I should add, though, that T has done exceedingly well despite their numbers advantage over most schools!

That one is one of my favorite excuses.

 

It is a numbers game. Plain and simple, you have more to choose from you ultimately get more quality . As RockPride stated you can't sneak all those extra bodies on to the field but it sure helps to have more able bodies to scrimmage against every day at practice. Probably doesn't hurt in getting better efforts in practices with all those bodies vying for some precious playing time on Friday nights.

Thats true... but the point he is making is that the larger the number of boys, the greater the chances of good or excellent athletes. For example, if on average 1 in 10 boys is a superior athlete and one in 100 is a far above average athlete, T or X would have over 150 or 160 superior or far above average athletes to choose from vs. 75 or 80 with schools with lesser enrollments. That is why I have long felt that perhaps Fort Thomas Highlands truly does more with less than any Kentucky school in football.

 

X usually has many more football players than Trinity. In the past few years X routinely has well over 100 freshmen. Trinity has had as few as 66. X always has around 50 seniors. Trinity usually has 25 or less. Yet Trinity has 4 titles to X's 1 this decade so far. Coach Beatty is 6-3 against X. I would think that since X has a slight lead on T in numbers they would beat Trinity more often than not, but recently that hasn't been true. Your thoughts?

I wouldn't say Trinity does more with less. I would say they do more with more.

 

Every year Trinity executes as well or better than anybody. The Brohm-led Trinity team executed as well as any team I have ever seen.

X usually has many more football players than Trinity. In the past few years X routinely has well over 100 freshmen. Trinity has had as few as 66. X always has around 50 seniors. Trinity usually has 25 or less. Yet Trinity has 4 titles to X's 1 this decade so far. Coach Beatty is 6-3 against X. I would think that since X has a slight lead on T in numbers they would beat Trinity more often than not, but recently that hasn't been true. Your thoughts?

 

X and T are the two of the three premier 4A football teams and they have the two largest male enrollments in the state. Numbers are the critical factor. Does anyone really believe T or X would be nearly as successful with 700 boys? And to answer your 6-3 question (although not the thread): Brohm. Again, this is not a n X/T thread, but a "does Trinity do more with less than any other 4A school?" I would imagine that a Bullitt Central fan (I believe they are the smallest

4A school with about 680 boys) would be amused at that assertion. Numbers matter.

X usually has many more football players than Trinity. In the past few years X routinely has well over 100 freshmen. Trinity has had as few as 66. X always has around 50 seniors. Trinity usually has 25 or less. Yet Trinity has 4 titles to X's 1 this decade so far. Coach Beatty is 6-3 against X. I would think that since X has a slight lead on T in numbers they would beat Trinity more often than not, but recently that hasn't been true. Your thoughts?

He was giving us props..

It is a numbers game. Plain and simple, you have more to choose from you ultimately get more quality . As RockPride stated you can't sneak all those extra bodies on to the field but it sure helps to have more able bodies to scrimmage against every day at practice. Probably doesn't hurt in getting better efforts in practices with all those bodies vying for some precious playing time on Friday nights.

Probably the most distinct advantage is that so we practice against good competition every single day.

And to answer your 6-3 question (although not the thread): Brohm.

To clarify Brohm was 3-1 against X......leaving Bob 3-2 still against the Xaverians w/o Brohm...and IFF he wins this year's state championship he will have won 2 titles sans Brohm...

To clarify Brohm was 3-1 against X......leaving Bob 3-2 still against the Xaverians w/o Brohm...and IFF he wins this year's state championship he will have won 2 titles sans Brohm...

 

Yes, and that makes my point. X and T, sans Brohm, as you point out, are 3-2. Against all other competition they win 90% of the time. They have up to double the number of boys as these other schools. Guru was correct when he observed that "Trinity maximizes their potential. And, this year they have an all state QB which makes them very dangerous."

Probably the most distinct advantage is that so we practice against good competition every single day.

 

I would say that that is one of the BIGGEST advantages. The other is the facilities to practice and train in. Another is the length of the season on a regular basis being longer than most other schools. That is without getting into some other areas I don't want to consider now.

Probably the most distinct advantage is that so we practice against good competition every single day.

There are all kinds of benefits to the numbers advantage.

Most of the talk on here is about skill players...how does T match up in the trenches with the opponents they've faced this year?

Don't they always?