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Saddened by this. A class guy and a TOUGH competitor. Prayers to his family and I hope he is finally at rest.

I'm okay with what Supernat's got. Let's play 'em this weekend!

Thanks, Guru. #2 did not play...but #12 still is a good QB. We got to him often in 1st half but had to change up the way we tackled him at halftime and that made the difference. Would have been an entirely different kind of challenge w/ #2 in there. Our D got a pick to set up one score and stripped the ball on a sack and went into the endzone for a defensive score on the 1st drive of the 2nd half. LaKunta Farmer (former head coach at Doss) has done wonders for us defensively. Not sure what time of possession was tonight, but it was pretty lopsided. The key to the whole thing was us keeping the ball away from their offense. We ran 70 plays and had 3 drives of over 10 plays running almost identical offense than Scott Co. ran -- really helped us being able to see how they defensed both Scott Co. & Dunbar in games earlier this year. Station has some nice aggressive LB's & Safeties who had been making all the run stops in games vs. Wing-T...I told our guys blocking at the 2nd & 3rd level would make the difference and proud they stepped up to the challenge. Quality win for our kids in a season of total transition--but am glad we're on the opposite side of the bracket from them. They're going to be a tough out especially if #2 is healthy. Frank Parks has got the exact right scheme for their ABUNDANCE of talent. Big props tonight go to the weatherman too.

Undersized. Underfast. Head coach losing his marbles in old age.

Sorry. Wasn't aware of the change. Wow, TA, a little vitriolic, huh?

Sorry I didn't post this as a quote--should have been in answer to post saying Trinity was ahead if there's a 3-way tie.

Are you sure? Remember, you only count FOUR opponents' wins and those have to be Kentucky schools.

Yeah, sorry about that. I'm afraid events conspired around our scrimmage to give you guys a false sense of where you were. Very first contest going from a pass-first concept (spread for last 5 yrs) to 'run-first' concept (Wing-T). ...not only were we still trying to figure out how to do the 'base' plays, your guy was smart enough to play basically a goalline defense all over the field--and while we had a little of our play action stuff in, it was nowhere near ready. Also, I was adamant we would only run about 40% of the play package no matter what to keep some things from StX. Second, a brand new DCoordinator installing much more 'man' & pressure concepts. Understandably, our DBs had some pretty massive breakdowns in coverage--and as I'm sure you saw, the 'no tackle on our QB--so down when you tag him' I agreed to didnt exactly get enforced on several big pass plays (ref said once he wasn't aware that was in force). All in all though, that scrimmage result helped us be a little under the radar (which I like). Our kids have improved SO much in just 4 weeks on both sides of the ball--especially on defense (held a very good Manual team to under 140yds total offense). Still figuring out some nuances of the offense and we were without our top 2 OL and our starting QB who had been playing great (the best OL guy we have actually played every down at QB last night--GREAT kid). Manual defense is for real. Very impressive how they get off blocks and how they flew to the ball. Looked like a small college team in person. They'll be a tough out in the super district this year. Hopefully we can keep improving when we can get our top OL kids back and our starting QB this week. But doesn't get any easier with Male up next.

I'm not floored by this. Great job Coach Mac, Coach Huff, and all the Panthers!

Great job Panthers. LOVE that there's a Pugh in Maroon. Didn't like when they just wore BLUE back in the day.

I say easy there...South Oldham is LEGIT this year. Good kids and VERY well-coached.

Love it...great job Coach Mac, Coach Huff, and all the Panthers. Hope the Blackcats' away jerseys were all ready for this tilt. :lol2:

One of those where it just "fit" the first time he stepped on campus. They loved him as much as he loved it there. Kid is still growing so Ball St. got a steal...will be one of those guys later people will say, "how is that guy not in the Big 10?"

I'm loving what I'm seeing from Coach Brohm and WKU. Hope they take Ky. kids and do extremely well. Is interesting to me that EKU and Murray EACH signed only 3 Ky. kids on signing day last year yet WKU is finding hidden talent and offering scholarships to them. Hopefully we'll start seeing the same from the in-state FCS schools. (**In addition to the 6 who signed at EKU and Murray, 12 other Kentucky kids signed letters-of-intent with out-of-state FCS schools. I'd be interested to know how many of them had offers from EKU or Murray and if any of them were asked to walk on?)

A magician never reveals his tricks! Seriously though, we knew the only way to have a chance to beat you guys was to trick you. Couldn't have won straight-up. What really made that play (and the rest of it) work was not using that single-wing stuff for 5 games before playing you guys. It's hard to deal with the misdirection even if you know it's coming all week. Was VERY tough not to do that stuff earlier in the season. Thank you for the kind comments...

I appreciate that, Ram. But I definitely take every criticism as feedback on ways we can improve. Good is the enemy of great and that's all I want our camp to be for our two stake-holders: small college coaches and kids wanting to get seen by them. I want to make sure our format (limited manpower or not) is structured in a way to help BOTH get what they want in the most efficient, affordable, and effective way possible. To that end, I think Justafan's right -- so I'll contact the colleges that come every year to narrow down to only the measurables they want most so we can maybe only have 2 stations of those and get going more quickly on the instruction, agility, and 1on1's. A big concern is the number of people helping--this year is an anomaly in that we're breaking in a whole new staff and some had previous engagements they couldn't put off. That'll not be an issue next year. Another big concern is finding a more all-weather surface without having to pay so much in rent we'd have to raise our rate for the kids. We are already exploring some options toward that end. Keep the comments coming though (maybe in Direct Messages to me to keep this thread from getting too lengthy); it's like I tell my guys: 'It's normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is using both to make you better and preventing either from affecting you negatively.'

