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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.

Jarrod was probably the best that I ever had the privilege to play with. We were thought to have a rebuilding year in 2002, after losing most of our starting backfield of Foley, Cook, and Hoover and all 5 starting lineman. But as you said we did have a big stud. Most though a 6-4 season would be likely and I remember the papers predicting a near .500 record. I will agree we were only above average in talent but we fed off that underdog role a lot.

In my opinion if we play Breathitt 10 times we probably wouldn't have won one. However they weren't 51 points better. We hadn't seen that kind of passing game, and there were several other things that played into the outcome, but mostly we just didn't show up that day. (It would have helped out if Whitley wouldn't have fought Brads transfer or he would've really helped us too!) haha