[RunItUpTheGut]

I agree 100%.....the Knox Central-Russell Co game was probably one of the best HS football games I ever watched (the game at Rock wasn't far off), and this could very well live up to that same level. I can't wait to be in the stands....hot dog in hand...cheering the Lakers on friday. This is one of those games that I really don't care if we win or not.....just get better from it.




I think both of these players graduated. I expect WC to go up the middle and then try the edges once they think the Laker D is cheating in. The style they play is very similar to what ACS played when when many of these boys were Freshman, but WC has a bigger stronger full back option. They can go speed or power without changing the personnel on the field. The Laker D-line and Middle LBs will need to be able to stop the power game or the OLBs and Corners will start cheating in. Next thing you now Ysidro will be running or throwing to the open edges of the field. I love this style of offense.....it's not just 2 dimensional Run/Pass........it's Run/Pass/Power/Speed.

And although last year was a 30-0 win, it was far from a lop-sided game. WC moved the ball down field consistently the entire first 3 quarters. It just so happened that the Laker defense kept stopping them just shy of good field goal range. Bryant was worn out in the 4th quarter and Russell Co was much more dominant. This may be a factor Friday....with this being Whitley's first real game of the year, the Lakers may have a conditioning edge, but I don't expect WC to rely as much on Bryant this year.

Great post. If this game is close or within a TD or two or a final drive to win the game, ill give the edge to Russell County. We are still playing too many guys both ways. It could definitely be a conditioning factor for us come the 4th quarter.
Its no secret that Whitley will try to bust it up the middle, and then throw in a jet sweep or toss sweep when the defense start keying on the football. I wouldnt be surprised to see Whitley get some good yards on some TE waggle passes or short screens to keep the RC defense honest. Like you, this game means potentially nothing unless either has a district tie breaker they need to settle, so i dont care much if we win or lose, the true gift of this game is it should be a good one. Whitley needs to step up to the plate in this game and get noticed. We lack lustered around last year until it was to late to recover and it costed us the season.
If our line holds up and we can sustain some long clock draining drives, it could be a good game, but a very quick one.