Glasgow Scotties (9-0) RPI #6 in 3A take on an always talented Franklin-Simpson (6-3) 4A. They have only lost to PT, Logan County, and a Whites Creek., TN team in arguably the deepest 4A district in the state. This is also Senior night for the Scottie’s and will be played on a Thursday night. We assume this has something to do with Halloween being celebrated on Friday in Glasgow as many streets in town become nearly impassible due to trick or treaters who swarm from all the surrounding areas in the fun festivities that are on display in the downtown area.

Glasgow, who attempts to remain undefeated after breezing through their district play with the scoring margin of 247-24. The Scottie’s have dominated all three aspects of the game all season. Statistically their defense has shown time and time again to be elite. They are ranked 1st in 3A in PPG, 2nd overall in the state. (Atherton, 5A) and near the top in several other categories. Their offense provides a well balanced attack both running and passing very efficiently this season. Their QB Hudson Gumm just went 12-15 and threw for 5 TD passes against Edmonson. The talent that goes along with the offense/defense includes their elite Receiver/Corner SR Jerrick Martin, who’s college stock keeps rising, JR Jaylan Bradley, who is Dynamite in a bottle and does a little bit of everything for the Scotties, and SR Cam Bulle anchoring the RB and SS positions. Statistics for these gentlemen do not do them service as they have to share the workload and the Scottie’s have only been playing a half of football for much of the season. 

RPI has a large implication for the Scottie’s this week. They have aspirations to somehow become the 3 seed in the western half of 3A and keep trading places with Lexington Catholic as the RPI games get entered and updated. They play up against Franklin-Simpson, Lexington Catholic plays up against Ashland Blazer who does have a higher RPI than FS. To put this simple, If I did the math correctly, the Scottie’s need to win and Lex Cath needs to lose this Friday. It also depends on OOWP, so we really do not know what will happen if both teams win. 

Franklin-Simpson is still playing at a high level and have routinely beaten the Scottie’s. The head to head record favors the Wildcats all-time as well as since 2010. Franklin-Simpson leading 6-3 in that time span. This includes 3 straight as this nearly yearly scheduled game was formerly a district game during the last cycle. Also of note, FS is down a key player for them, getting hurt a few weeks ago. Franklin has scored a lot of points, but also given up a lot this season.

Massey ratings has this game 42-14 in favor of the Scotties. The Scotties hope to make a deep playoff run and playing a quality team and probably the best team on the schedule as a whole, at least since Monroe. This very well could be considered as a game of the week candidate.
 

The Scottie’s redemption tour continues as they very well may have a chance to overcome all their 6 losses from last season. The losses included Allen County, Barren County, Hart County, Adair County. The other two losses were Franklin-Simpson having that opportunity this week, and a likely second round opponent in Union County. Both of these teams have talent and are extremely physical at the LOS and defensively. 

This will test Glasgow’s highly ranked defense as FS seems to be able to score. However it doesn’t seem like FS has any interest in playing defense at all. Give me the Scotties 35-20.

2 hours ago, Tkinslow said:

This will test Glasgow’s highly ranked defense as FS seems to be able to score. However it doesn’t seem like FS has any interest in playing defense at all. Give me the Scotties 35-20.

I think this is about right. I think FS will score more on Glasgow than they have given up so far but I really don’t see FS being able to stop Glasgow very often. Wildcats have a chance if they can force some turnovers but they haven’t done much of that this year. 

14 hours ago, FSfan said:

I think this is about right. I think FS will score more on Glasgow than they have given up so far but I really don’t see FS being able to stop Glasgow very often. Wildcats have a chance if they can force some turnovers but they haven’t done much of that this year. 

Glasgow hasn’t had a turnover since September 5… they’re about due for one and haven’t faced very much in game adversity and the kids have to start thinking about how good they are… last year FS won 35-21. Hopefully this isn’t a “Rat Poison” game and Glasgow comes out strong. 

Wildcats still without Blake McPherson I assume? He hasn’t played for the last 4 weeks and it’s been noticeable, he was great with the ball but the lack of his defensive presence is what really took a hit for FS. Even with his absence this will be the toughest test Glasgow has had since their early September matchup against Monroe County. It’s been nothing short of a cake walk for the last 2 months, and it’s difficult to improve when you’re not facing much competition but a great test to end the season IMO.

Scotties 42 Wildcats 20

26 minutes ago, TheBallCoach said:

Wildcats still without Blake McPherson I assume? He hasn’t played for the last 4 weeks and it’s been noticeable, he was great with the ball but the lack of his defensive presence is what really took a hit for FS. Even with his absence this will be the toughest test Glasgow has had since their early September matchup against Monroe County. It’s been nothing short of a cake walk for the last 2 months, and it’s difficult to improve when you’re not facing much competition but a great test to end the season IMO.

Scotties 42 Wildcats 20

Yes McPherson broke his collarbone against Calloway County and he is out for the year.  The offense has been pretty good since then but they really miss him in the secondary. 

Wonder if Weather this week will play a factor. It's supposed to be very wet all week.

Game has been moved to Franklin due to the saturation and standing water on the Glasgow football field with more rain coming this week. Glasgow also likely to host 2 home playoff games and this late in the year, may be an attempt to avoid tearing up their field with a mud bowl and it not recovering as the grass goes dormant. 

I think it’s smart to move this game you definitely want to be home for the first two playoff games and want the field to be in the best shape possible.

I’m not complaining about having another unexpected home game but I wonder why it wasn’t moved to Barren County’s field? They have turf and the Trojans are playing at Scottsville this week. 

6 minutes ago, FSfan said:

I’m not complaining about having another unexpected home game but I wonder why it wasn’t moved to Barren County’s field? They have turf and the Trojans are playing at Scottsville this week. 

Lots of moving parts at a neutral site that can be difficult. You have technological things like scoreboards that are different from another school; you need ticket takers and concession workers and they need someone from the home school helping out. You'd probably have to pay to do it. It makes more sense, especially in year 1 of a contract, to just move it to the other school.

5 minutes ago, FSfan said:

I’m not complaining about having another unexpected home game but I wonder why it wasn’t moved to Barren County’s field? They have turf and the Trojans are playing at Scottsville this week. 

1 minute ago, gchs_uk9 said:

Lots of moving parts at a neutral site that can be difficult. You have technological things like scoreboards that are different from another school; you need ticket takers and concession workers and they need someone from the home school helping out. You'd probably have to pay to do it. It makes more sense, especially in year 1 of a contract, to just move it to the other school.

Using a 3rd party district facilities is an administration nightmare, I am sure that was a backup plan if Franklin-Simpson had any issues hosting. Honestly, I'd say simpler to just move it there. I think it will be just in Franklin both years and gate money get split or something. 

 

 

We have streaming options this week. I've watched both this season and both sides do a fantastic job. You can't go wrong with either.

Franklin-Simpson Channel 9

Scottie Channel/WCLU Blue

 

If the Scotties give up less than 28 points, it will be the best defensive PPG regular season since 1974 when they pitched 8 shutouts, gave up 19 points to Bowling Green and 7 points to Etown for a total of 26 points on the season. In 2011, the last year the Scotties made it to the state championship, they gave up a total of 69 points. So far this year, 41.

Bump.