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Many Rockcastle fans are calling for an 8-2, 9-1, some even say 10-0 regular season. HOWEVER, everyone needs to keep in mind that OVERALL the schedule is much easier than in recent years. Few, if any, automatic victories but no Bell County or Boyle County and Whitley County and Pulaski County will not be as good (yes, Rockcastle played BOTH Bell and Boyle 2 seasons ago!)

I do think they will be better than last season, how can you not? Who are their 8 losses going to be to? They lost 7 games, so to be worse they have to lose 8. It is hard to defend Rock without giving bulletin board material but there is a part of me that thinks Rockcastle would have had a good game with Perry Central LAST season.

I like to think of Rockcastle like the St. Louis Rams or the Detroit Lions. They didn't add much, if I remember correctly, but who doesn't think they will be better with another year for their young players to grow and learn? In the NFL you never know what is going to happen, but still.

I only see 3-4 games on the schedule that Rockcastle will seriously have to worry about: Sheldon Clark and Knox Central, and Perry Central and Frankfort (Certainly are not as good as the two mentioned before but have elements of their game or strategies that can present a serious problem)

I have talked with RockSolid69 and told him over the phone that I think Rock wins 7 regular season games. It is a difficult thing for a team to learn how to win again. The seniors on this team have never won more than 8 games (If I remember correctly), however they have been in the stands or had brothers that have been state-runner-ups or State Semi-finalists in the past 5 years. So the winning tradition at Rock is still there. Plus when they first saw the schedules you know they had to think to themselves, "Bell and Boyle are gone, why can't we have a legitimate shot to beat every team on this list?"

Where so many of the Rock fans get the 8-2, 9-1, 10-0 ideas in their heads is that there is not a single team on the schedule that Rockcastle does not have a good chance to beat. I, for one, do NOT think they will go undefeated, that takes an incredibly special team to do so. But I would be lying if I didn't think they had a serious chance to beat everyone on the schedule.

Here is the schedule, tell me what team they have NO CHANCE to beat:

Aug 20, 11 Sheldon Clark at Harrison County 5:45 PM
Aug 26, 11 Frankfort away 7:30 PM
Sep 2, 11 Whitley County home 7:30 PM
Sep 9, 11 Estill County away 7:30 PM
Sep 16, 11 Pulaski County home 7:30 PM
Sep 23, 11 Perry County Central away 7:30 PM
Sep 30, 11 Russell County home 7:30 PM
Oct 14, 11 Knox Central away 7:30 PM
Oct 21, 11 Clay County home 7:30 PM
Oct 28, 11 Montgomery County away 7:30 PM