reddevil38

I'll have to go with Kasey, anyone who can have that kind of performance on a torn up knee gets my vote. Also, the whole Russell D should get the MVP, I believe they only gave up 40 yards to Mercer in the second half.

I'm not saying the weather didn't hurt Mercer, but they seemed to be running just fine, you know they had tight hamstrings? It's cold for everybody.. The wind took away 1/3 of Russell's offense. Mercer doesn't pass the ball.

Why is Commonwealth not suitable? Lexington is more centrally located to the rest of the state, I think having it there would raise attendance. I know alot of people who don't goto the games, because they don't enjoy going to Louisville.

I don't think the cold was much of a factor, the players weren't feeling it after the first minute of play. The wind took Russell's passing game away, Mercer didn't have a passing game(10 passes in 14 games I believe), So I'm gonna have to go with the weather helped Mercer.

Did you look at stats?

I thought their was a rule on fumbling in the endzone, if a player fumbles into the endzone that same player has to recover it before its considered a touchdown. Maybe I am wrong but someone mentioned a rule like that.

I have nothing to say but 3 Private schools win, and in 2A, a team that is twice 2A wins, KHSAA might as well not even exist. Give examples of what good they do?

Has anyone congratulated Rusell on being the best 2A team in the state? Mercer may have won, barely, 2td's each team. Point afters were huge. Great game Russell, Ive never been prouder of a Russell team.

Will any team from the west ever win a Championship in 3A? Hard for me to see that happening.

Yeah I felt bad for Tyler, it had to be tough throwing passes in that kind of wind. The wind was blowing so hard that sometimes the refs had to hold the ball for the center so it didnt blow away.

I heard that the basketball teams will not be consolidated. Is this true?

Anyone know Mercer's rushing total for the 2nd half? Russell seemed to move the ball well in the 3rd quarter, they got inside Mercer's 30 a couple of times but could never finish it off. Terrific D by both teams, Russell really impressed me, they gave up 2 big plays, but shut Mercer down other than that.

So your saying Mercer isn't alot better with the transfers from Harrodsburg?

Yeah I was at that one, didn't think Boyle was a passing team, till that game.

I wish Russell would have picked up the LC game, instead of Lawrence or even Raceland, the 2000 game was great.

Boyle Co. did it for awhile, they moved up to 3A and won 3 straight if my memory serves me right.

Most of those games haven't been played in decades.

http://www.russell-ind.k12.ky.us/reddevilssports/footballmainsite.htm\ Russell's station is KISS 107.1, its in the links.

Well after reading all of these, Im gonna need a snow mobile, umbrella, golashes, tanktop, sunscreen, boat, windbreaker, ski gear. I can't bring all of these to the game, I have a camry, 4 door.

Obviously not!

Russell/Lex Cath Russell/Breathitt Co. Russell/Owen. Cath. Russell/Ironton, Oh. Russell/Danville Russell/Beachwood All of those games I think would be good games yearly.

Not by much, he runs about a 4.4, I think at nfldraftscout.com he is listed at 4.37.

Our semi-final losses don't come to teams from the west, I believe 2 of the AAA semi-final losses were to Highlands, I dont consider them a western team. The rest I would say are from SE mountain teams.

Why does last yrs game even matter? The game was over mid 3rd qtr. They scored two td's late in the 4th, with Varsity vs JV. That was last year, they have older kids and new kids. This should be a fun game to watch. Last year's game has no effect of this years game. IF you go by the recent 6 or 7 year history, this shouldn't even be a game, but I think it will probably be the best one to watch at State. I think the other games will be completely one sided, 1A has a chance to be good.

I agree with the strength of schedule argument, but it also punishes a kid like Kasey, the KHSAA made us play 7 (can't think of a word without offending someone) teams, in comparison to those that are in the final 8. He could be somewhere around 3000yds all purpose and 80td's this season, but sometimes he only got a handful or rushes in a game, and would still get 5 td's. Im rooting for him, but I believe with the tough defenses we've played, and with them putting 9-10 guys in the box, his stats from the last 2 games will hurt. Good Luck to all. Havent seen any of the others mentioned on here play.