3 hours ago, Hungover_in_Andover said:

If this was true, Atherton would have beaten Manual.

Manual played both teams back to back and had too much team speed for Cooper to even compete. Atherton has more speed than Manual. Both were away games but Manual played without David Pellman or Gerian Traynor against the Jags and still put up 50+ points. Cooper isn’t good enough defensively to stop the explosive plays from the Ravens offense. Cooper run game not good enough to wear down the Atherton defense either. 

10 hours ago, Flight0051 said:

Manual played both teams back to back and had too much team speed for Cooper to even compete.

I don't know who Manual's Jeremy Presley is, but he had 258 rushing yards against Cooper. He didn't have any carries against Atherton or Frederick Douglass, so clearly Cooper didn't gameplan for him or his skill set. 

 

Atherton LOST. Cooper LOST. Their gameplans versus one another would be vastly different, as opposed to their Manual gameplan, and a running clock on a playoff saavy Cooper (by a team that only two years in on advancing past the 2nd round) is difficult to fathom. 

 

I don't follow Cooper, but wow I couldn't discount their playoff experience enough to say they get a RC.

46 minutes ago, Hungover_in_Andover said:

I don't follow Cooper

Well I have followed them along with Atherton and the Purples very closely since the playoffs last season. Seeing both teams in person against the same competition is all I need to know they are on two different levels.