[grimsrud]

grimsrud,
First of all thank you for the very intelligent and thought out post. I know you said you have only been lurking, but after work like this I can only hope that you will continue to post more often and bring some much needed perspective into on-going debates.............

Good stuff. I may not get into too many specific team discussions (the Alcoa/Bell County thread is certainly entertaining though), but I'll look around for awhile. I joined the "other" KY site six years ago but am disappointed I didn't find this one sooner; this board is much more lively and not as vanilla.

For what it's worth, I have done quite a bit of research of national rankings. While I think they have to be taken with a grain of salt, considering the sheer number of teams one would have to rank/rate to get a Top 25, I do enjoy seeing how the so-called experts have rated teams from different states over the the past half-century. Maybe you have seen these, but if not...

National Rankings
Tennessee Facts and Figures
Kentucky Facts and Figures