On 9/17/2024 at 10:32 AM, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Complete Series Results:
1978 - Beechwood (Barre) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 8-6
1979 - Beechwood (Barre) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 34-7
1980 - Beechwood (Barre) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 26-14
1981 - Cov Cath (Ray) beats Beechwood (Barre) 6-0
1982 - Cov Cath (Ray) beats Beechwood (Barre) 47-9
1983 - Cov Cath (Ray) beats Beechwood (Barre) 12-0
1984 - Teams Did Not Play
1985 - Cov Cath (Ray) beats Beechwood (Barre) 21-14 (OT)
1986 - Cov Cath (Ray) beats Beechwood (Barre) 14-13
1987 - Cov Cath (Ray) beats Beechwood (Barre) 22-0
1988 - Beechwood (Barre) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 14-10
1989 - Cov Cath (Ray) beats Beechwood (Barre) 17-7
1990 - Cov Cath (Ray) beats Beechwood (Barre) 20-12
1991 - Beechwood (Yeagle) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 42-21
1992 - Cov Cath (Ray) beats Beechwood (Yeagle) 53-9
1993 - Cov Cath (Ray) beats Beechwood (Yeagle) 33-12
1994 - Beechwood (Yeagle) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 19-10
1995 - Beechwood (Yeagle) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 14-13
1996 - Beechwood (Yeagle) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 2-13
1997 - Beechwood (Yeagle) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 28-23
1998 - Beechwood (Yeagle) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 24-21 (OT)
1999 - Beechwood (Yeagle) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 26-0
2000 - Beechwood (Yeagle) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 4-0
2001 - Teams Did Not Play
2002 - Teams Did Not Play
2003 - Beechwood (Yeagle) beats Cov Cath (Ray) 24-7
2004 - Cov Cath (Ray) beats Beechwood (Yeagle) 26-25
2005 - Cov Cath (Rodenberg) beats Beechwood (Yeagle) 28-14
2006 - Cov Cath (Rodenberg) beats Beechwood (Rash) 34-0
2007 - Cov Cath (Brossart) beats Beechwood (Rash) 14-7
2008 - Beechwood (Rash) beats Cov Cath (Brossart) 35-21
2009 - Cov Cath (Wirth) beats Beechwood (Rash) 43-14
2010 - Cov Cath (Wirth) beats Beechwood (Rash) 24-21
2011 - Cov Cath (Wirth) beats Beechwood (Rash) 40-28
2012 - Cov Cath (Wirth) beats Beechwood (Rash) 41-6
2013 - Cov Cath (Wirth) beats Beechwood (Rash) 28-7
2014 - Beechwood (Rash) beats Cov Cath (Wirth) 28-13
2015 - Cov Cath (Eviston) beats Beechwood (Rash) 41-21
2016 - Cov Cath (Eviston) beats Beechwood (Rash) 44-10
2017 - Cov Cath (Eviston) beats Beechwood (Rash) 45-9
2018 - Cov Cath (Eviston) beats Beechwood (Rash) 49-14
2019 - Cov Cath (Eviston) beats Beechwood (Rash) 49-3
2020 - Cov Cath (Eviston) beats Beechwood (Rash) 19-17
2021 - Beechwood (Rash) beats Cov Cath (Eviston) 27-7
2022 - Cov Cath (Eviston) beats Beechwood (Rash) 31-14
2023 - Cov Cath (Eviston) beats Beechwood (Volker) 35-31

I did not realize Beechwood has only won 5 times since 2000.  The Tigers dominated the 90’s and Colonels took care of business in the 80’s.  Great rivalry!

Game day!

I still have no feel for this game. Too many injury variables - who is in and who is out? I am hearing Link is back for CCH; Erdman is probably out for Beechwood but we won't know till tonight. 

Variables

- Who controls the line of scrimmage?

- Can Beechwood's sophomore receivers continue to make plays?

- Can Beechwood's defense figure out the QB runs and stop Harney from taking over this game?

- Turnovers are always huge. CCH defense has 8 interceptions. Can the CCH defense get a pick off the rarely intercepted Hayden?

 

2 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Game day!

I still have no feel for this game. Too many injury variables - who is in and who is out? I am hearing Link is back for CCH; Erdman is probably out for Beechwood but we won't know till tonight. 

Variables

- Who controls the line of scrimmage?

- Can Beechwood's sophomore receivers continue to make plays?

- Can Beechwood's defense figure out the QB runs and stop Harney from taking over this game?

- Turnovers are always huge. CCH defense has 8 interceptions. Can the CCH defense get a pick off the rarely intercepted Hayden?

 

I was hopeful we would see Oliver Link back in for Cov Cath. That's a major boon to our receiving corps.

I'm hearing Erdman is a no-go at Beechwood, unfortunately.

From Cov Cath Football Alumni:

It's gameday, baby!! All You Colonels - and all you Future Colonels - we'll see you at Griffin Stadium tonight as Cov Cath takes on Beechwood under the lights!