For those who asked about camps to still attend, I don't want to list another HS sports website on here, but there is a good list of camps on a site that specializes in Ohio HS sports. If you search the tweets of @Mark__Porter (I think that's TWO underlines), you'll eventually find it if you scroll to a tweet on March 31, 2014.

My apologies to Justafan -- a lot of what we do is in response to what colleges have wanted when they come. I don't disagree with you on the measurable drills, but they want something to quantify each kid at the camp. If up to me, we'd only time 40's, do height/weight, & vertical jump. However, with 100+ kids and a very small staff available to help this year, we needed to split them into 4 groups to keep standing around to a minimum. I'm looking at doing only those two measurables with Sr's while Jr 1on1's are going on, then switching. As to the agility stations, we MUST do a certain percentage of "instructional" drills or it'd be classified a "Combine" instead of a camp -- for whatever reason, you can't insure a Combine but you can a Camp. Plus, I know some kids are at schools that don't teach the finer points on how to do these drills so we want to have then do it & give them some tips (this camp is usually in May before they go to any college camps--where they ALWAYS have agility/movement/flexibility/quickness drills). The rain plan was to have drills for the kids to do inside to let coaches evaluate their movement & keep kids loose for when we get the all-clear. There's no way to do passing 1-on-1's in a gym without risking injury (running into walls); unless it's Texas there's no chance to get an indoor situation where you could (and NCAA rules won't let us use UofL). It's 30minutes mandatory inside when lightning is seen--nothing we can do about weather. Luckily, we got 40 straight minutes of 1on1's once we could get outside. It almost never fails, whatever day we schedule it, we get a thunderstorm (and somehow, the days before & after are perfect!). We're looking at a different location for next year that might allow a better indoor situation b/c rain/lightning is basically inevitable. Your feedback is GREATLY appreciated and hopefully with yours and others, we can figure out a way to have the best Plan A, Plan B, & even Plan C.

All great suggestions. Definitely could use more help -- we're at a time of transitioning several new coaching staff members onto our staff and a few were unable to help due to prior obligations. Small amount of time in 1on1's was unfortunately unavoidable because of when we got lightning -- mandatory to get indoors for 30 minutes so we had to go to our "Plan B" to keep the kids doing something coaches could evaluate. (When we get that 100yard indoor facility we'll be set!) College coaches seemed to get some good leads on kids though and I could've kept going with the 1on1's all night. Will be working on the video that was taken of the kids during our dead period and sending that out. Someone there last night (bball guy?) asked a question about camps kids could still go to. I'm doing research on that and will post what I find on here, but I got a spam email today about one (not an endorsement--just something for anyone to check on for themselves if interested. I'm not sure of location, but email came from Maryland). www.FootballCamps.com

Unless they were involved in a bowl game that switches opponents each year, their schedules should be the same as last year with the home/away reversed. (Kentucky High School Athletic Association | KHSAA ? Student-athletes of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow -- click on Riherds scoreboard). This is the 2nd year of a 2-year scheduling cycle. So schedules for all schools should change at least slightly next year (with re-alignment happening, it'll be dramatic for some).

Yeah, that's a touchy one. I include it because they DO have to compete w/ scholarship schools and they don't just give out offers to anyone who wants to come there.

Loved the list Ram put together last year around signing date of all the Ky. kids who signed. Actually, I USED that list to convince colleges that came to our school this spring that Kentucky has way more full-ride-ability kids than is the conventional wisdom. So, to that end, was wondering if we could get a thread going where people respond with kids they know have ACTUAL offers (not just 'being recruited heavily') from D1 or 1AA (FCS) programs. Then, maybe someone with time could eventually compile all that into one post showing everything. I'll start with our SEAN HAMMONDS '15: Ball State, Morehead St., Tennessee State

Since Bingo stopped being used to fund athletics at my school (happily, the same year I took over as head coach), our guys have been "strongly encouraged" to all raise their part toward what was needed to give our program beyond the 'basics' the school would provide. That included Tshirts, 7on7 competitions & weight meet travel costs, camp, feedings before games, & banquet costs. Today it includes hudl.com subscription costs. Those who choose not to fundraise the amount can get their "obligation" (notice, not "requirement") in other ways. Have done that system since 1997--with obligation going from $150 to $250 depending on the needs of that year--and have seen no decrease in numbers (peaked at over 100 in program at Oldham Co, had 70-80 each year at Single-A Pikeville, and had our largest group in last 5 yrs at 125 last year at Ballard. It certainly could "kill the sport," (or at least hurt quality & quantity of players) but to keep that from happening it does require an ENORMOUS amount of organization, work, & holding kids accountable in the off-season and even IN-season by coaches and Booster (parents, basically).

In regards to "preying on the ignorance..." I think it's important to help parents of the kids at our camp w/ some of the most basic details of this recruiting game. Following registration, from 5:15 to 5:45 (while campers warm up) I give a brief overview (along with a handout with tips--including Ram's great letter posted on BGP previously) of what parents/kids need to know about recruiting process. Then, the college coaches field general questions about recruiting at their level -- some things are different than what they might know about D1 recruiting. These coaches are great also about entertaining questions individually about their own school's program. Really makes it almost like a "college fair" situation. To your point, I'd love to see these pop up in different areas of the state; maybe that's something I can work on during the Dead Period...

New LB coach is tops. Football smart and kids will love playing for him.