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He said he already has one but i'll believe it when i see it.

I agree. It's a big jump from high school to college. Givens Ammons performance this past season, I see no reason to make a change.

Talked with Neal and his parents at church. Georgetown it is. Interesting factoid - The only person to play football on the same team with Neal every year Neal has played in Alex Newton. Now the streak continues at Georgetown. For me the pleasure is finally seeing Neal's father in an orange shirt. He's teased me for years about wearing orange. (I'm a Tennessee grad.) Now, I get to see him in an orange shirt.

I know Georgetown is/was in the final mix. One of his teammates, Alex Newton, has already signed there. They've played together since 5th grade. Plus, Colt Fearis and Jackson Tolle, two MC Royals from previous classes, are already there.

Thanks, Coach.

Article in newspaper about signing day. http://maysville-online.com/sports/article_558aafcc-3000-11e0-8d93-001cc4c002e0.html

LOL! I hear GT is expanding the kitchen in the cafeteria in preparation for his arrival.

Looks like the parents supported him from the other comments. BUT, in my experience, administrators more often do not support parents and get rid of coaches/teachers when they should. They blow them off as wanting more playing time, sour grapes or such.

Offensive tackle (6' 3.5", 285 lbs) Alex Newton from Mason County has committed to play at Georgetown College. He'll be joining former Mason County teammates Colt Fearis and Jackson Tolle who already play for Georgetown.

Oops. Wrong Cory. I do know who Cory Rogers is from basketball and when he was at Fleming Co in middle school. Still a good kid. Have fun at UT-Martin.

I met Cory briefly during a college visit with my son a couple of weeks ago. Nice kid. Congrats.

Josh Harris made MaxPreps U.S. Air Force 2010 Junior All-American team but wasn't good enough for AP all-state. Interesting. http://maysville-online.com/sports/article_ca9d1cba-1a15-11e0-9a7b-001cc4c03286.html

I know nothing about Taylor County but football is probably the hardest sport in which to build a program. You need a lot of players of the right mix of size and abilities. Learning plays is difficult due to having 11 players involved. Basketball teams only have 1 more person in the team, 12, than football teams have on the field. Building a football program is very tough.

I'd say that's pretty close. "Ideal" would be what you see in the pros. That doesn't happen much in high school. Speed and agility are important factors. A 6'5", 280 lb guy who doesn't move well would probably be back-up to an agile, quick, strong 6', 220 lb guy.

Numbers make a big difference although I think huge schools may discourage late bloomers and the like from playing at all. Some schools, Alcoa, TN is one I'm familiar with, attract families with kids who want to play there. Less than 600 students and over 80 players on their roster. Assuming an even gender split, that's over 25% of the male students playing football. I talked with a kid from Bell County who played against them last year. He said their talent was deep and Alcoa just kept throwing in fresh players. Alcoa played more people than Bell County had on their team. Numbers and tradition.

Interesting how regional it is. The better teams are heavily in the warmer states. The Cinci and NE Ohio areas are the exception along with Washington DC and Indy to a lesser degree. Nothing from the Northeast, Michigan, Illinois or the Northwest.

As I pointed out in the other AP all state thread, it was pretty amazing Josh Harris made 1st string in the Courier-Journal and nothing in the AP list. I realize people in one area of the state may not be familiar with players in a distant area but the AP seems to have taken it to an extreme.

Thank you for your intelligent, thoughtful comments.

Thank you for your intelligent, thoughtful comments.

Thank you for your intelligent, thoughtful comments.

The New York Times thinks the Rose Bowl will be a good match up of size vs speed. Although, the speed team still looks pretty big. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/sports/ncaafootball/31rose.html?_r=1 The Rose Bowl will be a fascinating matchup of football physics. Wisconsin’s average offensive lineman stands 6 feet 5 inches and weighs more than 320 pounds. The largest T.C.U. defensive lineman, Cory Grant, is 6-2, 305 pounds. The Badgers (11-1) have plowed over the competition, but their offense is far from plodding. I'm going with the speed in this game.

Andy Fryman, 2003 all state lineman at Mason County (plus state and national champion in shot put and discus) was one of those smaller quicker linemen. I think he weighed about 225 when he played. He once said he worried more about blocking the small quick guys than the big guys. My guess is that the players, including the linemen, at the military academies are some of the best shape of players at any school too. They don't wear down as much during the game.

Quite true. I'd say Harry Doyle sets a good standard for high school linemen.

True. But other schools could adjust just as well if the coaches were creative enough. It seems to me that more and more schools are using speed to neutralize size and we may be reaching a tipping point.

Watching the college bowl games, I was struck that Navy, Army and Air Force all played in bowls. Army and Air Force won. Army is undersized by almost any D1 standard. Navy and Air Force are both on the smaller side for D1 but not as much so as Army. While these are not top 25 teams, they are obviously quite competitive. Is the need for huge linemen overstated? Nine out of ten times you give up some speed for size. What do you think?