[laker20]

Thanks Mr. Gut. I appreciate the complement but I will leave the majority of the posts to you people that I enjoy to read and who know the subject. I just enjoy the kids and their talents. I will scold you Whitley fans a little in that your expectations were a little too high and you overlooked Russell to some extent. I'm sure the kids read the posts of the whitley fans and to some extent might have believed what your fans were posting. On the other hand, we(the Russell fans) were very concerned about your team and were very diligent in their preparation. Russell has a nice team with an excellent running back. His presence elevates us to a very good team that will suprise a lot of teams, as we surprised Whitley. But now I dont see the' gloom and doom ' that is coming from the Whitley fans. Once again I say BEWARE ROCK because had these young men of Whitley Co. not encountered the kind of running back Mr. Britt is in their first game than the results would definitely BEEN DIFFERENT! Whitley Co. is going to have a nice or very nice season. DONT ABANDON SHIP WHITLEY FANS!

I agree 100%. I think that you are discounting Whitley because your overlooking how good RCHS actually is. Britt has proven him self for the past couple of season. Look at RCHS & Britt's stats last year against Somerset, ACS (twice), Pulaski Co, Franklin Simpson, etc. he was average well over 200 yards in offense most coming from rushing. He ran all over Somerset when most teams couldn't even score against them. To hold Russell Co to 30 points is pretty good, especially for Whitley's first game. Look at what Russell did to Marion and then look at the spanking Marion put on Clay Co this week. There's really just not much Whitley could do to contain Britt, you can't coach speed, and most of his TD runs he went in untouched by making it to the corner or by cutting in on his way the corner. As for Russell Co's O-line, I've yet to see any monsters out there, but they did do I fine job run blocking.

IMO I think Whitley will play Rock much closer than most of you expect, but they need to be a bit less one-dimensional on offense. I give Rock the slight advantage:

Whitley Co 21
Rockcastle Co 27