No Bowl games this year at the Stadium of Champions. Hopkinsville has put together another brutal schedule though.

 

1) Alcoa (Tennessee) Integra Bowl Cadiz, Ky...Alcoa will probably again be the best team Hoptown will play this year despite having a new coach this year.

 

2) Male

3)AT Mayfield

4) Ridgeway (Tennessee)

5) Christian Co.

6)AT Union Co. (District)

7) Calloway Co. (District)

8)AT Madisonville (District)

9) Hopkins Co. Central (District)

10)AT Paducah Tilghman

 

Good chance this will be the last year for Hoptown to be in the Integra Bowl at Trigg Co. Hopkinsville wouldn't mind getting Trigg Co. on the schedule for payback for being the Integra Bowl since it began in 2001.

1) Alcoa (Tennessee) Integra Bowl Cadiz, Ky...Alcoa will probably again be the best team Hoptown will play this year despite having a new coach this year.

 

Alcoa probably is getting a coaching upgrade, despite losing a coach which led it to two straight 2A titles in Tennessee. The new coach is Gary Rankin, which led Murfreesboro Riverdale to four 5A state titles, two final USA Today Super 25 rankings, and a 194-25 record in 16 seasons.

Every year we read on here how Hopkinsville is going to host a bowl game and every year it never happens. I just don't see how a 3A and 4A school with the resouces both Hopkinsville and Christian County have with the best facilities in the western part of the state can't pull this off. They can run one of the best softball tournaments in the state but can't put together a bowl game. It boggles the mind.

I am somewhat familliar with Gary Rankin from Riverdale. He will be keeping the coaching staff that Reid had at Alcoa except for bringing in his own weightlifting coach which is what Reid was in charge of. Brian Nix will be the Defensive Coordinator again and might have full reins of that job instead of sharing it with another coach. Rankin lost 3 of his assistants from Riverdale to other schools when they took assistant jobs elsewhere.

 

Hoptown could have had their own bowl event this year but the 4th team would have been a more then lesser opponent for anybody and not been a great attraction. Hoptown asked Christian Co. one time if they was interested in playing in the bowl but they wasn't interested in playing Male or MBA. But this will more then likely be the final year for Hoptown being in the Integra bowl for Trigg Co. even if they do or don't have their own bowl next year. It's possible they return but not probable.

 

Hoptown is 1-4 in the Integra Bowl: Trigg is 3-2 in their own bowl

 

2001 Trigg loss to Calloway Co. that finished 4-6

2002 Trigg beat Calloway Co. that finished 5-6

2003 Trigg loss to Mayfield 20-7 that finished 10-4

2004 Trigg Beat Mayfield that finished 8-5

2005 Trigg beat Madisonville that finished 3-8

Opponents finished with a combined record of 30-29.

 

2001 Hopkinsville loss to Male that finished 13-2 state runner-ups

2002 Hopkinsville loss to Male that finished 14-1 state runner-ups

2003 Hopkinsville loss to Ridgeway that finished 8-4

2004 Hopkinsville beat Ridgeway that finished 7-5

2005 Hopkinsville loss to Alcoa that finished 14-1 state champs

Opponents finished with a combined record of 56-13 1 state title and 2 state runner-ups.

 

Brian Nix (Alcoa) said it last year after watching some of the 1st game (Trigg and Madisonville). Hopkinsville and whomever they play are the Integra Bowl and said Trigg and Madisonville combined couldn't have competed in their Jamboree. Trigg did could to get Mayfield but then went back for a lesser opponent.

 

Hopkinsville and Alcoa will play the first game this year of the Integra Bowl instead of the 2nd.

Tiger,

Has a little bitterness developed between Trigg and Hopkinsville or is it just time for the Tigers to move onto something besides the Integra Bowl?

Tiger,

Has a little bitterness developed between Trigg and Hopkinsville or is it just time for the Tigers to move onto something besides the Integra Bowl?

 

No bitterness!!! Hopkinsville is just going to look at some other options. Hoptown would like to put Trigg on the regular season schedule starting next year and Trigg has said it's worth discussing.

Trigg County has never beaten Hopkinsville in football. There are a lot of people in their community that would like to see Trigg and Hoptown do a home-and-home every year. I think Trigg's program is at the point where they should get Hoptown on the schedule.

Trigg County has never beaten Hopkinsville in football. There are a lot of people in their community that would like to see Trigg and Hoptown do a home-and-home every year. I think Trigg's program is at the point where they should get Hoptown on the schedule.

 

If what Bowling Green did to Trigg last year is any indication of the type of game it would be against a top west KY 3A team, i'm not sure its a good idea for either program.

Not many teams will beat Bowling Green, especially one that has seven turnovers and loses three defensive starters to injuries. I do remember Trigg gaining nearly 300 yards in the game despite scoring just seven points.

 

I also don't Hopkinsville being as good as that Bowling Green team year in and year out.

Hoptown has beaten Bowling Green four out of last five times they have played. Bowling Green won by 3 last season with one of their best teams in awhile. Dixie Jones also beat Bowling Green in a huge upset the season before while coaching at Madisonville.

 

I was at the Trigg and Bowling Green game, most of Triggs yards came late with the scrubs in.

Dixie Jones also beat Bowling Green in a huge upset the season before while coaching at Madisonville.

 

I wouldn't consider that a "huge" upset unless you're a "common" fan.

 

Hopkinsville would beat Trigg by 3+TD's any time they play. There is a huge difference in top 2A and top 3a football, especially in west Ky.

Dixie Jones also beat Bowling Green in a huge upset the season before while coaching at Madisonville.

A mild upset, at best. Madisonville was pretty good and that Bowling Green team, while undefeated, was largely untested against a soft schedule.

 

If Dixie had beaten the Purples last year, that would've been a huge upset.

I wouldn't consider that a "huge" upset unless you're a "common" fan.

 

Hopkinsville would beat Trigg by 3+TD's any time they play. There is a huge difference in top 2A and top 3a football, especially in west Ky.

 

Most years I agree, 2A faired better as of late, last year Ft Campbell beat PT, granted PT was not the best.

Mayfield in 1A nearly always plays with or beats the best of the west in 3A, granted they have been 1A for some time and are not typical of small schools. PT will soon move to 2A and if FT Campbell, Trigg and OC continue to get better 2A might be a scary place in the future

Man, I would think that the attendance for that bowl game would rival some of the Louisville games,

They aren't rabid High School football fans down there. Henderson Co brings more fans to games VS Christian Co than show up from hometown fans!

That's much of the problem in Hopkinsville. The people around the program care deeply for high school football, but the community support seems to be lacking. It's a shame to watch a big game at the Stadium of Champions (other than Hoptown-Christian) and see just a few hundred people scattered throughout the stands.