briarjumper2005

I'm guessing the o-line got it together? Wow...

I was impressed with this young Somerset team at the skill positions, particularly it being the first game. But it seemed like Spears was running for his life all night. The line is going to need to vastly improve for this team to have a decent year... Young or not, Somerset can obviously still score. I'll take 28 points most nights. If the line keeps the pressure off of Spears, this game is a lot closer or reversed. Too many missed tackles on the other side. If this team puts 11 to the ball, reduces missed tackles by 90%, and protects the quarterback, they'll have a nice year. Congrats to SW on a good win. Fought through adversity with your own turnovers and kept comin all night long. Somerset got beat by a bigger, more physical, and more experienced team. Great job and good luck Warriors!

Somerset 42 Corbin 22

:sleep: ditto

If they can get the ball to other people and not force it to John 80% of the time, they'd win by as much as they wanted.

It would be nice if they could get the O and D working together.

It may not matter! If the Jumpers don't "set the corner" this week even the Sunshine Scooter Lee Corso will be able to run on us.:sssh:

Johnny Hines!:thumb:

The paint could've been the white line markings, something for the white lines to adhere to, or maybe they didn't want the pictures from the game to look like the lake at PC Park did the last time I was in Somerset. I didn't see what they were painting. You probably didn't either. Who cares? Somerset and PC played on the same field that has been under construction for the whole summer. If anything, Somerset's renovation of that playing surface will benefit opponents. The field was resurfaced to fix the crown in the middle. I'm not a botanist nor an expert on paint, and I also don't know what exactly they were painting, if it was paint, or why they may've been painting. You most likely don't either. Who cares? Personally, I'm amazed at the swiftness with which this problem was fixed and how nice it will be when it's done. I'm terribly sorry that Somerset with it's 500-strong student body doesn't have the funding capacity to get things done quick enough to provide a sufficient playing surface for the Maroons. I'm sorry that mother nature didn't give us any hope of reaching full growth potential. (Hottest summer I can recall) I guess we should've boycotted NCC for having to share their field with Newport in 2005 and then us coming up there in 5 degree weather to play on rock solid dirt and an endzone with part of the track coming through it and for it being too cold. The fact of the matter is that the Breds beat us on the frozen dirt and they went home. They don't have the greatest field, but they have great kids, fans, and they sure do play some good football on it. Not everyone has the enrollment for funding or boosters like PCHS. What's coming next from the Maroon camp in the CJ? "PULASKI PLAYERS POISONED BY JUMPER SPRAY PAINT" Let's argue about something at least half way worth arguing about.

Well, of course. Swipe or not, I would rather play NCC than PCHS if this stuff is going to go on. Post #57 AJG, I couldn't agree more. I was in and out of that lockerroom for 6 years. I can vouch for the integrity and class Jay Cobb has. When Somerset beats PC...it's a game. When PC beats Somerset, it's a peeing contest in the newspapers and smack talking on/off the field. There's something wrong there. Pulaski's last two victories over Somerset are by a combined 2 TDs. I'm sure the 2005 group from Somerset (42-19) would love to be able to come back and participate in Johnny's carnival. It's pathetic that when PC actually musters a decent enough game plan to beat Somerset they ride it for a whole year. For a school with such a terrible field, terrible hospitality, terrible coaching, terrible game prep, and an absolute moron for a coach, you wouldn't think PC would be too proud to beat terrible lil' ol' Somerset. Hines' intents are so impure and ignorant it's obvious. He didn't have much to say in 2005. Same field. Same teams. Bad beating. You've got two years until we meet again John. Run with it. Soak it up.

Well I know almost every BGP poster that claims to follow Somerset was either at or played in the games vs. NCC, and with that said we all will agree I think that when NCC beat us handily in 05 and won in 06 we were treated first class. No bashing, no bragging, and no other junk. NCC would be a first class team to begin the season with every year. Win or lose, it's good preparation and a classy opponent. Although I'm not sure how serious you were, I wouldn't mind to see that happen. Better yet, we'll play SWHS, and let Johnny play the Breds.

When you combine Johnny Hines' comments with the disgusting behavior of the Pulaski fans (cheering RAUCOUSLY when John Cole got hurt) I am truly disappointed that this lack of class overshadows PC's football team. Let's play some stinkin' football and quit trying to diss everyone.

Hearsay, much did the D lose from last year? From their statistics, I infer that they had a pretty solid unit. They were 8th in points given up at 11.8 and only gave up 149.7 yds/game. :eek:

Somerset will score twice in the first quarter. Not sure how much they'll have at the final buzzer but more than 14. It may take Hall a few more games to shake the dust off, but with Hughes/Shoemaker running the ball like they have all summer and v. PC, Somerset should have no trouble finding the endzone.

