[orisonspi]

Sheldon Clark will do what they always try to do against Belfry to try to maximize posessions: RUN THE CLOCK.

Expect the Cards to play stall ball and keep it on the ground on offense eating every second possible off the playclock... defensively SC will try to keep everything in front of them and take away the big play by the Pirates. Force the Pirates to beat them with long time consuming drives and maximize the chance of a Belfry fumble.

Simply put:
Belfry is a superior team in almost every aspect except strength. The Pirates will finally be playing a team who may be able to compete in the trenches with them. BUT, I don't see the Cards doing much damage offensively against a solid Pirate defense.

Belfry protects the ball and don't make stupid penalties on offense:
Belfry 42
SC 6

Belfry turns it over more than twice and/or commits penalites:
Belfry 21
SC 14