Tough schedule, imo it's overreaching a bit. While tough competition can help you improve, if you can't run your offense to any degree of success and you can't stop anybody how does that help. If you can compete that's fine. We'll have to see if they can. You also have to take into account not only the physical portion but the mental hit on confidence that losing brings. Fine line on scheduling up to compete and getting beatdown, running clocks and blowouts. I hope they can handle the competition because there is plenty of it on that schedule. Yes it is the toughest in NKY.

Just to give my two cents on whether Cov Cath or Highlands has the tougher schedule, I used the projected strength of the teams they are playing (Calpreps.com) to compare. Teams do change over the season (even assuming the projected strength is correct) but this gives a reasonable basis for comparison.

 

They share four opponents (Ryle, Dixie Heights, Scott County and Grant County) so those need not be considered.

 

Highlands faces: SK (41.4), Louisville St. X (36.8), Cov Cath (21.6), Campbell County (21), Cooper (20.8) and Boone County (6.8). An average of 24.7 (or 28.3 if you eliminate Boone's score as an outlier)

 

Cov Cath faces: Cincy St. X (60), Sycamore [OH] (39.8), St. Francis De Sales [OH] (36.9), Highlands (35.8), Beechwood (23.5) and Lex Cath (21.8). An average of 36.3 (or 31.6 if you eliminate Cincy St. X's score as an outlier).

 

Even if you discount Highland's lowest opponent and Cov Cath's highest one, Cov Cath is still rating a stronger schedule.

 

Although on a personal note, I believe Louisville St. X will be stronger this year than Calpreps thinks they will be.

 

Nice work here psd! :thumb: