[Hoot Gibson]

Why is it that Ironton has eleventy billion D-1 players and never wins anything? I think he’s blowing up players that couldn’t play for a lot of NAIA schools let alone D-1. I think he’s promoting hisself more than anything.

I understand you have to tow the line of Ram propaganda because Ironton is a huge competitor in the “arms race” for players, but come on…Pendleton sure doesn’t look like a guy who is “promoting himself”.  He looks like what he is, a guy who actually played fullback 4 years for Michigan State on CBS, a guy who knows what it really takes to do so, a guy who has made connections along the way, and a guy who is using that experience and those connections to help his players reach their goals.  As far as a state title, he’s already been in the title game and might get a trophy this season.

All that said, I realize I sound like some former Fighting Tiger.  I’m not.  I think I’m realistic, though.  And I realistically believe Ashland is in the wrong for trying to throw a roadblock in the careers of their 2 former players.

Great points. Ironton has won two state titles in a state that has more than three times as many football teams than Kentucky and has appeared in the state championship game in each of the past two seasons. For a Raceland fan to attempt to belittle Ironton's rich football tradition is hilarious. Kentucky is not a football state and if Raceland has ever made it to a state championship game, then I must have missed it. (No disrespect intended for Raceland's football program, just for a single crazy Raceland fan. Most Raceland fans are smart enough to understand the rules of living in a glass house.)