I hear they call Paintsville, Kentucky the Oasis in the Mountains. An oasis is generally described as a fertile spot in a desert where water is found. When it comes to mining for football talent, the mountains of Kentucky are hardly a desert. There is talent in football all over the mountains, especially […]
Well, that yearly ritual known as Spring Practice has concluded for the class 4A football power many people are picking to finish at the top of the 4A classification this next Fall. We are one of those predicting a big year for the Tigers, as we picked them number one in […]
Got a phone call from a father of a very prominent and accomplished young player whose son, this past Fall, just completed his freshman year in high school. He told me about a conversation he had with the varsity football coach prior to the season. So, the coach calls me […]
While I enjoyed my assignment as special correspondent to the Tennessee Future Stars at the Nashville Combine, last week, for Tennessee Gridiron Scouting, it was nice to get back on familiar territory around my Kentucky family. Ricco Hughes moved the combine, which was initially to be in Bowling Green, down the road to […]
Well, the Kentucky Future Stars combines are upon us. This is the premier all-star football game for either Tennessee or Kentucky and regularly draws the best players. It is the annual Tennessee-Kentucky Future Stars Classic with both a 7th and 8th grade game. The 8th grade contest is played by players […]
As a lot of you readers already know, I coach football at the middle school level. I have coached offensive line for three years now, coaching in junior pro five years prior to joining a middle school staff. In three years time, I have developed, under my tutelage, along the […]
It’s game day for the 14-U East All-Americans here in Dallas, Texas and we have had, as a coaching staff, exactly two practices and a walk through. It’s a good thing these boys are all 3.5 GPA students or better or else this might have been a Herculean undertaking. As […]
Well, we will strap up our chin straps and pop some pads today in Dallas as the East and West teams will don full gear and thud up today to determine who’s who and what’s what on the respective rosters. The two teams will be practicing at Lancaster High School’s […]
Well, it is day one and I am having a great time already. If you love football, this is a football junky’s trip to paradise. From the coaches to the players, it is really a good time. If you aren’t a football junky, it may not be too nice but, c’est […]
Well, I fly to Dallas today to participate in the Bret Cooper Junior Academic All-American Game. It is part of the Cotton Bowl Classic festivities so I will also get to take in that contest between The Ohio State University and the Trojans from USC. There are some Kentucky Players […]
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