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And furthermore this is a tainted championship. The others were moved so they could play in better weather so this one should have been also. Seldom does a Bell fan agree with a Corbin fan, but GoBigRed was right. Wayne is a better team than Belfry.

No they were not.

The 1A game went exactly as scheduled...

The only game that technically got moved due to inclimate weather was the 6A Game. Moving that game to Saturday forced the 5A game (with the two schools with the shortest drive) to be moved for logistical purposes... but the 6A game was the only game that was truly moved to accommodate for weather.

I still think it is comical to see, to be frank, awful posts like yours. The weather at game time was cold, moderately windy, with moderate rain.... there was no ice, there wasn't 30+ mph wind gusts (the wind was less than 15 mph), there wasn't snow on the field, there wasn't mud. It wasn't remotely close to being the coldest championship... in fact it probably wasn't even the 2nd or maybe even 3rd coldest 3A Final the past 10 years. IT WAS DECEMBER FOOTBALL!

Why the heck should they have moved the 3A Game? The roads were completely clear with no ice... people were not suffering from hypothermia or frost bite from the 33 degree temperature...there was no ice or snow accumulation before, during, or immediately after the game...

Wayne County wasn't complaining about the Regional Finals when they won a close game against Central in the rain, cold, and mud... maybe with Central's team speed they should have claimed it was a "tainted win". WAYNE COUNTY RAN FOR OVER 2000 YARDS ON THE SEASON... THEY SCORED 40 RUSHING TD's... IN POSSIBLY WORSE CONDITIONS AGAINST CENTRAL THEY RAN THE BALL 36 TIMES... Everyone in the State of KY knew that it was going to be cold and wet Friday including the Wayne staff. As I said, IT IS DECEMBER... you don't get sunny, warm Finals very often.

Wayne's offense was designed for balance... their coach mentioned this the entire week... yet they managed to run for 39 total yards and scrapped their run game that had been vital to their success against a team rushing 3 men. Wayne could not run the football on Belfry so they gave up on it.. even when they knew that their running game had to be effective they were literally forced to pass the ball.

People also want to make a big deal about "Wayne getting the stops when they needed them" and this is not entirely true whatsoever. When Wayne was facing a 3rd and 4 with one timeout left they could not stop a Belfry 1st Down. This allowed Belfry to eat a huge chunk of clock.

When Wayne got the ball back with over a minute left they had their opportunity to prove they were the better team. Instead they go Incomplete, Incomplete, Interception with the game on the line.

You people act as if it is impossible to have a passing game in a cold, wet game (on turf no less where there is no mud). Football is played in these conditions... even moreso in worse conditions... all the time. Have you all seen the Ohio State Finals? There was over 100 points scored in the D-1 Championship game in much worse conditions.I take it schools in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Pennsylvania are only won by running teams :HitWall:

I also will point out that 40% of Wayne's total offense came on two plays that they don't make if not for the conditions. Both passes were grossly underthrown into double coverage and the only reason the pass was complete was a sensational leaping catch by a receiver when the Defense anticipated the pass going longer.