Big East Zebra

The question I always find myself asking in discussions like this, does this award go to the best player in the state or in case of the Heisman does it go to the best player in the nation? Or does it go to the best player on the best team? That in my humble opinion is two totally different questions. If, (and that is a big two letter word), it goes to the best player in the state, how does Driver not win? Again, in my humble opinion, he's the best tight end not just in Kentucky, but I think the nation. I know it has him third, but I'd love to see the other two? I had someone (I will not name drop), but is a Boyle County alum, tell me, Driver maybe the best player in the Nation, not just Kentucky.

It's only problematic when parents decided to make it an issue, via social media. What if, (is a card we can always play) he gets hurt in a game a suffers a season ending injury, then the Aces won't have to worry about chasing a state championship.

Don't forget after the first round, the RPI comes into play! So, they may not get the winner of Apollo/MNH depending wherever thing shakes out with RPI.

We just showed our age coach.

Bayou Bengals travel up to the Bluegrass State to tangle with some pesky Wildcats, that Coach Will Stein has them energized and believing. Ole Lane Kiffin is finding out that being in the Bayou ain't all it's cracked up to be. He will walk into a hostile environment in Commonwealth Stadium Saturday night, as UK feels disrespected after falling out of the top 25, but don't fret, next week you will find yourself in the top 15. Lane Kiffin will be wishing he had some of the good ole Kentucky Bourbon. Leonard's losers in an upset, LSU. For all of us old timers that remember Leonard's Losers.

You can't be serious right? The struggled to beat Barren County, they lost to a substandard St. X team, got beat by a very good Scott County, they got beat by South Warren. Wasn't it Bill Parcells that said, "you are what your record says you are!" I know it's hard, but it's been a couple of lean years for BG faithful.

If in my pregame, a coach tells me and my umpire that we need to watch # whatever, I inform that coach, that happened in another game, we are only going to officiate what happens in tonight's game.

Players do earn their reputations; however, that reputation should be based on what has happened in that game on Friday night, not what a kid has done on previous Friday nights. It's not for officials to police, it's for officials to enforce the rules. Like knee pads, now mouth pieces those are rules that must be enforced on the high school level. The body slam was, in my opinion, and unsporting act at best and unnecessary roughness in the least.

I would hate to think officials go into a game with a "radar" looking for a specific player.

I like it, you take for example the 9th district in the 3rd region (Apollo, Daviess County, Owensboro, Owensboro Catholic) those teams are normally 3 of the best teams in the region and every year one of them sits at home as they are eliminated in the district tourney. I think it would be great to have all the best teams in the region play.

Inquiring minds what to know the answer to those fair questions.

There is absolutely no justifiable reason to humiliate a team like that. That is totally disrespectful.

This stuff is becoming insane, now this: https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/georgia-ag-sec-expel-lsu-former-nfl-players/ The State Attorney General for Georgia, is telling the SEC commissioner if he has to kick LSU out of the league. Leave it up to Lane Kiffin to get everything up in a whirlwind.

I think Ole Miss by 10+.

If there is a game that Coach Edge would like to win, it would be this one. I can't put my finger on it, but something tells me that Coach Edge and the Eagles find a way to win this game. Who knows it maybe another OT game.

While we are on the topic of state tournament venues, softball should have never been taken out of Owensboro, and should never be single elimination.

Don't get me wrong that was a big win for O'boro, but don't fool yourself, this is not a typical St. X team. As a matter of fact, this St. X team will probably not have a winning record this season I'd not be surprised to see them 1-5 by the midseason mark. Kinda like OC win at BG last year, good win but by the end of the season, we found out it was not a typical BG team.

Jack Pyburn has signed a contract with Tampa as a undrafted free agent and now is suing the NCAA to go back to college football, along with 16 other individuals. What are your thoughts on this? I have a few but want to see if I'm thinking in the wrong vein.

I for one, and I know I'm probably in the minority here, but I hate topics like this, just like I hate all of the preseason Heisman talk. Who knows that what a kid may come out of nowhere and have a season of a lifetime, but with all the talk going on we have eliminated 99% of the rest of the players in the state. It becomes a popularity contest, instead of the best player in the state and not the best player on the best team in the state. I know, I'm in the minority, so I'll simply move to the back of the room with my popcorn and all the discussion to continue.

That quote was actually the play that got them into the state playoffs. 25 split cross fire pass. Keep in mind Nick had the fastest kid in the state at tailback (Kerry Marberry) and a 3-time all-state receiver, who pitched for the Chicago Cubs name Tom Hulderman. I remember watching them play football as a little boy!

Simple, you have a older group of officials who still want to be involved in the game this is the way, pay them $50 a game and let them run the shot clock.

I don't know the whole story, but my question is simply this: "When are Administrators going to put parents in their place and quit allowing them to run off good coaches?" At some point the inmates (parents) have to quit being in charge of the insane asylum.

Daviess County is open as Natalie Powers-Payne accepted the Middle School job at Breckenridge County after accepting a new Technology position as her husband is the new Boy's basketball Coach.

Not impressive numbers in the least.