StraightShooter

I hope you aren't too upset.

Mostly upset that the Gals cannot finish 2-14 as predicted. 1-14-1 sounds weird so I'm thinking 3-12-1 will be the final count. I seriously doubt that one of the three wins comes Thursday.

Conner has more balance with the ability to run and throw effectively. I see a Conner win but a very close game that could go either way. The cold weather may help SK as it is harder to catch and throw in the cold. Good luck to both teams.

T is the only 6A team that can test these mighty Tigers.

Upset city. Bengals have not lost for nearly a month.

I wonder what Graham's choke percentage is: Choke percentage is the percentage of FG's you miss when a game is on the line. He seems to miss the few kicks that mean anything fairly often. I guess you get caught by surprise when you have a chance to win a game these days.

I don't think Ryle has shown even a glimmer of hope to be able to compete at the same caliber of St. X and Trinity. How can the coaching be "on track" but play calling be questionable? A lot of coaching is the play calling and quite frankly, it's embarassing. The coaches don't call timeouts when they should be called, they have players in positions where they don't belong, and they don't use kids often enough who could be a dominant factor this year. I hope you're prediction is right, but I don't see it happening.

It sounds like you have some kind of ax to grind with the coaching staff at Ryle. I see a team that plays hard and could very easily be a surprise team in the playoffs.

I heard that Lafayette's field is one of the worst around. It will no doubt be sloppy. I would think that would be an advantage to Lafayette to neutralize the speed of Simpson.

Fast game. Running clock special. Merrick probably won't have FG opportunities but lots of XP's including breaking the state record. Congrats in advance to a fantastic kicker.

I agree. I don't think Ryle has a chance at this one. The coaching has been consistently bad all season so I wouldn't expect them to get smart the last game.

I'm not sure why Ryle's coaching staff is getting ripped so bad. They were the only local team that gave Highlands a game, they lost 3 very close games to decent teams and have a team that always plays hard. That's the sign of good coaching - a team that gives 100%. Now maybe play-calling is not the best, but it continues to improve each week. I'll go on record as saying I'll be shocked if this is not a close game. No way that Hank Clay blows out Ryle in this one. It will probably be a shoot out.

A surprisingly close game as Conner has not played a good team since NC.

This will be a running clock affair. Holmes has packed it in and can barely field a team. Plus, they have a long road trip.

This is no different than a bye week for Boone County.

It will be a grave situation whether they hop on the T or not.

BS is better than your average first round opponent but Highlands is better than ANY team in 5A by 4 TD's. BS is not at the top of the 5A Bluebird food chain. Therefore, 7 TD's is their sentence.

PC has no chance in one of the ugly specials of the week.

Agreed. Teipel should not have played if he was not close to 100%. I'm sure he wanted to play and that's what drove the decision. Teipel is tough and I'm sure insisted on playing. Perhaps Coach Rash should have chosen to just say "no" to turf toe.

Ashland will have a hard time stopping Dixie's offense.

Surprised by this score as Cooper is essentially a JV team this year. Congrats to Cooper on winning a couple of games and playing hard the entire year. Good job by everyone in the Cooper program.

Boone will be eager to welcome Dunbar to town. Tough loss.

Upset of the year????

It looks like Belfry will win it all. I cant see anybody that can stop them. Wow Beating JC just blows my mind. Wow....... Good job, Wow....

There's a team from the central part of Louisville that might be able to stop the Belfry express. Gee. Didn't that happen last year?

I thought it sounded awfully optimistic when the injury first occurred. That's too bad but wouldn't it be great to see him cross the goal line at Papa's House as the Birds take home another title?

I am hard pressed to believe that Highlands can be denied the crown in 5A this year. Did Josh Conner play any tonight?

Congrats to Madison Central. I wonder if Quianoo (spelling?) played for Boone as I assumed he would not play and Boone would struggle. Sounds like a crazy finish and great comeback by MC. WOW!

One of the posters warned of Central being a threat to the Birds. Sounds like the game was pretty one-sided. Congrats to the Birds as they head for #18.