[KYHSFBFan]

In the 70's, they threw the ball 5-6 times a game, maybe 10 on a good night. Even when they had David Fowler and Joe Ford, they ran the ball 90% of the time. Most of the QBs they had in the 70's and 80's were more game managers than anything. Also, it seemed like they had a plethora of outstanding running backs all through those years, usually 3 or 4 on every one of those teams. It was successful, so, why mess with success. You also have to take in consideration, in those days, there was no Graves Co HS. The 7 county schools didn't have football programs, so, while they were a 2a sized school, they drew a lot of kids from the county who wanted to play football that transferred in. Once the 90's rolled around, the schools enrollment took a big decline. Kids were staying at Graves Co and enrollment went from 600-800 in the top 4 grades to about 400, even less a few of those years. They went to 1a in 95 and while they still had great skill kids, the numbers were down, so, depth and size took a hit. It really changed philosophy when Hatchell took over as offensive coordinator. Luke Guhy was QB and Xavier Shelton was a D1 talent at WR. Seems like since those days, they've been fortunate to have had a string of QBs that could really sling it and throwing the ball helped them take advantage of there athletes and take some pressure off those smaller, less deep lines.