[Poseidon]

I pick the bears by 16 because they are hungry and want that first big home game to hurry up and get here. This team is definitely overlooked and underrated in my opinion. I watched them early on in their first ever game and they were a few plays away from beating LCC in their opener. Larkey has done a fine job with those boys and he's a real leader. People forget that most of these boys have played together back in Junior High and they were a force to be dealt with back then. Winning is an attitude and I think they are there and that's because of leadership. Breathitt is not nearly as good as people thought they would be, kind of disappointing after all of the build-up early as to how good this team would be. Harlan has jumped up and made people realize that their is a new kid in town and they mean business and if Breathitt doesn't go in their with some respect they will get beaten worse than I originally said.

Good post, but Breathitt will not just go in there and be intimidated by the atmosphere and will be ready. They typically play better on the road because of the intensity that a road game brings. They have been in more "big" games than has Harlan and know that they have to be ready. Breathitt will not be an easy win by any stretch of the imagination and if they can put together four quarters of consistent football, they will win by 2-3 TD's, but if they continue to play with their heads up their a......, they will be beaten and will be the 2 seed in the playoffs. I think people are more indifferent with the Harlan program than disrespectful. Mercer County was in the same situation that Harlan is in this year in regards to playing with a 5A roster in 3A and they won the title and to this day people do not think they earned it fairly. So I do not think Harlan will get the respect the team and fans think they should have until they compete against schools that are in their class.....