That's an interesting discussion. CCH put a running clock on South Warren in the semifinals last year, but three quarters of CCH's offense came on passing. They lose a lot of that offensive power with AJ gone, but we'll have to see what happens with the new quarterback. South Warren still only managed one touchdown though.

I think CCH is going to be one of the top 3 teams in 5A, along with Bowling Green and South Warren. Tough to say which one of those three is THE top team. I suppose the king is king until he's been de-throned.

Fun game. I'll play. How about Trinity steps up and gets rid of 60 percent of their enrollment/talent pool so they're the same size as Covington Catholic and can play in 5A. That way we can truly see what they're made of.

Weak was a poor choice of word on my part, for sure. I would say Reusch's passing is not his biggest strength, and that there are other quarterbacks on the team whose throwing game stands out more than Tyler's.

Don't forget, Jack Coldiron and Kam Butler will both be at Miami at that point as well.

Absolute beast! Congrats, Michael!

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but Trinity has reached out to CCH about scheduling them in the future. Just for the record.

I think after losing Schneider and Pike in the defensive backfield, there's a good chance we'll be seeing some of McGinness back there this season. Who knows...maybe even some of Reusch.

I don't think Bowling Green's coaching change will be that big a sea change, but I guess we will see. I just figure that CCH will be a toss-up for favorite every bit as much as Bowling Green and South Warren. Maybe even South Oldham and Madison Southern too, who knows. I don't know how their teams look after graduating last season's seniors.

Coach Eviston's nephew is going to end up as their starting QB, and rightly so. Tyler Reusch is a solid football player, but his passing game is weak, so it would be counterintuitive for CCH's offensive DNA to put him in and cripple our ability to pass the ball to Coldiron, Coburn, Summe and Mayer.

I like seeing the positive talk for the Covington Catholic football program, but the talk about them being the favorite team to win 5A in 2018 seems off base to me. Don't get me wrong, I certainly hope that they do, but after losing quarterback AJ Mayer, defensive back/receiver Malachi Pike, linebacker/tight end Kam Butler, linebacker/fullback grant Dyer (among others) we are going to have a lot of very important roles to replace. We relied...