Rocks63

How are the standings in divisions determined? SoS per SoS of opponents? Just curious. Also, is there an overall ranking for the state? Thank you.

Hi! Just joined this site, am 1963 Trinity grad. I haven't read the MBA-Trinity thread yet but have see all our games with BA and MBA last year & this. I never played but attend with an old Vandy star from their not-so-glorious days. Just disclosure, sorry to bore. The point: I think that despite the scores relative to Trinity, the BA-MBA game will be an absolute classic: two excellent O & D lines, aggressive LBs and safeties, superior speed, & most of all very bright players who know the game & have obviously responded to first-rate coaching. I feel that the MBA O line played our good D better than BA: we weren't able to hurry the Big Red QB as we eventually did the Eagles QB. In talent I would not distinguish between the two though, strong arms & legs, both confident & bold, & both very smart. The Big Red D hassled our unproven O line all game long but the Eagles D beat our O line just in the first half. Now that I have learnt from here that Tennessee does not allow as much hard practice time that Kentucky does, I can understand why with evenly matched TN & KY teams playing their first game against each other, the KY teams might have an edge in stamina & toughness ~ no slam on anyone but hard practice clearly makes a readier team when everything else shakes out evenly. While BA doubled Trinity's great receiver James Quick, Trinity's other receivers were freed for better looks. MBA managed to bottle up James much of the night PLUS stuff star back Dalyn Dawkins most of the time. The MBA game plan seemed flawless but super players will come up with super plays despite foolish penalties (block in back) & outright blunders (illegal substitution on short yardage 3rd down). With Trinity trailing 20-10 & MBA looking dominant in the 3rd Q, James may have made his greatest play ever, a 78 yard reverse-field td in which he outran MBA's fastest players (even those who had a good angle) as he ran horizontally from the right side to the left side of the field then opened up vertically. Trinity was souped up. What souped up the Rocks more was making good on a stupid & offensive thing James did (though not being arrogant, I feel). He got flagged for 15 yards when he stutter-stepped after seeing he wouldn't be caught. The all-important xp became a 35 yard f/g & Drew Ward nearly kicked it out of the stadium. MBA came back strong but could not do better than a f/g for the rest of the game despite 2 excellent red zone opportunities. Gotta share the big stupid with you: about 11 secs left, Trinity has 4 & 11 on about MBA 45 ~ and decides to punt it. James could have simply run around & headed for his own end zone for a safety to eat up the time. No, we punt. Blocked. MBA now on our 35 or 40 with 4 secs. We manage to harry the MBA QB & he throws his 3rd interception near our goal line to end the game. My Vandy friend gave me most of these ideas. I will say this: although we played 6 good to great out-of-state teams last year, this year's MBA team seems a degree or two better than the best. As I said, I think this year's BA-MBA game was be a brutal battle & it would be foolish to predict a winner. Go Eagles & Big Red.