Some schools don't play their starters on special teams.

It's nothing against those schools at all. Coaches just would rather take a 10-minute drive to play. But the UIL looks at the bigger picture. They see the West Texas teams that have to travel long distances and they say our area doesn't have it that bad.

The other schools that are interested are Division III, but I know I can play at the Division II level.

Without the proximity of the schools, it's hard for rivalries. When we play a key game at Cherry Creek, we don't travel well, and when they play up here, they don't travel well. If we were playing someone like Monarch, my guess is it would be packed.

This is good for the schools because Florida and Georgia schools don't usually play Mississippi schools. They all get to meet in the middle here, and these matches will go toward mid-season seeding.

For far too long UK schools have had a lop-sided curriculum in which the accent has been on academic intelligence rather than emotional intelligence.