[Tomcat68]

Russell played the WORST game in 3 years.... we had 1 offensive play in the first quarter and still was up 7-0.... Russell could not give that game away.....so yea any team can win on any day I understand..... Russell can do nothing about the schedule so dont penalize us for that.....next year we will play everyone you listed except JC, and Belfry in the regular season.. Yea I know that next year is different.... We may actually win against Ashland next year too..... LORD WILLING...
I just dont see why,,, So is BELFRY ranked above Russell because of their schedule, or because they were beaten in 1 OT,, rather than 3... just wondering...........Man we can go on for days on this and all I can say ....... I am glad we live in a free country to list OUR top 10........ I guess you saw my top 10................
Great to have you on here T-CAT 50,,, to argue the points with....... good luck Ashland in the rest of the season....
Go DEVILS !!

Russell may have played their worst game in 3 years, but Ashland didn't exactly play up to par either.

Ashland drives the ball down inside the 5 to start the game, Russell forces a fumble and it get returns for a TD by Jones. That's a quick 7-14 point shift in the game in Russell's favor. Could have been 7-0 Ashland but is instead 7-0 Russell.

Ashland runs their next drive. Russell gets the ball back, Clark gets hit deep in the backfield and Ashland forces a fumble and recovers. Ashland sustains a drive and ends the 1st quarter.

So, if you take the first quarter, with the exception of one HUGE play made by Jones, Ashland really dominates the portion of the game and would be driving in for a 14-0 lead but instead is trying to tie it up at 7-7 to start the 2nd quarter.


Trying to say that Russell "could not give the game away" because of their 1st quarter performance, is actually the opposite. Ashland was able to sustain long drives, and keep the Russell offense off of the field.. I don't see how that would be Russell trying to give the game away.

You could easily put the shoe on the other foot and say Ashland was trying to give the game away because they committed 5 turnovers in the game, yet still came away with the win.

I often see better teams lose when they commit 5 turnovers, but rarely see the lower team win after they commit 5 turnovers.

As for ranking Belfry above Russell, no it had nothing to do with the OT portions or lengths of the game. I watched those 2 teams play back to back weeks against the same competition. Ashland was able to commit 5 turnovers and still beat Russell, while it took several Belfry turnovers, as well as a questionable TD called back, to get beat by Ashland.

A team can play better or worse on any week, but that's the only game I've seen either play to compare.