[mrfootball03]

The fact that Breathitt won that year by ALOT sort of throws the superiority theory out of whack.. Breathitt was 2A then beating a 3A Belfry by alot.. Breathitt is 2A now still. That particular Breathitt team in my opinion was not as good as the 2002 Bobcats who belfry played pretty close. You give me the 2004 Pirates against the Breathitt team who crushed Caudill and company and Breathitt still wins,, but it is a more respectable game.

The Male team was not one of the legendary squads... they were a very young team as that was Gary Ahrens first start.. IMO the 2004 Belfry team would have won that game.

Ironton- NOPE

Bell County- I think that the State Championship teams could have played with them just as well if not better.

The fact remains that over the past few years Belfry can play with any Mountain 3A team year in year out...now you can debate however you wish if you feel that your Rockcastles and Bell's of the world are of the same quality that they used to be.. but given this fact you can't disparage that if Belfry has been on par with 3A teams as of recently why couldn't it transcend to those seasons?

Do you feel that the Bell County team that beat Belfry by 3 TD that season is also 3 TD better than 2004 Russell, 2003 Etown, and 2004 O'Cath? I don't.

That particular Bell Co. team, @ Bell in the playoffs, yes I do..
None of those teams would have went to Bell in the playoffs and won. Teams match up different, so I can't really say they would get beat by 3 TD's, but they wouldn't haven't won.. The 97' Bell team was pretty tough team, better than the 98' team that Belfry beat.. Bell isn't the program they used to be..

Belfry hasn't been on par with a quality 3A team..
Belfry hasn't beaten a quality 3A team, how can you say that play year in year out?... Lawrence Co. is way sub par the past few seasons, they haven't beaten Ashland, I don't think they would beat JC, and the rest is only speculation.. 3A as we know it this year, and years past is alot tougher than 2A..

The 03' & '04 Belfry team could have been a decent 3A team, but they wouldn't have won a 3A title..