Monday, November 4, 2024

A New Era, A New Floor

Kentucky is playing its first men's basketball game of the season in Rupp Arena against Wright State.  They have redesigned the floor to contain an outline of the map of Kentucky in darker brown against the light brown of the rest of the court.  When you get down to the end of the map that shows the Jackson Purchase, you can see a small gap down in Fulton County that separates that one portion of the county from the rest of the Commonwealth.  I don't know who took the time and effort to get that right, but I really appreciate it. 

Friday, November 1, 2024

KHSAA Top 20

The regular season ends in Kentucky tonight for high school football.  It all goes so quickly, but it stays with you forever.  Here is the MaxPreps top 20:

1.  Boyle Co:  9-0
2.  Lou. Trinity:  8-2
3.  Cooper:  10-0
4.  Franklin Co:  9-0
5.  Ryle:  7-2
6.  Lou. St. Xavier:  6-3
7.  Lou. Manual:  8-1
8.  Paducah Tilghman:  9-0
9.  Lex. Frederick Douglass:  6-3
10.  Lou. Male:  8-1
11.  Christian Academy-Louisville:  6-3
12.  Ft. Thomas Highlands:  8-2
13.  Corbin:  8-1
14.  Ashland Blazer:  8-1
15.  S. Warren:  8-1
16.  Woodford Co:  8-1
17.  Owensboro Catholic:  9-0
18.  Bowling Green:  7-2
19.  Lex. Christian:  7-2
20.  Cov. Catholic:  7-2

It's amazing that they have six classes in Kentucky, and somehow Paducah Tilghman ends up in the same class as the number-one team in the Commonwealth.

Here's the Power Eleven, for schools in western Kentucky:

9.  Paducah Tilghman:  9-0
33. Graves Co:  7-2
34.  Mayfield:  6-2
43.  Madisonville-N. Hopkins:  6-3
49.  Henderson Co:  4-5
52.  Murray:  7-2
58.  McCracken Co:  5-4
62.  Union Co:  7-2
84.  Hopkinsville:  3-6
98.  Caldwell Co:  3-6
115.  Marshall Co:  3-6

Thursday, October 31, 2024

NFL Week 9

Here are the top ten teams in ESPN's NFL power rankings:

1.  Kansas City:  7-0
2.  Detroit:  6-1
3.  Buffalo:  5-2
4.  Green Bay:  6-2
5.  Houston:  6-2
6.  Baltimore:  5-3
7.  Washington:  6-2
8.  Pittsburgh:  6-2
9.  Minnesota:  5-2
10.  Philadelphia:  5-2

The Game of the Week is at Lambeau Field, where the Green Bay Packers will host the Detroit Lions.  Of course, this game is the annual replay of the Packers/Lions game that is featured in Run to Daylight, the second-best book ever written about the NFL.  The Packers lead this series 106-76-7.  That is the only Top Ten game this week.

Month of MLB: Final Episode

As previously indicated, I did not blog Game Five of the World Series, and in fact I didn't even watch it.  But because it turned out to be such a significant game, I have decided to post comments on this thread as if I had watched it live.

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