[Hoot Gibson]

The computer rankings reflect what is obvious from looking at the scoreboard. JC played badly its first four games and peaked at the end of the year. Anybody who does not believe that the Golden Eagles were a much stronger team than Covington Catholic at the end of the season was just not paying attention.

The Golden Eagles have rolled up around 1200 yards on the ground against the Colonels in their last two meetings. CovCath has a great program and they probably would have beaten JC if they had played early in the season. The computer predictions were way off for the games that JC played in the playoffs because they gave too much weight to the early season losses. There is no reason to believe that the computers would have picked the outcomes of any of the hypothetical match-ups any better.