miragesmack

I just heard on the X game that central is leading, I think they said 21-19. I'll post more if I hear it (and actually listen) again.

Everyone will look at his stats and think he had a bad game.

It sounds like the radio call is going through the internet. It sounds warped. Oh well, hopefully they sort it out.

Buddy, are you listening online or on the radio? My reception is horrible on the radio, and I could hardly understand coach Glaser's interview.

Ballard's QB last season was a freak. He played the whole game, offense and defense. His name was called nearly every play.

I just hope we come to play a little better than we did last year, though I chalked it up to opening game in the new stadium jitters. Ballard easily could have, some say should have, won that game.

We sat on the 'short' side (the only side) for many years, so we paid our dues!

Any big kicks from Bell's kicker? I hope he get an offer from the Cats.

Agreed. But you need to mix up the levels of the schools you are looking at. For instance, if you send them to all D1 camps, and your kid isn't D1 material (which is hard for you to see sometimes), then you won't get an offer. Next season, my kid will attend a few D3 and D2 camps, then maybe a D1 or two her Junior year.

I graduated with all those guys, including Sass. Anyway, I think they do a great job. Several other schools' fans have told me they listen when their teams play X. They complimented those guys becasue they call it straight, and not like a bunch of homers. They fess up when we get a bad call our way.

Okay, now I'm confused! :lol:

If you won't lose sleep over missing out on a solid kicker, then please don't complain if there are kicking woes at UK. Personally, I think it's one of the most important positions on the field.

Rock and Oxnard. Thanks for the heads-up. I guess I wasn't looking that closely. :confused: That makes more sense.

I love all the repsect for the local teams, but I'm not sure I can take these polls seriously. When you don't have any TX or FL teams in the top 25, you have to wonder, considering all the D1 athletes they produce. Also, have any KY teams EVER beaten a big Cincy team lately? I know there have been close calls, but I'm not a huge fan of moral victories. I know X had beaten Moeller back in the day, but you never hear about them anymore. It just seems to me that Ohio schools have always been, and may always be, head and shoulders ahead of KY teams.

I personally don't have a problem with smokers either, IF they don't exhale!

I do too, but it has nothing to do with football.

Volleyball is very expensive. My former neighbor usually spent $12K - $14K a year, mostly due to all the travel. I spend maybe $6K a year on club field hockey (two clubs) plus two off-season leagues, and then a few camps thrown in. I love when she plays for her school team cuz they pay for most of it then. Now we have a gym on site finally. Last year the girls joined a gym to workout, and paid a monthly fee. I'm not rich at all, and choose to do this for a few reasons. 1) She only has four years of high school, so I may as well give her opportunity to do wht she likes 2) I want to die broke! I'm well on my way.

We larned what sport is important to people in grade school. We had no Football field, lights etc, just a big green patch between parking lots. The parents would line their cars up, using headlights facing in, to illuminate the playing surface so practice could resume after dark. The funny/sad thing for us is that when other sports were involved, you'd be lucky if they even slowed the car down when they dropped the kid off. Or better yet, if they even took the kid to practice at all!

Awesome news! Let's hear it for the girls!!

Wow! That's all I can say. I'm just an "outsider", so I know this won't mean anything, but I have been reading this thread with my daughter. I wish we found it earlier. My thoughts were "wow, this is the most disturbing thread I've ever seen here". Her thoughts were "OMG, I thought the 50's were over!" Then she asked if there is a legal fund to help out the "pro soccer" girls. Is there? I've always heard positive things about Beechwood on BGP, so why is the community already packing it in before you even get started? Is there no fight in your community, or are you just afraid of change? It won't happen overnight. You can't start a full and competitive soccer team, especially after all the years of brainwashing the kids into believing it shouldn't happen. No wonder girls in the HS won't fight for it - they'll be ostracized. I almost guarantee if you field a team, there are girls who will choose your school because of it, especially with free tuition. It happens in Louisville dozens of times every year from the cathloic grade schools. We experienced this in 8th grade field hockey. We had nine players, and you need 11. It was summer time, with vacations as well. We had no goalie either, except a girl who wanted to try, and she borrowed equipment, often from the opponents. As usual, the parents wanted to pack it in, but the kids wanted to play. We lost every game, but the girls still had fun at times, and they helped their defensive skills for high school. :thumb: These girls weren't losers either, as half of them had won the city championship a year earlier with an undefeated season. Unfortunately, most of those girls graduated. :cry: I do know a few things, even as an outsider. Our family is VERY familar with volleyball, since my kid played club for years. She switched sports due to not growing! Short girls play other sports - like soccer! Or filed hockey in her case. We know a few dozen girls personally who play v-ball for our local schools, Assumption, Mercy and Sacred Heart. I would say they are competitive. And to a man (or woman in this case), they haven't kicked a soccer ball since 4th grade. They are two different type athletes. To say the two will affect each other is laughable, in a competitve program. They likely play club all year and won't have the time. Sounds like your school is a great place to play sports, unless you're a short girl! :creepy: The field issue is a non issue as well. Our school has been open since 1885, and we just got our first field in Spring of 2008! We made due for 123 years! We played where-ever we could, often playing our home games on our opponents fields, or on fields where drunk adults waited for our games to end so they could play softball. When it rained, some of our teams practiced on a gravel lot. Most schools in Louisville play on FB fields. We actually played some of our Mercy games on city park fields - with NO lines! We used cones for markers, and what the ref says is golden. I normally rip public schools for not fielding lacrosse or field hockey teams for girls, so I was literally shocked schools are still fighting soccer. We had 5 girls gets college scholarships for lacrosse (2 D1, and 3 D2), and these girls never even picked up the game until high school. Beechwood could be sitting on the next great female athlete, or likely already has, and you'll never know it. As the father of a girl, this truly saddens me, seeing this view point in this decade. I know I've offended you as an outsider, but so be it. I hope your soccer teams gets the chance to thrive, before the naysayers try to shelves the "soccer expirement". If Beechwood is what many have claimed to be, I'm not certain why you are even worried. Hamilton Joe, I enjoyed your many posts. Way to keep up the good fight, along with others who support ALL girls having chances to play sports as well.

Thanks! I see that now.

This might be a dumb question, but how was he warm in comparing Scroggins to Wyatt? I don't know either very well, so I'm just curious, and am not taking a position here.

Wow! Looking at the list sackmaster put up, it looks like UK is cleaning up, with a chance of picking up more - Finch and Simpson to name a few.

I know all the Saint X fans are hitting this thread. "X-Factor" was part of a slogan we used a few years back!