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Week 2 Pick’em 🏈 Corydon @ Paoli Crawford County vs Brown County (Game played @ Mitchell) Forest Park @ Perry Central Mitchell @ Springs Valley West Washington @ Tell City Charlestown @ Brownstown Madison @ Jennings County Salem @ Silver Creek Scottsburg @ North Harrison

No one expects Brownstown to lose a weak sectional but regional/semi state.. I don’t see a repeat to LOS. Corydon was driving with 5 minutes left when they fumbled the ball away. Braves drove down and scored before half. Last score was a fade on a 4th down unless I’m wrong. Congrats, Reed at getting a 50/50 ball deep left. I get it. You are a homer and so am I. I’ll go ahead and take the Pirates next week just to get you worked up here in the threads.

I expect Valley to drop SEVERAL games this season. They did not get any better losing the seniors from last season and I think the schedule is a bit more formidable. 5 losses is my guess… and before any says too much. I was tough on em last season too and the post season proved me correct. A team with a pulse they struggle. Easy to look good vs really bad teams.

It could have been 14-7 at half.. 14-0 probably if not for that late fumble by Corydon. This is not last years BC team. Be ready for a quick exit from the tournament this year. Not impressed by the Braves tonight. The onside kick by Reed should have been seen coming after half. I am leaning towards taking Daniels over Reed next week. 🤷🏻‍♂️ All things considered?

Eastern Pekin @ West Washington Jennings County @ Paoli Lafayette Central Catholic @ Mitchell Springs Valley @ Edgewood Switzerland County @ Crawford County Tell City @ Perry Central Brownstown @ Corydon North Harrison @ Salem Scottsburg @ Madison Silver Creek @ Charlestown

Corydon hosted Providence Friday night for the scrimmage. It was a good scrimmage for both teams, lots of things to work on before week one. Tons of penalties from both squads. Luke Keller is entering his 4th season with big expectations from the football community here in Corydon. This is the largest senior class we have had since the 2011 season when we lost to Chatard in semi state. Bobby Sharp will lead the Panthers in his 4th year as a starter coming off a late season injury last year. Out wide we see seniors JoJo McCarty and Cole Simpson. The backfield looks to boast a compliment of seniors running the ball, but expect Vest to get the Panthers share with Bockting coming in for some change of pace. The offensive line is where the Panthers look to impose their will anchored by 3 year starting center Tristan White. Meanwhile the right side of the line brings some size and athleticism from RG Carson Crail and RT Dante Chavez. On the left side Senior Mason Pedigo is flanked by Jr T Tuell. There is a ton of depth for the Panthers at line with another 5 seniors. Senior Caleb Walden will take on the TE responsibilities. Most of these guys are 2 year starters with several being 3 year starters. We also expect to see senior Hayden Hibbs helping out with ball carrying responsibilities, Hibbs missed last season with an ACL injury but was looking very promising after finding his way onto the field as a sophomore later into the season. Let’s not forget Senior Jonathon Lynch playing DT. This dude will be a problem for every team Corydon plays. Just watch the tape. Junior class is a bit small, but there are several key contributors who will either start or get significant playing time. Koons, Houchens, Coverdale, and Tuell lead the way. I expect to see just a couple of sophomores get any real playing time, most notably, Easton Windell who is son of 4 year starting QB from the early/Mid 2000s Josh Windell and nephew to 2 NCAA D-3 All Americans, Lucas and Jeremiah Windell. Freshman Gavin Hanger will take on kicking responsibilities for the Panthers. The kid has D1 written all over him already hitting from 55 in practice.

According to current schedules with Madison and making it easiest on all Athletic directors in the MSC, logic dictates Salem drops Valley. That would leave week 7 and 9 for non conference. Assuming again, what makes it easy for ADs, Salem would keep Eastern and WW. I find it hard to believe that WW would be eager to drop Salem and vice versa but maybe Eastern is looking to drop Salem week 7. If so, that could pose logistical issues for Salem and maybe Eastern. Currently Valley plays Tecumseh week 7 so that could be an option for them to drop Tecumseh and play Salem week 7 and they play North Daviess week 9 so another Non Conference they could potentially play Salem should WW end up off the Salem schedule. This is mostly speculation, but with some logic built in with current schedules and knowing a few ADs, I’d say they would like to make transitioning in Madison as easy as possible.

I have thought about this a lot recently. How is it that Corydon played close games and had chances vs both Charlestown and Scottsburg also with the win over NH but get smacked by Salem and Madison? It’s the offensive play style of their opponents. Those 3 close games vs NH, Scottsburg, and Charlestown you don’t see as much “get to the edge and sprint to the sideline” vs Corydon’s defense. Salem and Madison lived outside overloading and tossing outnumbering and sprinting. Sure Nh overloads but they are still a between the tackles run team. Charlestown has a ton of speed, but they tried to be more balanced throwing it and running a variety of things. Same with Scottsburg. So based on play style I’m not hopeless with Corydon’s draw. Week 1 will be a tough rematch in Ramsey. Then we will see from there.

