August 20, 2024 • 10 mins
Tom Gamble discusses the resumption of a great Cincinnati high school football rivalry, and previews the 2024 Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm fifteen thirty. My guy Tarren Bland tells me that
Rhet Lauder has been promoted to a Triple A Louisville,
which is good and deserved. Full sports headline. Full sports
headlines coming up in just a second. We do this
every August. We chat with our buddy Tom Gamble the
Skyline Chile Crosstown Showdown, celebrating this is remarkable. It's twenty
(00:25):
seven year anniversary. This fall is kicking off on Friday
with the long overdue renewal of a rivalry between Mohler
and Princeton. This is going to be at Mancuso Field
at Princeton High School. This is awesome. If you're a
longtime follower of Cincinnati High school football, you know how
good and how deep this rivalry goes. And with the
(00:49):
exception of a postseason matchup, it hasn't been played in forever.
To talk about the Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown, our buddy
Tom Gamble is with us. What's up, sir, Congratulations twenty
seven years.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
It's unbelie Well, mo, what it says is I'm old.
I guess I'm still going. That's a good thing, right,
but you know it is funny. Thank you, by the way,
but it is funny. You know, even I had forgotten
about Moeller Princeton and doing some of the research. It's
pretty darn incredible. I mean when you look back at
this game and it was first played, you know, I'm
(01:21):
talking back in the sixties, seventies, eighties, was played Week one,
then it moved to Week two, then it became the
Week ten always played at UC's NIPPERD Stadium, and back
then pro long period, they only took one team from
the Regent. Now everybody gets in of course just about
they took one. So it came down to Moeller Princeton.
Whoever won that advanced on. I mean these two programs
(01:43):
with Jerry Faust at Moeller and Pat Mancuso at Princeton.
I mean those two coaches combined to win eight state titles.
Here's what's incredible. So Moller won the D one well
then class trimple a big school if you will, seventy five,
seventy six, seventy seven. It they probably wouldn't won in
seventy eight except Princeton beat him and won. Then Moller
(02:04):
won again in seventy nine and eighty. Then Moller won
in eighty two, then Princeton won in eighty three, and
then Fairfield somehow snuck in eighty six, and then back
to Princeton in eighty seven. So I mean it's you
talk about dominance. I mean it's crazy and these guys
when you look at the records and Molar won with
(02:24):
seventy and one in fouls last six years, that one loss,
of course came to Princeton. I mean it was just
Princeton won twenty nine Greater Miami Conference championships under Mancuso,
twenty one in a row. I mean, these numbers are
staggering when you think about it. And I said years ago,
the other programs, you had one of two options. You
(02:45):
could just continue to get whipped every year by Molar
and Princeton, where you could get better. And I think
that's why we've seen what we've seen and why you
know then there was elder than cole Ran under Kerry
Combs and Saint X's won four times. I mean, you
had one choice. We had to improve your program, and
really that was thanks to Buller and Princeton just being
as good as they were, not just here, not just
(03:07):
in the state, but really on a national level. As well.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
All right, so how did we get this? How did
we get the resumption of the rivalry?
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Well, they did it. The schools finally got together, I
mean the past players MO have been clamoring for this
game to be played, I mean for years. So they
played three years ago in twenty twenty one. They met
in the postseason where you know you have to play
if that's how it works out. Buller won twenty eight
twenty one. The last time I can remember trying to
get this game for the skyline Chili Crosstown shown on,
(03:35):
which I did in two thousand and eight. They hadn't
played for a while then, and I got them to
play on a Saturday night when we could still play
at Nippert and it was a great football game. I
mean it was Spencer Ware who went on to LSU,
and the NFL was at Princeton. Buller had its usual
group of dudes and Princeton led ten seven at halftime.
Buller won up went in twenty seven to seventeen. But
I just think that you know, now, these programs when
(03:58):
you look at them now, Andre Parker's at Print Princeton
last year went twelve and one, won the GMC beat
out Lakota West nine to zero, perfect league. Andre was
at Witt and Woods very successful and then Moehler's made
it three straight years to the state semi finals, lost
in close games each of those three the springfield. I
just think it's time and this has been renewed. Now
(04:19):
they'll do this week one moving forward until somebody decides
that they shouldn't do it. And I hope they never
decide that, because this is one of those games that
should be played, you know. I mean, it's especially where
the programs or I had a chance yesterday to sit
down with Pat Mancuso, who's ninety five years old and
he'll be ninety six in November. It looks like he's
(04:41):
still coach, to be honest with you, I mean he's
you know, it's incredible, but just here his passion for
this game and talk about how many guys would always
clamor to him and you know, play this game. Let's
renew this series. But yeah, I'm glad it's back, and
it's a great way for us to kick off the
show that it really is.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
It's gonna be Friday night, seven o'clock kick at Princeton
High School kicks off the twenty seven Skyline Chili Crosstown
Showdown Moler v. Princeton. It's gonna be awesome. Give us
an idea of the other games you have on the
Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown slate as the season unfolds.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Hey, let me make one thing. Mancuso and Jerry Faust
Junior will be there as honorary captains, which is pretty cool.
