[Old School Hound]

In this thread I'd like to hear from football gurus like Bull, and others, who watch hours and hours of football each week, and love breaking down  game film to see exactly what happened between the lines.

The people I don't need to hear from in this thread are those who only chime in to say things like Paducah was just bigger and stronger and had too many athletes.  The fact of the matter is , this was a winnable game from the get go for both Corbin and Paducah. As Jack Lambert said, Corbin looked like the better team in the first half. Tilghman played the better football in the second half but the game was still up for grabs with a quarter to go.

I want a football x's and o's discussion of why Tilghman was able to come away with the win.  This was not Boyle-Perry Central or Corbin-Wayne. This was a matchup that could have gone either way. Corbin had numerous opportunities to extend their 4-point lead and really take control of the game but simply couldn't do it.

I'd like to hear those who watch and analyze a lot of football attempt to breakdown exactly what went wrong in the second half for the Redhounds that thwarted their ability to maintain, or build upon , what they did in the first half, when they appeared to be the better football team.

How much did the flag fest against Corbin work to halt their momentum? They were up by 4 in the third quarter and forced a PT punt to the Corbin 26. From  there, Corbin was backed up to their own goal line by flags and the momentum and the field was flipped. Corbin never looked confident after that.

Was Corbin outcoached? Tilghman kept bringing the pressure and Corbin kept looking for receivers long, instead of taking ewhat they were given over the middle. There was just not enough time to find receivers down the field. Did Corbin fail to make the needed adjustments to counter Tilghman's defensive pressure?

I need reasons, and I need them from good football people, not Sunday morning QB's or people who have perpetual axes to grind against Corbin. I trust guys like Bull Got Out and some of the other Old Hounds to give it to me straight.  Come on, coaches, let's hear it.

What in the hell went wrong?

[Bull got out!]

Old School, Im not doing good right now and I havnt rewatched the game to look at it. But from memory, honestly games in the 4th round has alot of pressure in the game for these kids. So giving the fact that Corbin was on the road and fatigue will always be a factor no matter what anyone says, and the moment swings of this game were back and forth. Corbin was able to win the first half. Now no lead is safe when you have a close score and we saw that in other games, back and forth. I think with Boyle being knocked out early this year put alot more pressure on all the remaining teams as they knew this year would be a new champion not named Boyle, Johnson Central or Franklin Simpson in the last 10 years. I have to give alot of credit to Paducah Tilghman for the 2cd half defensive pressure, to me if there is one thing to say that may have swayed the mometum and kept it in one spot was the PT defense. They were able to do something that not many teams have done in the last few years since Elam was at QB and hold Corbin scoreless in a half. So on my end, out of respect for these Corbin players, I read what one kid said for a example, He was proud to be a Redhound and thanked the Team and Fans for his time as his time is done as a player. That brings back a moment for myself that I realize that these kids love to play no matter win, lose or draw. I think at the end of the day, Salmons and this team outperformed all expectations and came very close and really making the final 4 is something no one can take away from them especially when you have the teams like they face in Class 4A. So as a fan, I enjoyed this year as good as any. A big thank you from my end as a fan to Corbin. Breaking down games is one thing, but this season only has two teams left. I have enjoyed Class 4A Football this year. I would have never predicted PT vs Franklin County. But like both these teams, they have came up short themselves in recent years and now have found their way back to have a chance the title. Sometimes its not pointing fingers. Its just pulling up your pants and getting back to work.

[Waitaminute]

PT brought more than Corbin could block.
PT got the ball to their athletes in space.

[Old School Hound]

PT brought more than Corbin could block.
PT got the ball to their athletes in space.

What would you have done to counter that pressure? Could Corbin have gone for shorter routes or schemed around the bad math?

[Gridiron_Raid]

Tempo from PT put pressure on the Corbin Secondary in the second half. Tempo makes teams have mental mistakes on assignments and it showed on the one big touchdown run in the second half.

PT defensive coordinator played man, sometimes all the way across with no zone safety, pretty much the entire 2nd half. They brought more than they could block (or blitzing 6 and 7 against 5 blockers) and corbin never made them pay with anything quick over the middle. Corbin had a screen drawn up in the third with their backs on the endzone, but the RB seemed to not be on the same page with elam. If they complete that screen, it is a minimum 35 yard gain if not a game changing play converting a 2nd and 20+. Should have had more of that.

