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This will be a heck of a football game. I think Whitley comes in a little underated, but that may play into their hands. Playing at home will help but i do not know if that is enough. They must not give up the big play and fall behind early. This is a huge game for both teams. A win and the season looks bright but a loss and things in district look dim. LC by 12.

Man you have read WAY to much into my post!:walk:

Thanks MM but I can speak for myself. What I meant by my statement is our players are built to play a physical running style game. Until we can force it down someone's throat when we need to, it will be a long year. You have to have both threats. (running/passing) It will come in time and I agree with MM that it would be good to see a powerset in the middle of a drive from time to time to keep the D off ballance. The passing attack is great we just need to throw in a little more power running in the mix. If you will remember against Bell we could drive but get stopped inside the 20. The reason we were driving was because of the passing attack mixed with the running attack. Then inside the 20 a few times we threw the ball 3 or 4 times= tornover! We need a little power game in there somewhere, and I believe you will start to see it as the season goes on. Good luck tonight.

I agree. Whitley takes another loss but will only make them stronger for district play. They may be the best 0-3 team in the state.

Whitley will again suprise some people across the state and come ready to play against a top 10 4a football team. It will be close and could go either way. I'll give it to Whitley by 2.

Whitley looked good but Bell made a few more bigger plays than Whitley. Whitley moved the ball well but good not finish in the redzone. A touchdown called back in the first quarter hurt them. Bell just played a solid game. A great game!! Whitley will most likley go 0 and 3 at the begining of the season with bell hordin and shelby but will make a bunch of noise in the district. I'ts hard to say after a lost but i think after watching them play and seeing the number of kids playing(82) Whitley is BACK!!!

Very good post. What do u think about going to a 5A class system? I watched Ron Blume play against Whitley Co he's an excellent hs running back but definetly not a D1 player. QUOTE=ukbellco14]I don't think whether Blume makes an impact on the football field, where ever he goes, is that important. Nor do I think if he had ended up at UK, or some other Div1 school, and saw little to no PT really matters either. I think any kid who is considering college football as an option to further their academic and athletic career needs to realize one thing. Football will eventually end, and it's most likely going to end after college. Therefore, any kid who is considering college football as an option to further their academic and athletic career should do the following 2 things: 1.) Go to college where you can get the best education possible, as well as meet the most contacts possible; your education and contacts, not your football career, will get you a successful, stable career! 2.) Go to the college that is willing to pay for that education so when you get out of school you, or your family, isn't thousands of dollars in debt! I don't care if a kid is Div1 or not.... these are the things that matter. Unless the kid is a top 100 HS recruit with actual pro potential, where he goes to play college football probably isn't going to matter in the long run, except for the two above mentioned realizations. Listen to these stats: The chance of an NCAA Division 1A college football player getting drafted is .01 percent. Add all other college football divisions (Div1AA, D2, D3, NAIA) and it gets tougher because their are more players competing for the same 255 draft slots (the number of picks in this years draft). Now consider the fact that only about 1/2 of those players drafted will actually make the team and earn a spot on the final roster. What about free agents? For the players who don't get drafted, but actually come on as free agents, it doesn't get much better. Just a little over 1% of free agents actually make a career out of the NFL. The average career of an NFL player lasts only 3.5 years. The median NFL salary is around $500,000.... which sounds like alot, but not when it only lasts 3.5 years and you blow most of it because you are living the life of MTV's "Cribs." 1.75 million dollars is a lot of money, but unless managed properly, isn't near enough to sustain someone for a lifetime, especially if they have a family and are living the "luxurious life." I did not use average salary because those numbers are skewed due to the inflated salaries of superstars. The average NFL salary is actually 1.5 million, however, only 19% of NFL players actually make over 1 million dollars. A career in the NFL provides very little security. If you don't perform... you are replaced. If you get hurt... you are replaced. If someone in the organization doesn't like you... you are replaced. There goes the money. And so on and so on and so forth. Think the NFL life is glorious? Most NFL players retire from the NFL with little to no money, divorced, jobless, and their bodies are literally destroyed. Many are addicted to drugs, alchohol, or some other substance. Unless you have a real shot at being an NFL franchise player (which is even more unlikely then just getting to the NFL), with the ability to market your name after life in the NFL (endorsement deals, sports anchors, etc), then you better have a plan outside of football.... and that plan better involve a free college degree and getting to know ppl "in the know." Now consider these stats: In Colorado there were 3,481 male high school seniors who played football during the 1994 season. Of these, 31 received full scholarships at Division I-A schools (0.0089 percent). There are just over 10,000 full scholarships available for Div1A football. There are well over a million highschool football players. You do the math. As a high school football player you have little chance of receiving a full-ride football scholly. Anyone who can earn a Division1A scholarship is to be especially commended! Anyone who can earn a college football scholarship, period, is to be commended! Having said all that.....Congrats Mr. Blume, where ever he goes on to continue his collegiate athletic and academic career!

Jordan McCumbers pitched all 7 innings. Great job Colonels!!!

This entire thing has been funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It will have to be a young coach because the money is just not there for a veteran coach.

Billy is his uncle.

Has Jim Hicks of Greenup Co. Signed with Williamsburg yet?

Why would Hicks be leaving Green Up. Maybe take the Williamsburg job?

Your right, Teague did run the ball well but look for him to spilt carries with Jones. Jefferies should be at fullback and McCumbers at QB. Whitley will be able to run the option with McCumbers but the kid has a pretty good arm. If I'm coaching I put Teague at tailback, Jefferies at fullback and play Jones in the role like a Reggie Bush. I would line Jones up in the backfield, wideout, kick returner, punt returner, as long as he touched it 15 times a game.

Cody Jones will be a stud. Cody Jefferies will be a stud also.