So that that's a cool. Yeah. So we've got the
normal and we have one game every Friday night, and
I'll go into like week two. We have East Central
two time defending Indiana Class Full Race state champion. That's
moving up to five A, one of the most dominant
(05:37):
teams ever last year, undefeated at Harrison, A good you
know border war there between Southwest Ohio and Indiana. And
then we've just got your usual slate. You can the
usual suspects. I mean you might see I don't know,
maybe an Elder versus Saint Ax. I mean it's you know,
there are so many good programs MOW and I think
there's some parody this year. I mean, nobody really knows,
(05:57):
as we know on all levels, right, we know it
sat maybe college football, you know about the top four
or five every year, right, But beyond that high school
football there's pretty much it's gotten a lot better. There
are some really good programs. But we'll have a great
game every week. We'll announce that on our X formerly Twitter.
At least I've kept up with the name of it now.
So that's that at ex Town Showdown. So we'll do
(06:21):
we have daily interviews, like I talked to Mancuso. We've
got that up there, and we'll have previews and game
stuff on Friday nights and videos and just try to
keep everybody up to date on what we're doing every week.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
This is maybe a stupid question, but I'm always interested
when people talk about parody. Well, for me, it's all
of them. But whenever I hear people talk about parody,
there's always an attempt to come up with a reason
for what do you attribute parody in high school football
in this day and age? Too?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Well, I think here, perhaps I just think, well, one
thing that's dramatically changed the landscape mode And I don't
know that I necessarily like this, but a lot of
schools have open enrollment now, and you know it's while
it's not hit the ridiculous nonsense of transfer portal. You know,
you still probably need a roster sometimes in high school now,
so you can, you know, with open enrollment, you can
(07:12):
go to a different school. And that don't kid yourself.
A't at the high school level. I mean, Jimmy didn't play,
and Jimmy thinks he should get more time. And Jimmy
doesn't want to wait un till he's a junior. Just
go somewhere else. I mean, assuming that open enrollment, and
you know what, there's recruiting at the high school. Well,
it's not kid ourselves. I mean, and you know what,
if you want to be among the elite, probably as
a coach, you better recruit. I just think there's more
(07:36):
really good athletes and really good players. And I really do.
I think it's I think it's similar. I mean, you
see and I know you follow up out you see
college basketball. I mean, now, granted it's a little different
college basketball because you only need a couple dudes, right,
I mean, you can make a significant difference with two guys,
not necessarily that way in football, but I think it's
the same premise. There's just a hell of a lot
(07:58):
of really good athletes go one everywhere, and uh, you
know in these public schools too. I think here's what
the difference is today too. Obviously, private schools everybody, you know,
they recruit natives. Well, public schools do too, because you
have to, don't you. I mean, if I'm coaching a
public school and I want to compete and you know,
to find for me recruiting, you know what I mean,
(08:21):
if there's a kid in the kid or his parents
contact you and you say, yeah, you know, we've got
a good program here and yeah we run this option
or we play this defense or whatever. I mean. I
think what people need to understand is never more so
than today. Kids, parents, they're looking for different places to
(08:42):
play if they don't like it where they are. I'm
not saying I agree with all that. You know, the
old you know will go with what we got right,
That's not necessarily the case today. I mean it's so
I think because of that. You know, as soon as
a team starts to get you know, better and get
more kids, people want to go there. And let's be honest,
it's no different than like the AAU world in basketball,
(09:04):
which helps recruit kids to high schools too, and even
somewhat the college is It's the same way in football.
Maybe you went to a camp with this kid, or
you know, you work out on the side and man,
let's play together. Guess what you wind up at the
same school. I think there's a lot of that today.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
The twenty seventh Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown begins Friday night, Mohler, Princeton,
the resumption of an awesome rivalry. It's at Princeton High School.
That game we'll kick off at seven o'clock. You can
get all the information on this year Skyline Chili Crosstown
Showdown on x Tom Gamble's favorite social media platform at
(09:39):
Xtown Showdown. You're the best. We'll see you soon, man,
Thanks so much.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Thanks both, appreciate the time many.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Anytime, Tom Gamble. That is really cool. The film that
came out a couple of years ago, made by Branson
Wright on the Molar Princeton Rivalry is awesome. Go find
it then be there Friday, Moler, Princeton, Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown.
