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Carmel would beat Cov Cath by 20, Danville by 30, deSales by 40 and Floyd Central by 50. I think Rock Nation will be able to keep this tough loss in perspective.

I know very little about CC this year, but I saw Ryle last week. CC by 4 touchdowns.

If BG were in 6A they would be higher than #9, and in CH were in 5A they would be lower than #2. Purples by 20.

7 - CAL

5 - Manual

3 - Bardstown

2 - Old Co.

1 - Wash Co.

TIE - CAL

I remember in the late 70s, early 80s, when T & X would play D & BD in double headers at KFEC. Those were great. Today this should be an easy win for X. The Wallace era had better begin 1-0.

I have been a T fan most of my life. But Carmel is NOT Ryle. On the road I swear I think T is the underdog here at the beginning of the year.

Ryle looked like they were still reeling from the 2017 scrimmage. They did force a Shamrock punt on the opening series after a couple of T first downs, but then gave up a safety and the Rocks #1s scored on every possession after that I believe. If memory serves Ryle had only 1 first down in the first half. T is not better than last year, but they are a very different type of team. It should be a fun year.

You have to sleep in the bed you make for yourself.

Perfectly said that's what I've tried to say twice, but you did so much better. lol

Sometimes I get lucky.

I am a big T fan and I thought it was very well officiated overall.

I was watching video and announcers never noticed the change from jump ball to foul call either ( or, I missed hearing the change). Had me confused, too.

My gosh so many people are misunderstanding this call! Please follow this one item at a time:

1. jump ball was called.

2. Trinity player was handed the ball to inbound, and the five second count starts.

3. SC commits a foul on the floor BEFORE the ball is inbounded.

4. Official enforces foul, and the arrow does not change because the ball was never inbounded.

5. a minute late another held ball, still T ball.

It's that simple.

To the topic: I've seen T about 7 times this year and that was about as good as I have seen them play. And that is the first time I have EVER seen a Trinity team play a 2-3 zone for the ENTIRE game - I mean they did not come out of it for one second. Makes you wonder how much zone they might try to throw at Scott Co.?

I have always thought that cutting down the nets before anything other than the final game of the season is not good. That is not the top of the mountain. Do you cut down nets for district championships? I would hope (and even bet) that Cov Cath did not cut down nets after their regional title even if they were allowed to. I could be wrong though. If I am CC coach I say, "This is not the prize boys... this is not the prize. We have to earn the right to cut down the nets at Rupp."

Really gets me in the NCAA regionals. You win 4 games, 2 of which are usually against so-so opponents and you cut down nets? You are still two wins away from a title. Three of the four net cutters are not going to be champions. Cutting down the nets should be ULTRA special.

Ballard looked like they had never ever EVER seen a zone defense.

Rocks will play Scott County. They just won by 2

Winner is going to play Trinity. Rocks beat Ballard 68 to 53

Seems like the elephant-in-the-room issue is that the feelings about transfers are different depending on whether or not the student plays a major sport (really just football or basketball.) X had a senior transfer swimmer a couple of years ago who was one of the 4 fastest guys on their team. So there was some other team member who would have gotten to swim on a relay but didn't because of the senior transfer. No one raised an eyebrow. The kid moved to town and went where he wanted to go. Which is absolutely fine. If that kid had been a 6'11" post player or had Rondale Moore-like speed, we might still be talking about him today. But I bet no one one this site even knows his name.

Rondale is on a different level. He did things multiple times this year that I have never seen a high school kid do, and that includes Quick, Parker, Fant, etc., etc., etc. For those who saw him live a few times this year, I cannot imagine he would not get their vote.

No way.

'15 Male was undefeated and deserved it.

'13 Scott Co. beat Male, and earned it as well. Trinity won the rest, and X wasn't stopping them.

Absolutely X wins in '13 with Glaser and the Charles Walker show. Walker would have averaged 180 yds per game and the Tigers would have controlled the ball for 35 minutes per game. Of all the teams in the state, Scott Co. should be the most thankful that Glaser was not at the helm in 2013

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Sports fan, i believe trinity is heads and shoulders better than X in basketball. As a matter of fact, i think Trinity is also way ahead in basketball wins in the series of games played against Saint Xavier.

Lately yes, but all time I am guessing X is ahead. I would think X would have won 2 out of every 3 over the first 30-40 years of Trinity's existence, but maybe I am wrong.

Back to the football thread topic :-)... While I thought the officiating was bad, I thought some bad calls went against X also. And whomever you are, when you are winning by multiple scores the close calls don't tend to go your way. I think a deeper question/concern for the Commonwealth is that I think officiating has declined in a season-long fashion. Fewer people want to do it (oh gosh why?... could it be because people on sites like these bash them?), and as a result we are left with what we are left with. Guys who want to do it, doing the best they can.

I say go for two only if you think your opponent could come back. If it is late in the 3rd or into the 4th I say don't do it. But if you capitalize on a couple of turnovers in the first quarter and then score again early in the second quarter to go up 34-0, then go for 2 so that your opponent will not get the ball enough times to mount a comeback.

X's top basketball player is from New Albany?! I swear I had no idea on that one.

How is that not coming up in the discussion?

Final thought on the thread is that X would obviously be better with Moore, but the question is whether or not T's staff would do better shutting him down than X's staff did. Also, would X's scheme fully utilize Moore. It is not as simple as just giving him the ball and sitting back and watching.

Missing some biggies from X & T... I will probably think of more (and Shawn Johnson graduated T in '95, not '98)

For X

Mo Moorman '63 Texas A&M

Rick Buehner '78? Notre Dame

Mike Meiners '85 UK

Jeff Hale '85 UK

Jeff Houk '87 UK

Damian Burke '81? Ga Tech

For T

Louis Crristofoli '81 IU

David Iglehart '85 Alabama

Matt Stein '81 UK

Brad Lampley '93 Tennessee

Doug DeJarnett '74? Tennessee

Steve Scanlon '86 UK

Wes Weitlauf '08 UL

Vince Lococo '15 UL

Jason Larch '85 UK

Joe Welsh '81 UL

David Crane '85 UK

Mike Meiners '85 UK

I watched CovCath the other night. They are 4-deep at every position and look like a clone army. They are a very good football team and Mayer is an outstanding QB.

 

They aren't beating Trinity though. I would pay to watch that game, but they aren't winning.

This.