kyvince

Just plain embarassing.... No other way to describe it. From the coaches down through the players... Embarrassing

I was told by a couple of the Ft. Thomas faithful over a month ago that the Freshman Birds would be lucky to be .500. I thought they were sandbagging, and basically told them I thought so. Looks like I was wrong and owe a couple of folks an apology and a an adult beverage for me questioning their truthfulness. It's been a while since a team from Park Hills is a prohibitive favorite in Football game against Highlands. I think it is safe to say that will be the case next week when the two freshman squads meet.

Colonels by a double digits in this one. Not doubting the talent on the SK side, just that traditionally it takes the SK Freshman until about mid-season to hit their stride. If you play them later in the year once they have figured out their offensivie identity, they are usually tougher to beat. Add to the fact that the Colonels are loaded this year, and I think the result will be a 20 - 6 Colonel victory.

I think the Hentz is a very good Frosh QB. He is not the athlete that CVH is, but pretty good as compared to most Frosh QB's. Is it for sure the CVH will return this year, or will he heal up and wait for BBall season? As a football fan I sure hope he returns. However, if he is as good a bball player as I believe he is, then its a tough call.

Did Highlands struggle throwing the ball last night? That has traditionally been a week spot for the Pioneers defense. They are usually decent against the run but have struggled defending the pass, especially the short and intermediate game. Who played QB for the birds?

Tough match up for the Colonels. While their Defense is very good this year, the physical mis-match this game will create for the d-line/LB's has me concerned. Moeller's oline will probably outweigh the d-line/inside backers by 60 - 80 lbs per man. If moe decides to stuff it down CovCath's throat, I am afraid there may not be much a Sam Burchel(less) defense can do to stop it. I am sure Moeller will also work on their passing game as well. CovCath's secondary is very good with Way, Fisher, Oberhausen (if he plays) and Red Wag's. However, if Moeller's qb as all day to throw, it makes it very tough even on the best secondary to cover the type of athletes that Moeller will be sending out in routes.

Is there no exception listed to the rule? If not it would seem every clock play "intentionally thrown to conserve time" should be called intentional grounding.

I understand that losing your QB, in a new offense really puts you behind the 8 ball. I was only half kidding about going back to the old offense, but unless this was just a terrible aberration they don't have the QB to run the offense the tried tonight. They also didn't do the QB any favors by continuing to roll him to the right and forcing him to throw across his body. Hopefully they can re-group, but if not it's hard to find a win on the schedule.

Congrats to Coach Wagner couldn't happen to a better guy! Looks like the Breds will be tough again this year. Look forward to seeing them play.

Scrimmage or real game?

CovCath very good showing. Wagner was impressive, as was Dressman, Hatter and Braunetc. Defense for CovCath banged up with injuries, still played a very solid game with some inexperienced replacements. Bodes well for the Colonels once some key players return. Having said that, this was the worst Boone team I have ever seen. Kids gave great effort and never quit, however they were a hot mess on offense. Quite honestly they may be better off going back to the Owen Hauck offense. Their passing game was nearly non-existent. QB is a very good athlete but doesn't have the arm to run that offense. Unless some major changes occur it will be a very long year for Boone.

I heard that several of the programs in Central and NKY where former G-town players are/were coaches were contacted about a potential game. Don't know anymore than that,but that is what was told by a coach with ties to g-town.

Is Alex playing LB? or is he playing safety? Love the way the Wagner boys play the game. How about Rensing and Harden are they going to get playing time at LB?

I'm hearing that the Elder faithful are not very confident in this years team. The overall talent and numbers are down. They are talking about this game as a must win just to have a chance at a .500 record. They are very concerned about this game. To use their words..' Losing to Trinity is one thing, losing to anyone else in the state of KY is unacceptable'

I agree. I think this is the most talented team I have seen in many years. However, many things can happen during a season, injuries, illness etc. Many times at the freshman level one or two dominant players can control a game. I have seen my share of Freshman games where one gifted player returns a couple punts or breaks off a couple long runs and an other wise very close game gets flipped the other way. I think this team will do very well, but it takes many things going right for an undefeated season.

I know the Floyd kid is an excellent athlete, but is he a QB? I don't remember him playing that position in the past. Does he have the arm to have a multi-dimensional offense or will Boone have to revert back to the run oriented offenses of the past?

Luke is a great kid and a very hard worker. With all due respect to Sam Burchell, who I believe is the best LB in NKY, Luke is maybe the most important player on the Colonels this year. He is a fantastic runner, who can also catch the ball out of the back field as well. With the young, all beit very exciting, qb at the helm this year Luke will be relied on as the bell cow of the offense. With the O-line they have this year, I would expect Luke to have outstanding year this year. My concern is that, God forbid, if Luke gets injured they will be very young and inexperienced at the RB position.

