TIGER1988
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I don't know about that one.
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It's a little early for this, but the coaching job at Barnes has done thus far at Caldwell County has been impressive. Loosing Sindelar and moving up a class this season most thought this to be a down season for the Tigers. However, it appears this could be the best team Caldwell has had in recent memory. Whether or not this squad can reach a state championship game is still up in the air to say the least.
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You are correct. The only time Caldwell played DeSales was in 2012, and they won that game in semis.
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I couldn't agree more with your statement. I feel EXACTLY the same way. A loss to Murray last year is still a sore spot in a game that I feel Caldwell wins handily with Sindelar. The loss to DeSales was demoralizing the season before. There is a HUGE difference in this version of Caldwell. This team puts together drives and is no where near as dependent on the huge plays of the past few years. The defense is much improved over the last few seasons. This is a TEAM, and they play like one. The dependence on ONE PLAYER is over. I am not saying, by any means, that Caldwell is a title favorite. I feel Boyle is head and shoulders above the field. Then there is a group of Central, LexCath, Caldwell, PT, Belfry. Wouldn't it be sweet to see a playoff with all these teams.
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Keep Sleeping folks. Keep sleeping. Your dream just might become a tiger nightmare. This year's 3A is absolutely LOADED in the west. Sad that some of these great teams will have early exits while Belfry gets a cakewalk, and will have to win only ONE game against quality competition to win a state title. Even then, Belfry comes up that one win short. IMO
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I don't think home games is the issue at all. I am referring to the east/west mix. Too many times one side or the other is loaded and the semis tend to be better than the finals.
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7 - North Hardin 5 - Central Hardin 3 - Bardstown 2 - Fairdale 1 - Iroquois TB - North Hardin
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You do realize that Kentucky is BEHIND the curve nevertheless, and that improving the current system only makes thing better?
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Since everyone with your opinion seems to want to make this as difficult as it could possibly be, let me simplify it for you. District play is still important. All I am proposing is seeding the semifinals. It would not be as troublesome as you would like everyone to believe. We are talking about 4 teams in each class, 12 games played at neutral sites the weekend after Thanksgiving. It is obvious, to me at least, that financially you loosen the burden on the host by using 2 or three sites ONLY (3 would be my preference). As far as seeding these 4 teams in each class simply average MaxPreps, CalPreps, BGP, and let the AP break the ties. I believe I could do that myself in about 30 minutes MAX, and that includes placing games at perspective sites and times. Trying this for a 4 year session and getting feedback would be crucial in going any further with the seeding process. This still isn't a perfect scenario, but a much improved one. It would definitely be a step in the right direction, or we could just stay in the dark ages and keep up our dinosaur ways till the end of time.
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Great point, and this is exactly what I am talking about.
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While possibly solving one problem with the eastern and western neutral sites, you haven't even touched the bigger issue of the TWO best teams playing in the state finals. I think in an earlier past you can see the each class has a top loaded bracket. Schools are getting punished over geographical location because of the east/west division. If you are going to even consider neutral locations for semi finals there is no way to overlook seeding those finals at the same time and killing two birds with one stone. Then, and only then, have you made a conscious effort to better football in the state completely.
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I am just saying that wouldn't it be good to put the best two teams possible in the championship game. Isn't that what we are after anyway? If you get at a MINIMUM of 2 neutral sites you could have three games on Friday and three on Saturday at each location. WKU wouldn't be a good site, because that is the championship location. Just trying to give teams in loaded regions (east/west) a shot at a championship game.
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Would you agree that more often then not one side of the bracket (east or west) seems to have 2 teams or more that are better than the best team in the other bracket?
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There are more people out there that think neutral sites would benefit high school football besides me. FINALLY. The ones that don't want to see it are USUALLY teams that regularly get home field games in the semis. Wouldn't it be great to see neutral sites with more competitive games. Heck with this format you could seed the top 4, and get even better games. It is my view that MANY years (more than half the classes) the state finals are decided in the semis anyway. Seems that more often than not the two best teams are from the same side of the bracket. The reason it isn't done is that those teams that get cakewalks to WKU every year don't want to earn their spot in BG.
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It is a much bigger rivalry game for Trigg vs Caldwell than vs PT, and I expect Trigg to pony up a little bit more in this one. Still Caldwell is much better.
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Agree with Purple88 here. I wouldn't rush Cain back either. No need to in the next couple of games. Union is the best team Caldwell will face before Mayfield, and they did pretty well without him. They were a little flat, but that can be expected. Easing him back would be the preferred route for me (maybe 25-40 percent vs Trigg, and 60-80 percent vs Ft Campbell) just to keep him in the groove. Mayfield will be a battle, but meaningless in the big picture for both teams since both ARE title contenders.