RowdyRedRam

What I'm trying to tell you is that your offense really doesn't have problems.

I expect the X defense to win this game.

I don't think Highlands people quite realize that they faced a good defense last week. I wouldn't be surprised if they throw a much bigger number up this week.

The ceasefire is now in effect. But we are keeping one eye open.

In my recent viewings of teams over the past few years I've come to the opinion that there is no longer a speed gap between X and anyone. Sure some teams might have a specific speedster but in terms of overall team speed they match with anyone.

Yeah I know, the program UK wishes they could be.

Numbers won't matter, we'll fight dirty. Ya know like Calipari's basketball programs.

Thats just wrong. You all leave rockmom alone or face a full on onslaught from the UofL faithful.

He was our top receiver last year and definitely our best weapon right now. As the rest of the team improves, especailly if we gain consistancy in our running game (which had glimpses last night), I think he could have a great year. If he has to carry the team by himself like last night all season it will be very tough on him.

I know your kind of joking but it is different because I had information I wasn't supposed to have. Calling out the sweep as it is going on is to inform players who can't see.

Last night during the Highlands Manual game, a Manual punt pinned Highlands down inside their 5 yrd line. During a timeout I was standing behind the endzone and listened in the best I could as the Highlands coach spoke to his team, thought I heard the Highlands coach say QB sneak. Now I was less than 50% sure that is what I heard and I didn't want to mislead our defense by putting there focus in the wrong area, so didn't yell "watch the QB or anything like that". Lo and behold Highlands runs a qb sneak for a big gain and I'm left with the feeling like I let my team down. So my question is this. Had I yelled QB sneak I would have effectively been stealing signals from Highlands, would that have been unethical from a fans standpoint? There is nothing to guarentee that the Manual players would have listened to me but it is possible that I could have influenced the game as a fan. Would that have been an acceptable thing to do?

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090821/SPORTS05/908210433/1031/Highlands+jumps+out+on+Manual++wins+19-8 Says Collinsworth went 78 yrds on 16 carries along with his 2 TD's.

I got the score from the WDRB website (may need further confirmation) Good start for the Bruins, I had been told PRP was going to be tougher this year but we shall see.

It should be fun season figuring that out.

I just caught this from the scoreboard, shocker of the night for me.

I will say I'm a little surprised here. I thought it might be a closer matchup but I can't say as though I know much about this years Etown.

I wish your guys luck also, though I don't think they will need it I think they will be just fine.

Got back from the game. This is my first time seeing Highlands in person and I will tell you the thing impressed about them was how little fat there was on the team. Your program and coaching staff should be very proud of how fit a team you put on the field. I also thought they played with a great deal of class, which I feel is another testament to your coaching staff. I knew our offense was not going to look pretty in this game and the turnovers and penalties showed that to be the case. This Manual offense will get better over time, the improvement I saw from the first quarter to the fourth tells me that we can become okay. I still don't think we have enough weapons to be a great threat but we may not need them. I was very happy with our defense, especially our linebackers I really thought they did everything they could to keep us in this game. Manual always has good defenses and Highlands fans who expected a 50 point game were simply not appreciating the task ahead of them. It was one of those games you leave wanting to see a rematch later in the season when both teams are playing a little cleaner.

Thats a possibility that I'm prepared for. Even if such a thing should happen I want to see Manual fight throughout the game and learn what they can. It is going to be a tough season and a lot of these players are new so there is a lot of potential to improve as the season goes on even if this matchup doesn't go our way.

I wouldn't be suprised to see PRP rise while Seneca and Fern Creek drop.

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They never publicy explained the issue, but I think it goes beyond the job of the media to "create the story". It would be one thing for him to simply report a story in the paper regarding misdeeds it is another thing to gather information and feed it to the NCAA. He made the story he didn't report the story, there is a difference. But regardless of the right or wrong of the CJ's actions, Forde made no friends with UofL that day.

From a Manual perspective I believe that the key to this game will be turnovers. If Manual's young offense cannot hold onto the football we don't have a prayer, if we do I actually like our chances and believe the game will be close. I'm really not as concerned about Highlands blowing up a score on us. Since coach Nichols has been around Manual his defenses have always been pretty sturdy and he has seen them all, the Brohm's, the Bush's, the Anderson's. If Highlands can put 7 TD's on our defense then god bless em they are a truly great team.

Are you aware of Forde's history with UofL? Do you realize that he was disciplined by the CJ for his participation in developing the NCAA investigation that had Louisville in trouble years ago? But he does live in Louisville so it is easy to understand his distaste for UK fans.

Kennesaw isn't a county it is a small town, I used to live there. I also never owned a gun and it was a more or less an affluent suburb of Atlanta so that plays a big part in the crime rate. I also don't believe the statement that it had the lowest crime rate.