[Pick6]

Congratulations to the Butler Bears. They stopped SK on two critical short yardage plays in the first half and that, was essentially the ball game. One stop prevented a score from the SK 5 and the other led to a punt into the wind that was returned for a Butler score.

The SK game plan was inexplicably conservative. BK threw less than 5 passes in the first half. Granted, the wind was heavy , but not enough to inhibit the short passing game. I'm particularly disappointed with the under utilization of the TE in the passing game.

I'm going to have to echo the sentiments of weak scheduling. The New Caths and Holy Crosses need to come off the schedule and folks like Male, Manual, Ballard, Scott County and Butler need to come on the schedule. I just don't think you can wait until the playoffs to get exposed the challenges of the team speed that the elite programs present.

That being said, it is no coincidence that 3 of the 4 6a finalists are from Louisville area. The pool of athletes these schools draw from are of a breath and depth that are simply not present in the NKy gene pool. We thought we caught a break when their running back went down. Their next man up was even better. Even more aggressive scheduling may not be enough to close the gap.