[Hoot Gibson]

Not to dispute you Hoot, but Workman is nowhere near 100 pct. He hasn't been asked to do a whole lot on his bad knee yet. I would think he would be further along come Friday night and I think that his improved health with the Matney factor as you said will be enough for the Eagles.

I have only been able to make it to the Ashland game. I had hoped that Workman was getting closer to 100 percent. At least Blanton had a couple of games under center while Workman was recovering.

There was no excuse for Ashland squandering an 18 point lead and losing to Scott. The Tomcats had plenty of athletes to have developed a more diverse offense (and depth) and a quarterback who could throw the ball down field this season. Putting a freshman QB into a playoff game and expecting him to lead a comeback effort was an act of desperation. Putting a player into the game who had been withheld from the game because of an injury was even worse.

I have never coached a single football game, but I know that it sends the wrong message to your starting QB when you call halfback passes, not to catch your opponent off guard, but because you have no confidence in your QB's arm.

If Scott wins next week, it will not win because Coach Matney panics if JC falls behind.