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Final From the radio broadcast it sounded like a classic example of men vs boys. Physically Colerain whipped Manual in every area. Could have been worse as teams started subbing in the 3rd qtr when the final score had already been achieved. I was glad to see Woolridge get some work at qb with Woodmore in at reciever as we may need this changeup at times. CardinalsFan I tried to catch some of your radio broadcast but it didn't come through for me. I hope you guys had fun. Also good luck the rest of the season.

I don't think you did, but please don't take it as offensive at all. I used those examples because most people on here know very little about Fern Creek but a lot about those teams. Jerrell Moore is Mr Football type good, no question in my mind about that.

Fern Creek has an outstanding offense. They have better talent on that side of the ball then both Trinity and Highlands. I don't know how strong Franklin TN is but I think Fern Creek has the ability to go undefeated with the rest of it's schedule.

Thanks CF and I appreciate the offer. It wouldn't have bothered me to have the game on Sat but I don't know the reasons for not changing it, which could be legitimate (like the coaches might have had other plans for Sat or the administation didn't approve of it for "who knows why"). But it is what it is. I sent you a pm reply and a followup I hope they help.

Sorry CardinalsFan I didn't catch the game on TV. From what I can tell from the scores is that we similar issues in getting TD's. In the first game against Highlands I could point to mistakes that stumbled Manual up. It was somewhat to be expected as our QB had missed some practice due to injury and we had to replace so many players. Then they play reasonably well on O against Fern Creek. But I had no idea Fern Creek had so much talent on there own offense. FERN CREEK HAS A BETTER OFFENSE THAN TRINITY OR HIGHLANDS, look out for them this season. We lost a close game to a team that no one realized was going to be so good. Against Trinity we moved the ball but simply didn't punch it in. It hurts Manual that they have no kicking game. I feel like if we had put up three points here or there and the 4th qtr score starts at 13-6 instead of 13-0 I feel like we might of had a little more confidence to stop the game from getting away. The unfortunate fact of all this is that I don't feel like Manual plays bad football, but they don't have the athletes to give us any kind of extra edge. We're not getting 70yrd td's because our rb was able to break through a tackle and speed down the sideline. We are lacking in studs on this team and it has hurt us in these big games. If Colerain is as physically talented as many have mentioned this game might get out of hand. If we can play with Colerain on the line then the game could be competitive. If thier defense can get penetration up the middle then our entire offense can be stopped before it starts, this to me is the key, if Colerain defensive line dominates our oline than this game will be joke. Right now I'm at 50/50 on attending it will depend on when I can get out of work. If I don't get out til after 5:00 I may not make the drive. But if you have any parking tips or suggestions CardinalsFan, I wouldn't mind seeing them.

I've been stunned the last two years that Lou St X did not win the title (Not to take anything away from the outstanding job Trinity has done in the championship games) I've felt that Lou St X has really really good these last few years. I completely believe that they can play on the Ohio level and will not at all be shocked or even surprised if they win.

I'm really not suprised, Fern Creek has great offensive weapons.

If you don't score you can't win, and if you don't score you can't expect your defense to hold on for the whole game. Manual does some things okay but this game revealed the glaring lack of talent on the Crimson offensive side of the ball. The only speed we have at all is in our qb and he isn't even that fast. Trinity is not as powerful as they have been in the past but they are still plenty good enough to challenge anyone for the championship. Even if the passing game is a shell of itself they are still very strong in every other area to be a problem for anyone. Congrats Trinity

:lol: It could have been 19-15. But I don't otherwise see how it would have been different. Also there aren't ten teams on that list that I would favor over Manual.

Under your logic the rest of 6A should probably just go ahead and fold football because they have very little shot at winning the championship. If winning the championship is the only reason you play the game your playing the game for the wrong reason IMHO. Why on earth should I as a fan of a 6A school care that smaller schools would have unsurmountable odds when they obvioulsy don't care about our situation. I mean if the situation is okay for us to deal with it should be okay for everyone.

I understand that the issue isn't easy I just think the current solution makes 5/6ths happy at the detriment to the 1/6th, which I see as wrong. A no class system would work regionally like most of the other sports. Probably in this case you would have 32 districts of 6 or 7 teams, the top two of each district go to the playoffs. If they had a hard number structure you would most likely have three classes with a small number little class and a small number big class with a huge middle class but I don't see why that would have to be a problem.

I wouldn't have classes at all, but IF numbers are going to matter they should matter, and the classes should be on a scale of 0 to 400 then 400 to 800 and so on. Just lumping them into groups based on where they are sequentially is not right.

