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Point well taken warrior. When the team was 14-0 I was there. When the team was 0-10 I was there. I have cheered win or lose. I have hurt with every loss. Let me be crystal clear I am not criticizing Coach Barger. If we had stayed our previous course and the school had not hired Coach Barger we would have continued on the road to oblivion. My belief that a kicking game is important to a football team has been my belief for more than 30 years. I could make other points about what you have said warrior but i'll just do the cheering. Come to Lake County next week and cheer with us. Coach Barger and the Falcons all the way!!

You are right that was said and it still is. It is incorrect and flat out wrong but it persists at the risk of being redundant. Everybody has an opinion and everyone has an equal chance to be wrong including me. Thanks for the input.

Kicking....at the risk of showing my age I remember a kicker by the name of Rush Burrus. I seem to recall that he did a more than adequate job. That was around 1973 if anybody is saying who. I agree that kicking is not a tradition at Lake county but I say why not start one. There was a time in our history that an extra point or 150 yards in penalties was but a pothole on our way to Nashville. Those WERE the days my friend, but I digress, nowadays we need every point we can get. Hey i'm not talking Jan Stenerud or Gary Anderson. I'd settle for a 75% success rate. Maybe with that kind of success when we're inside the ten yard line against Bruceton for the third time and it is fourth and four the field goal attempt is a viable option. Especially when our defense has played it hearts out but we are one big play away from a Bruceton touchdown and an extra point for the tie or the lead. Every year there are kids on the sidelines who get limited playing time. Why not from those kids try to find ONE that can kick long enough and straight enough to kick an extra point. And then work with them for continual improvement. To say, well we have never had good kicking is defeatist and if we keep that attitude we never will. Before 1980 Lake county had never won a state championship, should we have told the players on the 1977,1978 and 1979 teams that were close but didn't win to don't let that worry you because we never have won. I don't think so! So I don't say why do we need good kicking , I say why not have good kicking. I say have a tradition of good kickers just as we have of great tailbacks and I say if not now, WHEN.....West Carroll 26 Lake County 25..stilllll hurts.

For many people the mention of a "private school" and it automatically means that they recruit. Whether that is right or wrong is a matter of personal opinion. Even if you present evidence to the contrary, several people that are from small "public schools" will never believe otherwise. I do understand that Trinity had 38 players on the roster at the beginning of the season and 19 of them were freshmen. That can lead to a very bright future for the Lions. 825404806[/snapback] Correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression that private schools that represent a small percentage of the of the schools in the TSSAA win a disproportionate share of the total championships. I say again, correct me if I am wrong.

I don't believe we have to have a lot of pass plays to win in the playoffs. We just need a few to keep the defense honest and our running game will do the rest. Not quantity of passes but quality. Lake County did not appear in FIVE(5) state championship games winning TWO(2) by playing Minnesota Viking like offense. We will settle for suffocating defense and ball control smash mouth football any old day.

I believe the defense is capable of keeping them in the game but we may have to do a tad bit better on the pass defense. Three wide open receivers. If Halls could catch that would have been a closer game but we still would have won. I agree fully on the number of weapons that we have. So If Brandon is getting keyed on I can think of three other youngsters back there that can carry the rock. You know in college and in the pros an extra point is considered automatic. If we could just get to semi-automatic i'd be happy. And then there are people on the sidelines screaming for field goals in games like theBruceton game. But I can't blame the coach for going for the first when your extra point percentage is below 50%. SNAP HOLD KICK....if it were only as simple as it sounds. GO FALCONS

OUCH!!

Well it looks like you have gone on record and given some reasons, I won't say excuses, as to why Trinity has lost some games. And you are absolutely right we shouldn't make excuses. Trinity was the better team that night. The best team won that night. I can't say that Trinity is the best team right now. The reason I say that that game was a long time ago is because I believe Lake county has improved greatly since that game. I am not trying to take anything away from Trinity's win. We also have a young team with only three seniors. And our leading tackler from last year has not played all year because of a broken arm. Not making excuses but these are sometimes the reasons you lose games. I could say a thing or two about refs but I ain't going there.

It is true that Springer ended up with 181 yards but I believe that going to the other running backs loosened up the defense for his running. I will admit however that i can't verify if he gained most of his yards before or after spreading the ball around. I agree that either Perry County or Fayette Academy will be a tough game. The only preference I have for that game is a win for Lake county. I think everybody here liked Rice and I believed if he had stayed we would not have had the lean years that we had.

Uh, How about 5 for 5 passing last week and two TDs. Trinity was a long time ago and we have come a long way. How far? If I knew that I wouldn't have questions.

JCS wins in a shift of power in region 8-1A.

We are certainly hoping that LCHS is ready for the stiffer competition that lies ahead. I am Falcon fan for life through the good times and the bad and boy am I enjoying the good as much I suffered with the bad. Anything that I say here is not meant to criticize but to encourage and only improve on what the Falcons have done this year on their way to at some point to a return to the 1A championship game. We couldn't even dream of that just two years ago. These are my questions, I ask YOU to give me some answers: 1. How much emphasis is placed on our kicking game? 2. Is there a screen pass in our playbook? 3. Do you think a quick hitting 5 yard slant pass across the middle might free up some running room? 4. Do you think that as teams will be keying on Brandon more and more that being more versatile by going to our running backs might pay BIG dividends to Brandon and the running backs down the road? Reference Halls Game. 5. Do you think that it is time for the kicking game to become a priority at Lake County? 6. Isn't it time for a kicker whose sole focus can be kicking? West Carroll 26 Lake County 25.......Still hurts...those are my questions. Does anyone have the answers?

Whatever happened to Joe Longmire from Bruceton? Did he ever play in college. Inquiring minds want to know.

I don't think that the coach is concerned about scoring extra touchdowns when the game has been decided either. However, there are fans that want starters in there all the way, scoring touchdowns and trying to maintain a shutout. That said, I would not mind seeing the starters come out just a tad bit sooner. Hey, how 'bout a contract extension for the Coach because you know athletic directors will be looking to steal him when(not if) our success continues. P.S. Do you have some good directions to Bruceton?