[Hoot Gibson]

[quote=Diogenes]In week two, I would've taken Ashland, no contest. However, JC has looked much better, especially on pass D which was the part that looked really shaky in early season, and Ashland has just been looking less and less impressive. Plus, they do tend to have brain lock when presented with black and gold the last half of this decade...

This one will be a joy. This is a true football gut check.[/QUOTE]


I hope you're right. JC has beaten 1 good team Perry CC. The others were Heath/joke, Clay Co/who is even worse with only 1 win this year, St Thomas, Logan, Boyd, Greenup are average teams that JC should have and did beat soundly. Then we have Rowan which is a good team that you should have beat.

Ashland has played 3 very good teams George Washington L by 4 pts., Ironton W by 22 pts., and Belfry L by 1 pt. Russell and Rowan are good teams and the rest are average teams. Since you think Ashland is looking less and less impressive maybe you wouldn't mind to share with us at what point or game, you observed them start to slide this year?

Johnson Central lost to PCC by 8 points at home. Neither Rowan nor Russell are what most people would consider good teams this season. Rowan gave up boatloads of points to bad teams and the result of their game with Johnson Central was very predictable. BTW, Logan's only loss this season was to Johnson Central and the Wildcats have been steadily moving up the WV AAA polls. They were a much better team than Rowan County and they always have some very good athletes.

Regardless of how strong JC's schedule has or has not been, the Golden Eagles will always have a potent offense by the time that they play their last district game. The biggest challenge that Ashland has faced the past 5 years has been Coach Jim Matney and it will remain the Tomcats' biggest hurdle next Friday night.