[Colonel4Life1999]

I saw some score predictions for this game on the Pick'em Contest thread that kinda surprised me.  Like, predictions of Valley losing by not even breaking 20 points.  I do think they could lose this game, just not like that.

Shelby Valley's offense, after a couple of bad games against Lawrence Co and Martin Co, seems to have gotten back on track.  In their last 4 games, they have scored 50, 42, 27, and 47 points.  On the other hand, Betsy Layne just gave up 38 points to East Ridge last week.  I just don't see any reason to think that they will be able to slow down SV's offense in this game.

If Betsy Layne wants to keep this close, they're going to have to score several touchdowns themselves.  And they very well may do that.  The Bobcats have put up lots of points this year, with the low mark being the 33 they scored against Prestonsburg.  Also, Valley's defense has had some issues at times.  The Wildcats did shut out Pike Central last week, but the PC offense has had problems scoring all year.  So I could easily see Betsy Layne scoring enough to keep this one close.

Best case for Valley: their offense keeps rolling, and the defense keeps the positive momentum from last week.  SV wins 41-14.

Best case for Betsy Layne: their offense turns this game into a shootout, and they get the last score.  BL wins 41-34.

Most likely result: BL's offense gets theirs, but Valley's defense makes just enough stops to win (but no blowout).  SV wins 41-28.

Couldn't agree more...