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09-25-2009, 10:52 AM
By Ryan Ernst • [email]rernst@enquirer.com[/email] • September 24, 2009

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St. Xavier and Highlands enter tonight's nationally televised football game with similar rankings in national polls. Their coaches' opinions about those polls couldn't be more different.


Highlands coach Dale Mueller: "Our goal is to win the national championship. ... We're kind of considering it a national championship game."

St. Xavier coach Steve Specht: "I wish we could just throw away all the national polls. They're fun for the fans, but they really have nothing to do with what we're trying to accomplish."

Tonight's game - starting at 6:30 p.m. at David Cecil Memorial Stadium and being broadcast on CBS College Sports Network at 8 p.m. - won't affect any league or district standings. It will have only a marginal effect on playoff positioning. But when it comes to regional bragging rights and national exposure, there isn't a bigger matchup on the local schedule.

Most national polls favor St. X - some more than others.

Prepnation.com has St. X ranked 13th and Highlands unranked. The Maxpreps Xcellent 25 lists the Bombers 16th and Highlands 18th. The Maxpreps Freeman Rankings have St. X No. 2 and Highlands unranked. ESPN.com has Highlands ranked 27th and St. X 30th. Rivals.com puts St. X 24th and Highlands 25th. USA Today's Super 25, the most established national poll, has St. X 17th and Highlands unranked.

One set of computer rankings, the Massey Ratings, even has the Bombers ranked No. 1 in the country.

For the football-crazy community of Fort Thomas, the game will be its first crack at such a high-profile opponent and first time on national TV.

"It's a very important game for us," said Highlands senior offensive lineman Tyler Grubbs. "This is what we've been working for since we started winter weights on Jan. 5. This is our game."
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St. Xavier (OH) @ Highlands 9/25 - by BHS78 - 09-20-2009, 11:31 AM
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