Corbin thought they could play man on some huge third and fourth downs late, and james ATE THEM UP. Made the right throws and got it out quick. Or when they play man, and the receivers have such a threat of deep speed, the linebackers, ends, and corners will turn their backs and run with their receivers. The draw hit once or twice for PT and corbin defenders had their backs turned thinking they were getting beat deep. When you play man, one missed tackle can be a huge play for the other team.

PT had a great second half scheme, but corbin had a great 1st half scheme with the QB run out of empty, the motion out of the backfield, and especially the movement of the secondary to mess with james. They came into the game with a very good gameplan. PT made the half time adjustments, but the corbin staff did not change one thing. The players on the field were very even IMO, but the corbin staff made zero changes when they could’ve made 1-2 adjustments and it’s definitely not a 3 score game.

Trust me, i know a lot about not making half time adjustments and getting out coached… Im a bobcat fan….

[Old School Hound]

Tempo from PT put pressure on the Corbin Secondary in the second half. Tempo makes teams have mental mistakes on assignments and it showed on the one big touchdown run in the second half.

PT defensive coordinator played man, sometimes all the way across with no zone safety, pretty much the entire 2nd half. They brought more than they could block (or blitzing 6 and 7 against 5 blockers) and corbin never made them pay with anything quick over the middle. Corbin had a screen drawn up in the third with their backs on the endzone, but the RB seemed to not be on the same page with elam. If they complete that screen, it is a minimum 35 yard gain if not a game changing play converting a 2nd and 20+. Should have had more of that.

Corbin thought they could play man on some huge third and fourth downs late, and james ATE THEM UP. Made the right throws and got it out quick. Or when they play man, and the receivers have such a threat of deep speed, the linebackers, ends, and corners will turn their backs and run with their receivers. The draw hit once or twice for PT and corbin defenders had their backs turned thinking they were getting beat deep. When you play man, one missed tackle can be a huge play for the other team.

PT had a great second half scheme, but corbin had a great 1st half scheme with the QB run out of empty, the motion out of the backfield, and especially the movement of the secondary to mess with james. They came into the game with a very good gameplan. PT made the half time adjustments, but the corbin staff did not change one thing. The players on the field were very even IMO, but the corbin staff made zero changes when they could’ve made 1-2 adjustments and it’s definitely not a 3 score game.

Trust me, i know a lot about not making half time adjustments and getting out coached… Im a bobcat fan….

Now that's the kind of stuff I'm looking for in this thread. Very good analysis.  Coaches, keep it coming.\,please.  Very good, Gridiron. Really good sh!t, there.  I need more of stuff like this to put some closure on this season. I can't help but feel Corbin lost the coaching battle in this one. Am I right or wrong?

[Wildcat09]

Will Corbin Ever Win A State Championship

[Old School Hound]

Will Corbin Ever Win A State Championship

With some age-related dementia starting to settle in, I am having a hard time remembering the last one. I think it will happen again but I have no idea when. They are good at middle school championships. I think they need to play the RPI game better. That has cost them severely.

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Will Corbin Ever Win A State Championship

[BigDawgPrez]

Corbin was not big enough or strong enough to keep up with PT for four quarters...

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In all honesty, after watching the film back; PT made some great halftime adjustments that Corbin just could not match. They knew what the Redhounds were going to throw at them on down and distance plays, and Corbin couldn't answer. Corbin did not seem to respond to what was happening in the first half like PT did and that was the game breaker. Great season by the Redhounds, but you have to be able to make halftime adjustments.

[Old School Hound]

Corbin was not big enough or strong enough to keep up with PT for four quarters...

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In all honesty, after watching the film back; PT made some great halftime adjustments that Corbin just could not match. They knew what the Redhounds were going to throw at them on down and distance plays, and Corbin couldn't answer. Corbin did not seem to respond to what was happening in the first half like PT did and that was the game breaker. Great season by the Redhounds, but you have to be able to make halftime adjustments.

I agree, adjustments are key. Greer was not great at adjustments and I don't know if he ever watched game film. I do know Salmons watches film and prepares well. Maybe Corbin felt like, since they outplayed Tilghman in the first half, that they'd just stay the course and try to outlast them for four quarters. That strategy failed miserably. Tilghman's adjustments, combined with the flags flying like a locust storm, certainly reversed the momentum in the favor of the homestanding Tornado.

[TD Hounds]

In this thread I'd like to hear from football gurus like Bull, and others, who watch hours and hours of football each week, and love breaking down  game film to see exactly what happened between the lines.

