by Wildcat » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:35 pm
Valley City and Trinity will be the better game. Oak Grove has struggled in recent weeks against non playoff teams. Those are games they needed to win to make the playoffs.
Trinity has played with every team they've played against and won't turn the ball over five times against Valley City again.
I guess I don't see how the Oak Grove game will be that close. I'm certainly not predicting a blowout, but this is a team that has to travel ALL the way to Watford City, and also a team that, I stated before, didn't just walk into the playoffs. They had to beat Central Cass 7-0 at the end of the season, so I do believe the Valley City game will be a better one.
If you look at Trinity's losses:
21-8 to DL
26-7 to VC
27-21 OT to Beulah
37-22 to Hazen
14-7 to Watford City
The first two losses they had a combined 10 turnovers, most which they solved (center-QB snap exchanges). The loss to Hazen was a one-score game with 5 minutes remaining in the game.
If I had to pick a winner, I'd go with Valley City. But I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss Trinity quite yet, and I do believe the Trinity game will be closer. Just cause Oak Grove has a better record, doesn't mean they're a better No. 4 team than Trinity.