[nptb17]

I was on that 98 hhs team and we would get excited on defense but the offense was pretty calm, i dont remember jared yelling or anything maybe after throwing bombs for touchdowns. Hamblen was basically a cave man though, he would die to catch a football. i think we won against dixie both times by multiple TDs.

Anyways...
Pike is a great athlete, I've heard the Goose kid is good but not as good as all the hype. Im interested to see this tandem against Cov Cath and then Highlands. We will know how good Dixie is for real after that. I think we saw how good the supporting cast was when they got blasted by 2A NewCath.

Cov Cath has a very powerful Oline and some speed.

Cov Cath 32
Dixie 24

Jared was pissed on the sidelines yelling at coaches because that season, up to that point they had finished everyone but Male by halftime. They couldn't move the ball on us through the air and he was letting the coaches hear it. But we couldn't stop him or Ulbrict from running crazy on us but that is a different time.

The point is people look at Pike with a microscope and when they see him mad they want to say, how can the coaches let him do that, this and the other.

[nptb17]

Congrats. Not sure what that has to do with players needing to play angry as you earlier stated, but congrats. When we beat Dixie 28-7 my senior year, I'm sure Coach Browning and a lot of his players weren't happy campers either.

Back to this game, Pike needs to stay as cool as a cucumber. If he gets all angry, loses his composure and focus and gets too focused on what others are doing instead of what he's supposed to be doing, he'll be playing right into the hands of CovCath.

Getting beat 42 to 13 by a 2a school has something to do with it. I guess they should be cool when teams are picking up first down after first down.

[toussaints]

You really don't know how big time college football works.

i know how NCAA rules regarding scholarships and verbal commitments works since i had to go through all that stuff before I played college ball. in all seriousness, nothing is official till the letter of intent is signed. a verbal commitment means that the recruit and the college agree that if nothing crazy happens, then the recruit will go to the committed school and that school will have a scholarship for him. the recruit can back out of his commitment anytime before he signs without penalty, and the school can pull his scholarship offer before he signs.

its not anything new where a kid has an issue and the school decides he's not worth waiting for (Jefferson at Holmes, going to UK)

[nky]

You really don't know how big time college football works.

do tell how it works:biggrin:

[nky]

i know how NCAA rules regarding scholarships and verbal commitments works since i had to go through all that stuff before I played college ball. in all seriousness, nothing is official till the letter of intent is signed. a verbal commitment means that the recruit and the college agree that if nothing crazy happens, then the recruit will go to the committed school and that school will have a scholarship for him. the recruit can back out of his commitment anytime before he signs without penalty, and the school can pull his scholarship offer before he signs.

its not anything new where a kid has an issue and the school decides he's not worth waiting for (Jefferson at Holmes, going to UK)

:Thumbs: nothing binding until the player signs. Even then Scholarships today are one year renewable

[nptb17]

:Thumbs: nothing binding until the player signs. Even then Scholarships today are one year renewable

Scholarships have always been one year renewable. He's saying that if Zeke is ejected again he'll lose all of his scholarship offers like he knows for sure. As long as Zeke doesn't murder anyone or do something very dumb off the field he'll be fine. It's crazy how people hope for people to fail.

[walking tall]

This will be a four headed monster for dixie Pike, Cohorn, Hatten, & Bruns after saying that the line play will be the difference and I see CovCath winning this so it will be 35-28 CovCath

[Can you dig it?]

Jared was pissed on the sidelines yelling at coaches because that season, up to that point they had finished everyone but Male by halftime. They couldn't move the ball on us through the air and he was letting the coaches hear it. But we couldn't stop him or Ulbrict from running crazy on us but that is a different time.

The combined score from those two games was 75-17. How pissed could he have been?

[nptb17]

The combined score from those two games was 75-17. How pissed could he have been?

Did I say that he was mad the whole game. Don't try and twist it up. Fact of the matter is, that he voiced his opinion and in the second half of the first game they ran the ball. The second game was close all the way to the 4th. Ulbrict just and Jared took over in the 4th. I mean that team still holds the state record for most points scored.

[toussaints]

Scholarships have always been one year renewable. He's saying that if Zeke is ejected again he'll lose all of his scholarship offers like he knows for sure. As long as Zeke doesn't murder anyone or do something very dumb off the field he'll be fine. It's crazy how people hope for people to fail.

thats not what i said, i said if Pike isn't careful and gets ejected again, and again, it shows a pattern of behavior that some coaches dont want to deal with whether its on or off the field. I hope Pike succeeds, goes on to have a fabulous career as i do with any NKY athlete, BUT he does need to keep his composure on the field. especially if Dixie wants to make a run in 6A this year, its obvious that Dixie will need him. therefore, it does him no good being on the sidelines serving a suspension.

Don't try and twist it up

[Stardust]

^ For a lot of reasons, published and unpublished, Zeke has to be on good behavior. I agree with you, he could find himself on a quick leash with refs as well. I don't think that will be an issue for him this year. He knows what's at stake now and I don't see him messing that up at this point!

