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6 minutes ago, Brown said:

Wright = win

I agree, @Brown...hate it for him, his teammates, and the staff.

Different ballgame with Wright....Trojans struggled to pick up 1st downs. Hard to win like that. Defense and special teams kept them with a fighters chance! 

Followed along, heck of a switch-up by Coach Wallace...really wish Lavell played and they could've gotten them full strength. That's 2 years in a row they haven't been able to give X or T 100%. Last year, Wimberly, who was qb basically all season with more explosive wideouts, injured his leg and couldn't play. Congrats to X. They eliminated NH in this round 16 years ago.

Hail to the Dunbar Bulldogs! 

Just now, Tigerpride94 said:

No. On crutches.

smh...wish they could've gotten them full strength. That's 2 years in a row they haven't been able to give X or T 100%. Last year, Wimberly, who was qb basically all season with more explosive wideouts, injured his leg and couldn't play T. Hope NH can pull it out so they can give their best next week!

Wright not playing?

NH not getting off the field on 3rd down hurt their field position...this will be a field position battle half/game.

4 hours ago, piratered said:

Wright was the difference when North Hardin beat Belfry 21 to 20.   Without him North Hardin would more than likely have one loss.  Good athlete. Stepped up when his team needed him.

Exactly, that young man is built different.

So looking at the last 2 games for NH and judging them does folks no good, so throw that tape out lol go watch Douglass and Belfry tape. 

I think I agree with you there, Purple. 

12 hours ago, Purple88 said:

 

I would say Coach Wallace is 100% behind them.  He is a huge proponent of the history of the game and IMO is one of the most diligent you will find in promoting his players and his school.  This is just one example of that.

That's really cool, a lot of respect for him doing that for his kiddos! 

On 12/1/2020 at 12:21 PM, SHAMROCK69 said:

Sorry, not meant as a slight to NH. I just don't think they could beat Trinity or Male. If they do, I will line up to congratulate them.

Completely understand...Trinity still looks like a longshot. Male, I think NH's D would keep them in the game and it'd be similar to the Douglass game. 

On 12/1/2020 at 12:33 PM, Hardin County Preps said:

Is Trinity better than they were last year? YES.

Is North Hardin better than they were last year? NO.

Last years North Hardin vs Trinity final score 54-7.

Enough said, not even close!

NH may not be as explosive offensively, but their defense is better. I think they are better than last year. Enough said. 

23 hours ago, Purple88 said:

Man, I love those Media Notes!  I miss them.  They used to come out every Wednesday before the Purples games like clockwork!  Kept you in the know as a fan!

Good luck X!

I assume Coach Wallace is behind those or has somebody do them for him? 

8 hours ago, SHAMROCK69 said:

Looks like another year where “The Big Two”, Trinity and Male, will meet prior to the finals.  

Male and NH are a close #2 this year, so not sure the reason for the slight.

Strand is the real deal for John Hardin, Hoptown will have their hands full. 

Dunbar, in opposite scoring from the first game! 

7 hours ago, Tigerpride94 said:

I just watched NH vs. Meade Co. and I think Manual is definitely better. They were missing Lavell Wright so I’m sure that made a difference. They had 7-0 lead on Meade at halftime and eventually wore them down. Meade Co QB had plenty of time to throw so not much of a pass rush but NH did good job covering receivers. NH QB is huge and is good passer and has some athletic receivers. I believe it will be competitive game but I still think St.X wins after watching that game.

Hard to judge a team with their best offensive weapon not on the field for this game or the one prior. Go watch the Douglass tape and see what a difference maker Mr. Wright was. 

11 hours ago, Purple88 said:

I would like to see KHSAA create an "Open Class" where teams that are clearly overmatched in their district be able to be placed on an Open Class where their teams could actually compete with teams somewhat similar to them.  Breckinridge County, Caverna, South Laurel, Seneca, Iroquois, Lewis County, Nelson County, Ballard Memorial, Fulton County, Bellvue, Berea, among others.

I am thinking of the Major European Soccer league that lets the bottom team in the league drop out and the top team in the lower league come up for a set amount of time.  Call it 4 years for a set # of teams.  Teams that continually lose in my so called Open Classification

would stay and the top 1 or 2 teams would return to the big leagues and 1 or 2 that also get hammered can drop down.  You would be invited to do this.  And you could opt out at the beginning.  I would envision a State Championship for this level as well.  

I realize scheduling would be tough for all but it is now.  Maybe they play less games to be in this open class.  This would have to be known way in advance say 2 years or similar to how KHSAA realigns the 6 classes now. 

Just a thought, but this is stupid having a team like Breckinridge County play Owensboro in the playoffs.  Will this outcome change?  I'd say in the next 10 years if nothing changes, Owensboro would host Breckinridge County another 8 or 9 times and wins by at least 50 every time.  Can't we do something different.  If you do this open class, can you get rid of the first round games?  Win, win IMO.  Only Warren East proves this wrong this year and is definitely the exception and not the rule.  What do you think?  Sorry to thread jack, but only so much to do with an 81-6 game.  Maybe I'll bring this up a little after the state championships are done.

It's no different than in basketball with the first round of the district tournament, there are often blowouts. This is literally the same thing. The first round of the football playoffs are the first round of district basketball tournaments in Kentucky. 

Like someone said above, if they did away with the district lock down and let maybe the top 2 in each district in and used the RPI to let the next top 16 teams like a "wild card" instead of the top 4 in each district, I think that'd help make some of those games with the 1 seed more competive. 

Didn't know they weren't playing anymore. 

Happy for the dogs! Whatever happened to Coach Jim Franklin? 

9 hours ago, allsport71 said:

It seems Holmes needs to stop winning, have won six in a row and drop every week, I just don’t get it.

Crazy ain't it? And ncc has a much higher RPI 

Tip of the hat to the dogs...with very little depth, they pitched the s/o! Tip of the hat to ole Coach Hopkins! Happy for Coach Nevels! 

Edit to add: Holmes just clobbered and goose egged a team who's RPI is considerably better and would have them rated 5th and Holmes would be 10th in 4a.

Tip of the hat to the dogs...with very little depth, they pitched the s/o! Tip of the hat to ole Coach Hopkins! Happy for Coach Nevels! 

On 10/30/2020 at 10:05 PM, BBN_34 said:

Great effort by both teams. South Oldham’s inability to stop the pass was the key to the game.

Crazy, because I don't think that was one of Meade's strengths? 

23 hours ago, NLTanker1 said:

How would NH match up with BG?

BG has a good defense too, but not last night.

LOL at the not last night part.

That's a good question, I haven't seen BG play yet this year, so I can't give an honest opinion. They only have one common opponent in South Warren, and NH plays them this Friday, I guess we'll be able to have a hint to how them and BG would match-up after that. Another part of that might be seeing how st. X does with Douglass this Friday, also.