Taking the group portrait down from the eaterys wall, local Applebees manager Gus Piedmont announced Friday that the restaurant was rescinding their sponsorship of the Panthers Pop Warner football team, claiming that the pathetic 0-3 start was not up to the establishments standards. Theyre not cutting it anymore, so theyre gone, said Piedmont, adding that the group of 8-year-old football players was just stinking up the field. Itd be one thing if they just lost, but they got killed by Bates Auto Repair. We dont want those failures inside this restaurant. Were sorry, but Applebees cant be associated with a bunch of duds. Panthers coach Mitch Goodman said that losing Applebees was no big deal, acknowledging that he had made inroads with the local Dairy Queen, an establishment his team reportedly prefers to patronize after games anyway. 