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From inside the 10 with 28 seconds and a timeout? Is that why he is still throwing it? Poor coaching. Bottom line

Like how West's coach is up 28 gets ball inside the 10 twice and can't score cause he throws it every time. Can't coach his way out of a paper bag. Won't matter this game but will later.

Horton from Belfry is the best player in the region and it is not even close. QB from West is a stud athlete no doubt about it, but Horton is a D1 caliber defensive lineman.

I will be shocked if this game is close. There is a huge gap in talent in the two districts. Lawrence would have rolled in district 5 IMO. I expect the Bulldogs to win this one going away by third quarter and think Lawrence faces Belfry in the regional finals. Lawrence: 48 Fleming: 14

Those stats are mind blowing. Hard to even wrap your head around them.

Russell wins big. I think this Devil football team is very average and they had some AWFUL PLAYCALLING in the Raceland game but Pike Central is way down and should be little trouble. Devils: 42 Hawks: 14

Really like Snider. Think he is a heady guard that plays the game at a good pace for UofL

West will have no trouble with SC. SC is way down and pretty bad. If the Burchett kid can play he may have a couple of long runs as West was not a great tackling team the games I saw them, but the QB from West is way to athletic and will have several highlight runs. Congrats to the kids from Olive Hill. They deserved to win the district and get a couple of home playoff games.

What is the deal with Workman?

I think you have to fire coaches based on performance. Now the coach should be able to retain their teaching job provided that they are meeting the requirements for that portion of their duties. Bottom line is coaching high school athletics is a secondary position. Your base position is normally teaching and in some cases your outside employment. If you are unable to perform a portion of your duties (coach at a level seen as appropriate by the school district) you must be relieved of the duty. Sometimes these responsibilities come with decent pay checks and those checks expect results. Entitlement is a HUGE problem in KY and America. Performance is and should be the deciding factor.

So he feels a victory over a team that lost to Boyle (Central Hardin) is as strong as a victory over a team who beat Boyle (Lex. Cath)? That is a stretch of epic proportions. Point is he is hanging his hat on beating below average 6A schools yet neither South Warren or John Hardin has a win as strong as the victory JC has on Lex. Cath. Now I would not be surprised if either of those teams were to beat JC or Ashland in the state championship if they played, but his arrogance about the schedules is absurd in my view.

Asked for a quality win and got a close loss. Stretch much?

Same could be said about South Warren the past couple years

You are comparing a middle of the road 6A to middle of road 2A. That is not the comparison. It is Lex. Cath (a top tier 3A) to middle of the road at best 6A schools with losing records. All due respect but you are giving to much credit to school size.

Then name 1 world beater that anyone out West has beaten with a better quality win than Boyle Co on their schedule.

Then you are also missing my point and wrong. Quality football teams are quality football teams regardless of size. Give me Lex. Cath and Belfry over any of those 6A schools John Hardin has a win over any day of the week. I would also say the same for GW and Ironton. The size of a population in a school does not make quality football opponents. Quality teams do. Based on your thought process Seneca would be better than South Warren, Johnson Central, Ashland, and John Hardin since they played 6 schools with a size of 6A.

Mike drop

Boyle is not ranked #1 in AAA. They didn't even win their district.

I don't know who you are talking to but after looking at John Hardin's schedule I am less than impressed. John Hardin has wins over 6A N. Hardin (3-6), Meade Co (2-8), and 4A Warren Central (3-6). Combined record of 8-20. Losses to 6A PRP (5-4) & C. Hardin (6-3). Both of those losses are to good teams but the other games are by no means murders row. I would argue Johnson Central who beat Lex Catholic (Same team that beat Boyle mind you) and plays Belfry played two better football teams than any win John Hardin has. Losing to bigger teams does not always make you better. Ashland has beat George Washington (WV) and Ironton (OH) two teams that are as good if not better than any win John Hardin has. Just because they are not some of the weaker 6A schools does not mean they are not quality wins.

The way people talk on here I am surprised they are even having the playoffs. You would think they would just give the trophy to South Warren. LOL On a serious note there are 3 teams that I think are the heads of the pack (Ashland, Johnson Central, and South Warren). There are several other teams that that could play spoilers (Scott, Wayne, Mercer) if one of the first three mentioned do not play their A game. I expect a fun playoff and hope either Johnson Central or Ashland come out of the East and take care of business in Bowling Green.

While I don't think anyone in the world (Pitino included) believes that statement what is he supposed to say in practice to a team that he knows will more than likely be very average? He has to build them up and give them confidence. No way he ever thought a player would relay the info to the media. Bottom line is Pitino is doing what he always does. Taking hard working individuals that have some potential and getting the most out of them as he can. Can he win a national title this year? Probably not. He doesn't seem to have a group of horses to string together enough good games, but anyone who thinks his ponies can't pull an upset on any given night better remember he won a LOT of games with a bunch of nobody's at UK and that Mashburn fellow. Never underestimate Pitino's ability to coach up players and get more out of them than they even knew was there. (And I am a die hard UK fan but all the UofL piling on over this scandal is getting a little crazy. It is something that should have not happened but it is not near as horrible as what was going on at UNC. It is sexier since hookers are involved but not worse for college athletics to me.)

Ashland lost to the #1 ranked team in the class as the #3 ranked team by 1 point and you expect them to drop? PLEASE I would argue if Ashland was in any other district in the state in Class AAAA they would be district champs (That includes South Warren as I don't think they have played a player nearly as good as Baler all year). They have played JC so often the past few years the coaches know each other better than their wives. Ashland has beat George Washington a very good WV team and DESTROYED an Ironton team that played Beechwood very well. So Shelby gets a bump from beating a sub 500 Collins team?

I keep hearing about this supposed GREAT South Warren defense. Maybe best in the state. PLEASE The best defense in the state rests with Male or Trinity I am confident of that. South Warren has had a GREAT season so far and it may be even more special for them by the year end, but please quit pounding your chests like you have done something. You have played an average schedule but not a murders row by any stretch of the imagination.

A big rivalry game between two programs each with good history and tradition. All the makings of a classic, but this year both teams are very average. I expect Russell to win. Being at home and they have Conley, but wouldn't be surprised if Raceland was to take this one. Neither school can be happy about how the season has went, but a win here would help each feel a little better. For what it is worth I still think it doesn't matter who wins. I see both teams dropping the second round of the playoffs. Russell to Lawrence at home and Raceland to Paintsville on the road.

Being from Grayson I would love to see East get another win but I don't expect to see it. I watched East vs Boyd and they can't open field tackle anyone in a phone booth. East is much improved from a coaching standpoint than they were a year ago, but the execution is still a ways away. East has nothin to play for. Fleming is holding out hope of a home playoff game. I expect Fleming to win but hope I am wrong. Good luck to both.