[Strikeout King]

Nickname: Purples
Head Coach: Kevin Wallace
2012: 15-0
Playoffs: Class 5A Champs
Players lost to graduation: 14


2013 Varsity Schedule
Aug 24 - 8 PM - Lexington Catholic^
Aug 31 - 5 PM - Bryan Station^^
Sep 6 - 7 PM - @ St. Xavier
Sep 13 - 7 PM - Owensboro
Sep 20 - 7 PM - @ Mcallie, TN
Sep 27 - 7 PM - Barren County*
Oct 4 - 7 PM - @ Logan County*
Oct 18 - 7 PM - Warren Central*
Oct 25 - 7 PM - Greenwood*
Nov 1 - 7 PM - Blackman, TN+


Schedule Key:
^ Rafferty's Bowl at WKU
^^ Bluegrass Bowl at Lexington Catholic
* Denotes District Game
+ Senior Night

[adopted purple]

Back to back to back.

[Fly Like a Duck]

...to back.

[NEWARKCATHOLICFAN]

They should be very good again.

[adopted purple]

Only 5 of the graduating seniors started. On paper, they should be better than last year, but they don't play on paper.

[RunItUpTheGut]

15-0
Id love to be a BG fan

[hop24]

5A state champs, easy. Would love to see the game with St. X. Kudos to this coaching staff. They have created a big fast Purple machine.

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Only problems I see within the Purples' program is the loss of coaching staff.
Hopefully it will only have an effect early on the season and the Purples develop in to the machine they are supposed to be.

On a side note, they will lose 6 players that started. (5 seniors, 1 junior transfer)

I can reasonably see a 14-1, 15-0 state finish. Blackman and Saint X should really be the golden games on their schedule.

Kudos to BG for stepping up their game and going to find people to play in places like Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, and Louisville.

Good luck to the Purples!

[sstack]

Only problems I see within the Purples' program is the loss of coaching staff.
Hopefully it will only have an effect early on the season and the Purples develop in to the machine they are supposed to be. On a side note, they will lose 6 players that started. (5 seniors, 1 junior transfer)

I can reasonably see a 14-1, 15-0 state finish. Blackman and Saint X should really be the golden games on their schedule.

Kudos to BG for stepping up their game and going to find people to play in places like Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, and Louisville.

Good luck to the Purples!

BG is going to have a good team, but if they have problems early in the season it will be because that is the only tough part of the schedule. First three games are good but the rest of the schedule looks pretty puny. Would have liked to see a little better schedule for a team that wants to say they are top team in the state.

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BG is going to have a good team, but if they have problems early in the season it will be because that is the only tough part of the schedule. First three games are good but the rest of the schedule looks pretty puny. Would have liked to see a little better schedule for a team that wants to say they are top team in the state.

I strongly disagree with this statement. Blackman, TN is a very well known football school in TN, they are nothing to take lightly.

Also, four of their games is obviously to district opponents. One of those being Warren Central who has been top 15 regardless of class the past three years.

So looking at their non-district games they have,
Lex Cath
Saint X
McCallie, TN
Blackman, TN
Bryan Station
Owensboro

Im sorry, you arent going to convince me that that is a weak schedule.

[sstack]

I strongly disagree with this statement. Blackman, TN is a very well known football school in TN, they are nothing to take lightly.

Also, four of their games is obviously to district opponents. One of those being Warren Central who has been top 15 regardless of class the past three years.

So looking at their non-district games they have,
Lex Cath
Saint X
McCallie, TN
Blackman, TN
Bryan Station
Owensboro

Im sorry, you arent going to convince me that that is a weak schedule.

Did not say it was weak, but do think it could be better. Lex Cath is not that good and should not give BG much trouble, St. X will be a good game, BS average at best, TN teams average, Warren Central good last year not sure what they have back, Owensboro average. would have liked to have seen a Trinity,Highlands, Cov Cath, Cincinnati team type game on the schedule; I know it is hard to work those games out and travel is tough, but still would have liked to have seen a more marque game.

[RunItUpTheGut]

Did not say it was weak, but do think it could be better. Lex Cath is not that good and should not give BG much trouble, St. X will be a good game, BS average at best, TN teams average, Warren Central good last year not sure what they have back, Owensboro average. would have liked to have seen a Trinity,Highlands, Cov Cath, Cincinnati team type game on the schedule; I know it is hard to work those games out and travel is tough, but still would have liked to have seen a more marque game.

