I love this thread!!! All I can say is Stay in school kids!

 

Can't just say Stay in School. Stay in school and pay attention in each and every class. Specifically, English and Math!

Thank you to all those that beat me to the punch in pointing out that a kneel down isn't a sack. The professor can't even pass his own class it seems.

 

Now to the game.

 

As stated, I haven't seen either team play. I've heard things about both (things that have been mentioned in this thread in between all the various insults), such as Cooper has a stout D and Ryle has a finely tuned offensive unit.

 

Can outside observers give some insight into the game and how they see it playing out? (Note: I know a few already have.) Obviously Ryle fans feel Ryle will win and Cooper fans feel Cooper will win. That's understandable. No fan of a good team (which both teams are) are going to say "nah we will lose to them". Should be a great game from what I hear.

Raiderbiffbird. You need to take a couple plays off. Walk it off.

Cooper gave up -1 rushing yards to Lex Cath, how many did Ryle give up? I will tell you, Ryle gave up 105 yards rushing to Lex Cath! That is BAD!

 

 

Cooper vs Lex Cath stats 2015 Kentucky High School Football

 

Ryle vs Lex Cath Stats 2015 Kentucky High School Football

 

Jones avg'd over 5 yards a carry against Ryle

Jones avg'd less than a yd a carry against Cooper

 

You want to talk about pass defesne against Lex Cath for both teams?

Ryle gave up 381 yards passing while Cooper only gave up 83 yards passing.

 

You seriously should do your research before trying to belittle a team that performed much better defensively against a common opponent when trying to bash the teams defense.

 

I also would like to report that the big guy who wanted to bet me in open forum ran like a schoolgirl when he was presented an offer thru pm

 

No surprise there though.

 

Again, Lex Cath had 2 of their O Lineman out. So apples to oranges. Cooper gang tackles very well and did so against LCA Not to discredit Coopers stout defense, but LCA did them a bunch of favors by overthrowing just about everything. Hendrix had like 3 pic's on overthrows. If Ryle gang tackles TCA and keep Hendrix from going over the top, they have a solid chance at winning. If they don't, it could be a long night. I still give Ryle the edge over Cooper on the run game. They have 4 solid RBs, everyone stays fresh.

The same backup QB who passed for over 280 yards the game before

vs. an awful team, yes that's him. With all do respect to Madison Central, they are not Cooper.

Again, Lex Cath had 2 of their O Lineman out. So apples to oranges. Cooper gang tackles very well and did so against LCA Not to discredit Coopers stout defense, but LCA did them a bunch of favors by overthrowing just about everything. Hendrix had like 3 pic's on overthrows. If Ryle gang tackles TCA and keep Hendrix from going over the top, they have a solid chance at winning. If they don't, it could be a long night. I still give Ryle the edge over Cooper on the run game. They have 4 solid RBs, everyone stays fresh.

 

Who were the missing lineman?

You really want to go there? Ryle gave up 112 rushing yards to a GRC team that has not won a game yet. That is flat out BAD!!!! Cooper by 97 TD's! :thumb:[/QUOte

 

Someone told me that GRC's RB is a top 5 RB in 6A

Thank you to all those that beat me to the punch in pointing out that a kneel down isn't a sack. The professor can't even pass his own class it seems.

 

Now to the game.

 

As stated, I haven't seen either team play. I've heard things about both (things that have been mentioned in this thread in between all the various insults), such as Cooper has a stout D and Ryle has a finely tuned offensive unit.

 

Can outside observers give some insight into the game and how they see it playing out? (Note: I know a few already have.) Obviously Ryle fans feel Ryle will win and Cooper fans feel Cooper will win. That's understandable. No fan of a good team (which both teams are) are going to say "nah we will lose to them". Should be a great game from what I hear.

 

I'm not an outsider, but I can give an unbiased look into the game.

 

Ryle's running attack is the strength of that team with the 3 headed monster for 3 great runners that would start on any team in the area. Coopers strength s their defense as you mentioned.

 

Ryle has won many of their games imo by continuing to pound the ball wearing down defenses in the 2nd half. It's not a magical formula, just good old fashioned smash mouth football that wears down defenses.

 

Look at the majority of Ryles games and most of them are very close come halftime, they open up their big leads in the 2nd half and that is because of the defenses getting pounded by their backs. I think it's very smart rotating the 3 backs like they do so not one of them get worn down and they are always fresh.

 

Cooper has been known this year for their defense. Yes they lost twice. Once to BS and once to SK. Remember though they only gave up 6 points to SK in the entire 2nd half of their game and SK has been everyon'es consensus #1 team in NKY. Holding Powell to only 60 yards when he has had games of 40 rushes etc. is pretty darn good. They held Lex Cath's rushing game to -1 yard while Ryle gave up over 100 to the same team. so this game will come down to 1 thing in my opinion. If Cooper can get a lead and build on it before the half then it will come down to if their defense can stay up the 2nd half. If they ear down then Ryle wins this game.

