2009 Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge

[Redhawk]

Herbstreit unlikely in '09 | Cincinnati Enquirer | Cincinnati.Com

The Kirk Herbstreit football event probably will not include Cincinnati teams or venues for the 2009 prep football season, but event organizers hope to return in 2010.

Jim Herbstreit, father of Kirk and primary organizer of game matchups, said the 2009 event tentatively will include four games in Columbus (Ohio Stadium) and four in Texas. This past season, there were 17 Herbstreit games at three sites - Cincinnati?s Paul Brown Stadium, Canton Fawcett Stadium, and Texas Stadium in Dallas - with the event officially named the Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Football Series.

?I?m probably not going to have any Cincinnati teams in this year?s event,? Jim Herbstreit said Wednesday. ?I would love to come back in 2010.?

The Herbstreit event began in 2005 and has had a distinctly Cincinnati flavor, with local powers such as Colerain, Elder, St. Xavier and Moeller becoming annual participants.

This year, with issues including the weak economy and television interests asking the Herbstreit events to adjust their schedules, the Herbstreit is downsizing. Most of the major Cincinnati programs have opted out of the Herbstreit, largely because they had their own scheduling issues to address.

Most Cincinnati teams did not want to move the Herbstreit games from Week 2 to Week 1 because most play in the season-opening Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown, which has been played the past 11 years locally.

Recent developments also included the possibility of an Elder-Colerain game in Week 2 for this season, with ESPN possibly to televise the matchup on Labor Day weekend (Sunday, Sept. 6).

That usually is the Herbstreit week, but this year the Herbstreit event probably will be a week earlier.

Dan Jones of Chicago-based Intersport, which owns and promotes the Herbstreit event, said he still has invitations out to some Cincinnati schools for the 2009 event. Jones declined to name the schools.

?Whether they?re likely to accept, I can?t say,? Jones said. ?We?re getting closer on this year?s event, but but we aren?t at a place where we can announce teams or cities or dates.?

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Originally Posted by Redhawk

Herbstreit unlikely in '09 | Cincinnati Enquirer | Cincinnati.Com

Damn. Really wanted to see Colerain against the nation's best this year.

[Buckeye86]

does anyone know where you can find the results of past challenges? I googled it and wasn't able to find anything

I want to know what the Ohio teams combined record is in the challenge

[jwinslow]

you could use the bp threads and tally the results posted there. search, by title, for "herbstreit challenge"

[Buckeye86]

Originally Posted by jwinslow

you could use the bp threads and tally the results posted there. search, by title, for "herbstreit challenge"

that sounds like a lot of work and I am in class so I have to pay a marginal amount of attention, I will do it later if a better option doesn't present itself between now and then

[Scooch]

Ohio 13 vs USA 21 on the field
Ohio 14 vs USA 20 officially

Not too bad considering the matchups in Canton and who they sent to Texas to represent Ohio

2005
Cincinnati Colerain 27
Tyler TX Lee 12

Westerville North 14
Westerville South 10

2006

Hilliard Davidson 17
Philadelphia PA Saint Joesph?s Prep 14

Lakewood Saint Edward 49
Springdale AR 3

Massillon Washington 35
Chandler AZ Hamilton 26

Concord CA De La Salle 56
Cincinnati Elder 38

Ramsey NJ Don Bosco Prep 21
Centerville 0

Lakeland FL 25
Cincinnati Saint Xavier 22 OT

Duncan SC Byrnes 21
Cincinnati Moeller 20

Cincinnati Colerain 28
Springfield PA Cardinal O?Hara 0

Texarkana TX Texas 44
Findlay 21

2007

Buford GA 34
Grove City 7

Long Beach CA Poly 21
Cleveland Glenville 13

Youngstown Cardinal Mooney 27
Monroeville PA Gateway 6

Tulsa OK Union 31
Canton McKinley 0

Indianapolis IN Cathedral 7
Cincinnati LaSalle 6

Cincinnati Colerain 20
Hoover AL 17 OT

Mission Viejo CA 26
Cincinnati Moeller 22
MISSION VIEJO USED AND INELIGIBLE PLAYER AND HAD TO FORFEIT

Cincinnati Elder 41
Charlotte NC Independence 34 OT

Cincinnati Saint Xavier 38
Hyattsville MD DeMatha 7

Pittsburgh PA Central Catholic 34
Clayton Northmont 6

Fort Thomas KY Highlands 24
Trotwood-Madison 20

2008

Houston TX Klein Forest 27
Warren Howland 6

Indianapolis IN Cathedral 34
Canton McKinley 13

Youngstown Cardinal Mooney 57
Park Hills KY Covington Catholic 0

Sandy UT Jordan 27
Massillon Washington 24

Fort Lauderdale FL Saint Thomas Aquinas 35
Cincinnati Elder 24

Indianapolis IN Warren Central 39
Middletown 35

Cincinnati Colerain 14
McKeesport PA 7 OT

Cincinnati Saint Xavier 15
Prattville AL 10

Nashville TN Montgomery Bell Academy 21
Cincinnati Moeller 6

Huber Heights Wayne 20
East Saint Louis IL 12

Chicago IL Saint Rita 28
West Chester Lakota West 21

Buford GA 42
Arlington TX Mansfield Timberview 21

Cedar Hill TX 38
Cincinnati LaSalle 14

Justin TX Northwest 13
Pittsburgh PA Woodland Hills 12

Arlington TX Bowie 48
Trotwood-Madison 0

Euless TX Trinity 28
River Ridge LA John Curtis 12

Spring TX Klein Oak
Mandeville LA
CANCELLED DUE TO HURRICANE GUSTAV

Colleyville TX Heritage 41
Clovis CA East 26

[tlinc]

Is there a schedule of this year's games that are going to be played in Columbus?

[Buckskin86]

2009 Herbstreit ?challenge? unleashed
By Chick Ludwig | Thursday, May 7, 2009

FIFTH ANNUAL HERBSTREIT

VARSITY FOOTBALL SERIES

(at Ohio Stadium, Columbus)

Saturday, Aug. 29

St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) vs. Upper Arlington, noon (ESPN)

Westerville South vs. Hilliard Davidson, 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU).

Sunday, Aug. 30

Olentangy Liberty vs. Dublin Coffman, noon (ESPNU)

Orange Lutheran (Calif.) vs. Pickerington Central, 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

ECONOMY CAUSES DOWNSIZE

TO 4 GAMES (FROM 11 IN 2008)

The nation?s economic downturn has forced the Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Football Series to downsize to four Ohio games this fall, but the series hopes to rebound strong in 2010.

Kirk Herbstreit?This event is very important to me,? Herbstreit said. ?A big part of my vision is to have Ohio against the best teams in the nation year after year. We?ve done that in the past. This year, we?ve had to scale back. It all has to do with (economic) cutbacks.

?Hopefully in 2010 and beyond, we?ll get back to what the original concept and idea was.?

Dayton Daily News | Dayton, Ohio, News and Information

[Honor&Glory]

I will miss Colerain playing in this event this year and next year. Colerain was 4-0 all time in this event and we always had a blast attending and covering this event.
Good luck Columus are schools! Enjoy the event!

But they won't have Elder or X back in the event any time soon. The Cincinnati schools will not abandon the Skyline Showdown in week 1 and Elder has a two year contract to play Colerain in week 2. The earliest those schools would be back in the even would be 2011 and only if it is moved back to labor day weekend (week 2)

[Roll Red Roll]

Steubenville was set to play in this year's Classic before the downsize. The St.Thomas Aquinas game is going to be a beatdown.