[bucslover68]

Other observations from the game. Very flat Belfry and very not very good Pikeville. As a couple of others have said, it could have been a massacre. Pikeville scores a TD pass on the Belfry JV and freshman and on a kickoff return against the JV team with 10 players on the field. I really like watching Ratliff and Maynard play. They are, IMO, truly the heart of the Panther team. Belfry played at about 50% for most of the game and it was plenty. I think they have had to get up for the 3-game stretch against 5A opponents and it was harder for them tonight. i hope the people of Pikeville allow Ben time to build the program back the right way. Pikeville does have a huge talent gap right now. They have some good players, but no real game changers. Even on runs that could have gone to the house, Belfry had multiple players that could chase the Panther backs down. I have never been a believer in the theory that this series should be cancelled. However, Pikeville must become more competitive against Belfry in the next couple of years or a lot of people will be thinking that a tougher team should be onn Belfry's schedule. I hope that never happens, but......