Still my biggest issue with it is that it contradicts itself by the way it treats most 6A schools. Here are the gaps (these are from the original realignment nubmers, so a particular schools pop will change) between the classes 1A 0 to 235 2A 244 to 331 3A 332 to 409 4A 411 to 501 5A 502 to 650 6A 660 to 1420 If a gap of 200 boys is to much for a 2A school to deal with in playing a 3A school how is acceptable for a 6A school to have to compete with a school with 700 more boys. My point is't about how much size matter (I'm actually for no classes) but that classes 1 through 5 are treated in one way and 6A in a complete other.

Manual never hates to be Manual.

Of course anything is possible but Manual's late game play has been better than it's begining game play in the last two games. Also I would think the pressure would be a higher over on the T side, especially if the game has to be decided near the end.

If I weren't planning on attending the Manual/Trinity game I would be highly motivated to watch this matchup. These are two athletic offensive units going at each other. From what I saw of Fern Creek last week I think they can have a very successful season this year. I thought they had some next level talent on there squad and when they bring it together like they did against Manual they will be a tough out for every team not named StX. Seneca has lost some big names on thier offense yet they've managed to put up big numbers so far. I'm going to pick Fern Creek in what I believe will be a great game.

As a Manual fan my biggest concern is the lack of a passing game for the Crimsons. Coming into this game so one dimensional on offense really gives T and advantage in that they can focus almost entirely on the run. What keeps me hopeful is the fact that I don't think Manual has a bad team and they have been competitive up until the end the two losses that they've had. I am not ruling out a Manual victory in this game.

I disagree with the that kids are less football smart. In mass I actually think the opposite is true.

Thats unfortunate to hear about Brown. I hope he recovers quickly. The final stats on Jerrel Moore 189 yards rushing 129 yards receiving 2 rushing TD's and 2 receiving TD's. Another side note, I didn't realize this until the game but the lady and gentleman who where killed in the test drive auto crash here in Louisville where the mother and grandfather of Manual's Daquane Drane. Drane scored three TD's for Manual last night.

As a Manual fan I can't help but feel sick, we simply couldn't afford to lose this game if we wanted a solid record. But giving credit where credit is due Fern Creek was on fire offensively tonight. Jerrell Moore of Fern Creek absolutely shredded Manual tonight. I don't know what kind of a season he had last year but if he can repeat the performance he had tonight I think he could be Mr Football, he was outstanding. When the full stats come out he will probably have over 200yrds receiving and 4 TD's. Altogether I was tremendously impressed with the firepower on Fern Creeks team, and tonight they were firing.

Final

There is a lot of hype out there about Eastern. Right now I'm not sold. Male 35 Eastern 21 Go ahead Eagles and change my mind.

How Male gets a first place vote is beyond me. Frakes at the CJ posts his votes on his blog (which I think is the right thing to do). Do the others do this also? Further more who are the other voters.

I didn't see this posted so here it is. http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/khs/blog.html CLASS 6-A 1. St. Xavier (6) 2. Trinity (6) 3. Male (1) 4. Henry Clay 5. Eastern 6. Simon Kenton 7. Manual 8. Boone County 9. Scott County 10. Bryan Station CLASS 5-A 1. Highlands (12) 2. Bowling Green (1) 3. Owensboro 4. John Hardin 5. Christian County 6. Whitley County 7. Letcher County Central 8. Anderson County 9. Hopkinsville 10. (tie) Johnson Central, Ashland Blazer CLASS 4-A 1. Boyle County (8) 2. Lexington Catholic (2) 3. Bell County (3) 4. Bullitt East 5. Allen County-Scottsville 6. Fairdale 7. Marion County 8. (tie) Rockcastle County, Lone Oak 10. Western CLASS 3-A 1. Breathitt County (8) 2. Central (4) 3. Mason County (2) 4. Russell 5. Belfry 6. Sheldon Clark 7. Paducah Tilghman 8. North Oldham 9. Union County 10. Elizabethtown CLASS 2-A 1. Fort Campbell (13) 2. Corbin 3. DeSales 4. Prestonsburg 5. Newport Central Catholic (1) 6. Green County 7. Danville 8. Owensboro Catholic 9. Monroe County 10. Murray CLASS A 1. Beechwood (13) 2. Lexington Christian 3. Frankfort 4. Mayfield 5. Raceland 6. Hazard 7. Williamsburg 8. Crittenden County 9. Pikeville 10. Holy Cross (1)

I can say with 100% honesty that that I didn't find this out until Friday but Woodmore the qb had an injury that held him out of the Ballard scrimmage completely. He was our #1 reciever last season so I (and I assume the people who did the webcast I listened to of the Ballard game probably) thought he was just lined up at WR for the scrimmage and had a quiet night. I don't know how much practice he missed either, which could be big early in the season.