Morristown West (4-1) at Knox Central (4-0)

[WhereChampionsAreMade]

The Trojans step out of region play for the final time this year coming off a 49-0 win at Cocke County.

 

Central has already beaten Catholic at their house. How will this game go?

[BarneySox2007]

After watching Central on TV Thursday Night Mo West shouldn't have any problems. Central is better for sure but but Carter stayed right with them. 

[dragnfan]

Both have great defenses, but I believe Mo West is better on offense right now.

I say Mo West wins by at least 14.

[WhereChampionsAreMade]

After watching Central on TV Thursday Night Mo West shouldn't have any problems. Central is better for sure but but Carter stayed right with them.

We shouldn't, but it just depends on if our offense shows up like it did Friday night or not.

[WhereChampionsAreMade]

Both have great defenses, but I believe Mo West is better on offense right now.

I say Mo West wins by at least 14.

I hope you're right.

 

But they beat us 29-17 the last time we played, one of the Bobcats' 3 total wins that year, so anything can happen.

[plumb69]

Two storied programs. Could be the game to see this Friday. Been a few years since I've dined at Litton's and then watched the Bobcats play.

[motownanddown]

I see another game that feels close throughout but once it's over you look back and realize West was never in any real trouble. 2 good defenses but I think Delaney is good for at least 2 TDs and I don't see Central putting up more than 10 on the West D 

[WhereChampionsAreMade]

I see another game that feels close throughout but once it's over you look back and realize West was never in any real trouble. 2 good defenses but I think Delaney is good for at least 2 TDs and I don't see Central putting up more than 10 on the West D

Haha, sounds like the Greeneville game. Central will give us a good fight, no doubt. I think we pull this one out 21-14.

 

Go Trojans!

[chsbobcat09]

I'm seeing alot of the same stuff on here I saw when we played Catholic. I'm hearing "Central is good, but.....". Last year we came up there and scrimmaged Mo West and both teams have basically the same players now. Central DOMINATED that scrimmage and Mo West's varsity with Delaney didn't score. Now I know Mo West has a great defense, IMO one of the best in East Tn, but so does Central. This will be an extremely low scoring game and I honestly don't know who will win, But I will promise you all this. If Mo west doesn't have some sort of passing game in this game, they will not win. Delaney is a great RB, but he won't run wild on Central's defense. 

[WhereChampionsAreMade]

I'm seeing alot of the same stuff on here I saw when we played Catholic. I'm hearing "Central is good, but.....". Last year we came up there and scrimmaged Mo West and both teams have basically the same players now. Central DOMINATED that scrimmage and Mo West's varsity with Delaney didn't score. Now I know Mo West has a great defense, IMO one of the best in East Tn, but so does Central. This will be an extremely low scoring game and I honestly don't know who will win, But I will promise you all this. If Mo west doesn't have some sort of passing game in this game, they will not win. Delaney is a great RB, but he won't run wild on Central's defense.

The passing game exists, but it's easy to overlook with a back like Delaney. That's why I brought up the 2010 game too, to show that anything can happen.

 

Trojans win a close one.

[motownanddown]

I'm seeing alot of the same stuff on here I saw when we played Catholic. I'm hearing "Central is good, but.....". Last year we came up there and scrimmaged Mo West and both teams have basically the same players now. Central DOMINATED that scrimmage and Mo West's varsity with Delaney didn't score. Now I know Mo West has a great defense, IMO one of the best in East Tn, but so does Central. This will be an extremely low scoring game and I honestly don't know who will win, But I will promise you all this. If Mo west doesn't have some sort of passing game in this game, they will not win. Delaney is a great RB, but he won't run wild on Central's defense.

Going on a scrimmage from a year ago isn't really a strong argument. I watched central play Thursday and I was impressed with their defense, however only scoring 13 on a very average Carter team doesn't give me much confidence in their chances Friday. Jeff County put up 34 on that same Carter team and only managed 7 garbage time points against West. And overlook Delaney if you want, he's been shut down exactly once in his career and that was this year against Fulton because Fulton's nose basically set up camp in the West backfield. He doesn't have to go for 300 to beat Central, he just needs about 5 yards a pop to set up the play action game and West is in business.

Edited September 21, 2015 by motownanddown

[WhereChampionsAreMade]

Like motownanddown said, numbers don't lie. Struggling to beat Carter is not exactly a good sign for the Bobcats.

 

Defense win championships, and that's how the Trojans come out on top.