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If you were at the game, then you should have seen that Central was bigger than Belfry on both sides of the ball. O-Line and D-Line. Their O-Line physically whipped our undersized lineman. That was obvious.

Belfry's D-Line was undersized all year. Waggoner moved the ball with relative ease between the 20's the week prior.

Regarding this season....I've stated repeatedly that Belfry has holes to fill. The D-line MUST get bigger or Belfry will find themselves in offensive shootouts, that quite honestly, Haywood's style isn't suited for.

LB and DB are also question marks at this juncture. Big shoes to fill with the losses of Wellman, Varney, etc, etc.

As I stated earlier, Boyle is the Cream of the class....and I think rightfully so. If they stay injury free, they should repeat. However, I do think depth is an issue. If they have an injury or two, then all bets are off.

Central is squarely in the two hole. They lost several, but they have athletes at their disposal, and I believe they'll be a tough out.

Corbin and Belfry are about on par with each other. I give Belfry the edge because of Haywood...and the fact that Corbin lost their field general in Sizemore. I know the Estep kid is special, but he's still gonna be a first time starter at QB.

No disrespect intended, but Haywood over Haddix is a no brainer. Thus Belfry gets the overall edge. Just my opinion, but that's how I see it.

This Belfry squad won't come full circle until late. Don't make the mistake of overlooking them, if they drop a few games. It's gonna take some time. I will also add that depth is an issue for the Pirates at a few spots. they need to stay injury free to be a legitimate threat.

But they'll be ready come November

Good assessment, but I still put Corbin in the 2 spot to start the season.