[Scotty_Bronson]

Scotty, that is finally the type of talk I have been waiting to hear from the east. I like to hear reasoning on here instead of a bunch of stupid signs and things stating we served you all. I really think 64 is just a blow hard. I dont think the team in Williamsburg would in any way be supportive of his antics. Red&Blk, that was a nice post, I didn't think to look at their overall ratings when I checked these teams out. I was thinking along the lines of, from my experience the classifications in Tn every year seem to be down to what we have here in Ky. For instance in 2009 we beat Trousdale. They won 2a state championship. We lost 1a state championship. The last 3 yrs we have beat Milan in our annual scrimmage, pretty easily I might add. Each one of those years Milan has made it to the 3a state championship game. So when I looked at the fact they lost to a 2a team that is ranked #7 in Tn, I didn't think to much about them being that tough. I compared it to us beating 2a and now I think #8 Murray. We beat them pretty easily. I figure a top 10 2a team of similar ranking should beat a top 10 team of Tn of similar rank. That is a given, heck look, we cant even pay Union City to travel 30 minutes or let us travel 30 minutes to play them. I mean no disrespect to Williamsburg, but the best thing they could do is pull the reins back on 64, and stop him from drinking and typing. You see what that does to his typing skills, geeze.:lmao:

I have a love and appreciation for football, especially small school high school football, that runs to my very core. My oldest son just began playing flag football and just like my dad before me, I will more than likely coach him all the way through jr high (possibly further if I choose to get my teaching certificate)...I find it wildly irritating and disrespectful to the game and those of us who love it most, when people get on these threads and just try to push buttons. Football is a game of INTELLIGENCE, PRIDE, AND DISCRETION. Some people though, just feel the need to bash and try to poke and prod.

Facts are facts. I am not disputing Williamsburg's tallent or quality as a football team, nor am I going to write off Raceland or Fairview. I am a former player and graduate of Raceland High School, but I do not see through "orange tinted glasses". I love my alma mater and do all that I can to try and help the programs feeder system, but as mentioned before, Fairview, Raceland, and Williamsburg have something to prove. If they want to be on the same level as the small school big dogs Beechwood, Mayfield, NCC, Danville, Hazard, and Pikeville(in their hayday), they are going to have to atleast produce some Regional Championships and semi final appearances. Not saying that any of the three schools/teams aren't good quality programs (historically Raceland is better than Fairview, but in the 2000s Fairview has really come to life)...

I dont know a whole lot about Williamsburg's past other than in the last 5 years (this goes for Campbellsville as well), they have come into the play offs with no more than 4 losses and nothing but Championships on the lips of the Yellow Jacket Nation, and here is how it's played out:

2007: Lost in 2nd round by 2pts to Cambellsville. Cville lose in round 3 to Hazard 44-6.
2008: Loss to LCA in the 2nd round 69-48
2009: Loss to Fairview 33-8 in the 1st round
2010: Loss to Fairview 27-20 in the 2nd Round
2011: Loss to Hazard 28-0 in the 3rd round

Not disputing THIS YEARS Williamsburg team from being tallented and having the ability to atleast get to Substate this season, but they have become the Chargers or Cowboys of Kentucky 1A football. Every year around week 6 people start saying, "This is the year, this is the year"...but they end up falling in the 2nd or 3rd round, once they play a very good quality team. Until I see Raceland, Fairview, or Williamsburg in atleast a state semifinal game, they will have not taken the next step. As for my alma mater, I hope that this year is the next step. Because it would be huge momentum for an already stellar-seeming next several years.