[EKUAlum05]

I agree with bucslover68, lots of good discussion here.

One thing maybe no one mentioned is how many players play both sides of the ball? I think a few boys plays both sides @ Breathitt, but I haven't heard a clue how many @ Belfry.

If it comes down to that, in a real physical game, you could see some of the younger guys from Breathitt step in and light it up. They have several weapons that don't get mentioned a lot on here, but have stepped up and made some nice plays this season.

How many skilled players come off the bench for Belfry?

Slight advantage to Belfry IMO and part of the depth I was eluding to earlier. Pirates used to play 7-8 guys both ways in the past, this year's edition I can only think of Messer (TE/DE), Robinson (HB/DB) and Dotson (SE/DT). The Pirates are legitimately 2 deep at every single position and their big,powerful OL are only the field when the Pirates offense is.

Players like Josh Dixon, Tyler Williams, and Gary Runyon could very easily start on both sides of the ball for Belfry but Haywood seems to enjoy having those guys be fresh throughout the game. You will see these guys spell others are on the opposite side of the ball, but by and large their roles are relegated to a specific position.

Belfry not only has the young players who can step in, several of the upper classmen who now play specific roles used to be starters at other positions earlier in their careers (Williams at DB, Runyon at FB, etc).

This may be the deepest Pirate team I can remember.