[Diogenes]

Also, keep in mind...the teams that are beating us out in the playoffs, nobody else is beating either. They go on to win state championships. In the case of Highlands, often they're nationally ranked teams.

It's not so much that what we do is NOT working. We could beat the great majority of football teams in the state without throwing a single pass. It's just that the opponents we eventually run into in the playoffs yearly are really, really, really good, and I'm not sure it would matter if we stole Oregon's playbook and ran it against them. They have speed to burn, talent, and depth. It's not that we can't guard the pass; Woodford County and other teams have tried to throw it all over the field on us with very, very limited success. It's just that we can't guard THEM when they pass, and it turns out every year that nobody else can either, not even the teams from WKY with all their supposed athleticism.

Only one team can win the state championship. Just because you don't make it to the finals doesn't mean you aren't the second-best team in the class, and just because you didn't win a state title doesn't mean you didn't have a great year or a great team.*

(* = Unless you're Highlands.)