[Hoot Gibson]

I couldn't speak for JJ, and would not disrespect him. But for my money, Elliott is the best back in the State. He has played against the best competition in the state and put up numbers against the best 6A district in the state. He was coming off the concussion that he recieved in the Campbell County game when they played HHS the 2nd time, and Ryle went to Hempel out of the backfield. The Elliott that I just watched this Friday is a D1 level player.

I only know about JJ from the writings of this website. I seen no other stories from any other median, but I take the judgements from everyone who has seen him play. Will JJ get more than 4 yards a pop, he may well be able to. But you can't make the comparison to Elliott from that. I'd ask the Bird fans after Friday's game, they have seen Travis several times over the past few years and will get to witness JJ this week.

Highlands also saw Jude last season as a sophomore. Elliott may be a better D1 prospect than Jude - I have only seen a few clips of him playing - but I think you owe it to yourself to watch Jude before arguing that he is not as good a high school running back as Elliott. The CovCath game against JC is available on iHigh.com.

Elliott had roughly the same yds/carry average in his game against CovCath early in the season, a game that Ryle won 61-7, as Jude had against the Colonels. Everybody from NKY says that CovCath has improved by leaps and bounds since then, so Jude's game against a new and improved CovCath team should impress most skeptics.

I was challenging whack'em's logic more than trying to make the case for Jude being better than Elliott. If Elliott is better and is harder to tackle when caught, then Highlands should find it easier to control Jude in what whack'em says is a one-dimensional offense than it was for them to contain Elliott in a more balanced offense. I am eagerly awaiting his explanation. :biggrin: