4 hours ago, Purple88 said:

I was a Freshman and went to this game at Glasgow.  Never forget they made the kicker take every football players lunch tray back to the cafeteria for a whole week after the game.  He missed the extra point.

As well he should have. 

Cov Cath's greatest comeback...I can't say I know how every single game went, but of the ones I've been present for it was the 1997 Mud Bowl.

We were down 28-6 with 42 seconds left in the first half. We stopped two Highlands drives with an interception and then forced them 3-and-out. Cov Cath got the ball on our own 38 after Highlands' punt and went into 2 minute drill. We had three-straight pass receptions that were good for 20-25 yards a piece, and we scored on the third pass when Jarod Kees dropped way back and threw it from about the 40 yard line at the near hash to tight end Marc Reardon at about the 2 yard line on the opposite side of the field. Whoever #10 was for Highlands just couldn't keep his footing and Reardon had a few steps on him the whole time. We punched it in for a 2-point conversion and it was 28-14 at the half.

We came back out in the third and scored with about 2:30 left in the quarter, so it was 28-21 at the end of the third. Then we tied it up at 28-28 with 47 seconds left in the game and ended up sending it into overtime. Both teams scored in the first overtime, so that made it 35-35. In the second overtime Highlands had first possession and we held them scoreless. Cov Cath got the ball and handed it to Jeremy Madden twice in a row for 5 yard runs and a touchdown on the second offensive play. We won 41-35.


Cov Cath's greatest collapse...well...does it count as "biggest collapse" that the very next time we played Highlands (regular season 1998) we went to Fort Thomas and the Birds scored the most points we ever had scored on our team in a single game? Haha, that game was NOT fun. Highlands won 70-26.

Biggest collapse I've seen was St. X getting running clocked by Ryle in the first half. I can still hear the cannon firing every time Ryle scored.

1 hour ago, Tigerpride94 said:

Biggest collapse I've seen was St. X getting running clocked by Ryle in the first half. I can still hear the cannon firing every time Ryle scored.

Ryle is a good program but to put a running clock on St. X in the first half is crazy.

On 6/28/2025 at 5:07 PM, Tkinslow said:

I actually forgot about another great comeback by the Scotties in 1986 they were down 20-0 to Bowling Green and come back and nipped them 21-20. I was actually at that game I was in little league and got in free, which was a big deal for a kid back then. A more interesting part of that game was that was the 5th out of 6 straight wins by the Scotties over the Purples, couldn’t imagine beating the Purples 6 straight times with how powerful they have become now.

I looked up this nugget when I made Central's highlight film in 2010: That 1986 loss to Glasgow was the last time Bowling Green would lose a game in which they led by 14 or more until losing to Warren Central in 2010.  

4 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Cov Cath's greatest comeback...I can't say I know how every single game went, but of the ones I've been present for it was the 1997 Mud Bowl.

We were down 28-6 with 42 seconds left in the first half. We stopped two Highlands drives with an interception and then forced them 3-and-out. Cov Cath got the ball on our own 38 after Highlands' punt and went into 2 minute drill. We had three-straight pass receptions that were good for 20-25 yards a piece, and we scored on the third pass when Jarod Kees dropped way back and threw it from about the 40 yard line at the near hash to tight end Marc Reardon at about the 2 yard line on the opposite side of the field. Whoever #10 was for Highlands just couldn't keep his footing and Reardon had a few steps on him the whole time. We punched it in for a 2-point conversion and it was 28-14 at the half.

We came back out in the third and scored with about 2:30 left in the quarter, so it was 28-21 at the end of the third. Then we tied it up at 28-28 with 47 seconds left in the game and ended up sending it into overtime. Both teams scored in the first overtime, so that made it 35-35. In the second overtime Highlands had first possession and we held them scoreless. Cov Cath got the ball and handed it to Jeremy Madden twice in a row for 5 yard runs and a touchdown on the second offensive play. We won 41-35.


Cov Cath's greatest collapse...well...does it count as "biggest collapse" that the very next time we played Highlands (regular season 1998) we went to Fort Thomas and the Birds scored the most points we ever had scored on our team in a single game? Haha, that game was NOT fun. Highlands won 70-26.

You should write a Cov Cath Football history book. I’d get one. 

On 6/30/2025 at 11:44 PM, El Diablo said:

You should write a Cov Cath Football history book. I’d get one. 

I'd love to, legitimately. The only problem is that my knowledge-base is more or less nil prior to 1987.

On 6/30/2025 at 10:31 AM, DanvilleFan said:

There were some brutal losses that Harp took at Danville, including one in the second round to Lexington Catholic on a last second pass the year after the Caldwell loss (I think) that Harp always believed cost the Ads another state title.

The loss to Catholic came the year before Caldwell, in 1997. It was the same night Bourbon County came to Boyle County and routed the Rebels, 24-0. Both were big surprises.

All four teams were very good, with the Courier-Journal's Litkenhous Ratings' placing Boyle 3rd, Danville 4th, Lexington Catholic 7th, and Bourbon County 11th in Class AA. Bourbon, the actual third seed in the district, would win it all a couple of weeks later.

On 6/27/2025 at 8:50 PM, Breds82 said:

The 2009 State title game for both Lone Oak and Boyle Co. has to be up there for both teams. Ended in a  double OT win for Boyle Co. 

What a game.  There were about 4 or 5 things that happened in the last quarter of that game that if any of them don't happen then Boyle loses.  When I go back and watch it now, I have to keep telling myself it will be ok and that we will pull it out in the end because it sure didn't seem possible for most of the game.