Tonight is the annual the Braveheart Colonel Militia March for our current students and it's also Future Colonel football night, with free admission for any Future Colonel Club members who arrive with their game passport.

? Cov Cath vs. Beechwood
? Art's Rental Field at Dennis Griffin Stadium
? 7:00pm Kickoff
? https://colonel-athletic-network.mixlr.com/
? https://www.covcath.org/athletics/tickets-and-broadcasting.cfm#tool_548077

 

 

On 9/15/2024 at 10:54 AM, Voice of Reason said:

Sorry, forgot to include the bold part in my post above. Reposting here to make sure that is visible for everyone.

Here is the angle I'll be watching - it is almost always the decisive factor in CCH versus Beechwood. It isn't skill players as we all usually talk about. Beechwood always has good skill players. This game is almost always decided in the trenches. The fact is Beechwood rarely has the size and depth up front to match up with CCH. This year they do. Beechwood has the size and the depth in the trenches to match up with anyone in the state. When Beechwood has enough size in the trenches to matchup up with CCH, the Tigers have a good chance to win. In 2021, Beechwood had a fantastic line and they won the game 21-7. Very good line last year and lost 31-35. The Tigers had the line in 2020 and should have won that game so having the line doesn't lead to a win, it just improves the Tigers chances a lot. The 2024 line has a couple different players from last year but is bigger and arguably better so far. That is where most of my optimism for a Tigers win comes from. 

That said, with Fryman and Erdman likely out for Friday the Tigers lose two of the fastest players in the state from their defense. That will be a problem with Harney running the ball. I will be interested in seeing Coach Volker's defensive plan. Hopefully the Simon Kenton game helped Beechwood, with the looks the Tigers got against the SK offense with read options and QB mobility being the whole focus of their offense. But it is hard to simulate and combat speed. You need speed to match speed. The Tigers speed advantage against almost everyone they face is not there without Erdman and Fryman. The Tigers have depth on their defensive line. They can go with a speed line or a bulk line. Coach Volker's defensive strategy is going to be key.

The Tigers might turn the tables on CCH in this one. In 2020, CCH ran the ball and controlled the clock. Most teams that have faced the Tigers the last year and a half try that same plan - run the ball and control the clock. Despite the passing offensive numbers, Beechwood very well may run straight at CCH and see how they do against the Tigers offensive line and running backs Chase Flaherty and Brody Aylor.

So many angles to consider. It is very hard for me to predict the strategy and how the game flow will go. I honestly don't know what we will see Friday night but I can't wait to see it.

 

 

Wasn’t 2021 the year a lot of kids reclassified and played a 5th year for BW?  That might also explain their advantage that year…

11 minutes ago, 1992Rebel said:

Wasn’t 2021 the year a lot of kids reclassified and played a 5th year for BW?  That might also explain their advantage that year…

I think a bunch of kids reclassified for a bunch of programs. Not just one team or one year 

10 minutes ago, Al Bundy said:

I think a bunch of kids reclassified for a bunch of programs. Not just one team or one year 

I agree @Al Bundy and unless we are also going to start talking about kids held back in the 3rd grade (clearly we are not) I wish we could move past all the COVID stuff. 

40 minutes ago, Al Bundy said:

I think a bunch of kids reclassified for a bunch of programs. Not just one team or one year 

Well sure, but like why would we talk about kids declassifying at Bourbon Co in a thread about BW vs CCH? Other programs have no bearing on the discussion. The '21 game between BW and CCH was being pointed out specifically. And I think the point being made by 92Rebel was that in that specific game BW had 5th yr kids playing and CCH had none.

If somebody gets a ticket for rolling through the stop sign out front of Beechwood and then takes it court and tells the judge "A bunch of people rolled through that stop sign. Not just me this one time," would you expect the judge to tear up the ticket?

31 minutes ago, 1992Rebel said:

Wasn’t 2021 the year a lot of kids reclassified and played a 5th year for BW?  That might also explain their advantage that year…

A lot of kids meaning one?

36 minutes ago, 1992Rebel said:

Wasn’t 2021 the year a lot of kids reclassified and played a 5th year for BW?  That might also explain their advantage that year…

All in the name of academics, I assume.

3 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

I was hopeful we would see Oliver Link back in for Cov Cath. That's a major boon to our receiving corps.

I'm hearing Erdman is a no-go at Beechwood, unfortunately.

Link's biggest advantages are his height and ability to get downfield fast. From what I remember most of his catches the last 2 yrs have either been screen passes or long balls. BW seems to do well shutting down the screen most years and their guys were pretty fast last year. I don't remember them giving up any deep passes to CCH last year.

Seems like this year we've kinda limited our vertical passing because Harney's accuracy diminishes quickly once he's has more than 20yds or so between himself and the receiver. I don't know if we wanna risk deep throws tonight with the speed of BW's defenders and potential for them to turn off-target passes into pickoffs.

13 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

A lot of kids meaning one?

One yeah. The one who had been voted the best athlete in the state the year before.

How 'bout those 2024 teams though? ?