I have listened to what everyone has said, and took it into consideration, but being close to the central program, here is some things u don't know from the outside looking in...ever since tyner, central has been playing quite shorthanded. Tyner saw one of the best players in the state go down, as well as some players get dinged up. After tyner, we have had players healing and have been running a limited offense to allow players to heal. so yes we have been finding a groove of what works against teams and being conservative on offense to just try to escape with a win leaving the game up to our defense...sometimes giving the other team a short field to work with. The central team has not been this healthy all season since heading into tyner, only minus hayes. right now for the first time in weeks, the offensive playbook is wide open and no hold backs, cause this could be it and our core on offense is finally healthy. defensively, we will be able to match up with maryville as well as apply some pressure. this defense has not been allowed to just put on a defenswive clinic in a while and not win the game for the offense, now it's a full team, and i'll take a healthy pounder team against any team in the state. We may come away losers in this game, but maryville will walk away knowing they played a good team that matches them physically and athletically. the edge maryville does have is experience in the polayoffs and coaches experience in the playoffs. central's advantage is no one is expecting them to compete, definite momentum for these guys, and they have nothing to lose. if we lose, we go home, we were expected to lose. if we win, we have the biggest upset in this area in a while. playbooks are a lot bigger when u have NOTHING to lose. Good luck to both teams, but definitely don't count out those pounders, cause athlete for athlete, player for player, it IS an even match. this game is actually on the coaches. Which coach has his team more ready to play? and what coaching staff coaches the best from the sidelines. gameplanning is good, but the whole gameplan changes once u get on that field, because with athletes that can make plays, u can't practice or gameplan for miss tackles or speed.
GOOD LUCK POUNDERS!!