[HazzBeen]

As you have coached against Highlands, you obviously have a pretty good perspective. I'm sure Lincoln has a good rush defense and that will limit Highlands ability to run the ball, but because Highlands runs the ball so well my guess is that you didn't get the opportunity to see Highlands passing game very much (don't know who you coach for and its none of my business). If Lincoln is having some success stopping Highlands running game, Highlands will pass the ball and Highlands definitely passes the ball well, they just haven't done it much because their run game has been so dominant. Thus Lincoln will need to be able to stop both the very good running and very good passing game of Highlands. If they can't do both, then I think Highlands will score more than 27. If they can stop both our running and passing game and also score against Highlands D (which is very fast) then Lincoln will have definitely earned the semi final win. I can assure you and the other folks on here, I've not heard anything but compliments about Lincoln from the Highlands coaches and players. Lots of respect being given. Good luck to both teams and good luck to your team next year if you are no longer playing and if you are, good luck to you this Friday.

Highlands does everything well. I still predicted them to win by 3 TD's, which is a pretty good margin. They can throw, run, kick, punt, tackle, and block and that makes them a dang good football team. They might score more than 27 but that was just my prediction. To be honest with you, I have never seen Lincoln play. All I know is that the beat a good JC team that whipped Louisville Central pretty bad, and if I not mistaken Louisville Central gave Highlands all they wanted. I know the games are not played by scores of other games, but it gives a pretty good indicator of how good LC is. BTW I coached against you guys last game. It was me trying to figure out how in the world to score on such a tremendous defense!