Well, that clarifies your perspective a bit better. I do agree with your second post on this thread however. Your insight echoes the same thoughts we “old timers” have every year on the south side of the Ohio River…The Tomcats need to BELIEVE then go out and PERFORM accordingly.

 

I recall Lutz mentioning some of his Ironton teams had a similar sense of dread when it was time to travel to Portsmouth.

 

Eventually, the tide will turn in this series…even with the current lopsided run of games, fans still turn out and support their respective programs. This Friday should be no different…in fact, it may even be turned up a notch or two.

 

BTW….I am an Ashland alumnus.:thumb:

There's a revelation.:lol:

There's a revelation.:lol:

 

LOL

BTW….I am an Ashland alumnus.:thumb:

That explains a lot.

Good Luck Tomcats, Represent KY strong!

Good Luck Tomcats, Represent KY strong!

Ditto

For the first time since he left I think Ashland will miss the speed and quickness of Rachard Carter on both sides of the ball.

He would really help on both sides of the ball this week. Speed always helps.

For the first time since he left I think Ashland will miss the speed and quickness of Rachard Carter on both sides of the ball.

 

Very, Very True!

It looks like the weather is going to be nice for this one. Maybe there will be a Putnam Stadium attendance record. I would imagine fans on both sides of the river are excited about seeing the game. The fact that both teams are undefeated should help draw out the occasional fan as well.

I wish they would've made this one a saturday game. Could you imagine how many people would've made it to this game including me!

Good luck to the Tomcats, I know Coach Love and Coach Dowdy will have them ready to play. I think its time that we start winning these border wars.

How about Coach Hart?

How about Coach Hart?

 

Nothing negative about Coach Hart, I just know that you have to have good coaches working with you and these two do a good job and you don't hear a lot about them kind of like Coaches Maynard and Fannin at Raceland.

Here are some stats amassed thus far from these two teams in 2009

 

Ironton - 3 games played:

 

Total Passing - 93 1 TD

Total Rushing - 1023 13 TD

Total Yards - 1116

Opponent Total Yrds Rushing – 104 – 300

Opponent Total Yrds Passing – 140

Opponent Total Yrds – 440

 

Not too many surprises here…vintage Tiger football. On the average, Ironton will run the football 15 consecutive times before throwing it once. These stats came from Ironton beating Wheelersburg 24 – 8, Russell 45 – 0, and Gallia Academy 39-6.

 

Ashland – 4 games played:

 

Total Passing - 252 2 TD

Total Rushing - 933 14 TD

Total Yards - 1185

Opponent Total Yrds Rushing – 626

Opponent Total Yrds Passing – 88

Opponent Total Yrds – 714

 

Ashland's wins come against Greenup Co. 51-7, Raceland 31-0, Belfry 22-20 and Russell 28-7

 

One of the intangibles for this contest is Coach Lutz is only 4 games shy of being the all time winningest coach in history of Ohio high school football.

 

Currently, Lutz is at 357-79-5.

Good luck to Ashland, I really hope the Tomcats with the battle of the felines.

Here are some stats amassed thus far from these two teams in 2009

 

Ironton - 3 games played:

 

Total Passing - 93 1 TD

Total Rushing - 1023 13 TD

Total Yards - 1116

Opponent Total Yrds Rushing – 104 – 300

Opponent Total Yrds Passing – 140

Opponent Total Yrds – 440

 

Not too many surprises here…vintage Tiger football. On the average, Ironton will run the football 15 consecutive times before throwing it once. These stats came from Ironton beating Wheelersburg 24 – 8, Russell 45 – 0, and Gallia Academy 39-6.

 

Ashland – 4 games played:

 

Total Passing - 252 2 TD

Total Rushing - 933 14 TD

Total Yards - 1185

Opponent Total Yrds Rushing – 626

Opponent Total Yrds Passing – 88

Opponent Total Yrds – 714

 

Ashland's wins come against Greenup Co. 51-7, Raceland 31-0, Belfry 22-20 and Russell 28-7

 

One of the intangibles for this contest is Coach Lutz is only 4 games shy of being the all time winningest coach in history of Ohio high school football.

 

Currently, Lutz is at 357-79-5.

 

That's amazing...