[Orange Blaze]

I think people have been underestimating Fairview all year for one reason or another. I know Paintsville is much better and I am happy to see it, but I think a lot of people who are picking Paintsville to win this game will eat a lot of crow come Saturday morning. A lot of people on BGR said last year when they found out that Fairview would lose all of that offensive backfield that they were done, but look what they are doing. You also cant say that they don't have a better schedule this year either. When I look at Fairview this year they remind me of Belfry. When I say that I don't mean I think they are as good as Belfry, but they are in the same boat as Belfry. They lost some from last year and have a lot of new and young kids but those new and young kids are very very talented. If you look at the thread where Lawrence and Fairview went at it in week 3 I think, you will see that I said that King is fast and a good athelete, but he isn't even the best RB they have. King is like a do it all player who can return kicks and line up as reciever or TB, but if you are picking Paintsvill to win just because King is out and you think it will stop the Fairview run game then you will be shocked. I believe more people on this site need to actually go see teams play a little before they try to comment on said team.

I agree completely. I saw Fairview an Hazard play and I can tell you Faiview is the real deal. They aren't quite as good as last years team but they still have a good team that is loaded with talented athletes. I saw Paintsville play in a scrimmage before the season started and while they are better than they have been in the past, they are still a year or two away from making any serious noise. I know you can't really take too much away from a preseason scrimmage but based on what I have seen from both teams, Fairview has way too much talent for Paintsville to handle this year. I don't think this game will be close at all and I think Fairview will have a running clock against Paintsville. Yes King is a huge loss but Fairview has other really good players who can step up. Paintsville played good with Pikeville a few weeks back but I think Paintsville caught Pikeville off guard and if they were to play again it would not be as close of a game.