11 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

All depends on the color of the glasses your looking through. From where I sat, Cooper was physical and has good, young players.

Cov Cath had a handful of backwards moving plays, and tons of penalties. Cooper had a handful of penalties and tons of backwards moving plays. Hard telling which team shot itself in the foot more.

Tons of ifs and buts. We all know that saying.

The game was closer than I expected. Cooper had a chance to tie the game a second time in a 1st and goal sotuation and and moved the ball backwards for 4 downs instead. Cov Cath had a chance to win the game by two touchdowns at the end, and their momentum in the last possession would have done it. They chose not to and opted to end the game instead.

Closer than expected? Yes.

"Very much up for grabs all game"? No.

 

I think the total offensive yardage tallies, when we see them, are going to be telling of how "very much up for grabs" this was.

Not really sure how you could say a one score game wasn’t up for grabs… That seems to be contradictory with how the game went, IMO.

47 minutes ago, BirdDaddy said:

Colonels are rolling.

Compliment your enemy to make them overconfident?  ?

Truth be told as each week unfolds and closer to the Birds and Colonels the more I see Highlands as becoming the better team.  Now this game showed a really good Colonels defensive team that can hold in critical moments and win a game (or games if you add LexCath) when the offense struggles.

2 hours ago, cincyswords said:

Compliment your enemy to make them overconfident?  ?

Truth be told as each week unfolds and closer to the Birds and Colonels the more I see Highlands as becoming the better team.  Now this game showed a really good Colonels defensive team that can hold in critical moments and win a game (or games if you add LexCath) when the offense struggles.

I heard the comment made in the pressbox that "it definitely looks like Cooper studied the game film closely from the Lex Cath game."

3 hours ago, cincyswords said:

Compliment your enemy to make them overconfident?  ?

Truth be told as each week unfolds and closer to the Birds and Colonels the more I see Highlands as becoming the better team.  Now this game showed a really good Colonels defensive team that can hold in critical moments and win a game (or games if you add LexCath) when the offense struggles.

We are all learning from the Master @The Double Deuce in the CovCath/Beechwood Prediction/Update thread. 

4 hours ago, futurecoach said:

True and Cooper also had a long pass with a receiver that had a step on his receiver that their QB barely over threw. Another pass where a CovCath defender barely tipped it or else the Cooper player gets a huge game. 
 

So you are completely right a lot of ifs and buts for both teams, not just CovCath. The plays that were made though very much up for grabs. Also what is not an IF and is an absolute fact. Is that this was a one possession all game. With Cooper having multiple possessions to tie it up, and one where they were in the red zone. A game where the contest was very much for grabs until Covcath’s last first down. So I’m not sure in what universe how someone can say the game wasn’t very much up for grabs all game. But hey I get it, it looks bad for CovCath if Cooper gives them a much better game than many expected. So you have to make yourself feel better, by acting like nah it wasn’t really that close. Lots of respect lost for you on your stance on this. Have a great day! 

I felt like was pretty straightforward about the fact that Cooper gave Cov Cath a much better game than expected. All I'm saying is that from where I sat, there wasn't really a point last night where I felt Cooper was poised to win, unlike last year whereI felt like Cooper really gave away what should have been a win for the Jags.

Cov Cath had 301 yards of offense last night and Cooper had 148 yards of offense. That's the crux of it.

Lol, and if mincing between calling a game much closer than expected and calling it very much up for grabs all night is enough to make you lose "lots of respect" for me, then that speaks volumes about how much respect was given in the first place ?  Have a good one, home skillet.

23 minutes ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

I felt like was pretty straightforward about the fact that Cooper gave Cov Cath a much better game than expected. All I'm saying is that from where I sat, there wasn't really a point last night where I felt Cooper was poised to win, unlike last year whereI felt like Cooper really gave away what should have been a win for the Jags.

Cov Cath had 301 yards of offense last night and Cooper had 148 yards of offense. That's the crux of it.

Lol, and if mincing between calling a game much closer than expected and calling it very much up for grabs all night is enough to make you lose "lots of respect" for me, then that speaks volumes about how much respect was given in the first place ?  Have a good one, home skillet.

 

4 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

Not really sure how you could say a one score game wasn’t up for grabs… That seems to be contradictory with how the game went, IMO.

Wow! Deuce and I usually disagree on a lot, and he even agrees that the stance you’re taking on this just seems off, and doesn’t really make sense. 

4 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

 

Wow! Deuce and I usually disagree on a lot, and he even agrees that the stance you’re taking on this just seems off, and doesn’t really make sense. 

If I agreed with you all the time, we’d both be wrong! ??

15 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

 

21 carries for 69 yards and 2 pass receptions for 113 yards.

 

On 9/24/2022 at 9:14 AM, BrosefStalin said:

Is Tate Kruer the son of 1991 (I think that's the year) grad and outstanding football player Justin Kruer?

 

 

Justin was class of ‘90 but yes that is his son.  Great kid and a great all around athlete too. 

1 hour ago, UKato91 said:

Justin was class of ‘90 but yes that is his son.  Great kid and a great all around athlete too. 

If I remember correctly, he walked on at Notre Dame correct?

2 hours ago, BrosefStalin said:

If I remember correctly, he walked on at Notre Dame correct?

Yes, Justin played three years of soccer freshman through junior year and from what I remember he was pretty good at that.  Decided to come out for football his senior year and got a walk on option from Lou Holtz at Notre Dame.  Not bad for one year of high school football.