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This is the only lineup I like if they have both bigs in the game. Anytime guys like Edwards or Wagner are in, I hope they don’t have both big guys in together. Edwards and Wagner need the floor spaced more and none of those set plays. They need the floor spaced to attack the rim. I honestly would like to see Theiro to also get some time with Bradshaw. It seems like anytime Bradshaw is in, Mitchell is in too and Theiro is out. Theiro has been one of their key players this year.

Highlands? I agree Highlands is the wild card in 5A. They lose basically their whole team but will have very talented younger players coming up. So will depend how quickly they transition to varsity play. Going into next year in regards to 5A from NKY. Cooper has to be the favorite from NKY to make a championship run, since they return most of their whole team.

Long way to go from winning the division, yes. Long way to go from the playoffs? Not at all. They are only one game back and have games coming up against other possible wild card teams in the Colts, Steelers, and Browns to end the year. Not to mention with Lawrence injury, the Texans could pass up the Jags. Which would mean the Bengals have tie breakers over Bills, Jags, and Colts if they beat them. So it’s definitely not as long of a shot as it was before last night.

To comment on the update thread. The timeout at the end of the 4th by Taylor was 100% the right call. No reason to just sit there and let the time run down like Aikman suggested. Taking that timeout allows them to try for the field goal if they get something positive on first down. Which they did with the 14 yard run. That was just smart football by Taylor. They ended up not scoring at the end of the 4th and went to overtime, but it was 100% the right decision.

Great win. I figured it would be a good game, because they still have talent to compete and win. I admit though I had accepted that I was fine if they lost out though lol. However, I am thrilled they won.

Offense has been great, defense has been horrible. Hopefully the defense can do the one thing they have done well this year and that is get a turnover to set up a game winning score.

Ugh what a bad sequence of plays. First the dropped interception that ends up as a touchdown. Then the failed trick play that led to a turnover, and now the touchdown on 4th down.

This is awesome! He is a great player and I am glad schools are seeing that. Congrats to him!

The title of the thread and this seem to be different. If it’s just defeating three number one seeds in the playoffs. Then Cooper did that to get to the finals, before losing to the 4th one seed they faced in Bowling Green. Now as for your post of defeating three undefeated teams, that is a good question and a great accomplishment.

This I agree with. I think it is stupid that they empty the stadium. Especially now that it’s at UK and has all that space. If you want to make people have to clear out of a certain section to give that teams fans seats behind their bench fine. However, no reason to enjoy the stadium. Much better chance attendance would be higher, because more people may stay and watch. Rather than have to pay another $17 bucks to come watch the next game.

I think you would be completely wrong on that. If there was a poll and players got to vote, I don’t think it would be even close. UK and UL stadium would rank way above the amount of votes WKU would get. Does it have the same special factor to it as Rupp? No. Is UK and UL stadiums still places they would rather play if they had a choice between them and WKU. Yes. I think over 90% of the players would choose UK or UL over WKU. As I mentioned above the only ones that seem to have an issue with it is adults who don’t like seeing a lot of empty seats in a big stadium.

I would say if you took a poll of every football player and even coaches in the state of Ky and have them rank which stadiums they would rather play in. UK and UL both would be above WKU. Yes it may not have the same historic allure of Rupp, but UK and UL are still stadiums they see games at on tv and players would want to say yes I played on that field. The only ones that seem to have a problem with it, is adults cause they don’t like seeing a stadium with so many empty seats. Not to mention unless something has changed and WKU has added a 4th locker room. They aren’t even as well equipped to handle the games.

Huh? TCU won a playoff game last year by beating Michigan in the semi-finals. So they showed they belonged before getting drilled in the championship.

I can’t wait for the 12 team college football playoffs next year. Teams for the first time in college football history can finally enter the season knowing exactly what they have to do to have a shot to compete for a title. Which is next year, if you win your conference championship (power 5) you know you guarantee yourself a shot to compete for a title. While I agree that the committee probably did choose the current 4 best teams for the playoffs this year, which is their job. (Georgia probably better than Washington) I still feel bad for Florida State because they did exactly what they were supposed to do, and that is win every game on their schedule. Yeah maybe they would have gotten drilled in the playoffs, but IMO they earned the right to have a chance to compete for a title by doing exactly what they were supposed to do and winning every game. People who have been against expanding the playoffs, always argue that it would take away from the regular season, because the regular season is currently like a playoff. If that was the case, then Florida State would be in. College footballs way of determining a champion has always been messed up IMO, but next year it gets much better. Win your conference and you’re in, if you don’t then you are fair game for a committee’s opinion possibly leaving you out if you lose a game or don’t win your conference. Next year teams finally can go into a season knowing exactly what they have to do to have a shot to compete for a title. (Florida State probably will get drilled by Georgia now in the bowl game. Still doesn’t change the fact that, they earned the chance to at least compete for a title. That chance was taking away from them this year, because of a messed up system. 12 team playoff should have happened a long time ago.)

