adriana wrote:I'm going with Hillsboro. It'll be a close, edge-of-your-seat game, but i think the Burros are going to pull this one off. Three times the charm...for sure.
Ocho Siete wrote:adriana wrote:I'm going with Hillsboro. It'll be a close, edge-of-your-seat game, but i think the Burros are going to pull this one off. Three times the charm...for sure.
1) I agree completely...it's gonna be an awesome game, and I wish I could go :X
2) You lose the creative name award :P
Maniaconthefloor wrote:Napoleon 26-12
Hillsboro has been able to physically enforce their will with teams so far but Napoleon is equal if not better in that regard. I think that McCleary will win the one on one with Grothman and Napoleon prevails pulling away in the second half.
Doesn't Hillsboro have about 3 kids who are averaging 100 yds a game or close to it? They are not a one man team but Grothman is definately their horse.vikes705 wrote:this should be a very good game! i wish i could be there to see the grothman/mccleary match up.
the way i see it, napoleon has a few advantages. first, its a home game. not only do they have the advantage of playing on their own field, the burros will have to sit on a bus for a while, which doesn't help their playing. Hillsboro has one of the season's star players, grothman, but napoleon has two: gross and mccleary. despite these advantages, i think hillsboro will come out on top, but it won't be easy. they are both great teams, but its hard to beat a great team three times in a row.
each team also has recently lost a key player due to injuries; laber for napoleon and smelden for the burros. both teams have pulled through despite this setback
Wombat wrote:Doesn't Hillsboro have about 3 kids who are averaging 100 yds a game or close to it? They are not a one man team but Grothman is definately their horse.vikes705 wrote:this should be a very good game! i wish i could be there to see the grothman/mccleary match up.
the way i see it, napoleon has a few advantages. first, its a home game. not only do they have the advantage of playing on their own field, the burros will have to sit on a bus for a while, which doesn't help their playing. Hillsboro has one of the season's star players, grothman, but napoleon has two: gross and mccleary. despite these advantages, i think hillsboro will come out on top, but it won't be easy. they are both great teams, but its hard to beat a great team three times in a row.
each team also has recently lost a key player due to injuries; laber for napoleon and smelden for the burros. both teams have pulled through despite this setback
plantefan wrote:I wouldn't say that Hillsboro is intimidated by Napoleon. Two years ago these kids were freshman and sophmores who played their butts off as a 3-7 team and gave Napoleon a very tough game. Last year was one of the toughest games that Napoleon had (as told to me by several of Napoleon's best players). Now in both of those games Napoleon did not get lucky, they clearly outplayed the Burros, but to say that there is an intimidation factor is crap. The factor that was the difference both years was talent, not intimidation. This year the talent gap has closed, I'll take the Burros by 8.
plantefan wrote:last year there were three things that stopped the Burro offense:
1)McCleary winning the one on one with Hillsboro's guards. This caused Hillsboro's "slam" back to have to double McCleary on nearly every play and even then he got a lot of tackles. Hillsboro's line is anchored by center Bill Breen and TEs J. Olsen and J. Horne. Their guards will HAVE to come up big or they will be running away from McCleary in that 3-4. This is another reason why the loss of Laber hurts big time. He is an underrated linebacker and Napoleon needs someone to step up opposite of McCleary
2) Taylor Grunfelder at safety flying absolutely everywhere. The guy had more of an effect on that game than anyone else on the field. Napoleon doesn't have that guy this year at safety.
3)Passing. Meyer can throw. Hasn't had to much this year but he's got a nice ball. If Napoleon puts 8 in the box like last year, watch that play action with Meyers arm.
McCleary will have a big game. He will shut down his side of the field. However, I don't think McCleary is a Grunfelder type where he will shut down the whole field. This is the game where the loss of Laber is going to hurt them. They would be much more suited stopping the option with two stud mike linebackers. sorry for the long post, just my two cents
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