Week 9 Games Crawford County @ Clarksville The way Crawford lost to WW makes me hesitant to pick them. I haven’t seen them at all this year but I did see Clarksville both live and on tape. Young Hawkins can be the difference maker, but I think I’m gonna side with Crawford having a slight edge. Mitchell @ Perry Central I have no clue how to choose this other than Perry is the home team. Very similar offense and defensive numbers. I think it will be a multi score game from both teams and I’ll just take the home team. North Knox @ Paoli Paoli had a couple losses early in the season to good teams but since has benefitted from an easy schedule. I think they are far and away the second best team in the PLAC but they are not last years Paoli squad. North Knox has 5 losses to solid teams and a couple nice wins too. Every thing analytically tells me to pick NK, but I’m not going to pick against Dittmer this week. I like Paoli to squeak one out here at Cook Field. Salem @ WW When I looked at Salems schedule to start the season, I figured they would beat Eastern and that’s all. So they have made a believer out of me. I don’t think it will be an easy win against county rival on the road but I think Salem has won my pick this week. Springs Valley @ North Daviess Someone has to take a loss this week. Neither have an overly difficult schedule. I like ND win over Washington and the fact they are home this week. Brownstown @ Scottsburg I know BTownQBCoach won’t like my jinx here. But he is a logical guy. The closest this game will be is at kickoff. Brownstown is so much better than Scottsburg. Scottsburg needs this win for a share of the MSC trophy, instead Brownstown will gift them with a running clock. This Braves squad is better than last year and the Warriors, record aside, aren’t playing better than last year. They haven’t beaten a team with a winning record, played close with mediocre teams, and got beat by the only team with a winning record… which got blown out by the Braves earlier this season. Charlestown @ Eastern Charlestown will have a chance to get their JV in this one late in the game. I respect coach Williams and what he is trying to build at Eastern, but we all know this isn’t their year and Charlestown has some absolute athletes that Eastern won’t be able to contain. Corydon at Silver Creek I’ll start with this. I am not going to pick against Corydon. But logically, if Pap watched the Salem and Madison film, and I’m sure he did, he knows what he needs to do to win this game. Corydon has some very obvious weaknesses on the defensive side of the ball and offensively, with the their QB1 going down, they have some things to iron out. Silver Creek built some confidence with wins over NA and NH, then Brownstown reminded them who was king of the MSC. Does that motivate the Dragons on Senior night or will it have a lasting negative effect. Corydon wins in a tight one. Kick the FG. North Harrison @ Providence Early in the year this was a really easy obvious choice. A couple losses in and I wonder if this won’t be a better game than anticipated. I think the Pioneers win either way. Bonus Game: Northview @ Linton Another solid Bonus Game selection. I know nothing about Northview. I see they are 4A and have a history of winning seasons. So does Linton and I am not going to pick the Olivers here. I’ll save that for a regional matchup with Brownstown. I imagine it will be a really nice Friday Night Lights matchup and I think both teams offense will be on display, but give me the Duel Headed Dawg of Paul Oliver and Russ Goodman. (Although the Bath kid at NV looks like he is a dude, 1700 yards of offense)

Crawford County @ Clarksville The way Crawford lost to WW makes me hesitant to pick them. I haven’t seen them at all this year but I did see Clarksville both live and on tape. Young Hawkins can be the difference maker, but I think I’m gonna side with Crawford having a slight edge. Mitchell @ Perry Central I have no clue how to choose this other than Perry is the home team. Very similar offense and defensive numbers. I think it will be a multi score game from both teams and I’ll just take the home team. North Knox @ Paoli Paoli had a couple losses early in the season to good teams but since has benefitted from an easy schedule. I think they are far and away the second best team in the PLAC but they are not last years Paoli squad. North Knox has 5 losses to solid teams and a couple nice wins too. Every thing analytically tells me to pick NK, but I’m not going to pick against Dittmer this week. I like Paoli to squeak one out here at Cook Field. Salem @ WW When I looked at Salems schedule to start the season, I figured they would beat Eastern and that’s all. So they have made a believer out of me. I don’t think it will be an easy win against county rival on the road but I think Salem has won my pick this week. Springs Valley @ North Daviess Someone has to take a loss this week. Neither have an overly difficult schedule. I like ND win over Washington and the fact they are home this week. Brownstown @ Scottsburg I know BTownQBCoach won’t like my jinx here. But he is a logical guy. The closest this game will be is at kickoff. Brownstown is so much better than Scottsburg. Scottsburg needs this win for a share of the MSC trophy, instead Brownstown will gift them with a running clock. This Braves squad is better than last year and the Warriors, record aside, aren’t playing better than last year. They haven’t beaten a team with a winning record, played close with mediocre teams, and got beat by the only team with a winning record… which got blown out by the Braves earlier this season. Charlestown @ Eastern Charlestown will have a chance to get their JV in this one late in the game. I respect coach Williams and what he is trying to build at Eastern, but we all know this isn’t their year and Charlestown has some absolute athletes that Eastern won’t be able to contain. Corydon at Silver Creek I’ll start with this. I am not going to pick against Corydon. But logically, if Pap watched the Salem and Madison film, and I’m sure he did, he knows what he needs to do to win this game. Corydon has some very obvious weaknesses on the defensive side of the ball and offensively, with the their QB1 going down, they have some things to iron out. Silver Creek built some confidence with wins over NA and NH, then Brownstown reminded them who was king of the MSC. Does that motivate the Dragons on Senior night or will it have a lasting negative effect. Corydon wins in a tight one. Kick the FG. North Harrison @ Providence Early in the year this was a really easy obvious choice. A couple losses in and I wonder if this won’t be a better game than anticipated. I think the Pioneers win either way. Bonus Game: Northview @ Linton Another solid Bonus Game selection. I know nothing about Northview. I see they are 4A and have a history of winning seasons. So does Linton and I am not going to pick the Olivers here. I’ll save that for a regional matchup with Brownstown. I imagine it will be a really nice Friday Night Lights matchup and I think both teams offense will be on display, but give me the Duel Headed Dawg of Paul Oliver and Russ Goodman. (Although the Bath kid at NV looks like he is a dude, 1700 yards of offense)

