[Hoot Gibson]

[quote=Hoot Gibson]It is very unlikely that Franklin Simpson has closed a 49 point gap in one season. A run-first team does not stand much of a chance against Johnson Central. FS will probably score but not nearly enough.

JC 45 FS 14[/QUOTE

You don’t have to close a 49 point gap, because graduation does that for you. Both teams lost a lot of good players, but returned a lot too. I really think this will be closer than most think. Both are run first teams, and both are stout against the run. FS 21-16

The difference is JC returned a lot of players from a team that won a first half running clock game a year ago. Ashland showed that JC can lose a game under those circumstances if JC loses the turnover battle by a large margin, but I like the Golden Eagles chances against the fourth best team in 4A.