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Belfry lost OT Jimbo Stanley only on the line...May and Jones are equal losses... Phillip was a good player but as you said about Russell's D-linemen, he is replaceable. Belfry has been plugging in quick DT's since the early 2000's that can disrupt backfield's and timing.

If you have an opinion that against the ordinary, you should be able to backup your opinion with an arguement. That's what I want to see. It's a forum for discussion, it wouldn't be any fun if everyone simply stated their team was the best and never had to explain why.

May and a healthy Tyler Jones were equal. Fortunately or unfortunately Russell had to learn how to play without him last season. Hickman IMO was a bigger loss than what you thank. I thought he was really the glue to that defense. Noone that Russell lost, besides Jones, had that much of an impact on defense.

I thought Russell had better personel than Breathitt last year they just didn't finish them off when they had the chance. That is to Breathitt's credit. Russell returns the entire secondary and linebacking corp. On offense they return the entire backfield and arguably the best tight end in Eastern Kentucky.

All three teams mentioned should be just fine. The bigger question to me is do any of them have enough team speed to knock off Central or PT.

I like to see people back up their opinions as well but if they don't I don't want to take the time to type that much that is their perogative.