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And of course we all know that every student that ever attended Trinity or X did so with the exclusive intent to play football. If you read between your own lines you will realize that you are making my point that a big part of the problem is participation not just raw numbers. I never said a thing about "just work harder" or "better quality coaching", those are your words, not mine.

To all Ram brothers... The sky is blue, I await your rebuttal... I'm posting the numbers right out of the JCPS publication, you guys simply respond by saying that you don't believe its true and link the KHSAA site numbers. Thats laughable. I think I've already proven that I've got pages and pages of detail to support my claim. Your response, "I don't think so". Final offer, PM me your address and I will send you a copy of the ,and I repeat, official document from the JCPS not the sports governing body. :lol:

Sorry guys but I'll stick with the official JCPS publication. No typo, just the facts. Did you know that your CATs index is one of only two in the county in triple digits, Manual is at 101.8 while Male edges you out at 102.1. However both of those schools declined since last year, Manual by 2.2% and Male by 1.6%. Pretty technical stuff huh? I've got pages of it. So as you can see I'm not making this stuff up and I'm not basing it on anyone's recollection. Just the cold hard facts in black and white. BTW, Male has a capacity of 1,634 and an enrollment of 1,683. As far as enrollment goes in JCPS high schools, only Eastern at 1,924 and PRP at 1,956 are larger than Manual. Sorry if this info doesn't square with your perception, but I assure you it is factual. You could look it up. Or you could call and have JCPS send you one like I did.

Sorry to burst your bubble but you are wrong. I got the numbers from JCPS. They list Manual as having a capacity of 1,800 and an enrollment of 1,894. Do you really think I would come on this board without the facts? I can tell you their average CAT scores, their Student/Teacher ratio, etc. Manual has a chance to work harder, get kids out and increase your numbers if you think that is the answer. Trust me, Manual doesn't have a monopoly on so called "nerds". Are YPAS students not allowed to play sports?

Won't the player have to sit out a year if he transfers just to play football somewhere else?

Can't speak for X, but Trinity doesn't ever have 120 on the freshman team. A couple of years ago the freshman team got up over 100 but the past few years its been around the 85 range (and this years team was in the 70s). Latest stats shows Manual's enrollment at 1894, so lets say 947 boys. That should give us around 237 freshman boys. Trinity has 1,400 boys. That gives us 350 freshman boys. That means that 25% of Trinity's freshman go out for football to create the squad of 85. If 25% of Manual's freshman boys went out for football they would have a freshman squad of 60. Do they? It didn't look like 60 when we played back in september. Heck, if Manual's staff did as good a job of retaining players as Coach Glaser does, they would have a varsity squad of 90 to 100. When was the last time that happened? Maybe the playing field isn't as uneven as you think.

Who will be the new coach at Butler?

The KHSAA has you guys with two, 1959 and 1966. Meanwhile, Male has won six (60, 63, 64, 93, 98 and 00). X has won eleven (62, 69, 74, 75, 78, 86, 92, 95, 97, 99 and 04). Trinity has fifteen (modesty prevents me from listing them all). :lol:

Wow, you're pretty deep for a guy with a whopping 16 posts. Let me set you straight, I don't have any hatred or fear of the Manual Crimsons. I don't even dislike them. In fact, I hope they win Friday. One bit of advice, take it easy on the sarcasm.

I'd be embarrassed to bring up Trinity/Manual in Soccer if I were you. You guys had home field for the playoffs and couldn't even get that right. The game had to be played on a practice field over on Male's campus. I did notice while watching Male beat you guys in football on TV that the field at Manual was lined for Soccer, but not used. Wonder why? We had to put up with two straight years of playing that historic venue of yours, so lets at least play the final chapter under the lights at Marshall Stadium.

correctamundo.

I'm guessing St.X. They were 3A in 1974 and won the 4A state championship in 1975. :lol:

I am but a simple fan thats sees a wrong and tries to right it, etc. etc. etc. :lol:

Sorry, if Trinity and Dixie meet again it will be at Marshall Stadium in beautiful downtown St. Matthews. :thumb:

But my point is correct in that you have more in common with Ballard than you do with Trinity,X or Male during that period.

Sadly, even with that headstart, Manual doesn't have as many titles as the so called "newcomer".

First, if you are comparing Manual's post season experiences with that of the Rocks, you don't need my ridicule you need professional help. Trinity's loss to Dixie last year was a once in a long while occurance, while Manual's loss was business as usual. I hardly believe that the Crimsons would have fared any better than the rest of your vaunted district in the Finals against the victor of the East over the past few years. It looks like the Rocks will get their chance to avenge that loss to the Tigers later on this season while you and your Ram friends are preparing for basketball. You never can tell, it just might turn out differently this time, stranger things have happened. Rumor has it that there will be some redistricting as soon as all this public/private issue is put to rest. I would suggest that either Male or Manual be shifted into Trinity's district. That would create a more level playing field for you poor down trodden victims of the murderous western bracket. Then Manual/Male would be a non-conference rivalry game like T/X, who knows maybe you guys could schedule the game at a time when it would draw a larger crowd. So after the season why don't Male and Manual flip a coin and the winner gets escape the west into creampuff city with the Rocks. X shouldn't be the only one that gets to beat you guys more than once a year. :lol:

Why don't you enlighten us as to why they didn't even advance past 6-4 Nelson "Cream puff" County last season? I guess you were too busy serving up North "Cream puff" Hardin to our friends over at X. Please make a valid point about how the one seed in the west had such a tougher opponent week one with Central Hardin as opposed to Simon Kenton. If the Dogs and Rams want easy opening opponents I suggest winning your district.

Oh really? I seem to remember Elder sqeaking by Dixie 42-7 in 02'. :lol:

No, thats just as far back as I could quickly find on the KHSAA site. However it does present a pretty good picture of the modern football scene in Jefferson County. At first I limited my scope to just the past five years or so (Nichols tenure I thought) but then looked deeper to see if it painted a different picture. Manual's record just got worse. Sorry.

Isn't it a tradition for you X-men to supply the coaches for the schools that are in need?

No offense, but the game was over early in the third quarter. I think you guys may hve turned the ball over going into score, Rocks scored quickly after that. Dixie deflated soon after. I believe your QB got a dinged up around that time while playing defense, that hurt also. I will give you this, that team was actually better (IMO) than the one that Trinity lost to last year. I hope the Rocks advance this week and if you guys are still standing, I welcome you down to Marshall for round three (both in the playoffs and our rivalry).

Please explain. See my previous post. Just wondering, who is the 4 seed in your district?

That is my point. The highlands faithful point to the tough out of district schedule as a positive in preparing for the playoffs. Meanwhile your playoff opponent may have prepared with a bunch of district cupcakes. Fewer district games is an andvantage. Being allowed to schedule more games of your choice is a plus.

Upon further review... I find that I was slighting the Ballard Bruins. Going back to 1990, Ballard is 119-69 as opposed to Manual's 81-90. Since 2000 Ballard is 45-23 with 3 playoff wins while Manual is 41-24 with 2 playoff victories. Pretty close with the Bruins edging out the Crimsons.