Its hard to schedule a "strong" schedule in the opinion of other state powers.
Unless BG schedules Trinity, along with ST.X they would actually be playing down when playing the rest of the state. Highlands would be the only other "strong" opponent for BG and Highlands is playing down a class.

I think BG is doing it right by slowly picking the schedule up. They are playing some quality programs out of Tennessee. I just dont understand how they could schedule better teams than Lex Cath and Bryan Station. All of 5A is watered down horribly when it comes to tough competetion, and I understand there wanting to play Owensboro, so unless they schedule some teams like T and Highlands, I just dont see how they could do any better, and the thing about that is, those teams may not be able to schedule BG.

[sstack]

Its hard to schedule a "strong" schedule in the opinion of other state powers.
Unless BG schedules Trinity, along with ST.X they would actually be playing down when playing the rest of the state. Highlands would be the only other "strong" opponent for BG and Highlands is playing down a class.

I think BG is doing it right by slowly picking the schedule up. They are playing some quality programs out of Tennessee. I just dont understand how they could schedule better teams than Lex Cath and Bryan Station. All of 5A is watered down horribly when it comes to tough competetion, and I understand there wanting to play Owensboro, so unless they schedule some teams like T and Highlands, I just dont see how they could do any better, and the thing about that is, those teams may not be able to schedule BG.

You are right, it would be hard to schedule better teams, I just would like to see BG,JH, X, Trinity, Highlands,and the likes play each other every year. I know it will not happen, but I can still wish for it.

[HonestJohn]

You are right, it would be hard to schedule better teams, I just would like to see BG,JH, X, Trinity, Highlands,and the likes play each other every year. I know it will not happen, but I can still wish for it.

I agree with sstack. If you want to say back-to-back-to-back, and bragg about the 15-0 (or 45-0) then play somebody to prove you are a top dog. If I thought I had the best team in the state, I would want to play the other top teams to prove I was indeed the top dog. You can bark on the porch all day, but it the biting dog people remember.

[adopted purple]

Bowling Green is in the 3rd year of a 4 year deal with St. X. They have played either St.X or Trinity for the last 12 years or so. Highlands is only other team left in the state that might beat the Purples, but they respectfully declined an invitation to the Raffertys' Bowl. All you can do is ask. We can't make them play us.

[RunItUpTheGut]

You are right, it would be hard to schedule better teams, I just would like to see BG,JH, X, Trinity, Highlands,and the likes play each other every year. I know it will not happen, but I can still wish for it.

I completely agree.
It would be awesome to see a bowl game put on at UK or UofL that featured these teams rotating opponents every year.

[RunItUpTheGut]

I agree with sstack. If you want to say back-to-back-to-back, and bragg about the 15-0 (or 45-0) then play somebody to prove you are a top dog. If I thought I had the best team in the state, I would want to play the other top teams to prove I was indeed the top dog. You can bark on the porch all day, but it the biting dog people remember.

Who do you think they should play?
Give us some examples.
Highlands turned down an offer to play in the Rafertys bowl, and Trinity only plays national powers outside of district play and wouldnt agree to a game with BG, you and i both know that. Theres nothing for Trinity to gain.

So whos left? They alread play St.X. There are no other powerhouse schools in the state that would even challenge BG IMHO.
Should they start playing a Trinity type schedule? No.
Who else in this state should they play to prove themselves?

[adopted purple]

Bowling Green doesn't have private school money. They couldn't afford to play a Trinity type schedule. Trinity is playing in Las Vegas next year. I'm sure they are getting most of the trip paid for, but it isn't cheap. I do believe a bowl game featuring Trinity, St. X, Highlands, and Bowling Green would be a huge draw wherever they played. It sure would be fun for us fans.

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This is the "year" for the Purples according to some. I wish them the best from EKY!

AP, you know more than I do, will the losses of coaches Seabolt and Griffith hurt the Purples early on? Hopefully it will only strain them early on. Did either of them bring any staff with them? Should be interesting to see all of this play out.

[adopted purple]

This is the "year" for the Purples according to some. I wish them the best from EKY!

