[EKUAlum05]

Mark Dixon pregame speech: OK guys lets hold back and let the other team score more points. We will let Pikeville go up 4 or 5 touchdowns. Then we will recover 3 or 4 onside kicks and make a little game of it. Do not recover the 4th onside kick. We dont want to show them everything we got.

Lose at all cost team. Lose on 3. 1,2,3 lose.

nicker:

Mark Dixon and Middlesboro's HC obviously saw the same thing on film if their defensive philosophy was to allow Pikeville to score every possession and try to make a game of it once it got lopsided.

"Boys our best chance at victory tonight is to put ourselves in a position where we are on the verge of getting embarrassed and then rally like only we can! Just like Muhammad Ali..it's the ole rope-a-dope where we let them punch us until they get tired"