[Belfry0304]

You could be very right but I promise you that Johnson Central is very good and will give Belfry all they want and then some. When I went to the Johnson -v- Harlan game friday I knew that the eagles were pretty good but they blew my expectations away. I don't think you or Johnson Central should hang your hats on the Harlan Co win though because Harlan is haveing all kinds of problems and are a shell of the team from last year at this point. Im not big on the common opponent thing but if you like to go that way then I think Johnson Central beat Harlan much more soundly then Belfry did. This game was a 36 point running clock with time left in the 2nd quarter and Johnson letting off the gas in the 2nd half and if you had all the starters in for 4 quarters this game could be 60-14 easily with the way the game was going. I think when the two of you meet it could be the best team either of you have faced in the Mountains this season.

Belfry fans need not bullshit themselves. Are we a solid team with a chance at 3A this year? Absolutely. But RIGHT NOW, Johnson Central would put a spanking on us. Why? Because they're gonna run the ball right us and I don't feel like our front seven has progressed to the point (YET) where they could handle the big heavies of Johnson Central banging on them for four quarters. Talent wise, we have nothing to worry about. We have talented kids, they just have to get GAME experience in there and improve. LUCKILY I truly believe by week 10 they will have progressed to that point or close. We need not get big headed yet. There's a long way to go, and a lot of getting better to do. Luckily we have kids out there who have progressed a ton (don't believe me watch Somerset to Pikeville on film) in just four weeks. Promising for us, but Johnson Central is loaded right now. I'm a one game at a time kind of guy, as well. We have no idea what we're getting with Gallia because out of state football is almost always better than here, same with CAK and you know we won't get a call or any love down there as the visitors (which is our advantage with Gallia coming here)... but a game that scares me is Lawrence County. I haven't seen them on film but they're putting some points up and I think Belfry could overlook those guys. I think as of what I've seen right now Lawrence may be meeting us for a regional title.

What I'm trying to say is, stop looking at week 10. We have to improve so much from Game 5 to Game 10, so we can make a run at game 15 that we need to enjoy week-to-week how much better our kids are getting. We get 15 weeks of football out of 52 in a year, let's cherish them and keep improving so we can pick up a win come week 10, and hopefully 5 straight after that.