[Lone Oak Shocker]

As long as schools (and recruiters) place so much emphasis on stats and numbers, you will continue to see the expansion of the "safe schedule syndrome" which calls for schools to play teams you can beat in order to get the stats up and thus get players noticed. Some schools don't do it, like Lexington Catholic and Boyle County and Johnson Central, which will play anyone anywhere. But there are too many 'good' programs which in recent years have opted for safe scheduling to get noticed. I guess there is no way to stop it, but while it allows a few position players to build a rep, it ultimately dims the program. There were plenty of schools in 2009 which rang up great records against ho-hum competition. But not a single one carried home a trophy.

I sure hope that you're not referencing Lone Oak anywhere in that statement. I don't want to make any assumptions, but alot of Tilghman fans dog on Lone Oak's "weak schedule", and think that Tilghman would have beaten Lone Oak this year. I don't disrespect Tilghman at all, but I hope that you aren't so ignorant as some of the Tornado supporters around appear to be.