EARLY SINGLE A TOP TEN

[bigbody1220]

I have a lot of respect for the Temple program because they have came a long way in such a short time. But with Caleb gone im just not sure they have the fire power to be a top 10 contender in 1A ball. I played against them last year and they were a good team and we played poorly and under estimated them and they returned a kickoff with 30 seconds left to beat us by 1 point. That was with Caleb. Not taking away anything from Temple they are a decent program but they are a basketball school and with Caleb gone I dont know if they can make a huge playoff fun but I do wish them the best of luck.

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Not taking anything away from what you said, but I think that was the poorest game Ive ever played. I think we were 9 of 26 passing and we just couldnt do anything right offensively and defensively. We'll be ready to play this year though. Good Luck to Copper Basin.

[14111111]

cougerdad, I think you make a very valid arguement. We know that replacing a kid who runs under 4.5 and is a good athlete is not going to be easy, and if he hadn't pulled out some pretty remarkable heroics Temple would have lost that game. You could be correct, it may be to much to make up. However, I have never in all the years I have been around the game seen a more dedicated group of athletes as those getting ready at Temple for the upcoming FB season. I think they know they have a lot of ground to cover. We will miss that kind of speed, but I hope we can do some other things a lot better. We also know that CB will be tough, you always are and then with Whitwell and SP this Region is a great one for High school FB. Best to you guys, we have nothing but respect for you program, coaches and players.

[ask_me]

I like Oneida's chances at being the best in the East.

[cougardad]

Bigbody and 14111111 do have a very good point. Temple do have some of the hardest playing kids i played against. They were very hard workers. I had over 100 yards rushing against them the past 2 years but it was hard earned yards becuase they played very tuff the whole game. A lot of people think Basin will be down this year which may be true but i believe this game will be a great battle like last years. Best of luck to both teams and i wish i could see the game but ill be playing college ball, so good luck Basin and Temple

[H-Town34]

I look for Cloudland to be very competitive this yr. but they just dont match up well with hampton as far as talent goes, i'm sure they're going to come into the game ready to play but sometimes that just is not enough....Cloudland is the ONLY team in the conference that i can see giving Hampton a game...

[Storm55]

That is your opinion, but I've seen teams with more talent fall to lesser foes. If Cloudland is the underdog, then so be it. That will be their advantage. You will find a blood thirsty and powerful creature on the mountain come week ten.