this goes along with the weaker opponent theory. a couple of seasons ago JJ Kelly was 5 and 0 adn Powell Valley was something like 3 and 2 or 2 and 2, either way Powell Valley had racked up losses to Richlands and whoever else. Powell Valley goes to a 5 and 0 Kelly who had beat up on thomas walker Rye cove Castlewood (i think it was Castlewood may have been St. Paul) and leaves with a 12 to 0 vicotry over a confedient Kelly team that just wasnt ready to play someone a little better. When you box it is true to spare light near a fight so youre fresh and confedient but in football if you play better teams then you become better, iron sharpens iron. Look at the SEC. they play the best college football around because they play the best teams year round. Bama LSU Arkansas South Carolina Georgia Florida Tenneessee Auburn Miss St. when you play quality opponents then it helps you to win against not so quality opponents like Oregon Texas Ohio St and so on. Same goes for High School. Had burton played a little tougher OOD scheduling i have no doubt they would have atleast one if not two rings this decade. they got the other ingredients, great kids, great program in the offseason, all they need is 2 to 3 quality opponents year in and year out like Radford or George Wythe (who they will face in the playoffs anyway so why not get to feel em out regular season)