[Crossbones]

With all due respect, Lex Cath couldn't have played much worse and Belfry couldn't have played much better, but, there isn't 43 points difference in the 2 on any other night.

Take a look at Mayfield in 2010, they beat Hazard like 47-6.. The next year, 2011, Hazard beats them 24-6.. Did Mayfield all of a sudden get 59 points worse or did Hazard all of a sudden get 59 points better?

In 2013, Mayfield got a running clock before half time on Williamsburg before winning 42-0.. In 2014, it took an overtime for that same Mayfield team to beat the same Williamsburg team, 28-27.. Did Mayfield all of a sudden get 41 points worse or did Williamsburg all of a sudden get 41 points better?

In both cases, it's neither.. Truth is, Mayfield was never that much better to begin with and Hazard and Williamsburg were never that much worse.. But, in the blowout games, everything went right for Mayfield and everything went wrong for the other 2.. In the close games, those 2 yeams didn't turn it over as much, had a little success early, built some confidence and Mayfield probably felt a little too good about themselves because of the prior years games and boom, you had a completely different game..

Just saying it's real easy to get over zealous, over confident, etc. after a game like this years LC/Belfry game, so, I'm just hoping the Pirates stay grounded and not get too caught up in their own hype by their fan base as well as other fan bases and the hype, it's going to happen whether you want it or not..

I can agree with almost everything you said, except Belfry was that much better this year and that is not hype, it is fact. Who knows what will happen next year. Lexington Catholic had not faced a team as good as Belfry All year, period. Johnson Central beat them and Belfry thumped Johnson Central. The score of the game was not a fluke. Of course that is my opinion and you have yours but Belfry was a notch above the rest of 3A this year. You can't deny that. Look at the playoff scores, they all couldn't be flukes or just Belfry playing their best game and everyone else playing their worse.