[EKUAlum05]

Meh... hard to tell.

MS will be playing an overmatched opponent in Round 1 so you basically have three straight weeks without competition to make you better before playing a solid Harlan County team.


If MS was really banged up then this obviously is a good thing as they will definitely be healthy.

If MS was not very banged up then you have to worry how the team will respond after a season that featured a pretty weak schedule as it was and having such a long layoff before stepping up in class to play a Harlan County team who absolutely destroyed the same Madison Central team that Southern barely escaped against.

Personally as a program trying to make some noise I would rather model myself with teams like Belfry, Johnson Central, Mayfield, Highlands, Bowling Green, Central, St. X, Trinity, NewCath, and Beechwood

These are all teams who have traditionally been Top 15 programs over the past decade and all who have a Non-District Game in Week 10 that will sharpen their skills as they head into the playoffs and a Round 1 game that should be a cakewalk for them.