Xman85

JH recovers onside w/ 11 seconds @ 50 yard line

onside kick coming

JH going for 2 dropped pass...21-20 X

TD jh w? 11 seconds left

JH...long pass complete....on X 3 yard line w/ 17.2 seconds left

JH's ball on their own 29 W/ 42 seconds left ...JH no timeouts. 21-14 X

X ball inside JH 30 W/ 40seconds left

defense is doing good.......Blocked kick put ball on 5...held on 2 plays

kick ggod....21-14 X...4th

JH scores again....21-13

JH scores...called back on false start

JH fumbles....announcers ? call.....refs say JH player was down...JH ball 3rd and goal

JH blocks X punt and recover on 5

21-7 X end of 3rd

21-7 X...kick good

20-7 X Mattingly run

14-7 X 3rd

It scares me!!

7-7 halftime

Ditto on both

Awesome!!

Out of the 8 teams left in 4A, Here is how BC and T stack up. Points per game BC 8th w/ 26 ppg T 2nd w/43 ppg Total Offense per game (yards) BC 8th w/315 T 3rd w/407 Total Defense per game (yards) BC 3rd w/251.3 T 6th w/262.6 Pass Defense (yards) BC 7th w/136.8 T 3rd w/101.6 Run Defense (yards)BC 3rd w/ 114.5 T 5th w/ 161.5 This game is a nightmare match-up for BC. Their 7th (out of 8) ranked pass defense is going to have to stop T's 2nd ranked scoring offense which is also ranked 2nd in the pass attack. If BC gets down early and has to resort to passing themselves....it gets even uglier. BC has the 8th ranked pass offense and T has the 3rd ranked pass defense. Playing at Marshall stadium doesn't help BC's cause either. T wins another easy one by at least 3 TD's. BC is a good team, they just don't match-up well against the Rocks.

JH will not come close to scoring 49 points on X...... X will not put 9 men in the box and give up the big play.

I am not for cutting down the teams. Take Manual as my prime example. They were the 3rd seed from their district...behind X and Male. They are still ranked in this week's updated CJ LIT ratings as the 8th best football team in the state. They beat #2 seed Meade County in the first round of the playoffs. They, with a doubt, belonged in the playoffs. The change that I would make would be to separate each district's 4 teams among the 4 regions, instead of putting them in just two regions. I wonder where Manual would sit in that scenario. They would get to play someone that they haven't played before...most likely.

Football is like no other sport..it takes the team to all work together for the play to work. In basketball and baseball it's more individual....a homerun requires no teamwork...not all jumpshots do either. But almost every touchdown does. There's something special about seeing 11 kids working together for a common goal. Brotherhood is what makes X's system so special. Their program is very focused on the team and not the player. X does not put the players' names on their jerseys. They are not representing Smith or Jones or whoever...they are St. X...hence the cheer..."We are St.X" Players design their own "team" shirts. Players here pride themselves on working hard..they push each other in practices and do not accept "coasting" by fellow teammates. The coaches foster and encourage this Band of Brothers. The have taken a page from the military. They realize that extreme conditioning will instill extreme pride and an extreme loyality between players.