I am a huge sports guy, football in particular but I agree that there is just too much required of HS athletes today. I personally think that the amount of time has hurt the numbers in Football. I realize that the intent was to "improve" the game and give more Ky Football players an opportunity to play in College. I am not sure it has been successful. The top 10% of programs may have improved their level of play, but overall I think the quality of HS football has diminished the past 15 years. I think we should double the length of the dead period. Make it start June 15th and end July 15th. It would give families, coaches included a well deserved/needed break.

Now on to the predicted record. As others have said Higlands and Moeller will be favorites over CovCath. The remaining games CovCath will either be the favorite or it will be a toss up. Barring more critical injuries, the offense will be very good. If the D-line plays to it's potential, I think the defense will be outstanding as well. Let's remember that these seniors as Frosh were very good. Only losses were to Highlands. In fact only other close game was to Campbell Co. I know Freshman records don't mean much 3 years later, but the core of this team is very talented. I will go as far as to say that if they don't go 7-3 in the regular season it will be a big disappointment. But as AAATC says, thats why we play the games!

Really hate to hear this. Sam is such a good kid and a leader on and off the field. Really hope its 6 weeks or less, for Sam and his family's sake. He will be driving them crazy if he starts missing football games. Prayers out to a quick recovery for Sam.

I think Football is the greatest game every invented. I played into College and my son played from the time he was 7 until he graduated from HS. If I had another son or if I have grand children I would love for them to play football. I think that proper coaching, along with proper equipment and proper training/conditioning can significantly reduce the risk of serious head injuries. I am a bit skeptical about all of the "research" that now points to Head trauma sports injuries as the cause of other issues later in life. There is very little money made for researchers who cannot tie their findings to a cause of some type. My father experienced Dimentia the last year or so of his life. They told us he did not have Alzheimer's disease. At that time the Dr's told us that cases of Dimentia had increased 10 to 20 fold over the past 20 years. They told us there were as many as 20 different potential causes of the increase ( more awareness, people living longer, Chemicals in our food, C-sections etc.) They also told us that about 75% of the research funding was being targeted/marketed at Alzheimers Disease. The reason was that by finding a villain they are able to acquire backing both financially and politically. I am not sure that Head Trauma is not being named a villain in this case. Now having said all of that, if my son, grand son etc. were to experience head trauma either on or off the football field I would be cautious to a fault before ever allowing him to return to the field. I think that the points about College and Pro Football (as much as I love watching) are valid. The pounding taken by adults over a 4 year (college), or longer ( pro) career seem to have a true cause and effect relationship to certain types of diseases experienced later in life. The problem is that the sample size of ex-nfl and ex-college football players probably isn't great enough to garner the money needed to do the research necessary. To get that money the pool of potential victims have now been broadened to include both HS and Youth football. To summarize I am not saying their shouldn't been a concern about Head trauma injuries in football, hockey, bball etc. What I am saying is that the pendulum always swings to far. Right now its to the point that they are so overly aware of it that it has become the Villain, to the extent it does not warrent.

Forgot about Mike Robinson. I was aware at college for Jr. and Sr. year. He was a dominating HS player. Speed and strength were as good as you see in HS. I would revise my previous list and slot him in right behind Billy Vogt. 1) Ziegler 2) Frank Jacobs 3) Billy Vogt 4) Mike Robinson 5) Keith Rushell

IF were talking about what they did in High school then there is one or two names that needs to be added to the list. One would be Billy Vogt. Billy dominated NKY his senior season both on offense and defense. I don't have the stat's in front of me, but he rushed for over 1000 yards with something like a 7.8 yard per carry. He also was the leading reciever on a very good NewCath team. In addition he was an outstanding defensive back one of the leaders in Interceptions both his Jr. and Sr. seasons. Billy then went on to star at Morehead St. as a db and Kick returner. The second would be Keith Ruschell. Keith was an unbelievable LB who though undersized was an absolute beast in the middle of the field. The Defensive player of the year is named after Keith and rightly so. In my 45 + years of watching NewCath Football Keith was the most disruptive LB I can remember. Keith received a scholarship to Xavier, who then dropped football after his Freshman year. Keith sadly died in his early twenties from a fall at Red River Gorge. My list would be: 1) Ziegler 2) Frank Jacobs 3) Billy Vogt 4) Keith Rushell

The Big "C" (Carl Foster for non-Thoroughbreds) is old school. I was congratulating him on his choice of Dan Wagner as Head Footbal Coach, when he told me he has never held interviews for the Coaching positions of Football, Baseball or Basketball. Bob Schneider was there his entire tenure as Principal the 1st time. When John Gross left, he offered the job to Gary Schulte, when Schulte left it went to Krebs, when Krebs left it went to Ron Dawn. He retired as Principal during Dawn to Detzal transition. He returns to Principal and has to pick both Football and Basketball immediately. He told me, " I knew who deserved the job, I simply ask do you want it". My guess is the same thing occurred again with Ron Dawn.

I heard he is Manti Teo's girlfriends brother