[PHSForever]

i will agree that Pikeville is and has been a dominate team in the mountains. Pikeville, and Lawrence as well as others have fielded teams that could compete with any over the years. and i am not saying lawrence couldnt beat scott county. what i am saying is that if Pikeville or Lawrence county played a schedule like Scott county or st x, or bryan station among others, they would not have twenty wins. the analogy im trying to make is this: boise state is a good football team, they have beaten the big boys, but could they compete in the sec on a regular basis? again not taking away from the success the two have accomplished, i look forward to seeing one of them at applebees. and then...hope they prove this old pessimist wrong.

I'd have to disagree with you on this. A schedule isn't ALWAYS what it seems, nor is a winning record. Can we agree that Madison Central, for example, is a top 25 team in the state? Yes? Okay, let's have a look at them. 23-3 through 26 games. But only 11 games played against their own region. The other 15 games have been against teams like

Estill Co. (R14) with a glowing 11-13 record
Fleming Co. (R16) with a stellar 11-15 record
DuPont Manuel (R7) with an awesome 7-15 record
Raceland (R16) with a scary 5-15 record
Franklin (R11) with an ohsoclose 10-11 record
Lex. Christian (R11) with a 10-19 record

My point is, every team has "chuff" built into their record based on several factors they can't control, such as going to a tournament where they don't control who is invited, the district/region they are slotted into based on geography, etc. All teams also try and build in those types of games where they can get work in for their younger players, build up their record, etc. We'll just have to agree to disagree on some things.