Little Ram

I disagree with being born an athlete is all genetic. There is a slight possibility that you can be born an athlete but an athlete is not an athlete without working to become one. An athlete is not an athlete because he or she was born that way. They worked to be that fast and worked to be that strong. I also disagree with your statement about there being a limit to as to how strong you can be. You can always become stronger. What comes to concern with this topic is the question of what you believe the definition of an athlete is. Being born an athlete is a million dollar topic. There is a lot of science behind the topic. I think it is absurd to say you were born an athlete. One can be born with the ability to run or the ability to not run. One can be born coordinated or not coordinated. Your strength is determined by multiple genes. A human being inherits one gene from your father and one from your mother but only one of those are expressed. So there is a lot of biological science behind being born an athlete or not.

It is a combination. You are either born coordinated or you are not born coordinated. That is obvious. If you are coordinated, I believe, you can make yourself an athlete. An athlete CAN be born, however, they are not all that common. The athlete that works their tails off in the weight room, on the filed, and in the classroom is the athlete that gets noticed because he gets exposure. The athlete that relies solely on their talent and does not go to camps most likely will not be seen. These days, more and more coaches are looking at camps and combines more than they ever have. These camps and combines give the coaches an opportunity to see that "athlete" go up against other "athletes". You can go D1 even if you don't have the size, IMHO. The problem that comes with that is that you have to leave no doubt that you are better than the player ahead of you that is taller. Coaches want tall OL, tall WR, tall DB, and tall QB. They want that and yes, that is in your genes, however; if you a 6'0 OL and you leave no doubt that you are better than the OL that is 6'5 ahead of you, the coach will play you BECAUSE THEY WANT TO WIN. Their job is to win football games and of the 6'0 OL is doing better than the 6'5 OL, the coach will play him. The coach will put the best 11 on the field that gives them the best chance of winning the game. Period. No "ifs", "ands", or "buts" about it. Athletes can be made. They can be born. An athlete will not be athlete if he doesn't work. I dont care what you say to convince me otherwise. An "athlete" to me is some one who does whatever they can do to better. When you hear of an athlete, you don't hear of a lazy athlete. You hear of a working athlete-only because they put themselves in to position to be recognized. You are born with size. No one can change that. But every thing else is justified by the athlete's desire to get better. Plain and simple. I am a firm believer that you can coach speed. It's very hard to get faster, but you can get faster. I've witnessed it myself along with doing it myself.

Welcome to the program!

How will the OL line look? Who is going to have to step up?

Aaron Pettrey K- Raceland- FA picked up by the Bengals. Played at Ohio State.

Looks to be a new OL?

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if he weighed close to 210 at the end of this season.

You caught me! LOL

Can't say that I'm not! LOL. Q is a great kid and great football player, I just don't like the 40 all that much.

I've watched and played against him. Yes he is fast and quick. Not taking anything away from him, he's a great athlete. But his 40 time shows his athleticism, not his football "savy". He doesn't run a straight line 40 THAT often.

I love 40 times and all, but personally is doesn't show what you can do on the football field. It shows how athletic and fast you are but who runs in a straight line for fourth yards on the field? I know you can break one away and be off and running, but I'm making a point that you rarely run 40 yards in a straight line on the field.

Anyone have any information on what they return?

Prayers from Georgetown.

Via Twitter, Kash has picked up an offer from Marshall University.

Via Twitter, Kash Daniels has picked up an offer from Austin Peay.

Okay. My apologies. I got them mixed up.

Looks like a very powerful kid and personally, it looks like he is a better NT than a OT. One thing I do want to point out for constructive criticism is his foot work. If he can work on his foot work, I think he would be a heck of a player anywhere on the line. Great athlete though. I hope to see more from him this year and even more so in his senior season.

That would be a great game for both teams to show what they can do.

As for what I know about Raceland coming back, I would rank the Rams between 4-6 preseason, Paintsville 5-7, and Fairview 10-12. For the Rams, Ashland will be a great test early on to see how they are. For the Eagles, Hazard is their test of the season. I'm not sure who the Tigers play this year so I can't really check, but the Eagles and Rams will be good match ups later on in the year.