[BoondockSaint]

There is one definitive difference between tthis year's Belfry and that partiuclar Ft. Campbell team. Phillip Haywood.

It may sound very cliche' but never underestimate the pwoer of a coach who has been coaching talented teams for almost 30 years and has 300 wins under his belt. Not saying that ft. Campbell has/had a poor coach, but Haywood has experienced teams getting too big for their britches before and knows how to keep his teams heads from getting too inflated.

But,,, to help defend your arguement it seems as though every year the favorite team seems to lsoe in the old 2A, now 3A.

In 2003, O'Cath was loaded with the state's leading rusher AND leading passer, they never caught the scent of the carpet.

In 2004, E-town returned 4 D-1 prospects off their state runner-up team. Corbin wiped them out.

In 2005, Ft. Campbell was loaded with D-1 athletes, also Belfry was heavily favored as the defending champs to knock out Russell for a second straight year....

If I recall, wasn't Russell pre-season #1 before all the Mercer County hype began?


The playoffs are 5 very tough games, and alot can happen, the Pirates enter with a gigantic bullseye on their back, lets see how they handle it.

In my eyes Belfry and Middlesboro were the favorites in 2003.