[Gridiron_Raid]

I totally agree Gridiron. Blake has really bounced back from his slow start. I need to put him back in my top 10 players. Bell co is a real contender with a healthy Burnett. Last year Corbin pushed Bell around both games. Curry and Barton were very physical and somewhat bullied the young Bobcats last year. I think this year its a different story. One more year of experience and strength and conditioning will help them. I still think they have no answer for Eli Pietrowski. They must match his physicality. I do think the Akins/Burnett matchup will be key. Burnett has been a known name for a couple of years but no one anticipated Akins to be this good. Akins is capable of playing great defense but it's hard to keep a healthy Burnett down for the entire game. Whoever wins the point guard battle may determine who wins. Corbin trades the physical play of Curry and Barton for the more offensively skilled players in Ryder Akins and Dawson Farmer. Corbin must find Bell Co shooters early. If not, Corbin will lose. Bell is the best shooting team 1-5 than any team in the region. The question with them will always be their ability to match Corbin's physicality.

Right there with you. Bell County just beat an undefeated Christian Academy of Knoxville at home tonight, who was coming off a win against mad south. Burnett was a dominate factor late in the game, and Buell and Huff went toe to toe with a man named Caden Owens who can stretch the floor and take you off the dribble. Probably the best forward they faced all year, and they contained him enough to pull it out. Owens was the best player i had seen on the floor this season at bell high outside of mabe, and probably better than ashford. 

Being able to focus on eli solely should make it easier, not easy but easier, than having 2 6’5 physical men in the paint. Buell has proved he’s tough enough to stand his ground. But the game will probably come down to physical guard play cause i have not seen many people be able to guard a healthy burnett. If he’s healthy from the beginning of the year, the bobcats are 9-1 and maybe 10-0 if they pulled it off against GRC, where he was a shell of himself. Same goes for corbin, they most likely beat harlan county, who had 5 extra weeks of practice off the gridiron, if they played today rather than the opening game.