Very interesting game Friday in Pikeville...

 

One of the old traditional rivalries of the Big Sandy Conference. Each team looking to make amends after losses to ranked opponents (Belfry and Beechwood).

 

Even though i would choose Pburg regardless with the loss of Tim Honaker I will take the Blackcats by 21.

Didn't know about Honaker's injury. But now I see he had a concussion a couple weeks ago.

 

Concussions are unpredictible in how they turn around. Hope he's improving.

Home standing Pikeville by 1.

I like the blackcats in this one... should be a good close game...

 

P'burg 28

P'ville 20

This game has a lot of important aspects you can't see in the stats and gametapes:

PIKEVILLE

- This is a prime opportunity to evaluate how far they need to go to compete with Beechwood, they get blown out by Pburg and it really hurts their psyche. They beat Pburg without Honaker and suddenly they make some heads turn.

 

- At the time they happened, Pikeville's victories over Holy Cross and Ashland looked really impressive, now not so much. After the Belfry debacle, the Panthers all of a sudden went from a team who could beat the quality teams on their schedule, to a team searching for a big win. Beating a legit Top 10 2A team would be that win.

 

-Maybe I am in the minority, and I wish all the best for Tim Honaker as he recovers from the concussion, but maybe playing without him at QB won't be such a bad thing. Honaker has had a tendacy of putting the ball on the ground and has kept the ball on the read series way too many times for a QB, Branham has a nice arm and now Pikeville's focal point on offense can go back to Harmon and seldom used Ted Honaker.

 

 

PBURG

- Just like Pikeville, the Blackcats have played really good teams but have yet to earn that quality "W" yet to justify how good their team was.

 

-Last week was a big ego boost to the Blackcats in that they proved they could play with Beechwood, but to put it in perspective they played a banged up Beechwood team in a true trap game, and when the chance to pull the upset appeared, it quickly became a 14 point outburst that buried the Blackcats For as easily as Pburg could be fired up about the performance, that seed of doubt from losing two games in the 4th Quarter (Beechwood and Breathitt) could be planted.

 

At season's start Derrossett would be the first to tell you that his lineplay was his biggest worry, well the weakness of Pikeville is definately their line, so if Pburg can't overpower Pikeville and allow their skill players to make plays, this game could be very interesting

 

Pburg 34

Pikeville 20

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-Last week was a big ego boost to the Blackcats in that they proved they could play with Beechwood, but to put it in perspective they played a banged up Beechwood team...

 

EKU... (very well written post, btw)

 

Ego boost ? No, that's not exactly it. Rather, it served as confirmation this team is in the ballpark regarding its play in its forthcoming attempt to make noise in the playoffs (especially in a potential NewCath game down the road).

 

Prestonsburg was also playing banged up Saturday. Prestonsburg's two leading receivers (and starting CB's on D) were out and starting fullback Setzer (#5) was hobbled and played offense only.

 

:bunny:

oneijoe, just so you know it is spelled SETSER not setzer haha.

Pikeville 18 Prestonsburg 13 .

Pikeville 27-14.

This is a game that I think is really hard to call. But, I have to say with Tim out for Pikeville, I think this game goes to Prestonsburg by 14. If Tim would have been able to play and with it being at Pikeville, I think it would have been who ever had the ball last.

Should be a good one, I am fond of Class A schools so I will take Pikeville.