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I think you are very perceptive except for the bolded. One of the things Boyle often does well is take away the run.

If you watched the State Title game from last year the one thing ACS did well coming into the game was have speed and ran the ball well. Boyle gave up only 87 yards to a rushing team that averaged 359 yards per game.

The week before Boyle held a Bell squad to 78 yards on the ground vs. their 306 a game average.

ACS had big "heavy" lineman and ran mostly between the tackles. Highlands has lean linemen (we hear all the time from other teams "can't believe how small you guys are") and their O is geared to run around the ends. They run alot of counter plays and pitches to the outside. Boyle did look good with stopping the runs up the middle.