The people I don't need to hear from in this thread are those who only chime in to say things like Paducah was just bigger and stronger and had too many athletes.  The fact of the matter is , this was a winnable game from the get go for both Corbin and Paducah. As Jack Lambert said, Corbin looked like the better team in the first half. Tilghman played the better football in the second half but the game was still up for grabs with a quarter to go.

I want a football x's and o's discussion of why Tilghman was able to come away with the win.  This was not Boyle-Perry Central or Corbin-Wayne. This was a matchup that could have gone either way. Corbin had numerous opportunities to extend their 4-point lead and really take control of the game but simply couldn't do it.

I'd like to hear those who watch and analyze a lot of football attempt to breakdown exactly what went wrong in the second half for the Redhounds that thwarted their ability to maintain, or build upon , what they did in the first half, when they appeared to be the better football team.

How much did the flag fest against Corbin work to halt their momentum? They were up by 4 in the third quarter and forced a PT punt to the Corbin 26. From  there, Corbin was backed up to their own goal line by flags and the momentum and the field was flipped. Corbin never looked confident after that.

Was Corbin outcoached? Tilghman kept bringing the pressure and Corbin kept looking for receivers long, instead of taking ewhat they were given over the middle.  There was just not enough time to find receivers down the field. Did Corbin fail to make the needed adjustments to counter Tilghman's defensive pressure?

I need reasons, and I need them from good football people, not Sunday morning QB's or people who have perpetual axes to grind against Corbin. I trust guys like Bull Got Out and some of the other Old Hounds to give it to me straight.  Come on, coaches, let's hear it.

What in the hell went wrong?

All about what Bull said think about where things stood in May, did anyone think we’d make it to the Semis?  Love these young men and how they represented us I thank them…

[jetpilot]

Paducah was just bigger and stronger and had too many athletes.

[Old School Hound]

In this thread I'd like to hear from football gurus like Bull, and others, who watch hours and hours of football each week, and love breaking down  game film to see exactly what happened between the lines.

The people I don't need to hear from in this thread are those who only chime in to say things like Paducah was just bigger and stronger and had too many athletes.  The fact of the matter is , this was a winnable game from the get go for both Corbin and Paducah. As Jack Lambert said, Corbin looked like the better team in the first half. Tilghman played the better football in the second half but the game was still up for grabs with a quarter to go.

I want a football x's and o's discussion of why Tilghman was able to come away with the win.  This was not Boyle-Perry Central or Corbin-Wayne. This was a matchup that could have gone either way. Corbin had numerous opportunities to extend their 4-point lead and really take control of the game but simply couldn't do it.

I'd like to hear those who watch and analyze a lot of football attempt to breakdown exactly what went wrong in the second half for the Redhounds that thwarted their ability to maintain, or build upon , what they did in the first half, when they appeared to be the better football team.

How much did the flag fest against Corbin work to halt their momentum? They were up by 4 in the third quarter and forced a PT punt to the Corbin 26. From  there, Corbin was backed up to their own goal line by flags and the momentum and the field was flipped. Corbin never looked confident after that.

Was Corbin outcoached? Tilghman kept bringing the pressure and Corbin kept looking for receivers long, instead of taking ewhat they were given over the middle.  There was just not enough time to find receivers down the field. Did Corbin fail to make the needed adjustments to counter Tilghman's defensive pressure?

I need reasons, and I need them from good football people, not Sunday morning QB's or people who have perpetual axes to grind against Corbin. I trust guys like Bull Got Out and some of the other Old Hounds to give it to me straight.  Come on, coaches, let's hear it.

What in the hell went wrong?

All about what Bull said think about where things stood in May, did anyone think we’d make it to the Semis?  Love these young men and how they represented us I thank them…

I agree. It was a fine season. We didn't even have a coach on June 1, thanks to the evil Greer. Salmons did a great job. The kids bought in 100%. It's not all about championships for me. It's about watching a team get better and better and grow in confidence. Was this an entertaining year? Absolutely!  Had a blast with this team. And the cherry on the top of a fantastic season was that Johnson Central sucked ass and had one of the worst defenses in modern sports history at any level of play. Great to see them hit skid row. Hope they stay there.  The quest for that elusive title for the Redhounds begins NOW! .  4A should be wide open next season. First order of business, win the RPI game, Coach Salmons. GO HOUNDS!!!

