[Hoot Gibson]

that game i went to Friday night. i think they lose money that game. the money they pay the Refs, food and drinks, and the power bills. i don't think Hazard made the money to pay all these bills. next week game, there will be a few more people there, just because it is the 2nd round of the playoffs. the 3rd and 4th round will be were everyone will go to. and the state title game, now since it is only 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours aways. there will be more of Hazard fans there.
i made the it to Louisville the first year Hazard made it, because i got family on that team. the other 3 times Hazard made it. i just turn the radio on.

That's my point. Poor first round attendance is because the 4 seed is almost always much, much weaker than the 1 seed. IMO, the question people should be asking is not why there are so many teams in the playoffs, the question is why there are so many bad teams in the playoffs.

In a class system, where enrollments are approximately equal, running clock games should not be common, no matter how many teams are in the playoffs. For schools that have had football programs for more than a few years, losing a football game with a first round, first half running clock is a disgrace. There is no excuse for a school losing by such wide margins to similar sized schools.