 

Cooper's offense is good, not as explosive as Ryles can be but with TCA if he is 100% and on top of that if Nathan Brown is given time to go downfield, Hendrix can be the X factor in this game. He has around 400 yards receiving the last 2 games with 6 TD's and 3 INT's on defense. So I will stay with, if Cooper can get a lead by halftime and their defense doesn't get worn down then they win, if their defense is getting pounded by Ryle's run game and shows signs of getting worn down then Ryle wins.

 

Either way I dno't see Ryle's passing game being the difference maker at all. I look at both teams going to their strong suit to get the victory and Ryles is their running game.

vs. an awful team, yes that's him. With all do respect to Madison Central, they are not Cooper.

 

That has been our point. Cooper's defense that game was lights out no matter who played and who didn't.

I will tell you I don't really see a difference in LexCath 1st team Qb and 2nd team Qb, as far as effectiveness. One has bigger arm the other makes quicker decisions.

 

He was horrible vs Cooper. Overthrew everything. Yes he played great the week before, but vs Cooper he was horrible. I give credit to Cooper's Defense. They were stout vs the run and gang tackled the crafty WR (#3) on the short WR screens. But all of Hendrix's pics were on overthrows. As good as Cooper's D is, LCA's QB made them that much better. Cooper's D is tough as nails.

Again, Lex Cath had 2 of their O Lineman out. So apples to oranges. Cooper gang tackles very well and did so against LCA Not to discredit Coopers stout defense, but LCA did them a bunch of favors by overthrowing just about everything. Hendrix had like 3 pic's on overthrows. If Ryle gang tackles TCA and keep Hendrix from going over the top, they have a solid chance at winning. If they don't, it could be a long night. I still give Ryle the edge over Cooper on the run game. They have 4 solid RBs, everyone stays fresh.

 

Did you actually watch the game? Watch it again if you have the hudl film. LC didn't do Cooper favors by overthrowing everything, actually the QB was quite accurate, what happend was a ton of drops, many of them coming from big hits to the receivers right after the ball got there. I even commented after the game how good at throwing I thought the LC QB was. He put a lot of his passes right on the numbers, the DB's either jumped the routes to pick them off or the receiver had got jarred by big hits which popped the ball out.

He was horrible vs Cooper. Overthrew everything. Yes he played great the week before, but vs Cooper he was horrible. I give credit to Cooper's Defense. They were stout vs the run and gang tackled the crafty WR (#3) on the short WR screens. But all of Hendrix's pics were on overthrows. As good as Cooper's D is, LCA's QB made them that much better. Cooper's D is tough as nails.

 

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. The QB didn't overhtrow everything. Watch the film.

 

Do you remember when Hendrix went out of the game injured in the 1st qtr? Do you remember what that was from? The first of many big hits to a receiver after catching the ball, Hendrix seperated the receiver and the ball with a vicious hit that sent Hendrix out of the game after being shook up on that hit.

As a football fan I love this matchup. I've seen both teams play and I wasn't "wowed" by Ryles D and Coopers O. However I was "wowed" by Ryles O (Morgan) and Coopers D. That matchup will be well worth the price of admission. Can Coopers D stop Morgan and company or slow them down some? On the flip side, can Cooper score enough against Ryles D? Great matchup and I'm sure it will be a hard hitting game. I believe it will come down to turnovers. Taking Cooper 17-14 in a barn burner with home field advantage and I have no dog in this fight.

As a football fan I love this matchup. I've seen both teams play and I wasn't "wowed" by Ryles D and Coopers O. However I was "wowed" by Ryles O (Morgan) and Coopers D. That matchup will be well worth the price of admission. Can Coopers D stop Morgan and company or slow them down some? On the flip side, can Cooper score enough against Ryles D? Great matchup and I'm sure it will be a hard hitting game. I believe it will come down to turnovers. Taking Cooper 17-14 in a barn burner with home field advantage and I have no dog in this fight.

 

I love games like this. It puts both teams strong suits against eachother. Much better than 2 teams with great offenses playing against eachother. Lets put one teams best directly against the other teams best and strap your seatbelt on and sit back and enjoy the ride.

Both are good teams but I feel the jury is still out on Ryle. They look like a top 6a team because of their record. If you dig a little deeper you will see the schedule has a lot to do with that. If Ryle played the same schedule as Cooper they would both have 2 losses. I give the nod to the Jags because they have already played 2 good teams. There are 4 winless teams in 6a and Ryle has played 3 of them.