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Paducah was just bigger and stronger and had too many athletes.

Corbin looked like the better team in the first half. They got outcoached and outplayed in the second half. Corbin lead in the third quarter and had just forced another PT punch to the 26 yard line. Then began a locust storm of flags, backing Corbin up to the shadow of their own goal line, completely flipping the momentum and setting up the Blue Sky for an easy,  almost gimme, TD. Momentum was lost. Game was over.  This was a very winnable game for Corbin. VERY winnable. If they had taken that third quarter possession, taken some time off the clock, and taken a 21-10 lead with about a quarter to go, it might have been a very different outcome. The scoundrels in black and white stripes saw to it that Corbin wasn't gonna get a chance to march down the field. You can talk bigger and better athletes all you want but the fact remains that, before the flag fest in the third quarter, Corbin had looked like the better football team.

[Advicegiver74]

This yearly post for Corbin never gets old

[Old School Hound]

This yearly post for Corbin never gets old

But your hate for Corbin certainly does.

[Hoot Gibson]

Karma. It never gets old.

[Advicegiver74]

This yearly post for Corbin never gets old

But your hate for Corbin certainly does.

Don't hate Corbin just don't like certain delusional fans

[King Kong]

This game was between Corbin and PT.  So for the life of me,  I can not figure out why, JC is being brought up in these game threads    But I will use JC as a example here in just a minute 

I was able to find a live stream of this game and I watched the second half.  There was a lot of flags on both sides. 

Now in OSHs defense, Corbin was called for two penalties that flags were not even thrown on.  The refs would huddle and come up with a penalty on Corbin.  But no flags were ever thrown.  This I've never seen before.  Even the game announcers,  which I believe were PTs announcers,  were saying they didn't see no flags either. 

What went wrong for Corbin in the second half? PT was able to keep Corbins offense out of the end zone.  PTs defense absolutely dominated the second half.  I didn't think Corbins offense could've been shut down like that.  But PT did it and hat's off to them for that. 

PTs defense seemed to be bringing the house getting after the Corbin qb.  Corbin seemed to be going for long pass plays down field.  Here's where JC comes into play.  This was not the JC soft/non existent,  pass defense,  Corbin was facing.  PT played one of the best defensive games I've seen this year. 

On offense PT didn't seem to be doing anything special.  Runs and short pass plays.  They seemed to get the ball into the hands of their play makers,  and they really made some plays.  What looked at first like short gains,  they were able to turn into big gains and TDs. 

Just so it's known I call thing's like I see them.  Yes I saw many flags and non flags that went for penalties.  Just so you know,  I'm not trying to make excuses for anyone.  

Again hat's off to PT for the win.  You really are the beast from the west.  Hat's off to Corbin for a great year.  Going to the semi's after all the early season speculation, that's one heck of a accomplishment.  The future looks bright for Corbin and PT both 

[i82much]

Hound, I'm about as old school as it gets. I taught for over three decades and coached for the majority of that time. Sometimes my perceived best coaching adjustments came as a result of taking advantage of pure happenstance. Many, many times I got credit for basically the way the ball bounced. Considering how many times I got blamed for the way the ball bounced I just went with it. I've analyzed a loss, made adjustments in practice, and at the end of the season looked back and wondered what the heck I was thinking. My advice, I hear Corbin has a pretty good basketball team. It's time to move on.

[SEKYFAN]

Corbin seemed to run out of gas in the 2nd half, with the Tornado pressure being the main factor.

[The Red Eminence]

I don't have a proper diagnosis, I don't know a cure, and I don't know what happens now, but I have a good idea about where I want to start this post. 

I made the trip west to see Corbin play Ashland. I hadn't been to Corbin in a good while and wanted to see the new facilities, plus the promise of a good game helped make the decision easier. After almost missing kickoff, I found a good spot in the stands and witnessed an absolute beating. At the beginning of the first, Corbin scored quickly in a dominating drive, then shut down Ashland's offense, and then shortly thereafter scored again. I thought that if Corbin kept on, they would get a running clock in the second quarter. They came pretty close, putting up twenty-one unanswered points in the second. One thing was clear to me watching the first half: Corbin is the better team in every aspect. I have nothing but respect for Ashland, but at the half that is what it looked like. 

