[Glory_Days]

For all those that refuted the importance of competition (strength of schedule) in the prior discussions, there's not much denying it now. One poster even called the competition talk "garbage". Well, the proof is in the pudding.

Thomas first 13 games 320/3446 (10.77 avg.)
Thomas vs. Hart Co 41/236 (5.75 avg.) *BTW, I do recall a few fans discrediting this team's strength. So, how does it look? Can't have it both ways.
Thomas vs. CAL 39/135 (3.46 avg)

As it was stated earlier CAL held the top 4 RBs they faced to 3.95 yards per attempt. You can see Thomas was half a yard lower. 
Hensley was one of those four, 28/131 (4.68 avg.) so there's the comparison for the two RBs.

I stick to my original opinions that it is close between the two RBs and continue to believe Thomas has earned the title Mr. KY Football 2023.

CAL shutout a one-dimensional run team in the 2022 title game. Can they pull it off again? I'd be very shocked if they did but not with a convincing win. 
 
I hope Daniel Thomas rushes for at least 150 yards but would love to see 200 plus. He was held well under his average last week (5.75). That's still a great average and he played another great game. Will CAL's rush defense outperform what Hart Co did last week? They've only allowed 3.95 per attempt against the top 4 RBs they faced. Expectations should favor Thomas in comparison. If it's similar to the 5.75 last week, then Thomas will need 26-30 carries to hit 150 yards and 34-38 carries to go over 200 yards. That seems to be a reasonable possibility. 318 yards would put him at 4000 for the season! It would take a massive feat to accomplish and probably 40 attempts averaging close to 8 yards.