[strawberryshakeman]

Thank you for understanding my point. Its not a matter of if they can win it, IMO they are the favorite to win it until another team knocks them off. I'm sure Middlesboro and P-burg will have good teams, but until they beat Somerset (5 years) I don't see them as favorites. I'm not trying to be disrespectful to the other teams, but when you practice against quality talent everyday, it makes you better. I'm sure the kids at Somerset have gotten better practicing against this senior class for the last couple years, and so on. Have you ever seen the smaller teams practice against garbage cans and half lines get any better? I haven't, its a tough formula for success. The exceptional programs don't really talk about "rebuilding years" because of the pipeline of talent that feeds them. I'm a firm believer that once you get to the top, success breeds success.