[baseballorbust]

Here are the facts as I see them.
Daric Pugh is legendary in Pikeville football. His name will come up for years and years to come. He is a class act. Role model, the kinda guy who makes sure to take the time to give a hi-five to all his little fans who look up to him and wait for his fist pump like he's a rock star. He's the all american, lovable, well spoken, heart of a champion that most of us only wish we could be. Unfortunately, this champion played hurt tonight. He was by no means 100%. Tough loss, absolutely. Great football, absolutely. Kudos to paintsville for pulling out this victory. Pikeville had no passing game tonight. That's a given. Young QB who fumbled the ball twice, given. Flags thrown one way and not to use it as an excuse, just a fact and fact is those flags set us back and changed momentum. Instead of fighting back, we made more mistakes. The 4th and 1 stop by Paintsville's defense, the 3 fumbles that Pikeville had tonight, Daric Pugh's helmet coming off twice and paintsville being able to monopolize on his time off the field was brilliant by their coaching staff. No excuses other than this....we are good, yes. However, we have some adjustments to make to get our qb ready for more football, to get 45 well, to get our passing game back....to not make simple mistakes. So hopefully, with a lot of hard work, we can meet this team again and maybe have a different outcome. Great game on both sides of the ball. Kash Daniels is a leader. Plain and simple. He did will his team to this victory. However, EKU alum dude...quit trying to sell us on the fact that paintsville's D was all that. They monopolized on errors we ourselves made....i hardly call that a powerhouse defense. just rubs me the wrong way. Congrats to Paintsville. Great game!!!