[WVCoach]

Even if so, it is still the best players in EKY against the entire state of West Virginia. With respect to EKY football that does produce some solid teams, it is considered the weaker side of the state compared to NKY, Louisville, and WKY. Ashland played against the #1 team in the biggest class in WV this year and lost by less than a touchdown. Ashland has an okay team that is usually in and out of the top ten in 5A and now 4A, but if you put #1 Trinity against the team they played...it would be a nightmare that ends with a running clock. WV football is very, very weak compared to Kentucky. I hope 99PirateFan is right and the EKY team gets their best players and shows why KY football is the best!!

This isn't entirely accurate. The West Virginia team does NOT inckude players from across the entire state. For the most part, they come from Wayne, Mingo, Logan, Boone, and a few other southern counties. Teams north of Huntington rarely have anything to do with Kentucky. I will agree that Kentucky on average is better than West Virginia, but it also helps that Kentucky has quite a larger population and practically no restrictions at all compared to West Virginia.

Either way, this is usually a fun game to watch.