[bucslover68]

Someone tell me please, who knows both teams and was there, how much the starters played? Who did each side rest? Typically in the past when I have watched this game, both sides tend to rest players for the playoffs and never show too terribly much offensively. Yes it is a great game, but have we ever honestly seen how good this game could be if it was to be played in the Pike County Bowl or the Apple Bowl?

This continues to be one of the biggest fallacies each and every year. As for Belfry, I have never known them to "rest" a player for the playoffs. Ever. Show me one example. Injured players not available, yes. Showing precaution for a previous injury, such as Coleman this year, yes. Healthy players with no reason to hold out but rest, no and never. Both of these teams want to win this game bad. Several Belfry players had been sick with cold or flu-like symptoms all week and they played. BTW, this is not just a response to you bball, so I am not jumping on you, but it seems to come up every year. Btw, just as background, I have watched every game and every snap since these two teams resumed their series in 2007.