NTC

Cooper wins the game without TCA mainly the whole game. Very impressive win. Brown and Hendrix really have a connection. Also the kick return TD by Byron Brown (younger brother of Nathan) was such a huge play, really showed off his potential.

First off, the obvious bias on this thread from some people is unbelievable. When you use pronouns such as "we" and "our" it completely takes out the credibility of your statement. Getting to the game, I think it'll be a close one down to the wire. History has shown that in this series, the "better" team may not come away with the victory. Ryle's offense is prolific, consistently hanging 40+ points on opposing defenses. Coopers defense is a wall, shutting out teams, and holding 6A's leading rusher (Powell) to 60 yards. I believe those strengths will be a really fun matchup to watch. The deciding factor in my prediction is the fact that I believe Cooper has been playing better on offense than Ryle has on defense. Cooper has also been able to put up a lot of points on defenses, not as much as Ryle, but 30+ on four occasions. Where as Ryle's defense has allowed, in my opinion, too many points against the likes of Lex Cath, NCC, and CCH. I also think the home field advantage will come into play for Cooper as Ryle has played everyone of their games on a nice, manicured, turf field, and the field at Cooper is far from that and will be something they will have to adjust to. Cooper 35 Ryle 28 in a close one for the Battle of Union.