Bidwell's Blog

Friday night webcast...

2008-11-19T20:36:00Z

For those of you who have asked, we will not be having a webcast this Friday night. Sorry for the bad news....(read more)

11/10 KHSAA Associated Press Football Poll

2008-11-10T21:40:00Z

Hot off the presses from the AP. The floor is yours. Class 1A Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs 1. Raceland (13) 10-0 200 2 2. Beechwood (8) 9-1 189 1 3. Frankfort - 9-1 164 3 4. Lex. Christian - 7-3 137 6 5. Williamsburg - 9-1 127 5 6. Hazard - 7-3 70 4 7. Crittenden Co. - 7-3 69 10 8. Bellevue - 7-3 62 9 9. Lou. Holy Cross - 6-4 52 8 10. Eminence - 8-2 28 Others receiving votes: 11, Fairview 27. 12, Pikeville 15. 13, Mayfield 10. 14, Allen Central 4.Class 2A Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs 1. Corbin...(read more)

Black Saturday...

2008-11-10T21:30:00Z

Just 12 days ago, the Phillies won the World Series and I was on Cloud 50. Then on Saturday, this happened. It's amazing how spoiled you can get as a sports fan. When that field goal went through, the World Series seemed like a million years ago. Brutal...just brutal. But then this cheered me up. This little dude had the fans at the World Series parade eating out of his hand. I dare you not to laugh at this. High school football polls will be out soon. ...(read more)

Something to get you worked up for the next week...

2008-11-08T05:51:00Z

All right. The playoffs start next week. I thought we'd take a look at who plays at home...and who will be on the road. First the home games... Kentucky Country Day at Crittenden County Bethlehem at Mayfield Todd Central at Trigg County Hancock County at Murray Russell County at Calloway County Warren East at Lone Oak Now the roadies... Fulton City at Louisville Holy Cross Ballard Memorial at Caverna Heath at Fort Campbell Caldwell County at Owensboro...(read more)

For those that care...

2008-11-05T05:09:00Z

Here's this week's Bluegrass Preps football poll. Class A1. Beechwood at 2A #2 Newport Central Catholic2. Raceland vs. 3A West Carter3. Lexington Christian vs. #5 Hazard4. Frankfort vs. 3A Garrard County5. Hazard at #3 Lexington Christian6. Louisville Holy Cross at 5A #5 Doss7. Williamsburg vs. Pineville8. Crittenden County -- OPEN9. Mayfield vs. 2A Caldwell County10. Bellevue -- OPENClass 2A1. Fort Campbell vs. 4A #4 Franklin-Simpson2. Newport Central Catholic vs. 1A #1 Beechwood3. Corbin -- OPEN4....(read more)

"Operation Double Vision" a Success...

2008-10-27T04:01:00Z

For the 2 or 3 of you who were actually concerned about my TV viewing fate last night, things couldn't have worked out any better. Mother Nature smiled down on me and caused a 91 minute rain delay in the Phillies game. That meant I was able to watch almost all of the Penn State game without having to flip back and forth. After the Nittanies got their win, I still got to see the final 6 innings of baseball uninterrupted. To recap... Penn State wins leaving three very winnable...(read more)

What a night...

2008-10-25T03:57:00Z

Huge win for Calloway County. Congrats Laker Nation! What a derailment by Paducah Tilghman. State semifinals one year to sitting home for the playoffs the next. Yikes. More later....(read more)

By My Math...

2008-10-24T18:06:00Z

Tonight is SUPER DUPER HUGE for Calloway County. If the Lakers win at Hopkins Central, that would cause the top three teams to be 2-1 in the district. By virtue of this tiebreaker... ii) If the tie remains, each team tied for the position shall receive one point for each game won by any four of their defeated opponents in all games, except for the games played between any two of the tied teams. All games played shall be counted in applying the tie-breaking procedure, including out...(read more)

What in the world am I supposed to do?!?

2008-10-23T22:21:00Z

So Saturday night, I'm faced with one of the biggest dilemmas of my adult life. It's a TV watching dilemma, but a dilemma nonetheless. For the first time in my married life, I had to tell my wife I was skipping a social engagement so I could sit at home and watch sports this coming Saturday night. She actually took the entire thing in stride...which frankly stunned me. Although I am having the kids taste my food before I eat it. Saturday night, at the exact same time, Penn State...(read more)

Predictions, Predictions...

2008-10-23T22:12:00Z

First, here's a look at the games we'll be shooting Friday night for Gridiron Glory, in no particular order. Heath at Ballard Memorial Marion at Herrin Carterville at West Frankfort Murray at Reidland Calloway County at Hopkins Central Humboldt at Martin Westview Gleason at South Fulton Henderson County at Marshall County Apollo at Graves County Caldwell County at Trigg County As for the Laker Nation...here are my quick thoughts. Calloway and HCC have one common opponent worth...(read more)

10/21 Bluegrass Prep Rankings

2008-10-22T01:15:00Z

Here's the latest poll from these folks. Friday night should provide us quite a shake-up in 4A. Class A1. Beechwood vs. #7 Bellevue2. Raceland at Nicholas County3. Lexington Christian vs. #8 Fairview4. Frankfort vs. Eminence5. Hazard at Pineville6. Louisville Holy Cross at Kentucky Country Day7. Bellevue at #1 Beechwood8. Fairview at #3 Lexington Christian9. Crittenden County at Fulton County10. Williamsburg vs. Lynn CampClass 2A1. Fort Campbell vs. #5 Owensboro Catholic2. Newport...(read more)

America's Team!!

2008-10-16T03:47:00Z

It's OK to hop on the Phillies' bandwagon. Really...it's fine. I'll make room for all of you. I am flippin' giddy right now!...(read more)

A Little Change of Pace

2008-10-15T00:54:00Z

I thought we'd veer off course from our normal high school rants, and deal with the college game. I'm a huge Penn State guy, so this year has been a pleasant and welcome surprise. The first BCS rankings come out next week. Some dude called the "BCS Guru" has the unofficial standings out right now on his website. The first thing you notice is how the traditional powers have risen to the top of the rankings again this year. Texas, Alabama, Penn State, USC, Oklahoma. It...(read more)

10/14 Bluegrass Prep Football Rankings

2008-10-14T16:43:00Z

Interesting to say the least. Class 1A1. Beechwood at 2A Covington Holy Cross2. Raceland vs. Paintsville3. Lexington Christian at 3A #3 Breathitt County4. Hazard at 5A #5 Johnson Central5. Bellevue at 2A Lloyd Memorial6. Frankfort vs. 3A Western Hills7. Louisville Holy Cross -- OPEN8. Fairview vs. 2A Bath County9. Crittenden County vs. 3A Union County10. Williamsburg vs. HarlanClass 2A1. Fort Campbell -- OPEN2. Newport Catholic at 6A Conner3. Corbin at 5A North Laurel4. Green County at Christian...(read more)

How I voted...

2008-10-13T05:24:00Z

It's been a while since we've done this, but here's how I voted in this week's Kentucky High School AP Poll. I gave Greg the week off, so you can shoot all of your arrows at me this week. A couple quick thoughts... I didn't drop Lone Oak too far, but I do have major concerns about their ability to make a deep run into the playoffs again this year. Trigg County seems to be finally putting things together in Class 2A, although I just don't think they've got enough to get past Fort...(read more)