Tony Pike from Bengals Colts practice next
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Hey there, what's for dinner tonight?
I'm fifteen thirty. My guy Tarren Bland tells me that
Rhet Lauder has been promoted to a Triple A Louisville,
which is good and deserved. Full sports headline. Full sports
headlines coming up in just a second. We do this
every August. We chat with our buddy Tom Gamble the
Skyline Chile Crosstown Showdown, celebrating this is remarkable. It's twenty
(00:25):
seven year anniversary. This fall is kicking off on Friday
with the long overdue renewal of a rivalry between Mohler
and Princeton. This is going to be at Mancuso Field
at Princeton High School. This is awesome. If you're a
longtime follower of Cincinnati High school football, you know how
good and how deep this rivalry goes. And with the
(00:49):
exception of a postseason matchup, it hasn't been played in forever.
To talk about the Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown, our buddy
Tom Gamble is with us. What's up, sir, Congratulations twenty
seven years.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
It's unbelie Well, mo, what it says is I'm old.
I guess I'm still going. That's a good thing, right,
but you know it is funny. Thank you, by the way,
but it is funny. You know, even I had forgotten
about Moeller Princeton and doing some of the research. It's
pretty darn incredible. I mean when you look back at
this game and it was first played, you know, I'm
(01:21):
talking back in the sixties, seventies, eighties, was played Week one,
then it moved to Week two, then it became the
Week ten always played at UC's NIPPERD Stadium, and back
then pro long period, they only took one team from
the Regent. Now everybody gets in of course just about
they took one. So it came down to Moeller Princeton.
Whoever won that advanced on. I mean these two programs
(01:43):
with Jerry Faust at Moeller and Pat Mancuso at Princeton.
I mean those two coaches combined to win eight state titles.
Here's what's incredible. So Moller won the D one well
then class trimple a big school if you will, seventy five,
seventy six, seventy seven. It they probably wouldn't won in
seventy eight except Princeton beat him and won. Then Moller
(02:04):
won again in seventy nine and eighty. Then Moller won
in eighty two, then Princeton won in eighty three, and
then Fairfield somehow snuck in eighty six, and then back
to Princeton in eighty seven. So I mean it's you
talk about dominance. I mean it's crazy and these guys
when you look at the records and Molar won with
(02:24):
seventy and one in fouls last six years, that one loss,
of course came to Princeton. I mean it was just
Princeton won twenty nine Greater Miami Conference championships under Mancuso,
twenty one in a row. I mean, these numbers are
staggering when you think about it. And I said years ago,
the other programs, you had one of two options. You
(02:45):
could just continue to get whipped every year by Molar
and Princeton, where you could get better. And I think
that's why we've seen what we've seen and why you
know then there was elder than cole Ran under Kerry
Combs and Saint X's won four times. I mean, you
had one choice. We had to improve your program, and
really that was thanks to Buller and Princeton just being
as good as they were, not just here, not just
(03:07):
in the state, but really on a national level. As well.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
All right, so how did we get this? How did
we get the resumption of the rivalry?
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Well, they did it. The schools finally got together, I
mean the past players MO have been clamoring for this
game to be played, I mean for years. So they
played three years ago in twenty twenty one. They met
in the postseason where you know you have to play
if that's how it works out. Buller won twenty eight
twenty one. The last time I can remember trying to
get this game for the skyline Chili Crosstown shown on,
(03:35):
which I did in two thousand and eight. They hadn't
played for a while then, and I got them to
play on a Saturday night when we could still play
at Nippert and it was a great football game. I
mean it was Spencer Ware who went on to LSU,
and the NFL was at Princeton. Buller had its usual
group of dudes and Princeton led ten seven at halftime.
Buller won up went in twenty seven to seventeen. But
I just think that you know, now, these programs when
(03:58):
you look at them now, Andre Parker's at Print Princeton
last year went twelve and one, won the GMC beat
out Lakota West nine to zero, perfect league. Andre was
at Witt and Woods very successful and then Moehler's made
it three straight years to the state semi finals, lost
in close games each of those three the springfield. I
just think it's time and this has been renewed. Now
(04:19):
they'll do this week one moving forward until somebody decides
that they shouldn't do it. And I hope they never
decide that, because this is one of those games that
should be played, you know. I mean, it's especially where
the programs or I had a chance yesterday to sit
down with Pat Mancuso, who's ninety five years old and
he'll be ninety six in November. It looks like he's
(04:41):
still coach, to be honest with you, I mean he's
you know, it's incredible, but just here his passion for
this game and talk about how many guys would always
clamor to him and you know, play this game. Let's
renew this series. But yeah, I'm glad it's back, and
it's a great way for us to kick off the
show that it really is.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
It's gonna be Friday night, seven o'clock kick at Princeton
High School kicks off the twenty seven Skyline Chili Crosstown
Showdown Moler v. Princeton. It's gonna be awesome. Give us
an idea of the other games you have on the
Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown slate as the season unfolds.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Hey, let me make one thing. Mancuso and Jerry Faust
Junior will be there as honorary captains, which is pretty cool.
