[laker20]

If you all (Knox) take it to Boyle thinking like an underdog and coming out fighting like you did against us at Rockcastle....I'll give Knox a good chance to put one on Boyle. It'll be tough...but I sure give Knox a heck of a chance against Boyle if that is who they wind up playing.

I don't think either team felt like they would dominate this game. I do think that every team we've played has underestimated our defense, but Knox came ready to play. The fans of both these teams should be extremely proud of what they've done this year, and nothing would make me happier than to see a D6 rematch in the playoffs. But to get to that, these teams need to start focusing on D5 and play like it's a 1-game season every week.

Yeah really man...Knox Co fans bitch and make excuses more than any other fans I've seen pretty much. You ever think that there is a disparity in the penalties because the other team made less dumb mistakes? Obviously that's what happened...quite a few people have posted in this thread and all have said nearly the same thing, the game was called decently for the most part.

I still say this is just a couple of people from the Panther Nation that are obviously disappointed and looking for something to blame. I would think the majority know that this was just a back and forth game that showed just how competitive this district is. Both teams played great games and Russell just made some plays down the stretch that made the difference. So, I for one am not going to make it sound like this is Knox Central's fans as a whole complaining.

For those few of you who are complaining, show a bit of class for the Panther Nation. I sat there and watched this game along side another Knox Central graduate, and I assure you we both saw and discussed the same bad calls and no-calls. The pass interference call benefited Russell Co and was a bad call, but Knox Central's last score would not have happened if the holds and blocks in the back were called during that drive. In fact, there were three obvious ones on back to back to back plays, none of which were called. I'm sure there were others both ways, that we may have not seen, but you play through it.

Rather than get on here and complain about the officiating it would be nice to discuss the game itself and how proud we are that we had the opportunity to watch two of the better teams in 4A go at it for four quarters with both having an opportunity to win coming down to the wire. This was likely one of the best games of the year, and one of the biggest in both teams histories.