[birdman44]

Does Highlands have any advantage? Yes mentally and pride. No one is expecting them to win. And deep down inside. They know it. They are at home. The crowd will be in it. And stay in it. If Highlands comes to play. I wasn't surprised Dixie beat them. But I was at the score. Highlands does have good skilled athletes. Are you telling me Dixie has better athletes? Is Highlands line on both sides of the ball that bad? That's hard to believe. But watch Highlands kick off team. Check out the numbers and see if any of them gets a lot of playing time. They load up on offense. And try to get by on defense. It's not working.

I would say Highlands skill players: Gosney, Venneman, Posey, Huber, Murray, and Pulsfort are pretty good. The thing that Dixie had on their side was clock management. They have a great run game and kept that Highlands O off the field. Dixie and everyone else in the world have a major size advantage on the birds too. Highlands does have a psychological advantage though. The Colonels have to walk on that field that their team hasn't won on since they were in first grade and they are absolutely supposed to win. Birds have nothing to lose.

Birds are night and day when they play home and away this year as well. @campbell, @Dixie, @St X all total blunders. SK, Scott Co, Cooper hung in there till the end. I think the good birds show up this week and this game is a fun one regardless of outcome.