AP, you know more than I do, will the losses of coaches Seabolt and Griffith hurt the Purples early on? Hopefully it will only strain them early on. Did either of them bring any staff with them? Should be interesting to see all of this play out.

Anytime you lose a great defensive coordinator, it's not good, but this year is probably the best year it could happen. Coach Spader has been with the team for years and will run the same defense. Former Warren East Coach Ben Bruni is the new offensive line coach. He was on the Purples 1995 State Championship team. I don't think they will miss a beat. Hopefully

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Anytime you lose a great defensive coordinator, it's not good, but this year is probably the best year it could happen. Coach Spader has been with the team for years and will run the same defense. Former Warren East Coach Ben Bruni is the new offensive line coach. He was on the Purples 1995 State Championship team. I don't think they will miss a beat. Hopefully

Thanks for the info! Hopefully Spader and the rest of the defensive staff will stay on point for the upcoming season.


And I don't know much about Bruni, but he is a former head coach with two appearances in a semi-state playoff game so I would say it's a slam dunk pick up!

Good luck to your Purples, AP!

[DragonFire]

Hadn't seen yet that Coach Bruni was hired on as O-Line coach. Glad to hear he's not totally out of the coaching game. Well, as glad as I can be given that he's an outstanding coach at a rival school.

[adopted purple]

Hadn't seen yet that Coach Bruni was hired on as O-Line coach. Glad to hear he's not totally out of the coaching game. Well, as glad as I can be given that he's an outstanding coach at a rival school.

Someone mentioned he was back at Bowling Green and he is listed on the website as offensive line coach. I'm guessing that he doesn't want to get completely out of football while he's finishing his education. Never burn your bridges.

[birdman44]

Bowling Green is in the 3rd year of a 4 year deal with St. X. They have played either St.X or Trinity for the last 12 years or so. Highlands is only other team left in the state that might beat the Purples, but they respectfully declined an invitation to the Raffertys' Bowl. All you can do is ask. We can't make them play us.

So you were on the three way call with the head coaches of these two teams when this happened? Even it's true head coaches with class dont run and tell teams declining.

If so the Birds probably declined BG to play a Florida State Champion team first game of the season.

[adopted purple]

So you were on the three way call with the head coaches of these two teams when this happened? Even it's true head coaches with class dont run and tell teams declining.

If so the Birds probably declined BG to play a Florida State Champion team first game of the season.

I'm sure that was the reason.

[birdman44]

I'm sure that was the reason.

yeahyeah :Thumbs:

[strawberryshakeman]

yeahyeah :Thumbs:

I watched NCC play Cooper last year in a scrimmage. NCC played with several players out due to injury and Cooper beat them. I also got a chance to watch Cooper and BG play in the 5A championship. Knowing what I know about Highland's, its probably a good thing BG and Highland's don't play beacuse Highland's would walk away with that game.

[adopted purple]

I watched NCC play Cooper last year in a scrimmage. NCC played with several players out due to injury and Cooper beat them. I also got a chance to watch Cooper and BG play in the 5A championship. Knowing what I know about Highland's, its probably a good thing BG and Highland's don't play beacuse Highland's would walk away with that game.

I disagree Nostradamus. I saw Trinity wear out Highlands last year in their scrimmage. I also saw St. X. almost beat Trinity in the playoffs. The same St. X team that Bowling Green beat. It's hard to watch last years teams and know who will win this year. I don't know myself, but I also know that you don't either. Maybe, if they ever play, we will know, but only for that year.

[birdman44]

I disagree Nostradamus. I saw Trinity wear out Highlands last year in their scrimmage. I also saw St. X. almost beat Trinity in the playoffs. The same St. X team that Bowling Green beat. It's hard to watch last years teams and know who will win this year. I don't know myself, but I also know that you don't either. Maybe, if they ever play, we will know, but only for that year.

True, you never know unless they play. Scrimmages dont really count either. The coaches dont really treat it like a game so it shouldnt be factored. It comes down to game day. two teams show up one wins and thats that ... the only proof.

Please go back to a 4A system. I liked it when BG was in the same class as Highlands. Two top 5 KY teams going at it in the state championship. BG was always that team on the other side of the bracket that you payed attention to. I think the only time the two teams have played has been in the state championship?

[RunItUpTheGut]

If we went back to four classes, BG would definitely be 4A and Highlands would definitely not.