[Bob Seger]

It is enjoyable debating this with you rather than Bob Seger. At least I don't feel like you are just getting ready to post "cluck cluck" and something about some poster who used to post a decade ago named "Bad Cat" or the "Prideful One".

I agree that Matney has done a tremendous job at Johnson Central. I attended many of those Ashland-Johnson Central games over the years, though, and a layman fan could see who was going to win simply by looking at the teams in warmups. Johnson Central has consistently fielded lines that look like small college lines. Matney has done a great job with them, but it is much easier to do a great job when you are working with 6-6 300lb athletes as opposed to working with 6-2 220lb athletes.

It just seems to me that Johnson Central should start focusing on putting some state title trophies in their hallways rather than constantly dwelling on how they have lapped the competition here in Eastern Kentucky including Ashland. In the past decade, they have proven to consistently be far better than Ashland. Move on now and win some state titles. Be better than everyone. I hope they can manage to do so this season. I think it's good and rather amazing that any team from Eastern Kentucky can be better than the rest of the state in anything given the economy in our area.

And perhaps ASH-land should worry more about putting a team on the field that they are not scared to death to play a good team with..Of course the likes of T-CATS, The Prideful One and "Newcomer of the Year", Ole Yellar could not puff them big ole chests out and proclaim that "this is the year" after a steady schedule diet of mediocre 1A schools.

Cluck!! Cluck!! Cluck!!