BrewDog

Paintsville has guts, and leads the overall series. Lawrence has guts, and has won 90 percent of the time. My wish list would add Belfry every year (crowd drawer for both and YMT would be on board, I would think); Prestonsburg, and occasionally Sheldon Clark, Pikeville, and if last night means anything, maybe up and coming Letcher Central. I would also like a big coal company to move to Paintsville and lay us some carpet!

Finally, a valid point. Mason is fast and unbelievably under everyone's radar. I for one worry about this season finale. And you guys should be able to relate to the lack of respect. How'd the opener go?

Thanks, we are confident. I would think Morehead could relate to being a doormat in football, so help us out man. The subject is refusal of local teams to play us. The rest is harmless smack.

Just confident. Don't take it too personally. We all eat a little crow from time to time. I like to go overboard. Not too much exageration here though. If you guys have a problem with JC fans being excited and confident, so what. We're always classy. Just pumped and classy now. So...yeah...bring 'em on. We need to play local teams.

Then your school has probably run into the same problem. The 80s are long gone though, and the school you're talking about isn't really competition anymore, except for Paintsville (a non-chicken) and Hazard. Thought maybe you were speaking on behalf of a school that might compete with Johnson Central.

You know the history pretty well for someone who never heard of Johnson Central. Anyone who knows Central football knows we're young, and will be even better next year. Maybe we can get a local schedule think. Help us out bro'.

Right Billybobjimbo. Which chicken do you support?

Wow. What a reaction. Good Job JC Alumni. "Afraid" isn't the right word. These teams around here can't beat us anymore, and Belfry wouldn't have beaten us last year either. Taking nothing away from the pride and rich tradition, just calling a spade a spade, and refusing to buy the excuses that Belfry uses our scrimmages as "practices" and we use them as games. Regardless, we kicked Belfry around pretty good the last 2 years. We would have done the same the last week of the season. Belfry mopped the floor with Central all those years, and can't do it anymore. Why would they want to schedule a loss? Nothing to gain is why. Prestonsburg won't play us because Matney has a history with Pburg, and they don't really want the annals of history to show what would happen. Similar story with the others. So, even though I have no authority, on behalf of the Johnson Central powers that be, go tell your coaches we think you're a bunch of chickens (lol). Otherwise, we'll continue traveling great distances to find competition. And by the way, Bryan Station would have thumped just about every team around here last year. And they're visiting us this year, and are apparently much improved. It'll be a tough game.

Just what I've heard the last couple years: Belfry, Prestonsburg, and Breathitt County cannot or will not (for the past 2 or 3 years). Pike County Central backed out of the Touchstone Energy Bowl at the 11th hour last year, and Central had no choice but to substitute a team from Beckley that needed money, and would have lost to our freshman team. I believe there are many others who won't play, but these are the ones I hear. Why? Its pretty obvious they feel they'd have alot to lose and nothing to gain. The same teams were more than willing to play when Central was a doormat. Just what I've heard. If anyone knows the real reason, please chime in.

I don't really care either. Not that big a deal, and more times than not, what goes around comes around. I don't buy for a minute, however, that the fact the clock runs somehow makes irrelevant the coaching moves (Shelby Valley has a whole team of subs), play call, and control over players.

Sure sounds like it was a little much. However, Shelby Valley was coming off a pretty hard switch to the bare bottom last Saturday when they scrimmaged Johnson Central, but it was a classy spanking. I saw well-mannered players and fans, so that only leaves to question the one who calls the plays.

Johnson Central 56, South Point 6.

And excepting a minute or two, the entire 4th quarter, offense and defense, was second team players or it could have easily been 60-0. Central made its share of mistakes, but overall played consistently well and bounced back quickly. North Laurel has some very good players and early-on you got the feeling it might be a tight game, but the Eagles wore them down with better depth, and apparently better conditioning. Lots of cramps and resulting game delays by NL. Although Central receivers dropped a few balls, NL surprised me with their ability in the secondary, and usually more than one defender was around the receiver. I think they'll win a few games for sure, and I predict they'll beat South too.

Yes, it does Frances! I'm gonna get my ear polyp removed too. I wash and I scrub, and have even tried Preparation H, and I still can't remove that stubborn ear polyp. You may want to take another extended trip to see the family real soon though. I'm very concerned that the pain and strain of the next nine weeks will age you rapidly. Good to see you again! Have you been able to ditch the Rascal scooter?

God is not a Tomcat. I was talking to my tomcat when I let him out this morning, and he said God told him he was on his own now. Something about wide right, Karma, and a Ram. I told my cat to stop talkin' to me 'cause it was freakin' me out. Congratulations Raceland. If you guys could jump up to 3A you could finish second in the district!! Francis, God (or plastic surgery) has been very kind to you!!

I just got up for a drink of water and will catch a few more Zs before catching the game on WYMT at noon. The kids got back at 3 a.m., so somebody make sure they all wake up. Had this really weird dream that Ashland lost to Raceland, or the Rose Hill 8th grade team, or somebody like that. Anybody else? Way to go Eagles!!!

I've heard that WYMT is televising this game live, and I've also heard that it won't be shown until noon Saturday. Anyone know?

Ashland 37 Raceland 8

JC 40, NL 6

Ooops...Johnson Central 40, North Laurel 6

South Laurel 30 Holmes 10 Johnson Central 40

My sentiments exactly. Bordered on boring. I heard North Laurel was scouting heavily, so that kind of explained that. I was impressed by the way Shelby Valley hung in there the first quarter, but Central had was too much talented depth. SV will whup up on alot of smaller schools this year, and I got the feeling that had they had time to throw, they could have been much more effective.

C'mon Eagle mamas! Pay foothills and get hooked back up! Little help? (Honey, where's my fishin' pole? I'm goin' out to the lake to jack some jaws, 'cause they ain't nothin' hittin' here).

I don't know about strong words. Goofy, maybe, and I try not to do that from 9 to 5 (well, 10 or 11 to 4), but I do believe slick beats stick-um. My useless analysis from afar is the only way Corbin beats those bad country boys is with lots of speed. Hope it works out, because a win like that will expand chests a couple inches for the rest of the season. I've always said that. When is that game, the 18th? We'll be servin' up some Sonny's Bar-B-Que on the hood of the car at the Cumberland Valley Bowl that night. Gotta eat.

Gotta love a team like Rockcastle. I know nothing about them, except they apparently live for football, and they all wear 38 jeans. Strange game though, as evidenced by our 3rd place team, Mason, nearly pulling the shocker at the Rocker last year. Mason, as I recall, were mean, lean, greased-up honey pigs who either got knocked flat, or found a crease and shot through like a butter bean off a greasy fork. If the scarlet woof can work the sidelines, via run, pass, or both, then better keep the original Harlan Sanders open all night long, 'cause them dogs will be hungry. If not, and with a little Goo Be Gone and sawdust on the floor, they'll surely get stuck up in the mud, and when you get an ugly dog stuck, well... Leonard's Loser, Corbin.