[EKUAlum05]

Middlesboro has been a trendy "darkhorse" team for many in 2A..but I am not drinking the kool-aid. I know they return a lot of experience, but last year's team was not a very good team whatsoever. They finished 4-7 with wins over 2A Shelby Valley (3-8), 1A Harlan (6-6), 1A Lynn Camp (3-8), and Hancock County TN (2-9). A combined 14-31 (31% winning percentage).

The only semblance of a quality performance was losing to Somerset by 8 points and Pburg (who was very down last season as well) by 3.

vs. Corbin: Corbin
vs. Grant County: Mboro
vs. Pineville: Mboro
vs Bell County: Bell
vs. Harlan: Mboro
vs. Pikeville: Tossup...Lean Pikeville
vs. Union, VA: Union, VA
vs. LCA: Tossup...Lean LCA
vs. Danville: Danville
vs. Somerset: Somerset
vs. Lynn Camp: Mboro

I say anywhere between 4-6 and 6-4.

SURE WINS:
-Cupcake wins vs. 1A Harlan, Lynn Camp, and Pineville.

-Grant County is a larger school but possibly the worst team in their class.

SURE LOSSES:
-Bell will be down a little, but I anticipate a solid drubbing.
- Somerset will more than liekly win by a larger margin than last season.

PROBABLE LOSSES:
- Middlesboro was beat soundly jumping up in class to play Bourbon County and Morgan County... Corbin will be comparable to that Morgan County team last season just a little better.

-Danville should still outathlete Mboro

Toss-Ups:
- 1A Pikeville is the 4th 1A team Mboro drops down to play... I like Pikeville narrowly at home.

- LCA dominated Mboro last season but should be fairly comparable. Still like LCA.

The "success" of the season hinges on that LCA game. The opposite district is very weak in 2A so a 3 seed greatly increases their chance of winning in Round 1...still I cannot see Mboro winning the region or being a factor in the 2A Title Picture.