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Whitley has never dressed 70 or even 60 that I am aware of. That being said I think that in a couple of years they [I]could[/I] dress 60 and nothing breeds success like success, but even after the 12-2 season the numbers did not go up.

Whitley has the problem of being a rural school, when Jim Black was at Williamsburg he could have almost unlimited practice time but at Whitley he has to deal with buses to take the kids home at a certain time. Parents just do not give a rip if a kid plays or not, regardless of if the kid is good or not.

Sometimes I think numbers (to a certain extent) are overrated. Whitley's best year they only had 7 seniors they did have a nice junior class to go along with them. This year I think you will see a wide range of players contributing from 2-3 freshmen to a host of seniors. The big thing is that you need some of those middle level guys who can play a few plays and special teams to give your studs a rest.

Whitley's problem last year was defense and think they will be much improved on that side of the ball this year and with a potent offense they will be much improved. 7-3 is do-able, 6-4 is probably more realistic, and 5-5 would be what most people think they will have, but I see a lot of similarities between 07 & 08 and last years team and this years team. If the offensive line comes around they could be seriously good.