skillett73

IMO you will be eating your first sentence one the Breds take the Ads to the shed on Friday.

This should be a good game. I am concerned with how the Juggs have played compared to NCC since their last meeting. Yes, Lloyd has one games since that loss, but man talk about ugly wins. While NCC seems to have stepped up their passing offense to compliment the effectively good running of Harris and Smith. As a Juggs fan this game has me a little on edge. This game will either be a tight game with the Juggs winning by 3 or less, or NCC runs Lloyd out of Newport by 3 tds. I hope it is the former rather than the latter. Lloyd 24 NCC 22

Sarge, you are spot on about New Richmond I had them mixed up with another team. My meaning with schedule /wins for WV was by all appearances they played a weaker schedule yet only won 5 regular season games. From an outsider perspective their schedule looks suspect. But,as you mentioned they play a lot of underclassmen, so their schedule may well be perfect for maturing a young team and helping them gel. They are certainly doing something right because they are still playing. No disrespect was ever intended to WV.

Sarge, I am trying to figure out exactly where your disagreement is coming from? WV is 6-5 and to be frank they only have one impressive win this year and that was against Lexington Christian who is now sitting at 7-4 as they get ready for their second round playoff game. WV swept their four district games and those four teams have a combined record of 15"wins and 28 losses. Throw in WV's sixth win against a 1-10 newport team and the schedule is starting to look not so tough. IMO, WV played at best 4 quality opponents (Lloyd, Holy Cross, Lex Christian, and Henry Co) and of those four they won one game. Also New Richmond is not anything special. I get the fact that WV can not control that district 5 was down this season and they can only play what's on the schedule, but there are only 3 teams from WV schedule that are still playing going into week 2 of the playoffs and all 3 schools are 2A.

IMO WV has not really played the type of schedule that helps a team in the playoffs. The schedule the Juggs played was vastly improved this season. I am a firm believer in the ideology that a tough non-district schedule helps mentally and physically prepare a team for the playoffs. I see the Juggs as the more battle-tested team. However, anything can happen under the lights on Friday nights. Lets have a clean and injury free contest between two schools who have earned the opportunity to play in the 2nd round if the playoffs.

NCC by multile tds. Harris i.s gonna have a huge game.

This is going to be a very good game with both teams racking up lots of yardage. The question is which team finishes drives by putting points on the board. I do think Lloyd is more balanced offensively than WV and that could play a major role in the outcome. Both teams are miles ahead of where they were the first week of the regular season which is a testament to both teams players and coaches.

Playoffs

Great job on the rankings all season long. It seems to me the rankings have , for the most part, remained even. The teams in the top ten have been consistent which has been reflected, quite appropriately in the weekly rankings. As a poster in a previous thread mentioned even though a team like Brossart had a great season they more than likely would not be able to keep pace with a 3 win Cov Cath, 5 win NCC ect, and therefore would not make the top ten. However, would Brossart crack the NKY top 15?

I believe this is a rematch of last years first round won by the Juggs at Carrol Co. IMO Lloyd has too much speed and too many playmakers for Carrol Co to overcome. I envision Lloyd playing their reserves for much of the second half.

HC by a minimum of three scores. IMO HC rests their starters the entire second half. Also any news on Abernathy? I saw him on crutches after the Lloyd game last week and was wondering if there had been any official word on his status.

Yep Josh Stratton was Lloyds coach until Turner took over in 2013 b/c Stratton went to NR.

I am totally amazed at how even HC stats for the game were. They owned time of possession by a wide margin. It is crazy that the Juggs had under 70 yards through the air, but over 300 on the ground. In the playoffs teams should be leary if facing either HC or LMHS.

Lucky break for Lloyd

So 20 plus yards on third down once again...

Way too many attempted arm tackle. It seems almost none of the Juggs are going low and wrapping up.

#14 tater is a player, plain and simple. Ints, tackles, td runs, td throws, like 6 blocked kicks, and fumble recoveries, he does it all.

Great Job with the updates Jugg Alum.

HeyThe run is working let's pass, pass, pass to no avail...UGH!

Wow, its hard to believe that the Juggs are only down a few points at the half with how badly the defense is playing. Lloyd had HC in countless 3rd and 10 situations only to get gashed for 15, 20, or 30 plus yards. HC is doing exactly what they need to be doing to put themselves in position for the w. Lloyd better fix some thingd in the 2nd half or they are going to wind up in big time trouble. Please, stop rotating Qbs. Neither player gets a chance to form any type of rythem or sync their timing with Gaines, Townsend, or Dawson. Lloyd needs to improve on play selection. Lloyd has tried only one jet sweep to #3 Townsend and it was a huge scoring play. Last season the Juggs used the jet sweep with #3 to great effect, but for some reason we have only seen it run maybe 8 or 9 times all season thus far. Lloyd is lucky to be this close so hopefully they can start out the 3rd quarter with a score... what a frustrating half of football.

I think Lloyds Defense tightens up once opponents reach the red zone. I can envision HC getting a bunch of rushing yards (250 yards) and still loosing to the Juggs by 10-14 points. Lloyd can score quick and often, and if the "good" Juggs show up I simply do not see HC keeping pace. Now if the mistake ridden Juggs show up and HC gets a lead then their Ground game which eats up the clock will limit Lloyds opportunities and wear down the Juggs D which puts extra pressure on Lloyds offense to put points on the board. However, IMO even without a kicker ( for extra-points) Lloyd simply has too many weapons. Juggs win in an entertaining game 38- 26

Even if NCC's play is marred by multiple penalties the Breds will still run wild. NCC wins by 4 TDs.

so, you are saying HC is effective running out of the spread. Is there passing offense good enough to keep defenses from keying on the run? The one time I saw HC play this season I do not remember them running out of the spread more than 3 or 4 times. I am asking this because if HC averages over 220 rushing yards a game and if say half this total is out of 4 wide receiver sets then IMO, that is pretty impressive.

This should be a really good game. For HC Xavier Abanathy is a big, strong running back that is a load and tough to take down. IMO stopping HC rushing attack is the defensive key for the Juggs. I have witnessed HC only once this season and they are not the same team as last season. This squad does not quit and plays hard all 4 quarters. If Lloyd can generate success running the ball out of the spread as they did last week against NCC it could tip the scales in the Juggs favor. I just hope Lloyd finds a way to develop a kicking game at least for extra points because solely relying on 2 point conversions is going to end up costing the Juggs, and could result in loosing the 2 seed in district play or a game come playoff time.

To answer onespiritedfan: to the best of my knowlege Lloyd does not have a soccer program for boys or girls. Also, the middle school Tichenor does not have soccer teams either.