[Hoot Gibson]

I fully believe Highlands is the only team that will beat JC in the east.
Im not saying JC is a good team, im just stating the fact that I dont think they can beat Highlands only using the running game. Highlands may have had trouble stopping JC and they might this year, but lets fact it, Highlands offense is GREAT. JC will play noone who will get them ready for that offense, which means JC will need to score a lot of points to hang in there and i just dont see it with the athletes Highlands has.

That 21-14 game was a great game, but I think you and I both know that that might have been JC's best team, atleast from what i see that year. And Highlands offense may be better this year than it was that year.

Im rooting for JC 100%, but i dont know that they can stop Highlands, and if they do, i dont know they can put up enough points to win the game.

Many people believe that this year's JC could be their best and the 2006 team that lost to Covington Catholic was better than Highlands that year, IMO. I trust Matney to make the coaching decisions that will give the Golden Eagles their best opportunity to win each game on the schedule. People like yourself who second guess Matney's approach to the game cannot cite any examples of teams in Highlands' class over the past few years beating them by employing a more balanced attack because there are none.

A great Covington Catholic team won a state title in 2006 but it was Johnson Central, not Highlands, which gave the Colonels their biggest challenge that season and they did it with a punishing running attack.

Highlands is not invincible and so far, there is no evidence that this year's Highlands offense is better than it was last year or the year before last.