[Hoot Gibson]

I'll add, the likelihood that anyone's opponent's opponent's winning percentage veers more than .1 from the .500 that is automatic for out of state opponents is unlikely. No one plays a schedule in which they go 10-0 and everyone they play goes 9-1 with their only loss being to you. Out of state opponents could be disproportionately valued both positively and negatively, but the amount that it will matter is negligible. If you have an out of state opponent and are forced into a road game by a thousandth of a point, then you may have a gripe. In week 5 of the season, your complaints are probably premature.

If Johnson Central drops its large out of state opponents and adds 1A Paintsville, 1A Raceland, and 1A Beechwood to its schedule next season, its RPI would soar. It's not a gripe, it is a fact. The RPI system devised by KHSAA is a joke.

Assuming Trinity could persuade more Kentucky teams to schedule them, the Rocks could stay in state and rarely play a playoff road game. A playoff system should never reward teams for playing a weaker schedule to pad a bad RPI system.