Then, the second half started. Here is where I get a bit critical and if I'm unfair in this, please say so. I'm not sure if or when Corbin pulled starters. By that point I was in a different part of the stadium and couldn't see the players too well, and I couldn't hear the commentary. So, if Corbin didn't have starters on the field, that wraps up that mystery for me. It also could have been mercy and good decorum to not run up the score. These are all options. However, the clearly better team had a weaker second half, and only scoring once compared to the thirty-five points in the first half was a bit concerning. If I'm not mistaken, Ashland even scored first in the second half, but that is just from memory. It felt as if Corbin ran out of energy, but with the score being the way it was, who cares? 

Then we get to next week, and they play Paducah. Corbin played well in the first half, to the point where during Corbin's first scoring drive, a Paducah broadcaster mentions something along the lines of PT having not been tested like this. I don't follow PT, so I won't even comment on if that is correct, but I believe something like that was said along with a question raised of how PT would respond. Then after the half, Corbin couldn't put up points and struggled to contain Paducah's offense. 

I'm not sure what happens, but in both games, we see similar issues. In the first, Corbin comes out and doesn't continue their momentum on offense. Understandable in this game as they were well ahead, and the result seemed a foregone conclusion. But in the second game, it became a problem. Sorry I don't have any better way to describe it, and this might not be THE problem, but it is something I noticed as a continuity through both games.

[RunItUpTheGut]

Too many Corbin threads.
Every Corbin thread lowers the talent by a point.

You caused it to be in the negative

[insideinfo]

Nothing went wrong, the best team WON!!!!! Quit blaming everyone but the waitress at David steak house for the loss.. I know you will find it hard to believe, but sometimes the best team wins.

[Gridiron_Raid]

Nothing went wrong, the best team WON!!!!! Quit blaming everyone but the waitress at David steak house for the loss.. I know you will find it hard to believe, but sometimes the best team wins.

I hate this answer. I’m not even a corbin fan. But anyone that has this opinion on things obviously isn’t intelligent enough to break things down. Why did the team win… “They were better duh” Why were they better? Be specific? Can you? 

Even in the most lopsided games, there are reasons why teams lose. It’s not being better. That is an answer that complacent people give. One team can be better in aspects of the game. When a score is 50-0, it’s typically because the line play was not comparable between the two teams, along with speed differences that could not be matched, and sometimes because certain aspects of scheme were terrible matchups. 

When a team is down 14-10 at half, and suddenly turns it on where corbin only crosses the 50 once in the second half… it’s not just they were better. Something changed and the point of the thread was to discuss what it was. I just hate cop out answers

[TrueMarshall0627]

I’ll tell ya what went wrong!! They played a real ball team, with real men on the front line and great talent!!

[TornadoAllAmerican]

A lot of folks hit the nail with the hammer with 2nd half adjustments. To me, it seemed like Corbin only ran 3-5 plays the entire 2nd half.

Play #1 - Shotgun, HB jet motion - QB Draw.
Play #2 - Shotgun, HB jet motion - all deep routes with a HB wheel route
Play #3 - Shotgun, HB screen
Play #4 - Shotgun HB zone run left or right

Pressure in the 2nd half overwhelmed Corbin with no time for route development. Yes, there were penalties as both sides deserved it. PT with multiple facemask penalties and Corbin had some penalties as qell. Corbin WR/DB #12 slammed a PT player after the whistle. A Corbin lineman was seen grabbing #12 and chewing him out. Thought that was great leadership from that Corbin lineman in the moment (refs didn't flag Corbin for this, they penalized PT for his reaction to being slammed).

Great game between 2 good schools. Corbin punched PT in the mouth but PT responded back. Would be great if administration sets up an in-season game between these two.

Much respect to the Hounds. Hope they had some great food in Paducah.

[Old School Hound]

A lot of folks hit the nail with the hammer with 2nd half adjustments.  To me, it seemed like Corbin only ran 3-5 plays the entire 2nd half. 

Play #1 - Shotgun, HB jet motion - QB Draw.
Play #2 - Shotgun, HB jet motion - all deep routes with a HB wheel route
Play #3 - Shotgun, HB screen
Play #4 - Shotgun HB zone run left or right

Pressure in the 2nd half overwhelmed Corbin with no time for route development.  Yes, there were penalties as both sides deserved it. PT with multiple facemask penalties and Corbin had some penalties as qell.  Corbin WR/DB #12 slammed a PT player after the whistle.  A Corbin lineman was seen grabbing #12 and chewing him out. Thought that was great leadership from that Corbin lineman in the moment (refs didn't flag Corbin for this, they penalized PT for his reaction to being slammed).

