I think it will be interesting to see this matchup. Teams haven't had much success running on BE. Teams that can throw have had some success. North is a poor passing team, but they run well. It will be strength on strength. North has rushed for 2489 yards (276.6 ypg). While the BE defense has only allowed 797 yards rushing (88.6 ypg). I wouldn't be surprised to see a score similar to the game on Monday.

 

Most teams have elected to pass vs. East after watching film. Not really a run-oriented district this year, so it is not surprising that East has not had big rushing totals put up on them. Make no mistake, North will run the ball.

With the weather, a score like similar to the JV game wouldn't surprise me either.

North is as good if not better than last season. Last season they won a couple they could have lost, this year they lost a couple they could have won. The main difference this year is North doesn't have Scroggin at receiver that caught everything that was thrown in his direction and couldn't be covered by 4 or 5 East defenders when everyone at the game knew he was going to be getting the ball.

 

Everyone can say that .. we shouldn't have lost to Fairdale or Nelson County either. You can go on and on about how you stopped Rakes last year but we have "scoreboard" for 8 years running now.

 

Nobody has run on us the last two years except Bowling Green last year. To beat us you have to throw. Reynolds and Cissell will not beat us on the ground.

 

Bottom line is it should be a good game but there is no reason to think this year will be any different than the last 8 years. You can throw out all the stats you want but they only one that matters is scoreboard. 8 Straight wins, you guys have scored 55 points total in those 8 games. You're feeling good because you are coming off a win vs. Atherton and played us tough last year in a game that you had every single thing working in your favor and still lost. You are also the one who was laughing at BE after our loss to Fairdale but were really quiet when you lost to Doss. So I imagine we won't hear from you after Friday.

 

But good luck, and if you win I'll be the first to congratulate you but I won't expect the same from you.

Nobody has run on us the last two years except Bowling Green last year. To beat us you have to throw. Reynolds and Cissell will not beat us on the ground. -- MH2365 October 26, 2006

 

Try Cissell for 166 yards and Reynolds for 100+ in horrible playing conditions.

Nobody has run on us the last two years except Bowling Green last year. To beat us you have to throw. Reynolds and Cissell will not beat us on the ground. -- MH2365 October 26, 2006

 

Try Cissell for 166 yards and Reynolds for 100+ in horrible playing conditions.

 

Looks like the stats - and the scoreboard - speak for themselves, eh, Time2? Great job, NB!