KY Outsider

I would love to see my senior play one more time but it really is unnecessary. He had a great year and high school career, on to the next chapter.

Like the 1st game, this should come down to who wins the trenches. It should be closer than the last time but I think Ryle still has the edge.

1 hour ago, Tigerpride94 said:

Bad idea in my opinion since Manual played 1 district game and didn't play St. X and is ahead of St.X by .00398. I would agree if all teams played whole schedule and all district opponents and RPI was more accurate. RPI now is flawed due to lack of games. I think top 2 in each district would be more fair and capture all the top10 teams. 

I agree, it is a tough call this year.

21 minutes ago, KY Outsider said:

Probably better just to take the district champs and seed them by the RPI.

It would look like this in 6A.

54 minutes ago, NLTanker1 said:

They should simply take the top 8 from each class, by RPI, and have a 3 week playoff. Get it in, get it over with.

Probably better just to take the district champs and seed them by the RPI.

38 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

They should do this under normal circumstances too, IMO.

They should address the RPI formula before doing a 16-team bracket based on that. Out of state games are not exactly counted correctly currently.

So a 16-team field in 6A would look like this. Seems like a lot of long bus rides.

The sports themselves are not causing a spread of the virus. Travel does, irresponsible actions do but not anything truly organized is causing spread. We need to all take a breath and realize that yes this virus is serious but it may not even be the most serious one that any of us have encountered.

I get concerns for spread but as long as protocols are followed, sports events could be the safest place to be at.

Regardless, as long as everyone follows protocols, the playoffs can and should happen. 

Hopefully this is a go. Boone County is currently red but barely so. Conner hasn't gotten to play much so they deserve this game.

21 hours ago, rjksl said:

They instituted that policy, so yes, they chose not to play based on an arbitrary number. I would hope it is remembered in future scheduling consideration. 

What will happen when Boone County turns Red later this week? It looks like it will happen tomorrow or Wednesday.

Ryle pulled all their starters early in the 4th quarter. Good move by the staff, don't need any unnecessary injuries and letting up shows good will.

58 minutes ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

@KY Outsider the original announcement said that Ryle's turf surface replacement was planned the 2021 fall sports season, and then the new turf fields for Boone, Conner and Cooper had a completion goal of the 2022 fall sports season.

So just kind of assuming from that, I figured Ryle would be going back in with the design they already have (although they may well end up going with contrasting turf color every 5 yards since that is very "in" right now).

I'm also optimistically guessing that with the mockups out already in 2020, there's a good chance that they're going to do better than 2022 fall sports season for the other three stadiums.

The contrasting turf every 5 yards is a good look. The Raider head at Ryle is nice, I thought they might go with a Pirate Ship since the buzz phrase is Burn The Ships these days.

This is usually a war, it will be no different this year.

I haven't seen a Boone County or Ryle mock-up yet.

23 minutes ago, nkypete said:

Yes, but guidelines and recommendations don't go into affect until Monday, 11/2.

I think the threshold for the color changes is a little low anyway. I have also read articles disputing high school sports being a spreader.

36 minutes ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Conner vs. George Rogers Clark is called off.

Hearing Conner and Dixie will play tomorrow instead. 7:30 kickoff at Dixie.

Isn't Kenton County Red now as well?

Could this be the last game in Kenton County for either of these schools this season? Kenton County Covid cases are the worst in NKY and they may be Red by next week.

I would guess that no playoffs will happen this year.

Bump.

Hopefully Highlands can make this close but it will probably be a 2-3 score loss.

22 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

It's frustrating, we all are feeling that. But it's about being proactive in trying to prevent the spread of the virus. 0.025% positivity is a small number, until it starts to grow exponentially, and I believe that is what we are trying to prevent. 

True, I get that but as long as we follow protocols, high school sports aren't the great spreader that was feared at the beginning. You are probably more likely to get it at the grocery store than at sporting events.

What makes a county red is a little misleading. I know Covid is serious but 25/100,000 is 0.025% positivity. That seems a little low. As long as people are following the protocols, you should be able to play.