Henry County Patriots @ 6-0 Springfield Yellow Jackets

[JacketLover]

Looking forward to hosting the good people from Henry County this coming week. This should be the game of the week in Middle Tennessee as the upstart and undefeated Yellow Jackets host the defending state champions Patriots.

[Kevin38]

Looking forward to hosting the good people from Henry County this coming week. This should be the game of the week in Middle Tennessee as the upstart and undefeated Yellow Jackets host the defending state champions Patriots.

 

I am too tired atm and will give my take on this game later but from what I have seen from both teams thus far, we are in for a treat as this should be a good football game.....

[redblooded]

Patriots will come out of Springfield with a win. They just HAVE TO STOP THOSE HUGE SCORING PLAYS. Pats are finally getting in the groove.

[JacketLover]

Patriots will come out of Springfield with a win. They just HAVE TO STOP THOSE HUGE SCORING PLAYS. Pats are finally getting in the groove.

I agree it would have been nice to catch the Pats earlier but Springfield played their best game of the year last night. This should be one heck of a game!

[TheCommissioner]

Patriots will come out of Springfield with a win. They just HAVE TO STOP THOSE HUGE SCORING PLAYS. Pats are finally getting in the groove.

You are probably right BUT for a change it should be one heck of a game.

[TheCommissioner]

I agree it would have been nice to catch the Pats earlier but Springfield played their best game of the year last night. This should be one heck of a game!

The Jackets were clicking on all cylinders last night.  Offense and defense and special teams.  we played a complete game.  Maybe we are peaking at the right time to give Big Red a good game

Edited September 27, 2014 by TheCommissioner

[MSURacer]

Tell me a bit about this Springfield team. What are their strengths and weaknesses? Players to look out for? Etc.

[MSURacer]

Patriots will come out of Springfield with a win. They just HAVE TO STOP THOSE HUGE SCORING PLAYS. Pats are finally getting in the groove.

Agree about the big scoring plays. It's weird, other than Ridgeway's game winning drive, teams haven't really been able to drive on us much all year. It's just mainly been big plays where we've given up most of our points. All 3 of Kenwood's scoring plays last night were at least 75 yards. Similar story in our other games as well.

 

On another note, the offense has looked much better these last couple of weeks.

[Kevin38]

Tell me a bit about this Springfield team. What are their strengths and weaknesses? Players to look out for? Etc.

 

On offense they run a variation of the spread similar to Rossview but the O-line is much better and athletic. They play 2 QBs, 1 being the "passer" and the other the athlete. The athlete passes good enough to keep the defense honest though. They have 3 different guys capable of rushing for over 100 yds which makes the offense effective.....

 

On defense they are good and fast up front. The WH O-line is very similar to HC tbh, but their RBs are not near as good, their QB however is better and a very good passer. Springfield off-set that by getting a lot of pressure on him. The coaching staff does a great job dialing up stunts to apply pressure and stop the run. The LBs and DBs are fast/quick and sure tacklers.....

 

I personally dont see a lot of points scored by either side as both teams strengths are defense IMO. Springfield is at home, has momentum, and has lost that "losing" mentality which is most important I believe.....

 

Jackets win a close one 21-17

Edited September 27, 2014 by Kevin38

[redblooded]

This will be a great game. Patriots by 14. I think with Springfield being undefeated this will light a big fire under our guys.

 

Go Patriots!!!!

[Kevin38]

This will be a great game. Patriots by 14. I think with Springfield being undefeated this will light a big fire under our guys.

 

Go Patriots!!!!

 

Yea I agree, I believe w/ Springfield being undefeated it will light a fire under them as well.....

[MSURacer]

Intriguing matchup to say the least. Springfield appears to be riding a wave of confidence and sounds like they are improving each week in the process. HC needs to bring its A-game for this one, because I am sure the Jackets will. There might not be a team in the state that wants to beat HC more than Springfield.

 

This one should be solid.