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https://www.on3.com/rivals/rankings/player/football/2029/?state=OH Moe with 3 sophomore skill players in the top 195 nationally in 29 with the Rivals update today…that’ll work! QB went up to 56 overall despite best offers only being Purdue and UC, have to imagine that changes soon. Looks like a CJ Carr clone to me.

I love seeing Tim Couch up there with all the 2000s guys. I think his career is much different if he doesn’t go to expansion Cleveland.

Barring injury, it’s looking like there is a good chance Kiyan will run down Casey McGinness’s career TD records. An outstanding player.

Being in a fistfight with a really good Indianapolis team while starting your backup sophomore QB on the road is much better than I expected. Hate losing, but good job bouncing back by the coaches and players after the egg last week. Stats aren’t up yet, so I’m not sure how many carries Kiyan Miller ended up with last night, but that kid is a throwback player.

Transitive property in athletics doesn't always work but Cathedral>St. X>Elder does not look promising. An offense like this with a big OL, a D1 back and D1 receiver is going to have a lot of success vs the Colonel defense. Hoping for a bounce back after last week and maybe a couple turnovers to go our way to make this interesting in the 4th.

I always chuckle when I see people talk about the talent when Eddie got there. As a reminder, Eddie walked into a roster that had: 3 future FCS juniors 2 future FBS and 3 future FCS sophomores. Including FBS AJ Mayer at QB. A future D1 FBS freshman plus arguably the best RB in school history. This is all before a future top 40 NFL pick enrolled the following year. Also instead of having to beat prime Highlands teams in the playoffs with guys like Patrick Towles and Beau Hoge at QB, they are now average to actually bad in the late 2010s.

I extremely casually know and really like both. I think both are awesome coaches but give Brett an edge based off all I've seen both in person and at clinics since the question was asked of who could reasonably be hired who is better. I think CCH will be very strong in 27 and 28 in 5A so this is probably pointless, but since you asked, reasons for Brett would be: Live in NKY vs Rural Indiana (or avoid long commutes daily living in Indy suburbs). I'm pretty sure he has a young family so you can coach your sons in high school at your alma mater. Deep down I'm sure Brett would love for them to be Colonels, higher comp compared to D3 HC? I don't know this for certain so I put this 3. Cov Cath lost by 3 to a senior BYU QB commit in the 3rd round of the playoffs and were consistently top 3-4 in their class the last 4 years before Eddie got there. Eddie was an upgrade but I'm 90% sure Dave Wirth's staff would have won two rings in a six class system with Michael Mayer on the roster.

I'm not the Oracle, but Brett Dietz would be an upgrade and is fairly plausible.

I don't think so currently. Last night was bad, but the bump up to 5A is a new life and there is a lot of returning production next year. Getting Brandon Smith back to 100% will be a huge boost. I think if we stayed in 4A and had to compete with Highlands/Boyle/CAL for the next two years it's probably over at the end of that, even though I think EE is still a very good coach.

I really like Eddie. It's hard to run when you have 6 blockers and 8 defenders in the box. The thing I'm most disappointed in is the lack of man beaters and cover zero alerts for his QB. It just has to be better from the coach.

The first six minutes or so is a good microcosm of issues: Cov Cath gets opening KOR. KR let's the kick bounce and get tackled at the 15. Cov Cath sophomore RB screws up the blitz pickup and the nickel pressure forces a bad decision by the QB for a pick. Nice play by Gabe Williams who is a really good high school player. Cov Cath plays soft coverage and Bryce Armstrong is a really good creator out of structure and Highlands marches down for a TD by running away from Jonny Lind. 2nd Cov Cath drive - Highlands bring zero pressure twice and we don't have a good man answer twice. Leads to a punt. Cov Cath drops the punt and barely gets it off. Highlands great field position again. Cov Cath plays soft coverage and Colt Kramer (another really good high school player) scores on counter. 14-0 Highlands with 5 minutes to go and good luck coming back from that. Not ready to play like @The Oracle mentioned earlier this week. Doesn't get easier next week vs. Cathedral either.

This surprises me. But hey glass half full, CCH has put running clocks on everyone they have played this year that does not have a P4 senior QB throwing to a senior FBS WR. Also for losing a ton of production at QB and RB, CCH is at least equal at those spots if not a bit better with underclassmen.

