[RunItUpTheGut]

In a car, Corbin to Rosspoint is roughly an hour drive. If you know 119 pretty well, you can conceivably make it in 55 minutes. It usually takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes from Corbin to Cumberland and 15-20 minutes from the Baxter bridge in Harlan. That said, on a bus, you'd be looking at about an hour and 15 or 20 minute trip from Corbin-HCHS.

I would love to see Corbin/HC series started but ultimately I like everyone else want to see Corbin and Whitley County. The Corbin vs. South Laurel game brings nothing to the table. Sure there have been some good games in the past but Corbin and Whitley would be a completely different animal. You would have two teams that actually care about football playing on a Friday night. South Could stay on the schedule to fill a spot but more often than not, it really shouldn't be a must play game.

If it were up to me, Corbin's schedule would be as follows.

District:

Bell County
Wayne County
McCreary Central
Casey County

-Pigskin Classic (LCA, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Southwestern, Pikeville, Perry Central, etc)
-Whitley County (
-Middlesboro
-South Laurel/Knox Central//Harlan Co (rotating)
-GRC/Madison Southern/Garrard County type school that you should beat most years but can provide a challenge.
-Harlan/Wburg/Lynn Camp/Hazard-Single A school that would provide solid competition (mainly Wburg or Hazard) in some years but is generally a win.

This schedule in MOST YEARS would give you no worse than a 3-1 district record with a championship every 2 or 3 years and likely 4 or 5 wins in the non district. Some years Corbin could win 9 or 10 games depending on the talent coming through.

More importantly, you may enter the playoffs with 6-4 on some years but more often than not you'd be 7-3 or 8-2 once you get familiar with the opponents and get Corbin football back to where it should be. You will be much more battle tested compared to the different style offenses that you see.

Ive been saying this for years.
You laid that out perfectly.

That schedule is what Corbin needs.
Ive been wondering lately about the financial situation and how long it will be before Corbin upgrades there facilities. Corbin has some of the best practice facilities, along with a great fieldhouse that isnt that old, and pretty good weight room.
It seems the administration has been tight with money over the past few years, but Corbins stadium could really use some modern touches to it. Nothings worse than sitting on concrete in the freezing cold nicker:

However, Ive always heard that before that happens, a new middle school would be next on the agenda, and rightfully so. If im not mistaken, that building is somewhere around 80 years old, and the seperated gym was built around the 30's or 40's sometime? It also served as the high school before the new one was built around 40-50 years ago. After the renovation to the high school this past couple of years, i would imagine it would take a little while to settle up some financials to get what they need, i would just love to see Corbin really do something big with that stadium. There still one of there very few schools with a stadium away from the campus, and its one of the long list of traditions there.

But, as far as the schedule, i couldnt agree more. Weve been waiting for a Corbin/Whitley game since 82? I think? As ive stated before though, i firmly believe it wont happen until Jewell is gone, and thats not on the Corbin faithful, because i know theyd love to see it to.