[PHSForever]

Okay, this thread is for talking about the Pike County Bowl in general. Games are East Ridge vs Shelby Valley at Belfry on Friday, and Belfry vs Harrison County in the nightcap. Saturday is Pike Central vs Phelps and Pikeville vs Tellico Plains, TN in the nightcap.

Frankly, I'm a little disappointed in the level of competition and quality of the games. Franklin County AD left the whole bowl hanging. I personally think this needs to go back to being a Pikeville/Belfry dominated event. NO one wants to watch Pike Central pound on Phelps. SV vs ER will only matter because the two schools dislike each other. I realize the other schools were feeling a little left out, but they still benefitted monetarily from the bowl, since proceeds were split among all the schools whether or not they played. Crowds have always been bigger and better when it was Pikeville or Belfry vs a quality opponent. If they feel they must include some other county schools, then they need to schedule other opponents to come in for the games if they want to continue being viewed as a true quality bowl.

For game picks, I'm going with ER over SV, Belfry over Harrison County, Pike Central over Phelps (in a BIG way), and Pikeville over Tellico Plains.