Never understood all this "You are trashing these kids talk." First off, he's not trashing anybody. It's pretty dang obvious that the west is the tougher path in D1. Just like the east is tougher in D2. You really think these young men are phased by this? If I was a kid from Abbott reading this it would fuel my fire. I'm positive doubting a team helps that team a lot more than it hurts. If anyone is offended by some talk on a message board, they are too sensitive. Is saying "You guys aren't as good as this team, you are going to get 45'd" going to hurt their feelings? These kids are out there going at it on a field for 4 quarters.(Or less if it's a state game, the ways these past couple years have went.) Save the PC stuff for something else, not football.