[More Cowbell]

I really hate to step on toes here but the 97 bobcats were did break the top 50 nationally. They were ranked #1 overall and finished second behind highlands after losing to lawrence in the third round in one of the most unbelievable fields ive ever seen played on. For that field to be deemed playable may have been the comparable to deeming the titanic eligible for the next carribean cruise.

And further, how can we proclaim a team the "mightiest of the mountains" when they got beat by a very mediocre lawrence co. team and never won it all?

As far as them getting beat, maybe you didn't read the part where I said on a fair and neutral field cause I'm pretty sure I mentioned that, I'm not making excuses for that team, but I guess you just had to be there.

"On a fair and neutral field"????? See thats what separates the really good teams and the few GREAT teams Ive seen. The great ones could go into any environment, field conditions or weather and still be great while the others just couldnt overcome. Breathitt had other teams go into hostile environments with as bad of conditions and still overcome, Im thinking Belfry around 2001 or 2002.

I have to agree with wooderson here, making excuses about the field is pretty lame. The other team had to play under the same conditions as well, and elite teams don't let something like a muddy field beat them.

I also got a laugh about the "game had changed" comment. Really? We're talking about 8 years here, not like comparing modern teams to those from the 50's. The game didn't change that much from the late 80's to the mid 90's.

Bottom line, I'm not exactly a Pikeville fan, but I DO try to be objective. And like others have said, it's pretty hard to be considered the greatest mountain team ever when you can't even make it to your own state title game that year. Advantage PHS.