The difference in this game was Buckley and Furnish running the ball on the "O" side and Buckley and Furnish playing on the "D" side of the ball with Van Sant playing the Safety spot....

 

What a difference having all your starters playing....

 

Theoldguy called this game before the first game of the season was even played....as CovCath just plays well when playoff times comes.....

 

Will the Birds try to wear them down??

Is Punch back?

Is Punch back?

 

Yes and no. He started tonight but went down on Buckley's long run. They had to help him off the field. Not good.

Word in the stands tonight is that PVS is getting some college interest. 6'2 hard hitting safety that can run like the wind.

What sort of interest? Mid-level, high-level....

 

Did he play any offense tonight?

What sort of interest? Mid-level, high-level....

 

Did he play any offense tonight?

 

He did play offense tonight and made a very nice catch on the sideline.

 

Not sure of the level , I have a guess, but we'll have to see.

Great season Dixie! Tonight was just not your night. I agree with nees1212, Dixie was outcoached and outplayed tonight. Good Luck the rest of the way Cov. Cath!

Punch is back went down but came back for several plays.

Word is he will be fine for next week. Hell of a tough kid who wants to finish his senior year.

IMHO, the CCH powers that be have been confident for weeks that they would beat Dixie the second time around.

 

Sooner or later some of the naysayers in Park Hills will come around and realize they have something in Coach Brossart and his staff.

 

I think the CCH/HHS game looks very interesting...

The first CCH/HHS game was fairly close, I'd think CCH has to be feeling good about their chances at full strength the 2nd time around.

I think Cov Cath has been improving all season. Will be an interesting matchup next week...

Dixie got out coached and out played tonight. Congrats to the blue Colonels on a solid win. You did what you had to do tonight to win.

 

As for the red Colonels, I really don't know where to start. Let me first say congrats to all the seniors. You all had great careers, and you represented Dixie very well. You will be missed. For the game, Dixie was just flat most of the game. They didn't tackle or cover well at all. Offensively, they didn't execute, and they didn't adjust. Spritzky basically conceded to the point that CCH was going to take away Detmer with a corner, safety over top, and a linebacker inside. Not once did they move Detmer into the slot or move him in motion to try to get him the ball. You just can't allow a team to take away your biggest receiving threat. The middle of the field was wide open all night long, but yet they only went there about 3 times with success, the others were dropped or overthrown balls. In the 2nd, CCH was giving 12 to 15 yard cushions on the receivers, and it was typically 3 receivers bunched to one side with 2 DBs. All Bricking had to do was get the ball and throw. It was an easy 5 to 8 yards every time. There was no need to try to force it down field with that type of cushion. Take the yardage and move on. They did try that bubble screen to Brock quite a bit, but the development of that play takes forever. Or, run a quick slant, in, or out with one of the three receivers as the other 2 can rub off the DBs.

 

They did move EJ to the slot, but CovCath moved their cover guy over to where ever he was. They did a good job of covering him, and if you try to force it to EJ, then you have Bricking throwing into double coverage. Dixie needed guys other than Detmer to make plays and that just didn't happen.

Game story from the Cincy Enquirer:

 

CovCath 24 Dixie 7

Not again!!

 

Yeah, that really is ashame!! They have the best facilities in NKY, some of the best athletes in NKY and just cant get the job done. Eventhough you have 8-2,7-3 regular seasons year in and year out, when do you step back and say we HAVE to win in the playoffs! It amazing that it has gone on as long as it has. How do you take another early exit sitting down! Hard to swallow IMO.

IMHO, the CCH powers that be have been confident for weeks that they would beat Dixie the second time around.

 

Sooner or later some of the naysayers in Park Hills will come around and realize they have something in Coach Brossart and his staff.

 

I think the CCH/HHS game looks very interesting...

 

From what I have heard it is not the play on the field, for the most part, that has generated the discontent at CovCath, it is the handling of situations off of the field. Dealing with other programs on campus, dealing with players from other programs on campus, issues with addressing his own team, and some have been situations with actions during games.