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I would say yes it will still go thourgh. Trample has nothing to do with blockers, or blocking but with attacking and assigning "combat damage". The creature with trample will assign lethal damage and the rest of the damage will still go through...

If the guy with trample was not blocked, then it would go to the bodyguards. If it was blocked thou, it would still hit you.

[QUOTE=fywdyl]If the guy with trample was not blocked, then it would go to the bodyguards. If it was blocked thou, it would still hit you.[/QUOTE]

Agreed. Weathered Bodyguards only effects the combat damage of creatures that weren't blocked. If a trampler is blocked and ends up dealing combat damage to the defending player, the damage won't be redirected to the Bodyguards.

[QUOTE=Aneximines]Agreed. Weathered Bodyguards only effects the combat damage of creatures that weren't blocked. If a trampler is blocked and ends up dealing combat damage to the defending player, the damage won't be redirected to the Bodyguards.[/QUOTE]

So what your saying is that if a trample creature isn't blocked, all damage goes to Weathered Bodyguards, regardless of the trample creatures power?

[QUOTE=nightcreeper58]So what your saying is that if a trample creature isn't blocked, all damage goes to Weathered Bodyguards, regardless of the trample creatures power?[/QUOTE]

That's right. All damage that would be dealt to the defending player by unblocked creatures is redirected to the Bodyguards.

The only way a trampler could damage the defending player is if it is blocked - and thus exempt from the Bodyguards' ability - and has a high enough power to assign some its damage to the defending player.

That's the only situation in which trample is relevant - when the trampler is attacking and blocked. The Bodyguards' ability does not block any creature, it just redirects damage.