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I have no idea about Wayne County. I've never seen them play. I do know that their team is not as good now as it was earlier, due to losing their best offensive player. I wasn't trying to bash Corbin, but another Corbin poster opened up the Corbin/Clay banter, and I was just giving my 2 cents worth. IMO football is more about matchups, and strengths and weaknesses. I do know that South Laurel beat Corbin, and I believe, after playing both, that Clay is a better team than South Laurel.

Although very early in the season, and in a scrimmage format only, North Laurel played both Rock and Clay. IMO, Clay is the better team of the two. For those that are saying that Rock is going to out physical Clay, they are wrong. Clay was just a physical a team as Rock, if not more. To go with the good young QB, Clay also has an excellent RB, who is fast, and breaks a lot of tackles. This ain't your typical Clay County team, and Rock is not as good as usual. The game is being played AT Clay. I think the Tigers win this one. Clay 27 Rock 21 IMO - Clay would KILL Corbin this season

Henry Clay very well may not just win the 11th, but the Sweet 16 as well this year. Give Daniel Brown the depth of athletes that HC has, and he will build an unbelievable program, wait and see.

No, you said: How do you read that any other way than North would struggle due to coaching? I read it that North will struggle due to their coach giving up on them, and SL will win games because their coach wouldn't. If that's not what you meant, than what is?

I hope this prediction will be as good most of your others regarding NL. I say: NL 27 GRC 24

Boy you hit that one on the head. What's your beef with NL's coaching staff?

Is Mercer in the mountains now?

If that's the case, how did they beat the pass happy Somerset team?

So OK for a Coach to trash another team's player, but he can't take it himself? Get real. Please tell me how him reminiscing about Cole Draughn is going to help this year's PC team.

When Draughn played at PC, Hines was the cockiest coach I've ever seen. Draughn made him think he was a legendary coach. That being said, to Hines, Draughn was the man, because he made him look good. As we know, Draughn was no where near the QB that Ammons is. Funny how Pulaski athletics seemed to take a nose dive after the notorious issue they dealt with a few years ago. :sssh:

:creepy: Ouch! Is this the same SL team that beat PSW just 2 weeks ago? I guess Lincoln just returned the favor after last year's 40-7 loss to the Cards. Chappell needs to get to regrouping, or it could be a long year. Were there a lot of needless penalties called on SL again this week?

There's no way MS loses this game. Way too much offense. MS 40 KC 35

Those were the same 2 questions that I had prior to the NL/SL game. I don't think that SL can stop LC's running game, but I also don't think that LC can stop SL's passing game. The winner will be the team that slows down the strength of the other. The turnover winner might also win the game.

I know that Lincoln is a good team, but I believe SL bounces back and wins this one. I believe that Bowling will have a better game than he did against NL, and it will be the difference. SL 42 LC 38

I agree 100% on both points.

I say hats off to NL's defense, and linemen. SL got 2 quick TD's on long bombs, when NL was in some very tight, press coverage. After that, NL made some adjustments defensively, and did an excellent job against Bowling and a very potent SL offense. Pitching a second half shutout deserves a major hats off to the NL defense and coaches. Pretty fitting that the 3 second half INT's by NL's defense were by NL's own "Big 3" (Maggard, Brandenburg, & Asher). The 58 passing yards that SL got in the second was largely made up by plays on SL's last drive, when NL was in a very soft prevent defense. IMO, NL's linemen dominated on both sides of the ball. Halftime adjustments by SL didn't seem to work out. It appeared that they went away from throwing the ball as much, and really gave NL's DB's a bit of a breather by doing so. Penalties were an issue for SL, especially facemasks. They were whistled for several facemask calls, and honestly, could have been called for it 5-6 more times. Congrats to the Jags on the win, and to the Cards for playing hard. This is one NL fan who respects what those SL seniors have accomplished in their 4 years, and the direction and elevation of the program during their time at SL. :thumb: Keep your heads up and win the next one.

Off just a little GWB.

MT - I have to disagree on one point. I don't think that NL necessarily struggled defensively against the Tony Franklin system. Actually MS went away from the typical short passing in the Franklin system, and threw a lot of HR balls that the MS receivers made excellent plays on. IMO, the MS QB's running ability was as much of a factor in that game as the passing was.

I can answer that one. Advantage NL - Maggard & Brandenburg are having solid seasons, and the emergence of Steven White has been positive as well.

This game should tell us how good Lincoln really is this season, and has some serious playoff implications. I'm looking forward to see how this one shakes out.

This is a very important district matchup for both teams, with strong playoff implications. It is also the last district matchup (for the time being) for these two cross town rivals. I've seen both teams play a couple of times, and imo (at risk of being called a homer), North Laurel is the better team from top to bottom, but I will readily admit that I've not seen South Laurel play since the Mercer game. At least by looking at the scores, it appears that the Cards have improved greatly. The word that I'm getting out of the SL camp is that Chappel, although young, is developing into one heck of a coach, and they are thrilled to have him. The key for NL will be to slow down SL's potent offense, and QB Ricky Bowling. This will be difficult, but I believe the D will be up to the task. NL was able to put a lot of pressure on MS's QB last week, but he was able to break a lot of tackles, turning potential big losses into gains. I don't see Bowling being able to break tackles as easily as he did. NL got beat a few times by the deep ball, and I don't think SL's speed is as good as MS's was. NL also needs to sustain some long drives, chewing up the clock, and keeping SL's offense off of the field. Turnovers must be kept to a minimum. NL was able to overcome several turnovers, last week against MS, that probably won't be the case against SL. I think the key for SL will be to slow down NL's running game, and keep NL's time consuming offense off of the field. Evidently they were able to do that against PSW. The last couple of games the NL offense has looked more potent, with multiple threats being showcased. SL also needs to do a better job in pass protection, giving Bowling an opportunity to find his open reciever. If NL can keep SL under 30 points, I believe they can win. If they can't, it may be a long night for the Jags. The Jags also have had some distractions of late, I hope that they don't cost them come game time. Good Luck to both teams. My prediction: NL 31 SL 27

North Laurel's Adrian Wardrup Very athletic, good speed, and a gun for an arm. Far and away best arm I've EVER seen on a NL QB.

Nice Course. :thumb:

Congrats to SL on a big win over a quality opponent. This is obviously not the same team that I was play Holmes earlier in the season. They must have improved by leaps and bounds. Also glad to see Lgan Baker have another big game. I always knew he could play, all he needes was a chance to show it. :thumb:

Congrats to the Jags on pulling out the win, while overcoming some adversity. I thought that NL was completely worn out, but bounced back, and got the win. MS has a dandy QB, and a couple receivers that are awesome. #4 for MS is one heck of an athlete, he plays WR like it should be played, don't just catch the ball if it comes your way, but go after it, and GET IT.