A solid high school TE is a big kid with good hands who can block, catch and run. Need anything else? I'll be up another hour or so.

 

What I meant was - and I thought it was obvious - that England couldn't/wouldn't play TE beyond high school.

Trust me I know what a D1 TE looks like!! Look at Dixies #82. Enough said. 6'5 shoes off a true 230.

We had 5 turnovers and Dixie won by the smallest margin this season. If we take care of the ball better I don't see that margin increasing but shrinking. It would only make sense. No offense to Tates Creek but we are not them. Nobody in our district has rolled over us and I expect no less this time around. This game will be way more competitive than all these crystal ball prediction of dominance.

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This is going to be a knock down drag out battle royale between two very good football teams. Really looking forward to a high level of intensity, execution, and football Friday night at Rice-Mountjoy Stadium. These players and staffs "get it" for all the right reasons!

 

Grab the long johns, put down the remote control, and get out Friday night to watch a great football game. All of you are invited...:thumb:

This is going to be a knock down drag out battle royale between two very good football teams. Really looking forward to a high level of intensity, execution, and football Friday night at Rice-Mountjoy Stadium. These players and staffs "get it" for all the right reasons!

 

Grab the long johns, put down the remote control, and get out Friday night to watch a great football game. All of you are invited...:thumb:

 

You are 100% on target. I love what Coach Brossart and Coach Engler have done in leading their respective programs. Both teams have come a long way since their openers. Friday night will come down to who takes better care of the hog leather. The young men on both teams will lay it all on the line. I love high school football!

We had 5 turnovers and Dixie won by the smallest margin this season. If we take care of the ball better I don't see that margin increasing but shrinking. It would only make sense. No offense to Tates Creek but we are not them. Nobody in our district has rolled over us and I expect no less this time around. This game will be way more competitive than all these crystal ball prediction of dominance.

 

The same Dixie defense that caused those 5 TOs will be on the field again this Friday, but will be playing at home this time around. And you better believe that Dixie will game plan around those little dump offs to England this time as well. Dixie might just cause even more TOs at home in the colder weather.

 

It all adds up to a big win by Dixie, by more than what the difference was last game.

 

And just because I think Dixie is by far the better team (and will win by a comfortable margin) does not mean I am "disrespecting" Ryle in any way. My honest opinion is that Dixie is just THAT much better than Ryle.

The same Dixie defense that caused those 5 TOs will be on the field again this Friday, but will be playing at home this time around. And you better believe that Dixie will game plan around those little dump offs to England this time as well. Dixie might just cause even more TOs at home in the colder weather.

 

It all adds up to a big win by Dixie, by more than what the difference was last game.

 

And just because I think Dixie is by far the better team (and will win by a comfortable margin) does not mean I am "disrespecting" Ryle in any way. My honest opinion is that Dixie is just THAT much better than Ryle.

 

Appreciate the confidence, however, slow your role there "nordic summoner." Knock it off and quit playing the propaganda card. You qualifying your disrespect is :puke:...

A good match up of the two best 6A teams in NKY!

 

Let's not get carried away with that talk.

Appreciate the confidence, however, slow your role there "nordic summoner." Knock it off and quit playing the propaganda card. You qualifying your disrespect is :puke:...

 

Why? Last I checked everyone on here is entitled to their opinion. And last I checked the opinions on here have never determined the outcome of a game.

 

Don't tell me to "knock it off."

 

Dixe wins big!

Should be a great game to watch. Both teams have a player that can score each time they touch the ball and both teams have good defenses. Best of luck to both teams. Hopefully everyone is healthy and able to play.

Supposed to be 22 degrees with the wind chill by kickoff...whoooooooo doggy. We need to have a bonfire on the track. Ha. Both teams are running attack dominate teams so shouldn't affect either gameplan with the cold. Loving the excitement and intensity of playoff football.

I heard from a little birdie tonight that England has a torn groin and played through it with a shot?

The same Dixie defense that caused those 5 TOs will be on the field again this Friday, but will be playing at home this time around. And you better believe that Dixie will game plan around those little dump offs to England this time as well. Dixie might just cause even more TOs at home in the colder weather.

 

It all adds up to a big win by Dixie, by more than what the difference was last game.

 

And just because I think Dixie is by far the better team (and will win by a comfortable margin) does not mean I am "disrespecting" Ryle in any way. My honest opinion is that Dixie is just THAT much better than Ryle.

 

Maybe the 3 forced fumbles Dixie had don't all turn out the same, Moore fumble=bounces up into RB hands in stride for a TD, next = 1st down, next TE hit at 5, official says ground caused fumble? Good thing Ryles D still shows up and plays 4QTRS each week even though the fortune tellers keep predicting blowouts!

I heard from a little birdie tonight that England has a torn groin and played through it with a shot?

 

Well I heard they just amputated his whole leg and replaced it with a bionic one, just so he can play against Dixie. I would open the cage and let your little birdie fly away because he don't know what he's standing in.:laugh:

IMO Dixie is going to Bowling Green this year. I think this game isn't as close as the first match up.

 

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I have watched both teams play against the team I follow in two very different game conditions.

 

In one game the conditions made throwing the ball at times like tossing an oiled piglet(Monsoon), running plays dominated the contest. The better Team O front created consistent drive and holes, and THAT teams backfield ran for big gains! They also had a player who could create something from nothing if no hole existed, and the backside players were undisciplined play to play. That team won in those conditions convincingly with the outcome never in doubt after the first quarter.

 

I watched the other team play in the best conditions all season for football. Both passing and running effectively were no issue. That team had some good drives but at no moment until the last play in OT was the game ever in question, it was a game with sloppy execution at times but a good matchup. This team has good backs but I did not feel the play to play fear that they would break out a big play. By this I mean, I witnessed point of attack if there was no hole these backs were capable of being stopped and or stuffed! Granted given a hole to the next level these backs were capable of making big gains, but it took that HOLE to make it happen. I also noticed that no one back got "going" with a preponderance of the load, nor did it seem that they could handle that load.(maybe coaches decision) The O LINE for this team did not consistently win at the point of attack, and hence this games closer result.

 

The thread is about who will win THIS FRIDAY, so previous results matter not. D1, D3 or good HS player turning his gear in on Monday and never suiting up again with memories for life are fodder for the conversation fire. Both teams have playmakers and have earned their spot in the second round by their performance from first practice this summer up until now. Preseason predictions or bias are gone. I wish both teams good luck and all players to be healthy at the final horn. The team that controls the line of scrimmage (cliché but true) Friday will win, and I believe that the team best equipped to do that is Dixie. No prediction on score, but I feel Dixie will win this one. I base this both on the games I have witnessed in person and just a few hours of film watched.