[Hoot Gibson]

^^^Hoot you missed the point. Trinity and Male put up those numbers vs. very good defenses. JC and Corbin didn't.

It seems like when you disagree with me, it is always because I missed the point, but I don't miss nearly as many points as you think. Trinity had a great defense that year, but their defense played poorly against Male. Male did not have a great defense that year, giving up more than 20 points in 9 of 15 games, including the 59 that they gave up to Trinity. Were both teams better than this year's Corbin and Johnson Central? Undoubtedly they were, but those were the top two 4A teams in the state. Male gave up 137 points in 5 playoff games. The question was not the best performance by the best teams in the same game, it was the best performance in the same game.

I have already said that I would rank the Brohm vs. Bush performances over the Elam-McCoart performances. What I said is that weak defenses were not responsible for the great offensive games by those four players. 

The best defense against McCoart and Elam this season has been running clocks. Madison Central held McCoart to 72 yards rushing this season after he ran for 94 yards against them in less than a half, before he tore his ACL. Aside from that first game, McCoart has posted big numbers in every game. McCoart and Elam will never play in the NFL, but if either of them were playing for Pikeville and posted the same numbers, I think that you would be making entirely different points.

[jetpilot]

Bad defense had much more to do with the JC Corbin score than the male Trinity score. The end. I think 95% of the people get it.

[Hoot Gibson]

Bad defense had much more to do with the JC Corbin score than the male Trinity score. The end. I think 95% of the people get it.

That Johnson Central defense was good enough to allow them to dominate Pikeville on the road. Elam is a top tier quarterback who put on a clinic. Corbin's defense was good enough tto hold Pikeville's offense to 7 points. Does Pikeville just have a very weak offense? Apply the same logic as you are applying to the Corbin/Johnson Central game. If both Corbin and Johnson Central were able to throttle Pikeville's offense with their defense, then what does the fact that they were able to combine for 107 points playing against those same defenses?

I think most people will get my point. Games are about match-ups. Pikeville does not match-up well against either Corbin or Pikeville. That doesn't mean that they have a bad defense or a bad offense.

[jetpilot]

Your Pikeille-itis keeps showing. Pikeville has issues in football this year but wins more sports contests than they lose against much bigger schools. They also beat JC at JV and JH levels this year. The fact is JC has a weak secondary that will keep them from winning a championship this year. It was known before the Corbin game and  after. Pikeville meanwhile is getting better and healthier and primed to make a run for their 4th championship in a row and 5th in 6 years. They have split with JC and Belfry last 2 years, no shame in that. Good luck to JC the rest of the year.

[Hoot Gibson]

Your Pikeille-itis keeps showing. Pikeville has issues in football this year but wins more sports contests than they lose against much bigger schools. They also beat JC at JV and JH levels this year. The fact is JC has a weak secondary that will keep them from winning a championship this year. It was known before the Corbin game and  after. Pikeville meanwhile is getting better and healthier and primed to make a run for their 4th championship in a row and 5th in 6 years. They have split with JC and Belfry last 2 years, no shame in that. Good luck to JC the rest of the year.

Of course, Pikeville always improves at a faster rate than any other program in eastern Kentucky. It would be easy to forget that fact if it were not for your constant reminders. Good luck to the only truly superior football program in eastern Kentucky for the rest of the season.

[jetpilot]

Your Pikeille-itis keeps showing. Pikeville has issues in football this year but wins more sports contests than they lose against much bigger schools. They also beat JC at JV and JH levels this year. The fact is JC has a weak secondary that will keep them from winning a championship this year. It was known before the Corbin game and  after. Pikeville meanwhile is getting better and healthier and primed to make a run for their 4th championship in a row and 5th in 6 years. They have split with JC and Belfry last 2 years, no shame in that. Good luck to JC the rest of the year.

Of course, Pikeville always improves at a faster rate than any other program in eastern Kentucky. It would be easy to forget that fact if it were not for your constant reminders. Good luck to the only truly superior football program in eastern Kentucky for the rest of the season.

Sigh...

JC and Belfry are better than Pikeville this year.