[grimsrud]

I'm not sure what you're getting at? You can't compare Ky/Tn high school football. Too many variables. For example, who's won the last few ky/tn all-star games?

What I am getting at (said another, more direct way)...

Bell County fans have not taken kindly to not only the Alcoa predictions of victory but also the margin of victory predicted. I was explaining that these predictions are not so much a show of disrespect towards BCHS as they are:

1) a show of confidence in their program, which, outside of Maryville, has run roughshod over pretty much every opponent in the last five years.

2) a reflection of their understanding of national power ratings (calpreps in particular) that, as flawed as they potentially can be, have shown that Alcoa has been the stronger of the two teams over the past half-decade.

3) an understanding that Tennessee programs, and the elite ones in particular, have had a significant winning percentage against Kentucky programs over time, both bad and good (and this is applicable to the current era, eras from 50s years ago - even the great Flaget teams struggled mightily against Oak Ridge, a national power in its own right at that time, and even eras almost 100 years ago - one Tennessee power laid 100 on Tilghman, a good program in its own right, in that era).

Note that I put the "throw out the record books" disclaimer at the end of my last post, which basically acknowledges what you said about comparing the two states. Actually, you can compare the two states, for what has actually occurred on the field head-to-head, but those comparisons aren't in play on the field Friday night. They are in play, however, in the mindset of Alcoa fans, and thus my explanation of why BCHS fans shouldn't see the predictions as disrespect.

As for the Kentucky-Tennessee all-star series, the tally is 15-9 in Tennessee's favor.