Thank you. What the cat is implying is that his kids are magically better from Ft Thomas then anywhere else.....he is saying that his 100 kids from Ft Thomas are better then 1400 kids to pick from elsewhere. Lol.

 

The 200 to pick from in Boyle County are better than the thousands to pick from in Lexington.

I cannot believe this has generated 9 pages of discussion. I am baffled as to how there can even be reasonable debate about this topic. Of course enrollment size matters in high school football. It matters a great deal. Several posters have pointed to Highlands as the example of why enrollment size does not matter. However, let's say that in 1959 when the KHSAA began having football championships the KHSAA decided to have just one class, instead of multiple classes. How many titles would Highlands have won from 1959 until the present if every KY prep football program competed for one title (like in basketball)? On a more recent note, Highlands has won 7 state titles since 2000. How many would Highlands have won from 2000 until the present if they were competing against the likes of Trinity, St. X and Male every one of those years? One? Two? None?

 

Napoleon famously said that "victory goes to the big battalions." While quality of the program matters a lot when looking at football success, when you have two strong football programs going head to head, the team from the larger school/community is going to have an advantage.

 

But it doesn't mean they will win.

 

Highlands vs Scott County. What happened?

 

 

Didn't 1A. Beechwood just beat 2A Newport Central Catholic?

I love how no one wants to explain why the top 5 schools in 4A are better than the 15 of the top 20 teams in 5A and 6A combined.

 

 

 

But size matters.

Shoot, I just want someone to explain to me how middle of the road 4A Mercer County gave large 6A school(ranked in 6A top 10 at one point) Madison Central all they wanted.

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So your theory is based off of picking individual teams against specific teams. And didn't Lexington Catholic beat Boyle County this year? So where is the 100 from Boyle county comparison going???

 

The 200 to pick from in Boyle County are better than the thousands to pick from in Lexington.

 

I guess Lexington Catholic didn't get the memo when they beat Boyle even without their best QB and best RB......SMH. Maybe you should have told them your theory of the Mighty 100.....

So your theory is based off of picking individual teams against specific teams. And didn't Lexington Catholic beat Boyle County this year? So where is the 100 from Boyle county comparison going???

 

Those two are the same size. Same district. Same class. You know my argument is about smaller schools beating bigger schools.

I guess Lexington Catholic didn't get the memo when they beat Boyle even without their best QB and best RB......SMH. Maybe you should have told them your theory of the Mighty 100.....

 

Check LexCath's overall record against Boyle and get back to me. Better yet count the entire city of Lexington's record against Boyle and get back to me. I'll even let you add LexCath's victories against Boyle into the equation.

I guess Lexington Catholic didn't get the memo when they beat Boyle even without their best QB and best RB......SMH. Maybe you should have told them your theory of the Mighty 100.....

 

Love the irony of a Lexington public school supporter using LexCath to bolster their argument. That's rich. :lol: :lol:

 

Those two are the same size. Same district. Same class. You know my argument is about smaller schools beating bigger schools.

 

You said that 200 kids from Boyle county were better than 2 thousand from Lexington. Didn't I Just show you how silly that was. When an EQUAL size team from Lex best them. While missing 2 of its best players.

I love how no one wants to explain why the top 5 schools in 4A are better than the 15 of the top 20 teams in 5A and 6A combined.

 

 

 

But size matters.

Here is something that hasn't been brought up yet and I'm curious about. I don't know the answer, too lazy to do the research and all. But I was curious because of the post you made here, how many of those top 5 teams in 4A are private schools?

 

I'm just curious, I know it's just something else and new thrown into the debate, but I think that also plays into it.

How many private schools are in 4A compared to 5A or even 6A? It may not even matter, but it's something I don't know the answer to off the top of my head.

You give me two teams: both with excellent coaching staffs; both with extremely hard working kids and both with support and tradition behind them, but one drawing from an enrollment of 400 and the other drawing from an enrollment of 1,000, and I'd expect the team drawing from 1,000 to beat the team drawing from 400 8 or 9 times out of 10.

 

The reason you see smaller programs beating the larger programs is, more often than not, because the smaller programs have better coaches, harder working kids and better support and tradition behind them.

When I was in high school back in the 70s there were several public schools in Jefferson County with larger male populations then Trinity including the one that I attended. Trinity was still a dominating program. Size is important but not the only factor.

Lexington Public School supporter?!!? Not sure of what you are saying.....you continue to imply this magic athlete at other areas including Boyle county and not in Lexington I assume is what you mean. Your views are flawed.

You give me two teams: both with excellent coaching staffs; both with extremely hard working kids and both with support and tradition behind them, but one drawing from an enrollment of 400 and the other drawing from an enrollment of 1,000, and I'd expect the team drawing from 1,000 to beat the team drawing from 400 8 or 9 times out of 10.

 

The reason you see smaller programs beating the larger programs is, more often than not, because the smaller programs have better coaches, harder working kids and better support and tradition behind them.

 

Great post