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Guys, I don't think you can really comprehend what these young men and their parents are going through tonight. Trust me, you have really achieved a great feat when you have made it to the big dance 7 years and a row and won 4 straight. Others tend to hate you for what you have achieved but, you have to remember it is almost unheard of to do what Belfry did. Take it from someone who saw his own son's dreams crash last year in the semis after the same run. I would like to say the pain and numbness will end, but, I would be lying. Just focus on the fact that you were great and every streak meets its end.

I feel for them, but YES, everyone that is a football parent can comprehend. Whether it's a Jackson county team with 3 or 4 wins, only, on the season, or an unbeaten team taking their first loss in the playoffs. I feel for any senior. But it isn't exclusive. Buckle up and go to winter weights, and ready for a new season, or on to the next chapter of their lives. All kids, at some point experience this, and at least some of these dudes have got to taste a championship. I sure as crap feel more sorry for the ones that strap up with maybe 17 other teammates and go get their teeth kicked in night in and out, yet they go to practice everyday, anyways, and to the games, never coming close to a championship, or maybe never a win in a playoff. There are different little things going on for sure, in someone we might perceive as it 'meaning more to', but if you're playing this game it means something to them. I feel bad for all kids when I see them fall to a knee after a loss, tears in their eyes. Maybe a negative post/thought by me, but I've seen kids sucking it up for years, then going back to work. Head up, work harder.