If the birds play disciplined they will win...big if but that has to happen for them to win.

38 minutes ago, BigBlue05 said:

If the birds play disciplined they will win...big if but that has to happen for them to win.

Could you elaborate a little on "play disciplined' and why is it a big if?

I am interested in watching how Boyle County defends Armstrong.

3 minutes ago, Jack of all Trades said:

Could you elaborate a little on "play disciplined' and why is it a big if?

How I interpret this comment is to not commit dumb mental mistake penalties, "late hits" "unsportsmanlike penalties" "roughing the passer", just flags that are just potentially a lack of mental discipline to stay focus and do what you need to do without committing penalties that are huge momentum killers.

Reading from last weeks thread it seemed like Boyle Co piled up penalty yardage against them, if I were the Birds I would try to make sure a lopsided penalty mark happens and not get into trading a ton of penalties back and forth..... Take advantage of Boyle potentially shooting themselves in the foot.

That's my take....but maybe BigBlue was referring to something else.

If Highlands wins tonight are we going to hear (Driver didn't play) excuses from Boyle fans?

Boyle County CAN NOT expect to win the game like last week with a 195 to 25 ratio on penalty yardage. If Boyle can keep it even I like our chances.

3 minutes ago, Rebel said:

Boyle County CAN NOT expect to win the game like last week with a 195 to 25 ratio on penalty yardage. If Boyle can keep it even I like our chances.

Who Ya With, @Rebel!?

3 minutes ago, theguru said:

If Highlands wins tonight are we going to hear (Driver didn't play) excuses from Boyle fans?

Maybe......Maybe not. Depends on how close this game is. Does this make it a MUST WIn for Highlands at home to beat a Boyle team without Driver and their QB not 100%?

2 minutes ago, Rebel said:

Maybe......Maybe not. Depends on how close this game is. Does this make it a MUST WIn for Highlands at home to beat a Boyle team without Driver and their QB not 100%?

Granted this is a regular season game so on some level the result means very little but to answer your question, in my opinion, yes I believe this is a must win game for Highlands.

15 minutes ago, theguru said:

Who Ya With, @Rebel!?

I'll replay later. Gotta go! Heading North!

Just now, Rebel said:

I'll replay later. Gotta go! Heading North!

Crack in the foundation!!!

4 minutes ago, theguru said:

Granted this is a regular season game so on some level the result means very little but to answer your question, in my opinion, yes I believe this is a must win game for Highlands.

I respectfully disagree in regards using the "must win" term on this game. Let's level set... This is Game #4 for our Soph QB1, really only Game #2 vs meaningful competition (with the 2 prior games being running clock opponents). We have several more games vs worthy opponents to challenge, develop and grow as a unit until we get to the "must win" season of November. Maybe I ruffle some Bird faithful when I say that I think this is a "must be competitive" game out of the Birds not a "must win". I want to see these Birds look like a better product than what we saw at Freddy D, the progression of excellence needs to be on a positive trajectory. I think we have a lot of fun exciting football in front of us for the Bird faithful, I don't want us to slump our heads (if we lose) or have our heads in the clouds (if we win) depending on the result of this Epic Battle.

I am soooo looking forward to watching these Birds play tonight!

1 hour ago, theguru said:

I hope others will join me in watching this feed. I'll always be impressed that FT gets kids to do this year in and year out.