[oldhound70s]

I agree...in time. Not now. Maybe one of those a year for the next two or three, but not all (which, you might not have been implying).

I personally have had no problems with their schedules here of late. Going back the last three years, you are talking the likes of:
Boyle County
Danville
Knox Central
Tates Creek
GRC
Southwestern we all know isnt your typical team or talent.

Then you obviously have their district opponents like Bell County and Wayne County. Wayne County is better than they have ever been in the history of the program as you know.

Granted, they have also had the likes of Trimble County and district opponents of Casey and McCreary Central, but even the best college programs have a couple "gimme" games a year. Those are needed; if nothing else than for giving some of your young kids/back ups a little taste of Friday nights.

Tates Creek is a middle of the road 6A program and even though GRC is at the bottom of 6A right now, they are great competition for those in 3A...a very formidable opponent IMO. Very few 3A teams out there are going to have the talent that GRC has.

People wont like to hear this either, but the GATE is a huge factor in scheduling. Corbin I don't think can't afford not to play South Laurel, Knox, Southwestern's, etc...maybe not them exactly, but schools of that caliber who are roughly the same distance geographically. Change ups like Somerset, Pulaski County, Middlesboro, Harlan County, etc. I could see as a very realistic possibility, too.

Corbin should play Whitley, Knox Central, South Laurel, and North Laurel every year. Those are local higher class schools that will bring good gate money. I would also like for them to play Somerset, Danville, and/or Middlesboro each year just to rekindle the rivalries. A great schedule would be as follows in no particular order:

Bell (district)
Wayne (district)
Whitley
Knox Central
Somerset
Danville or Middlesboro
S Laurel
N Laurel
McCreary (district)
Casey(district)