[Hoot Gibson]

I'm not sure who runs the option, but seeing different styles of football is exactly what HHS sees each year. The purpose of playing teams in different classes has proved valuable. When they play 6A teams in NKY, they see that dominate O-Line with runs between the tackles. When they play Cincinnati teams, they see open offenses with high powered passing games. Playing Cov Cath tends to be playing in a mirror. I think that HHS has done an excellent job over the last five years of scheduling teams that gives them a flavor of what they will see come playoffs, thus gives them game film to refer back to!

Scheduling teams that play a particular offense is not the same as practicing against it every day in practice. Johnson Central will continue to run the ball effectively against Highlands because there is no way that Highlands can devote enough practice time during the season to replicate JC's offense well enough to stop it completely. They can and do effectively shutdown teams that run similar offenses to their own. Conversely, Johnson Central's defense is usually very good against teams that run option offenses when they face those teams in the playoffs.

There really is no good argument for teams like Johnson Central to scrap potent offenses so that they can look more like Highlands.