[RunItUpTheGut]

The people saying that about Williamsburg are out of touch with reality, because they are going to be very good. If I had to pick a winner if they played each other this year, I would have to go with the Jackets. Repeating Old Redhound, Williamsburg is not really using Corbin's kids, unless you want to count Sizemore, who has never played for Corbin.

You are right, Corbin wouldn't have made the finals in 02 without Lawson, and shouldn't have anyway because they were just above average that year. They had a lot of breaks go there way, including playing every playoff game at home, plus not facing a team who had any passing attack at all before facing Breathitt, who exposed their shortcomings.

Kenneth Bays was the player I was trying to remember earlier.

Jarrod would have been a sophomore when i was a senior.
With him, we could have easily won atleast two playoff games. We went 9-2 that year and was heavy favorites against Scott County in the first round until our senior QB went down injured in the first. Jarrod was that much of a difference maker, but knew if he stayed he wouldnt get the ball as much as at Whitley, and while i disagree with the transfer that late, there is no way he would have got recruited by UK had he stayed at Whitley. I was disspointed that things didnt go right for him, I would have loved to of seen him play four years at UK, but he never got in a uniform. One of the best players ever produced around this area.
I actually watched Corbin in the playoffs in 02. You are very correct about things going there way. It wasnt home field or the refs or anything like that but it seemed every time they were backed into a corner, the other team would fumble, throw a pick, etc.
I still think Corbin was much better than a 51-0 loss to Breathitt, but they just couldnt stop the pass. That was when the pass was just getting real big in the mountains, and Haddix had the arm to prove it. Corbin had a good team that year, but like you said, was average compared to a lot.

Ive imagined several times over the years of how Corbin-Whitley games would have gone, but even more than that, ive imagined how a team comprised of players from both schools would have dominated the mountains had they played together. As ive said before, when Corbin was winning all those games, it seemed they always had one big stud that just dominated the field, and they havent had that the past few years. I guess the Watkins kid was the closest thing to that back a few years ago, but none really sense. Corbin needs that great player like theyve always had.