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I arrived at BW for the last part of the Holmes / Conner scrimmage and from what I saw Conner was in complete control. Because of the ease of a couple of Cooner runs and scores I had to ask the person next to me if they allowed "full" tackling in this type of scrimmage. I got the impression thatHolmes packed it in early. Could have been by design, who knows?

Raw foot speed, maybe in a head to head sprint, might give the edge to Holmes. Having great speed mixed in with anticipation and the proper angles is what makes BW hard to gain ground on and thus levels things out against most opponents.

Most of the hype around Beechwood this year has been around the offensive prowess including the kicker. After 2 scrimmages and a dominate win over SK what stood out to me was the defense. They are quick to the ball in numbers and their speed should be a tough matchup for Holmes. The offense can spead it around when they need to. Vocke had a quiet 100 yd. game against SK and often was keyed on. Davis, Nussbaum, Brilz and Erdman did a nice job of keeping drives going throughout the game.

I think I spotted #1UKFan at Kroger bakery this morning ordering a crow pie.

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Beechwood handled Conner with relative ease in a scrimmage 2 weeks ago. Unless Beechwood is that good Conner might struggle some in this game.

They were originally considering Thomas More College for these games. Not sure why they chose Dixie instead. It would be nice if they had some remote lots set-up and shuttles running in or even shuttles form SK, BW and CC.

UK#1Fan.......are you nervous about losing to a little 1A school Friday? You seem obsessed with Beechwood. Simon Kenton is a big school and should stomp Beechwood badly Friday...right? You might not want to bank on your huge line as your saving grace though. Remember Beechwood beat NewCath and their "monster" line last year. It's a speed game and Beechwood can only be wore down if they stand around and let themselves get hit. I don't see that happening.

It will be a great game between a traditionally strong program in SK and a small school program that plays much bigger. Saw Beechwood this past Friday against a very large Goshen, OH team. They played an actual game for 3 qtrs. with 12 min stop time. It was 55-7 Beechwood when the 3rd quarter was over. Cameron Vocke ran wild again. Beechwood has some size but what impressed me was their speed. It came from everywhere. Their kicker is tremendous as well. Every kick was deep into the end zone. Can't wait until Friday!