[Hoot Gibson]

Thats not what i meant, and i think your clever enough to know that.
Lets face it, if you throw the ball 2 or 3 times a game, your NEVER going to beat the Highlands, and Bowling Greens of the world. They'll track you down with your speed and your drives will take to long to sustain, and when you turn it over once your done.
The fact that HC was down 36 to JC and only threw the ball twice proved one thing, and thats that they dont have a single pass play in there offense other than hail mary. So all a Bowling Green type team would have to do against HC, or any team for that matter, is stack the box and let your athletes fly around. It would be a total blow out.
Its also the reason i think Pulaski County will win that region.

As for JC, I expect Highlands to do the same.

What you don't understand is that Highlands has struggled with JC's running game in the past, knowing that the Golden Eagles would throw very few passes. In fact, the Golden Eagles lost by only 7 in one regional championship game when a JC drive ended with a dropped potential game winning touchdown pass with only seconds left in the game. JC has dominated Covington Catholic, despite the Colonel's balanced attack in more than one game. No NKY team has shutdown JC's ground game, even in years when Highlands and Covington Catholic have had far superior teams.

No team in Kentucky has had a consistently better running game than Johnson Central has had during the Matney era. That is what has won 6 out of the past 7 district titles and it is what gives JC the best chance of eliminating Highlands from the playoffs this season. If JC falls so far behind Highlands (or Covington Catholic) that they are forced to abandon what got them there, then they will lose. Those games will be decided by turnovers, IMO. I don't think that there will be many punts in JC's playoff games.