I think Madison studied Salems game film vs Corydon. They took to the edges with numbers and was very effective. I heard Madisons radio guys say "Madison has already eclipsed its season best point total and it's only the first half." That hit me and I was like holy smokes, he is right. They definitely came in with a solid game plan and executed and all props to them for that win.

Womp Womp... Congrats Madison, those kids at the end of that game after the handshake line were PUMPED! Great game plan tonight, Cubs. Shoutout to Salem as well. 3 and seems like 4 should be expected. A much better Salem team than I thought would be fielded in 2025. I also heard from an assistant coach that they expect several of the kids who went to WW to come back. I won't go into reasons but, seems like that is plausible for next season. Brownstown, NH, Scottsburg, Springs Valley, Paoli, WW... as expected.

I fully expect them to win 2a. I think last year they would have made it to LOS but Linton gritted it out late in that game. I do know this. Whomever represents the South in 2a will have had to play a tough Regional and Semi State game. But I also know Adams Central will be a TOUGH TOUGH out for anyone playing them. (Bluffton and them this week should be interesting.)

In conference play you get what you get. Ask Brownstown about that (PF 252 PA 46 and outside of a couple few of those scores, they were not against BC varsity). for non conference, they need to go find some better teams. Easier said than done. I get that. I know Providence had a bye this year. as for my thoughts on it possibly being weaker, it won’t benefit them come playoffs. But hey, when those kids are in their mid thirties telling their kids about how good they were, they will say we were 9, 10, 11-1 and will be able to relish in win after win. Since most of them will never play after high school, which is the case for most all HS football players, maybe playing an easier schedule isn’t a terrible thing. I just know it won’t benefit them for a deep post season run.

Crawford County @ West Washington WW defense will be too much for Crawford to overcome. Paoli @ Mitchell Perry Central @ Springs Valley Springs Valley continues with an easy schedule on route to a win and will remain undefeated. The schedule will do them no favors in sectional where I suspect Providence (in a down year) will take 48, but it sure does look cool to be undefeated going into the playoffs anyways. I had to go double check by according to Harrells site SV hasn’t won a sectional dating back to atleast 1993, have they ever won one? Clarksville @ North Harrison Clarksville won’t be able to stop NH. Unless NH has some injuries and stuff I don’t know about. Shouldnt be much of a contest. Madison @ Corydon Junior 3 year starting QB Bobby Sharp lost for the season due to injury. Corydon wins easily on Senior Night with backup Sr QB Dane Naiman leading the way. Naiman is a Swiss Army knife and is more than a capable QB who is a true duel threat with some incredible athletes to throw to behind a BIG line. Salem @ Charlestown Id like to say that following Salem’s thumping of Corydon 2 weeks ago, that Salem can pull this one off. But I don’t think they will. Prove me wrong Lions. Scottsburg @ Eastern Pekin Scottsburg will look like an offensive juggernaut this week, but which continues to happen vs the bad teams. They will need a little momentum and confidence this week because next week they are gonna get drummed by the Braves on Senior Night. Silver Creek @ Brownstown The only question here will be how many points will the Braves score on Elm street Friday night? This is far and away the best offense Reed May has ever produced and I’d argue the best defense too. Coaches aren’t supposed to look past this week, but I can. The 2025 MSC Champs will roll through sectional with exaggerated ease, then get the much anticipated rematch with the Miners of Linton. Paul Oliver and Russel Goodman are the duel headed beast for the Miners and if Brownstown can slow them down they could be looking at a stout defense in Lapel where if they are up the challenge, they will be heading to Lucas Oil to take on the defending 2a state champ, Adams Central. Bonus Game of the Week Lawrence North @ Center Grove I dont know anything about these teams other than they are both dang good. Center Grove is home so I’d lean towards them. But I suspect it to be a great Friday night football game.