The 2 major concerns for Cov Cath here are: Shaky special teams - we're constantly giving up points on PATs, giving up long returns and our top 2 returners are injured (Mac Cogswell - out and Brandon Smith - looks like he's playing at maybe 60%) so we don't even have juice in the return game. Run defense away from Jonny Lind. Jonny is a stud, but Beechwood abused running away from him and it probably won't be better against Highlands.

Moe's sophomore QB is big time. Edit: I watched his St. X stuff and this looks like a future NFLer. The ball pops, but still looks skinny with a 6'3 frame to fill out and add more velo. Also a good athlete, but doesn't rely on it and gets through progressions in his first start against a Specht defense. Geez. HudlSt. Xavier High SchoolSt. Xavier High School

17 TDs for Kiyan Miller in his first 6 games as a sophomore is pretty incredible.

That's a massive blow for their title hopes. That guy is a major issue for high school secondaries.

Getting cooked on defense by Elder and Beechwood is going to happen to almost every team. Tyler Fryman and Nathan Pabst touching the ball almost 50 times is a better combo than maybe anyone in the state plus you add an ACC QB to the mix distributing it. That's a big problem unless the OL is overwhelmed and committing a bunch of penalties, which Beechwood was not and did not do. Kaden Estep plus a huge OL plus a G6 receiver at Elder is going to score over 30 on everyone they play as long as the weather cooperates. They're number 1 in Ohio for a reason. We'll see how it looks vs Highlands and Cathedral, but I think it's more of elite local talent carving them up than the unit being bad.

I also think that the QB play plus coach is good enough to make it work with just about whoever is out there playing WR. Brandon Smith looks like he's at maybe 60% with his knee injury, the other top WR is out - Mac Cogswell, one of your really good TEs is out - Spencer Clukey, the other is too inconsistent right now and I still think CCH is going to put up a lot of points on just about every team they play.

Hate to see injuries - Spencer Clukey got rolled up on pretty bad in the endzone vs Beechwood - but this opens up some opportunity for a couple really good sophomores. Parker Payne on defense as a nickel/sam - was right there on mph with Jamir Kirtley this summer and was all over the field for the freshman team last year on defense. Carson Grainger on offense as a TE - really smooth big bodied pass catcher.

What do Pabst's college prospects look like?

- Congrats to Emmett Queen, Coach Rash and the rest of Beechwood team and fans. - I thought the BW offensive staff did a great job picking at a scab in the run game. Anything towards Jonny Lind did not go well, but they gashed running away from him. Tough combo dealing with that Queen being pretty efficient underneath throwing the ball. - For as fast as Tyler Fryman and Nathan Pabst are, I love the way they finish runs. Sticking their shoulder through the defenders chest and pumping their legs generates extra yards per carry. Fryman in the wildcat in short yardage is a cheat code. - I thought Dylan Courtney was exceptional and deserved better from his receivers. He had some absolute lasers today and his creation ability was outstanding. - It was talked about in other threads, but I felt the lack of depth for Cov Cath started to show when a few starters went out.

Right I should have worded my first post better. The team next year should be outstanding plus is getting bumped up to 5A. While it will still be hard, I think I'd rather have to beat Scott Co/ BG/Owensboro/Franklin Co. than Boyle/CAL/Highlands/Corbin. Even in 28 as long as they can pull 2-3 contributors out of the current freshman class and find a QB (Maybe current sophomore Charlie Hull waiting his turn to be a quality 1 year starter), the team will be very good.

The freshman team in 2025. Current sophomores.

The freshman Colonels were in the championship last year while their best player was busy making 50+ tackles and forcing multiple turnovers on varsity. I think the current sophomore group is very good with a bunch of future college players. If the class next year is bad, then I'd start to worry.

Top of my head six guys start both ways for CCH, including WR/S Brandon Smith who may still be injured, so that would drop it to five if he's out. A few others rotate in both sides. While Cov Cath is not a big enough school to two platoon, getting more guys involved would certainly help with numbers. To use a basketball term, I felt like the rotation was really tight last year and a few talented players didn't see much time -ex. WR/DB Mac Cogswell, TE/LB Spencer Clukey, WR/DB Jason Fedor. All three of these guys have had some really good production this year. Not using Clukey in particular vs Boyle County in the playoffs was mind-blowing. We had some 155 pound senior DB getting bulldozed trying to set the edge vs legit talent while an athletic 6'4 230 pounder is on the sideline. A good way to give up 500 yards rushing and lose.