columbus East 21 Floyd Central 41, Jeffersonville 6 Martinsville 13, BNL 6 New Albany 47, Bloomington South 35 Covenant Christian 52, Jennings County 14 Paola 28, Madison 27 South Dearborn 36, Seymour 21

Not trying to take anything away from New Albany but I wonder how Bloomington South looks now that Mo Moriarity is retired. You’d assume there’d be some sort of drop-off after losing a coaching legend.

Honestly, we’re just spoiled. If we don’t look like a top four team in our class, if we can’t beat Columbus North, or if we don’t win our conference games by 28+ points each then we get frustrated. I’ll admit those last two Markell Jones years really had me spoiled. If we weren’t beating HHC teams by 42 points or more then I thought there was something wrong with us. Lol

I personally think the talent pool at East isn’t as good as it once was. For several years, the talent across the field on both sides of the ball was very high. However, the last few years it seems like we have holes in certain places and we’ve also had slow starts to the season. Seems like it takes three or four weeks for us to get into a rhythm. Maybe it’s from the dependence on guys whose primary sport is baseball but I don’t know. Just my opinion. Take it or leave it.

Dang. You stole my thunder. These are my exact picks for tonight. Normally, I’d give a summary for the reasons why I’m picking these teams but this is the least I’ve known about any of the teams heading into the season.

@Fkfootball This article from The Republic in Columbus contains a preview of Jennings County. http://www.therepublic.com/2020/08/16/area_football_teams_seek_winning_seasons/

Never would’ve guessed Madison would have turf before BNL but here we are.

Elkhart Central consolidated with Elkhart Memorial. They are now Elkhart High School. But they have Elkhart Central’s coach (former Seymour coach Josh Shattuck) and I believe they’re using the old Elkhart Central building and facilities for the school.

Hopefully they improve before the Whiteland game. The Warriors are always really tough. Hoping I’ll be able to get to some games this year. Depends on the COVID situation obviously.

Canceled Scrimmages Silver Creek at Seymour Friday Scrimmages Jennings County at Brownstown Central BNL at Mitchell Saturday Scrimmages Martinsville at Columbus East Floyd Central at Madison Jeffersonville at Whiteland New Albany at East Central

No. 3A is heavy on teams in the southern half of the state. Chatard and Brebeuf Jesuit were moved to the north as a result, although Brebeuf has been in the north the last few years.

New Palestine is like 1980s Hulk Hogan and their opponents are like the revolving door of Heenan Family members that The Brain would throw out each time the previous guy would lose. Big John Studd? Loses. Paul Orndorff? Loses. King Kong Bundy? Loses. Harley Race? Loses. Hercules? Loses. Andre the Giant? Loses.

I just hope folks stop overlooking teams like New Palestine for playing "weak schedules" and start paying attention to what actually goes on out on the field. Your schedule doesn't mean a freaking thing. Executing on the football field, being disciplined, and having players/coaches that are 100% bought in does. Every time I think New Palestine has finally earned everyone's respect, they play a new tough opponent which brings out another group of clueless doubters. Stop it.

Week 13 Prediction Floyd Central (9-2) at Bloomington South (7-4): The Highlanders look to win their first ever regional championship while the Panthers look to win their first since 2016 (and 11th overall). Bloomington South struggles to play to its full potential at times despite its amount of talent and legendary head coach. However, I don't think they have much to worry about in this one. Their big defensive line will make it hard for Floyd Central to move the ball while their offensive line will allow for Maveric Thiery to break some big runs for long touchdowns. The season ends for the HHC as Bloomington South wins by at least three touchdowns.

"The dude at Central." Is that what you call him now? lol

Sounds like they were the worst team in the sectional. Just proves what I've said all along. They might be the better team in Columbus in week 2 but they never improve. They either flat-line or get worse. By season's end, we're better than them. Bloomington South in 2016 and Terre Haute North in 2017 implied the same thing.

Good to know. Columbus North fans were giving us crap last week. At least we lost to you guys and not Franklin Central.