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Lots of praise and glory for this bunch that had what I'd consider 1 quality win last year, which was the Hazard game. Please don't tell me Grundy was good either. Wake me up on this thread when they actually give Paintsville a game. The Tigers have owned this bunch over the last couple years. Also tired of hearing the "youth' excuse. They're not young anymore. Looking forward to when the Pirates roll over to Pikeville to see if the Panthers have any more fight than last years debacle. I'll decide at that point if these "Young " Panthers deserve the hype, until then comparisons to those Panther teams of the late 80's are ridiculous. Vince Lombardi once said potential means you ain't done it yet.......

I'd call all of those Soph. and Jr.s last season young. This season they won't be. The tough out of district schedule made them grow up fast. They took their lumps early, but look at how they finished. Last second field goal away from Kroger field. Nope, they won't be young this season, and will be ready for another tough schedule. NO one was comparing this team to those of the late 80's, that wouldn't be fair to this team. Just seeing some similarities, that's all. As far as playing Belfry, at least Coach Mac is not afraid to schedule them, or anyone like them. So don't get your panties in a wad concerning these Panthers, and when they're playing at Kroger Field in early Dec., you can "decide" if you want to listen to the game on the radio or not.