So that that's a cool. Yeah. So we've got the
normal and we have one game every Friday night, and
I'll go into like week two. We have East Central
two time defending Indiana Class Full Race state champion. That's
moving up to five A, one of the most dominant
(05:37):
teams ever last year, undefeated at Harrison, A good you
know border war there between Southwest Ohio and Indiana. And
then we've just got your usual slate. You can the
usual suspects. I mean you might see I don't know,
maybe an Elder versus Saint Ax. I mean it's you know,
there are so many good programs MOW and I think
there's some parody this year. I mean, nobody really knows,
(05:57):
as we know on all levels, right, we know it
sat maybe college football, you know about the top four
or five every year, right, But beyond that high school
football there's pretty much it's gotten a lot better. There
are some really good programs. But we'll have a great
game every week. We'll announce that on our X formerly Twitter.
At least I've kept up with the name of it now.
So that's that at ex Town Showdown. So we'll do
(06:21):
we have daily interviews, like I talked to Mancuso. We've
got that up there, and we'll have previews and game
stuff on Friday nights and videos and just try to
keep everybody up to date on what we're doing every week.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
This is maybe a stupid question, but I'm always interested
when people talk about parody. Well, for me, it's all
of them. But whenever I hear people talk about parody,
there's always an attempt to come up with a reason
for what do you attribute parody in high school football
in this day and age? Too?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Well, I think here, perhaps I just think, well, one
thing that's dramatically changed the landscape mode And I don't
know that I necessarily like this, but a lot of
schools have open enrollment now, and you know it's while
it's not hit the ridiculous nonsense of transfer portal. You know,
you still probably need a roster sometimes in high school now,
so you can, you know, with open enrollment, you can
(07:12):
go to a different school. And that don't kid yourself.
A't at the high school level. I mean, Jimmy didn't play,
and Jimmy thinks he should get more time. And Jimmy
doesn't want to wait un till he's a junior. Just
go somewhere else. I mean, assuming that open enrollment, and
you know what, there's recruiting at the high school. Well,
it's not kid ourselves. I mean, and you know what,
if you want to be among the elite, probably as
a coach, you better recruit. I just think there's more
(07:36):
really good athletes and really good players. And I really do.
I think it's I think it's similar. I mean, you
see and I know you follow up out you see
college basketball. I mean, now, granted it's a little different
college basketball because you only need a couple dudes, right,
I mean, you can make a significant difference with two guys,
not necessarily that way in football, but I think it's
the same premise. There's just a hell of a lot
(07:58):
of really good athletes go one everywhere, and uh, you
know in these public schools too. I think here's what
the difference is today too. Obviously, private schools everybody, you know,
they recruit natives. Well, public schools do too, because you
have to, don't you. I mean, if I'm coaching a
public school and I want to compete and you know,
to find for me recruiting, you know what I mean,
(08:21):
if there's a kid in the kid or his parents
contact you and you say, yeah, you know, we've got
a good program here and yeah we run this option
or we play this defense or whatever. I mean. I
think what people need to understand is never more so
than today. Kids, parents, they're looking for different places to
(08:42):
play if they don't like it where they are. I'm
not saying I agree with all that. You know, the
old you know will go with what we got right,
That's not necessarily the case today. I mean it's so
I think because of that. You know, as soon as
a team starts to get you know, better and get
more kids, people want to go there. And let's be honest,
it's no different than like the AAU world in basketball,
(09:04):
which helps recruit kids to high schools too, and even
somewhat the college is It's the same way in football.
Maybe you went to a camp with this kid, or
you know, you work out on the side and man,
let's play together. Guess what you wind up at the
same school. I think there's a lot of that today.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
The twenty seventh Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown begins Friday night, Mohler, Princeton,
the resumption of an awesome rivalry. It's at Princeton High School.
That game we'll kick off at seven o'clock. You can
get all the information on this year Skyline Chili Crosstown
Showdown on x Tom Gamble's favorite social media platform at
(09:39):
Xtown Showdown. You're the best. We'll see you soon, man,
Thanks so much.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Thanks both, appreciate the time many.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Anytime, Tom Gamble. That is really cool. The film that
came out a couple of years ago, made by Branson
Wright on the Molar Princeton Rivalry is awesome. Go find
it then be there Friday, Moler, Princeton, Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown.
Tony Pike from Bengals Colts practice next
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Hey there, what's for dinner tonight?
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