I think SW and crew get over the hump this year. Good luck Warriors

This is the Somerset/Metcalfe thread. If Metcalfe is what they used to be and what their season last year is indicative of, we Somerset posters need to start worrying about what's in four days, not three days ago. That being said, I'll revert to my original questions. What does Metcalfe run offensively? What's the backfield look like? Playmakers/positions? I've really lost touch with Somerset's old district, of course Danville being the exception. If they run sweeps, tosses, and Heaven forbid the Johnny Hines option :lol: Somerset is in trouble. Even if they don't, I'm sure they'll adjust per what they see on the game film!!

You can't fault a guy for wanting to move back home to his family and to a school loaded with talent. There's no animosity towards Coach Cobb. If anything, there's animosity within the team itself that concerns me.

I agree with ya swforever, it very well could cost them this game. I doubt Somerset will only reach the endzone twice though. I look for a high scoring affair much like last week. Until I know more about Metcalfe I won't post a score.

I'd say Somerset will rebound and fix the problems defensively, whether it's schematic or personnel wise. Coach Lucas always finds away to make the defense work. I hope our guys have a chip on their shoulders. John Cole's major problem last week wasn't due so much to his cramping but a contusion around his lungs. He was having extreme breathing trouble during the game, and the cramps didn't help. It's nothing too serious but I hope he's "100%" come Friday. Hopefully Chase will spread the ball more. Coach Cobb has a good offensive mind and Chase has a lot of good receivers. Spread the ball!

It's just pointless to have a forum between Somerset/PC/SWHS nobody can talk about the game. Guess that's why we love to hate each other, but I have commented postively on the players for PC, the size they field on a yearly basis, and how poorly we played. Couldn't field enough for a team? Coach Cobb is ridiculous? Since when is insulting anyone appropriate on BGP, unless constructively criticizing your own team? Grow up. Congrats to PC. SW and SHS get back on track this week. Good luck to all three. I'm going to the Metcalfe Co. thread that I've started.

Metcalfe is coming off a #2 finish in Region 1 last year behind Mayfield and only gave up about 12.75 points/game. Don't know what they lost from the team or what they do offensively/defensively. If Somerset doesn't get some conditioning and tackling worked into their practice this week it won't matter what Metcalfe does. Thoughts and predictions?

Cornfed wasn't meant to be a negative comment about anyone's team or socio-economic being...geez. Pulaski and Southwestern do pull more kids from out on the farm than Somerset and they are always bigger in size than Somerset is. Somerset has to be good fundamentally, particularly up front, or PC and SWHS will simply man handle them. They also have to be conditioned well to consistently line up across from a bigger opponent, and Friday night, they were NOT conditioned/trained well. A/C in the field house or not they did not prepare stamina-wise for this game. Hence forth, they were being handled on the line as the game wore on, they were getting handled on stalk blocks, and they were simply out ran. Somerset's biggest player that sees active time up front may be Jordan Gossett or Michael Phelps, neither of which weighs more than 220, and that's probably the cumulative average of PC's line. When you are outconditioned as badly as Somerset, given those kind of numbers, it is bad.

Keemosabee, they do feed the players and give them plenty of fluids throughout the day. Keeping the team together after school keeps them focused, out of trouble, taking in appropriate amounts of liquids, watching film, and prepared mentally. Nothing about how Cobb runs this team is questionable or "ridiculous". What's ridiculous is this unusual blistering hot summer! It's not easy when your seniors, juniors, and sophomores have prepared for games the same way for their whole careers. However, heat has always been a topic of discussion in the first few weeks of the season. The fieldhouse isn't "miserable", but I think Somerset might need to start looking at adding a central air system to the fieldhouse or completely rebuilding. I said in an earlier post and will say it again. Somerset has not conditioned much and it showed. I'm sure the heat was a factor in this so they need to be getting up earlier or practicing later. It's a sad day when the corn-fed country boys across the road are better conditioned than Somerset. When Somerset conditions adequately and players are still cramping up and getting outplayed, then I'll blame the fieldhouse.

I think he's referring to Cobb having the kids down in the fieldhouse immediately after school up until the game. Sometimes kids get into things after school that they shouldn't. As far as I know, this has never been a problem for Somerset, because of Cobb's requirements. They need to completely renovate that fieldhouse. Even with the industrial sized fans they have down there, no air gets circulated. No conditioning/running prior to the big game vs. PC will kill you too.

No surprise here.