All That Randomness On the Sunday before the last of Indiana’s 9 weeks of high school football, a random draw takes place at the IHSAA headquarters in Indianapolis. This draw, of course, sets up that state’s high school football tournament. Indiana, unlike most states, opens its high school football playoffs to every team, no matter …
Kentucky’s High School Football Playoff Battle by Steve Byrd As high school football reaches the halfway point of this 2022 season, the important part begins, at least in Kentucky. It’s district round-robin play that determines which teams get the best playoff positions, as well as whether they make the playoffs in some cases. Districts that …
Small vs. Large in Football by Steve Byrd GLICOD Producer As you may know, football is perhaps the only high school team sport in Kentucky that has multiple state champions, instead of just one. Like every other state, Kentucky determines those champs generally by grouping the schools based on how many students are enrolled, and then …
…and Other Things to Expect in ’22 by Steve Byrd One of the most important things to expect this coming football season is a proliferation of players within Kentucky who chose to transfer to other schools. During the past school year, it was reported that some 1500 student-athletes in the Bluegrass State requested transfers, nearly …
