[Panther Thunder]

Pikeville at best would be in the same boat as Pike Central in their respectful district/region. Might as well admit that. I agree Pikeville has a great tradition when looking at what they did 20/30 years ago but now they no longer compete well with the P-Burgs/Belfrys or Sheldon Clarks is all im saying. Why not give a rising program such as Pike Central's a chance to compete against the upstate programs?

As bad as Pikeville has been the past 3-4 years, in relative terms, they played Sheldon Clark and Prestonsburg very tough this past year.

Pikeville also has a regional championship in 2004. And more in the 90s. Not the 20-30 years you are making it out to be.

Like it or not, without Pikeville and Belfry there would be no PCB. The bowl honors the programs that have been tradition rich in Pike County. In terms of their respective classes, Pikeville and Pike Central both have a regional runner-up in the past 2 years. It is going to take more than a regional runner-up (Which got Copley FIRED, Chapman is a hero for it.) and a first round loss to get Pike Central into the marquee game in the PCB. I'm talking 10-15 years of consistent success.