Landers vs Rangers for a TITLE???

[creeksRus]

I've been a fly on the wall here for a long time, but I figure that now was as good a time as any to make my first post. I have seen both teams play and feel like each team has advantages on both sides of the ball. The rangers have some pretty good skill players out wide and in the back end of the defense. Like always Cloudland is TOUGH up front and in the run game (from the game I saw). They both played HV tough for a 1/2 (Cloudland in the first half and Unaka in the second). For the first time in a long time this could be a high(ish) scoring game from a team on the rise and the long time king of the mountain. It's a big one because the winner will more than likely get the region crown and the looser will probably get to host Greenback. I'd love to hear everyone else's thoughts on this one.

[pujo]

4 hours ago, creeksRus said:

I've been a fly on the wall here for a long time, but I figure that now was as good a time as any to make my first post. I have seen both teams play and feel like each team has advantages on both sides of the ball. The rangers have some pretty good skill players out wide and in the back end of the defense. Like always Cloudland is TOUGH up front and in the run game (from the game I saw). They both played HV tough for a 1/2 (Cloudland in the first half and Unaka in the second). For the first time in a long time this could be a high(ish) scoring game from a team on the rise and the long time king of the mountain. It's a big one because the winner will more than likely get the region crown and the looser will probably get to host Greenback. I'd love to hear everyone else's thoughts on this one.

Landers win buy a few scores.Unaka does have some good skill position players.

[creekerballer]

Haven’t seen Cloudland this year outside of box scores and word out mouth. I think Cloudland is at least two touchdowns better right now. Unaka may have closed the gap a little closer than some of the Lander faithful may like to admit. Regardless of outcome though will enjoy the seeing two  Carter County teams fight for our region title, hope we keep it that way going forward. 

[pujo]

Just now, creekerballer said:

Haven’t seen Cloudland this year outside of box scores and word out mouth. I think Cloudland is at least two touchdowns better right now. Unaka may have closed the gap a little closer than some of the Lander faithful may like to admit. Regardless of outcome though will enjoy the seeing two  Carter County teams fight for our region title, hope we keep it that way going forward. 

Agree, should be a fairly competitive game.

[creekerballer]

4 minutes ago, pujo said:

Agree, should be a fairly competitive game.

I’ve not posted in a long while. Hope you’re doing well Pujo. Idk if they final score will look competitive or not, like I said I haven’t seen the Landers this year they may run away with it. Just making a judgement based off Unaka. I think the best team we’ve seen was Claiborne thus far, we actually moved the ball okay on them just couldn’t punch it in more than once when we got down there. Could see a similar situation with Cloudland as I think they will best Unaka at the line of scrimmage. I think Unaka can find a way to score a couple times, but I don’t know that they can hold the Landers under 30. 

[pujo]

20 minutes ago, creekerballer said:

I’ve not posted in a long while. Hope you’re doing well Pujo. Idk if they final score will look competitive or not, like I said I haven’t seen the Landers this year they may run away with it. Just making a judgement based off Unaka. I think the best team we’ve seen was Claiborne thus far, we actually moved the ball okay on them just couldn’t punch it in more than once when we got down there. Could see a similar situation with Cloudland as I think they will best Unaka at the line of scrimmage. I think Unaka can find a way to score a couple times, but I don’t know that they can hold the Landers under 30. 

Hope you are doing well also, agree with you're assessment 100 percent. You have one of my favorite kids in the County, I've known him since he was very young,heck of a ball player as well.

[Appvol]

Really like Unaka coach. Should be a good game. We had a couple of kids play this year that haven’t played in a while that have helped this year.

[creekerballer]

1 hour ago, Appvol said:

Really like Unaka coach. Should be a good game. We had a couple of kids play this year that haven’t played in a while that have helped this year.

Bennet is a good guy. Hope Unaka can keep him around awhile. 

[uknoit2]

4 hours ago, creekerballer said:

Haven’t seen Cloudland this year outside of box scores and word out mouth. I think Cloudland is at least two touchdowns better right now. Unaka may have closed the gap a little closer than some of the Lander faithful may like to admit. Regardless of outcome though will enjoy the seeing two  Carter County teams fight for our region title, hope we keep it that way going forward. 

Hey creeker, I think Unaka may move the ball on em for a half, but see them having trouble punching it in for scores against Cland. I think the game will be fun to watch but score looks lopsided in the end. 

[creekerballer]

1 hour ago, uknoit2 said:

Hey creeker, I think Unaka may move the ball on em for a half, but see them having trouble punching it in for scores against Cland. I think the game will be fun to watch but score looks lopsided in the end. 

I think we will need to score off of chunk plays. Like I mentioned against Claiborne, we got to the red zone a few times but once we didn’t have as much room to spread the field we couldn’t get it in the end zone. I think we will run into that issue with Cloudlands line as well if we get down there. We just don’t have the means to pound it in near the goal line. 

[uknoit2]

14 minutes ago, creekerballer said:

I think we will need to score off of chunk plays. Like I mentioned against Claiborne, we got to the red zone a few times but once we didn’t have as much room to spread the field we couldn’t get it in the end zone. I think we will run into that issue with Cloudlands line as well if we get down there. We just don’t have the means to pound it in near the goal line. 

Id be throwing bombs from the 50, in then Lol! It'll be difficult to do much in the red zone, but you just might squeak a couple in, never know. 

[crazzyness]

I certainly believe Unaka's skill players are talented and quick enough to put a few scores up against the Cloudland secondary, but I would be shocked if Cloudland doesn't run for at least 300 yards on Unaka's defense. I think the Rangers keep it competitive, but Cloudland will control the game.