[EKY Sportster]

This thread is providing some comic relief for us!! But seriously, Matney will have the Eagles ready and Hazard will go home with a loss. For those that say Hazard is not Paintsville, that may be so. But JC could have beaten Paintsville 100 to 0 if they had chosen. The JV played over 1/2 the game. And Paintsville is by no means a bad team this year. JC has proven themselves against some very good, big and strong schools. They have proven themselves in close games. They have done all that is needed to win and they are undefeated. Hazard is a great team, but they are simply overmatched in this one. JC is strong and fast. They may get burnt on some passes, but they will beyond any doubt outscore Hazard if it comes to an offensive game. Hazard may learn from this game, as Paintsville may have, but no chance do they have to win this game. I don't even know if JC could give this game to them unless they turned the ball over 8 times.

JC will not overlook Hazard as Matney takes one game at a time and has his team prepared. It wouldn't matter if he were playing Jenkins. He most certainly won't overlook Hazard, especially with 2 weeks to prepare.

I admire the school spirit of the Hazard faithful, and no doubt Hazard has a much longer and storied tradition than JC. But for that matter so does Paintsville and Pikeville. Trust me when I say that this year it won't matter. JC is writing their tradition and has been for the past several years in case you Hazard fans haven't been following.

Whether JC's style will be enough against Highlands and other great 5A schools is yet to be seen, but it will certainly work against Hazard.

Best of luck to both! I look forward to watching this one.