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I did not say Gate City was weak, only the division. Gate City is very well respected over here. They could compete with most teams in EKY, but who did they really have to beat in the playoffs that could play before Gretna? Max preps rankings mean nothing. I can promise you that there are not 4 teams in VA A that could beat Louisville Central. There are probably only 8 to 10 schools in the entire state of KY who could beat them, just happens that they play 4 or 5 of them every year. They are no joke. Central would not rate well on a scale like MaxPreps because they play the toughest schedule around for a school their size so they lose around half their reg season games.

Seriously? That's the best you could do?? The old "but who did they play/beat" line??? Doesn't matter who ... they beat the best in their area in their grouping, just like ALL the other playoff teams, va. AND ky., did. But, just so I don't come off as avoiding the question, they beat Radford in the state semis. The Bobcats had 3 losses coming in... 2 of those were to state finalists..

Ill be honest, I know nothing about Max's ranking system, but I DID notice that 4-loss Radford, with 3 losses to state finalists, finished ranked higher than other semi-finalists with better records, so that basically blows that theory away.

But I'm used to KY ppl. saying their fb teams are better than VA teams, so no biggie.