[bucslover68]

On a related note. Joe Kinzer of EKB sports definately gets the Jack@#$ of the week for coming over to Pikeville today and basically trashing our school, our players, our coaching staff and our tradition during a radio interview about the Pikeville-Belfry game with Coach Copely. He even went as far as to tell Coach that he had some stupid bet with one his buddies about this game and that he bet against us. Hey Joe just remember pal the guy signing your checks is a Pikeville alumnist. Next time you want to talk trash about Pikeville it might be while youre handing a Pikeville fan their Blizzard at the South Williamson Dairy Queen. Pikeville fans if that dont fire you up I dont know what will!

Before we crucify Joe, let's make sure we get the facts straight. Joe had a bet on the Sports Guys show that if Pikeville stayed within 17 points of Belfry, that he would wear a Pikeville shirt to the next Belfry ballgame and tailgate. He did call Pikeville out on the show Monday night. He challenged them to bring their "A" game to the Belfry game for once. He called for a possible end to the series if Pikeville does not become more competitive on a yearly basis. I do not necessarily agree with what he said, but there is some validity to his points. Next, the account he gave me does not exactly match what you say. He called me after his interview with Copley and said that the coach had wished he had what Joe said Monday night on the show on tape. He wanted to use this as a motivational tool to fire Pikeville up. Joe said that he would just go in the locker room and tell them himself. He said to me(and if any of this is false, it came straight out of the mouth of Joe), that he said to Pikeville, that Belfry is not sitting on Pond Creek and feeling sorry for the Panthers being down a little bit and being banged up, and for once he wishes that Pikeville would show up with their "A" game against the Pirates. He said "187-58", that is the score of how Belfry has beaten Pikeville the last 7 years. So look at it how you want. To me it's a real "fire-em-up" tool for Copley to use, and btw don't ever take Joe too seriously because he likes to stir up the pot sometimes and he is not afraid to do it.