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The Bobcats have drastically improved for sure, but I’m still not entirely sold on them yet. Hazard could not have played any worse. Starting center gets ejected and really limited what they could do from there on. Negative 60 yards on bad snaps alone which led to a Breathitt touchdown in the first half, and the Bulldogs still had a chance to win. If the cats leave commodore field with a win they are for real!

Hazard didn't play well and they did have issues snapping the ball, but it wasn't like the Bobcats played "lights out"! Breathitt gave up a scoop and score on their first series, missed multiple assignments on defense, when the ball was ran outside of the tackles, multiple interceptions by their QB, and they gave up a kickoff return for a touchdown with under two minutes to go. I agree with not knowing exactly what the Bobcats are at this point, but their defense is much improved, and they are much more physical than years past. One of the advantages Perry Central has had over Breathitt during the past several years, is their overall physicality and especially with running the ball. I think Breathitt can match their physicality this year, and I think this could be the difference in the game, especially if Griffie doesn't play. Regardless, it's going to be a hard fought game, between two evenly matched teams.

I, in no way, was taking anything away from the Bobcats. They earned a hard fought victory over a quality team no matter the circumstances. Just from my seat it looked liked Hazard couldn’t even run their typical offense once the center got ejected. Breathitt has made huge strides and starting to look like the glory days again so to speak with their defensive play.