[#55PirateFan]

Nothing against the young man I saw on TV from Ashland the other night talking about how they had to play physical and once they smacked Belfry they would be fine because Belfry hasn’t seen anyone like them....ok

I saw that. And like you, I would never say anything negative about a young athlete or hold any kind of grudge because it's hard to say what a teenager would say in front of a camera. Ethan said something one time in an interview that embarrassed the hell out of me, LOL, so I understand.

With that said, Big #55 was chomping at the bit to get on the field last night after seeing that interview and seeing some of the stuff being said on here (believe it or not, these kids read stuff on this site) and also seeing where a lot of folks were saying that Ashland's D-Line were bigger and more physical than the Pirate O-Line. And all the trash talk thrown at him from some Tomcat players. Ethan rarely shows emotions so I was surprised to see how fired up he was. He told me "Tonight is my night, nothing else matters. Not last week, not next week, just tonight. These people have pissed me off!".

I know the QB's and RB's get all the glory most of the time, and they should. That's just the way it is. But I truly believe this game was won because of the domination of the Pirate line play on both sides of the ball. The O-Line dominated, plain and simple. And the D-Line played fantastic, allowing our LB's and DE's to do their jobs. These guys get overlooked most of the time because their not scoring TD's or running for 100 yards but without the Hogs, nobody else would either. Our Hawgs (O-Line) and Dawgs (D-Line) were fired up!

Just wanted to comment on what bucslover68 said. Don't believe for a minute these kids are not paying attention to what's being said and what the media is reporting, because they are. That's why it's very important to me not to say things about other teams when we win because I don't want to say something that might hurt one of those young men.

I'm really proud of the way Belfry played last night. One of the best games they've played all year. They play like that for two more games, they'll be tough to beat. Good luck to my Pirates and the DeSales Colts next week. Safe travels and God Bless.