I would say Bowling Green, Cooper, Owensboro, and maybe South Warren would be the favorites. I know BG, Cooper, and Owensboro return the majority of their teams. I think SW might to but not positive on that. Highlands next year is the wild card to me. Highlands losing all kinds of players from their great team this year. They obviously have a lot of very good young talented players coming up though, and will be probably the favorite in 2025 if I had to guess. So just depends how quickly that younger talent adapts to playing varsity this year, after being great at the JV and Freshman level. If they make that jump quickly, then they will be right in the mix.

What did he say? I didn’t get to listen to any post game stuff.

I did not get to watch this game as I had some other more important things at that time do. With that said definitely not good losing this game. Did Bradshaw playing in this game have some effect on the offense? The offense has been great this year, and was averaging 94 points a game. So was shocked to see only 73 points in this one. Also I know Wagner didn’t play, and he is probably their best guy at attacking the rim, so I wonder if that hurt the offense too. With that said in the long run I do think it is important that Bradshaw is starting to play now, even though it may hurt the team in the short term. This team needs a rim protector down low for defenses purposes and I think he will help with that once he gets back to 100%. Hopefully Cal still allows the Cats to play free and fast like they were though when he was out.

In regards to Lexington and Bowling Green it is definitely fair to bring up the location part of it. To go along with players, coaches and even fans would probably enjoy being at that stadium cheering on their team more than being at WKU. Which I do think playing at Louisville would also be something that players would love. IMO WKU is and should always be the 3rd option.

Pikeville, CovCath, Cooper all would have been more than just 2.5 hours. Yes WKU does have good facilities. However, as mentioned I can almost guarantee the majority of players across the state would dream of playing state championship games at a stadium like UK more so than WKU. So I think that should matter more than what is more pleasing to the eye in regards to better sights to see in regards to open seats.

CovCath numbers were I believe right in the middle of 4A. So they most likely will be 4A still. Highlands was on the lower end of 5A, so could be interesting if their numbers drop them to 4A. Freddy D will never be a 5A team again with their enrollment. Boyle as mentioned if anything will barely have 4A numbers if that. In NKY specifically as mentioned Newport is going to be interesting if they can stay in 1A. Then Cooper, Conner, and Dixie currently in 5A, if they still get to stay in 5A or move up. All 3 were near the top of 5A in enrollment. So it will be close for all 3.

They had the numbers to be 6A this last realignment, but got to move down because of a team asking to move up. So a very good chance they will be 6A imo.

This!

Hopefully it stays at UK. First because of it being more centrally located. Secondly I think players just overall would rather get to play at UK, than at WKU. It is just a whole different feel.

BG definitely did a good job on defense. With that said as mentioned the rain definitely also helped too. Much like the rain probably helped slow down BG offense too, considering BG only had two real offensive drives that led to points. Both defenses played really good, while also can be said the rain also helped some in slowing both offenses down.

Congrats to Bowling Green on winning the State Championship! They have a great team with a lot of speed and talent! Also congrats to the Cooper Jaguars on a great season. As someone mentioned Cooper may have been a year ahead of schedule with only losing 3 seniors that start on offense and defense. There definitely is a good possibility we see both of these teams in the same spot next year, even though I know there will be some other teams that will try to have a say in it too. This was a sloppy game and the weather had a lot to do with it. I’m sure Cooper thinks if not for the two muffed punts that directly led to Bowling Green touchdowns, that the outcome may have been different. Just like I’m sure Bowling Green feels like if it wasn’t for their turnovers, this game may have been a bigger point difference. The biggest difference though was Bowling as mentioned was able to score and take advantage of those short fields after the muffed punts. Cooper was not able to score after any of the 4 turnovers they got. Which Cooper had a couple of penalties (correct calls) on their interception returns that really hurt in regards to field position. Bowling Green was able to make a few more of those key plays, and is why they are the State Champs. They have a great team. Congrats again to Bowling Green.