[TomcatDad81]

Well the point is that this game had NO implecation for these next to it being a rivalry. BC's fate was in the hands of Lawrence and Greenup, no matter their play that night against Ashland, the same goes for Ashland, all they had to play for was the rivalry. They had already won the district win or lose. Trust me, as a player, if it's close to a first down on 4th down, and your coach gave you the option, you'd say go for it. It was senior night and I'm sure the seniors wanting to go for it and the coach did what they wanting to do because he knew it was most likely their last game.

Yes I agree...if it was close...but 4th and 8....4th and even longer and he still went for it. I know all about the tradition behind this rivalry...I graduated from BC. I even sat on the APB side with, at the time girlfriend...later ex-wife, my senior year. Ashland went up 7 - 0 within the first few seconds of the game. I told the ex not to get too excited as they wouldn't score again...turns out I was right as the final that night was APB 7 - BC 34. Rivalry or not, impact on the season or not, you don't do that to your kids in front of their home crowd. Get the goose egg off the scoreboard ASAP.