[Iam4thecats]

Crider and Pugh is an excellent comparison and very fair, FWIW

I will say though that Pikeville had better secondary options than Crider had with Graves. It truly was an one man show.

Battaile is a much better QB than Graves' and the Charles boys were an upgrade at their positions.

That Graves team is one of the weakest teams to reach the State Finals in recent years (especially for non-1A teams)..I still cannot fathom how they upset Bowling Green who was clearly the best team in 5A IMHO last year. Goes to show how any team can lose on a given night.

I'm usually right with you. I might be reading too much into this so if I am excuse me. The 5A runner up last year had a great defense and 5A depth to go with Crider. They would have beaten this years Pikeville by a few td's at least.