Great game between 2 good schools. Corbin punched PT in the mouth but PT responded back.  Would be great if administration sets up an in-season game between these two. 

Much respect to the Hounds.  Hope they had some great food in Paducah.

If there was ever a God in heaven that loved me like "the good book" claims, he would make a way for Paducah to have to travel to Campbell Field, sometime before I kick the bucket.  I will be ready and waiting for those Blue Sky players as soon as they reach the gate. I'm already working on my signage. I am told by a reliable source that those Blue Sky unsportsmanlikes harassed and cursed our young men as soon as they arrived and I noticed all during the game that their filthy pieholes continued to talk smack, all game long. They never shut up. Their mommies and daddies clearly never taught them respect.  Just abominable behavior by kids old enough to know better.  I'll be at the pearly gates of Campbell Field awaiting my chance, and I'll have plenty of company.  So, yeah, bring it on down here, Blue Sky.  All of Corbin will be waiting for the day this game is played. John Calipari's welcome back to Rupp will be a lovefest compared to what the Blue Sky will get at Campbell Field.

[TornadoAllAmerican]

I don't get caught up in all the tough talk. I have too many school and Kentucky State records for that. We leave it on the field. I have too many college teammates from Eastern Kentucky to get in a "disrespectful" contest. Paducah will play anywhere, anytime and any day.



As stated before, good season by the Hounds as I have respect for them and the product they put on the field.

[Big Boomer]

A lot of folks hit the nail with the hammer with 2nd half adjustments.  To me, it seemed like Corbin only ran 3-5 plays the entire 2nd half. 

Play #1 - Shotgun, HB jet motion - QB Draw.
Play #2 - Shotgun, HB jet motion - all deep routes with a HB wheel route
Play #3 - Shotgun, HB screen
Play #4 - Shotgun HB zone run left or right

Pressure in the 2nd half overwhelmed Corbin with no time for route development.  Yes, there were penalties as both sides deserved it. PT with multiple facemask penalties and Corbin had some penalties as qell.  Corbin WR/DB #12 slammed a PT player after the whistle.  A Corbin lineman was seen grabbing #12 and chewing him out. Thought that was great leadership from that Corbin lineman in the moment (refs didn't flag Corbin for this, they penalized PT for his reaction to being slammed).

Great game between 2 good schools. Corbin punched PT in the mouth but PT responded back.  Would be great if administration sets up an in-season game between these two. 

Much respect to the Hounds.  Hope they had some great food in Paducah.

I as a Corbin fan to hopefully offset to OSH's wild rant with a less rage filled response, lol. I think this is a well written post by the way. I respect the athleticism of the PT athletes and probably the toughest linebacker group I've seen on any team all year. But honestly I don't respect the coaches. they seemed to get humor and almost even feed the poor sportsmanship during the warm ups that set the tone for the night between the teams. the Corbin kids are too hard nosed of football players to just take the level of disrespect on the chin like they received as soon as they got off the bus Friday night. I do feel like the penalties called against Corbin were more catastrophic to any momentum at all on Corbin's offense in the second half. which led to the Corbin players discouragement toward the end of the game and the breakdowns for scores from a tactical perspective. I don't think you will ever see a series between these two teams until the discipline gets cleaned up as it is too contentious of an affair.  I figure Corbin will continue the series with Frederick Douglass which is pretty similar style of play to PT but with typically better athletes across the board year after year and very well Coached too. I have found those two team to have respect for each other so I would say that the admins are happy to continue that series especially with Coach Salmons and Coach Mcpeeks long time friendship from both playing at Marshall. the freshman and JV teams meet often between these schools too the last couple years and I think it has been good for both teams.

[TornadoAllAmerican]

Good post Boomer. I can't speak for the coaches as I played back in 2001. But I can say Western KY schools, players and coaches feel disrespected by the other side of the state saying our side of the state plays no one. Only way to settle that it to schedule and let the chips fall where they may. But if a little animosity discourages that then that's where the line in the sand is drawn. I, for one, would love to have an Eastern KY rival we play every year and Corbin has the potential to be that opponent. Your middle school beat our kids in a well fought championship game which in time, may set up future playoff games in the future between our schools.

While smack talk is a part of the game, there's no doubt Paducah respects your program. We just hope the other side of state understands we have athletes too and PT always plays F5 style while between the lines.