[PHSForever]

PHSForever,

Wouldn't get too caught up in "3 votes".

That does NOT mean three "ballots" or three "voters".

3 votes can mean

- Three people voted them 10th (out of 40+, about 20 of which are horrible)
- One person voted them ninth and one voted 10th
- One person voted them eighth (worth two points)

The number of voters is on there.
What papers/stations the voters are from is on there.

And you take umbrage with an "others receiving votes" in the smallest/weakest class?

Really?

No, I am just amazed that they even received votes, period. That is all. It shows that very few of those pollsters even know their football, is all. As for classifying 1A as the smallest/weakest class, I only agree with the "smallest" portion of your statement. I guarantee you Beechwood, Mayfield, Hazard et al could make a serious run at some upper class teams, even beating them in some cases.

This is the reason I was so against us going to 6 classes. It let EVERYBODY in, basically, for the playoffs, watered down the competition, and basically gives 1A the finger in people's eyes. It wasn't really all that long ago Pikeville was stomping Henry Clay, Prestonsburg, Lawrence County, and Hazard was thumping Letcher Central, Clay County, Corbin, etc. 1A football is very good state-wide, not just in the mountains. And frankly, as a football purist, I HATE seeing silly "hometown paper votes" like Paintsville's. I know it probably wasn't a hometown paper vote, but you get my meaning.