Unfortunately I have to agree with you there. A conference has to prove its stature by producing title runs and the occasional title, which the Central conference has failed to do. I really hate that too because teams like Conway and Central are definitly in a "higher league" most years, yet their prep time for the playoffs is against teams that have good programs but just aren't on the same playing level as the teams they will face in the playoffs. I firmly believe it is why we exit the playoffs so early year in and year out. In many cases, we exit not because don't have what it takes, but because we have gone into a kind of lull period playing less competive teams, we lose our drive. But don't get me wrong, I don't believe we have had a team in any recent years worthy of a state title, but some of these first round games lost shouldn't have been.
Posted on Sep 26, 2003, 8:31 AM from IP address 170.94.58.110