[EKUAlum05]

I always have felt like the "Running Up the Score" connotation is the product of people wanting Matney to be a villain.

I think lots of things have led to this...some fair..some not.

For starters... I think Jim Matney is the greatest troll in KY HS Football. I think he enjoys having a chip on his (and his team's) shoulder and he enjoys when people hate him. At heart he is a man who loves doing things for his kids. Part of where all this came from was JJ Jude's pursuit of the rushing record and subsequently Tyler Pack's as well.

It was very clear Matney wanted his kids to have both records so he did some "creative" things to help ensure that happened.It wasn't so much he was trying to inflate his team's resume, embarrass the other team, or make himself into Vince Lombardi... I honestly think he wanted to give his kids a once in a lifetime opportunity. Nonetheless..detractors are fair for criticism because let's face it..there was some gamesmanship and some of those yards/scores were not necessary.

What isn't fair is the fact JC has a dominant feeder program...typically a dominant Freshman team..and a dominant JV team. All running the same offense. Simply put when JC subs in the JV leading 55-12 there are a lot of times their JV is simply going to be much better than the opposing Varsity, even the Freshman! You have to let the kids play and run their base offense..so when suddenly the score becomes 69-12 instead of 55-12 people are going to be angry.

The other side is JC is a run heavy team. Most of their losses have had a lot to do with a struggling passing game. If they try to work on passing in a game they have in hand suddenly they are "running up the score".. when in actuality if they ran their base offense they probably would score even faster.