[hop24]

CovCath in a rout. The SEC will show what a "player" Zeke is, if he doesn't self-destruct first.

[Stardust]

CovCath in a rout. The SEC will show what a "player" Zeke is, if he doesn't self-destruct first.

???? What does that mean? How will the SEC show anything??? I don't get this.

Any why is there so much talk about Zeke self-imploding? He was disciplined after the last game of the year last year - after the game was over. How many other games was he ever thrown out of?

[toussaints]

I think CovCath will win, but it's because I think CovCath is just that good this year. It seems like a lot of northern kentuckians are picking CovCath because they think Dixie is over-rated. Anybody else feelin that?

[Stardust]

^ I think that 100%. Our compatritots in Ft. Thomas won't want to give much love to CCH, but I'm confident that most everyone in NKY knows that all the pub that has came Dixie's way has been because of Zeke. And Zeke has yet to do anything on the football game when there is a score involved to validate his celebrity status. ALL of his kudos came from this summers camps. Yet no one knows how this will translate on the football field when the scoreboard is turned on.

[Can you dig it?]

^ I think that 100%. Our compatritots in Ft. Thomas won't want to give much love to CCH, but I'm confident that most everyone in NKY knows that all the pub that has came Dixie's way has been because of Zeke. And Zeke has yet to do anything on the football game when there is a score involved to validate his celebrity status. ALL of his kudos came from this summers camps. Yet no one knows how this will translate on the football field when the scoreboard is turned on.

Not me, boys. Though I'm never on the Dixie bandwagon early in the season, I saw enough of CovCath last year to realize that they're fighting their way back to be the CovCath of old. The fact that the Highlands/CovCath game is at CovCath this year also adds a layer of intrigue. Winner gets the home turf for the meeting in November!inglepar It's still awfully early, but I won't be surprised if CovCath winds up being a major player in 4A, like somewhere in the top three or four by the time districts roll around.

[Can you dig it?]

Any why is there so much talk about Zeke self-imploding? He was disciplined after the last game of the year last year - after the game was over. How many other games was he ever thrown out of?

None, that I know of, but the incident that got him tossed a) happened right in front of me, and b) every game I've seen the kid play has been marred by some kind of outburst(s). Short of medication, I'm of the opinion that the next selfish act of stupidity is lurking just beneath the next incomplete pass near the end of a losing game when he's being chased out of the pocket by a defender.

[walking tall]

I like to add a little update on team chemistry at Dixie was told by a parent that 2-3 kids quit one because Hatten getting to start in his position after not having any summer practice time. I feel like the coach might be feeling the heat already, I know for a fact that alot of football players and parents are not happy! This just might be his last year if something doesn't change fast could be 0-3 to start the season in 6A He better hope Pikes Dad wants to suit up and help the line block because his son might not be healthy enough to play at the next level playing both ways and running the ball in 6A.

[nky]

Scholarships have always been one year renewable. He's saying that if Zeke is ejected again he'll lose all of his scholarship offers like he knows for sure. As long as Zeke doesn't murder anyone or do something very dumb off the field he'll be fine. It's crazy how people hope for people to fail.

not true prior to about 1983 they were 5 year scholarships

[NCC41]

Next Thursday the Dixie game with Highlands will be televised live on Fox Sports South. Everyone will be able to watch and make their own judgments.

[Stardust]

None, that I know of, but the incident that got him tossed a) happened right in front of me, and b) every game I've seen the kid play has been marred by some kind of outburst(s). Short of medication, I'm of the opinion that the next selfish act of stupidity is lurking just beneath the next incomplete pass near the end of a losing game when he's being chased out of the pocket by a defender.

I could just as easily see Zeke shut it down this season as well. If the team winds up not being very good, he could just as easily say "the heck with this, I'm not getting hurt"

[charlie22]

Getting beat 42 to 13 by a 2a school has something to do with it. I guess they should be cool when teams are picking up first down after first down.

Huh? Your posts in our little back and forth (and I'm paraphrasing) have gone from football players have to play angry and with emotion to seemingly justify Pike's outburst(s); to Lorenzen and Smith were frustrated by you and your teammates back in 98; to Dixie players losing their cool in the game against NCC. I'm really not sure how Lorenzen and Smith being frustrated and Dixie players reactions during the bad loss to NCC has anything to do with Pike. But whatever. I still submit that Pike's emotions get the better of him at times and such really hurts his performance as the leader and QB of his team.

[hop24]

???? What does that mean? How will the SEC show anything??? I don't get this.

Any why is there so much talk about Zeke self-imploding? He was disciplined after the last game of the year last year - after the game was over. How many other games was he ever thrown out of?

Means I want to see him try to run in the SEC like high school. He won't last long. I personally believe he is overated and time will tell. If I'm wrong I'm wrong. His behavior over the years in football and basketball speak for itself. If you belive otherwise your blind.