Playoffs - Quarterfinals - Oak Ridge vs West

[osunut2]

OR has been my sleeper team all year long, and it wouldn't surprise me to see them pull this off. That said, I'm taking West by 10. Injuries aside, they've been steady week in and week out, and I think that consistency pays off again this week.

[KnoxVil]

1 hour ago, catswild said:

Find a thread for clowns...West has the best defense OR has seen all year.

All you have talked about is DB and MJ! Now if we want to talk about clowns?? 

[KnoxVil]

15 minutes ago, osunut2 said:

OR has been my sleeper team all year long, and it wouldn't surprise me to see them pull this off. That said, I'm taking West by 10. Injuries aside, they've been steady week in and week out, and I think that consistency pays off again this week.

I can honestly see this going either way. OR has improved tremendously! That D held Powell to the same amount. I think their defense is as good as West if not better.

[osunut2]

1 minute ago, KnoxVil said:

I can honestly see this going either way. OR has improved tremendously! That D held Powell to the same amount. I think their defense is as good as West if not better.

Agreed, Vil. I think the thing that OR has to watch out for is that inconsistent play that has plagued them at times in 2020.

[SweetScience]

2 hours ago, KnoxVil said:

I can honestly see this going either way. OR has improved tremendously! That D held Powell to the same amount. I think their defense is as good as West if not better.

No way is it better, or even as good for that matter. Powell put up 200+ rushing yards on that D not long ago. Thank God they didn’t find their running game till it was too late. Actually, they still should’ve beaten us. Thank God again for that false start on that 2 point conversion. Nothing against our D, they’re really tough, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Edited November 17, 2020 by SweetScience

[catswild]

1 hour ago, SweetScience said:

No way is it better, or even as good for that matter. Powell put up 200+ rushing yards on that D not long ago. Thank God they didn’t find their running game till it was too late. Actually, they still should’ve beaten us. Thank God again for that false start on that 2 point conversion. Nothing against our D, they’re really tough, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

I agree. Our defense is good but not in the same league as West. Powell ran all over us in the second half and I doubt anyone has run all over West. But our defense has been solid all year long. I hope our D can hold West down to very few points.

[SweetScience]

49 minutes ago, catswild said:

I agree. Our defense is good but not in the same league as West. Powell ran all over us in the second half and I doubt anyone has run all over West. But our defense has been solid all year long. I hope our D can hold West down to very few points.

Barring the Farragut game, and the 2nd half in the Powell game they’ve been pretty dang solid, yes. Granted, I thought the first West game could’ve been much worse if they had of played their A game on offense that game, but thankfully for us they had a lot of self inflicted mistakes that game. I just hope we make it a great game. I will be giddy as he$& if we win though, no doubt. 

Edited November 17, 2020 by SweetScience

[WestHigh4Life]

1 hour ago, catswild said:

I agree. Our defense is good but not in the same league as West. Powell ran all over us in the second half and I doubt anyone has run all over West. But our defense has been solid all year long. I hope our D can hold West down to very few points.

Catholic pretty much had their way with West...granted some players were out but still that was one team.

One thing that cant be understated is how badly West wants this championship. Every opponent or everyone left in the bracket is worthy and no one should be overlooking any other team. 

Interesting stat - West has never lost a 3rd round playoff game in all of their playoff seasons. The second round and semifinals have been the least kind to the Rebels from Marble City.

[ORcats]

I want to be positive, but the truth is we're going to need a lot of luck, plus play our best game of the season. 

 

Edited November 17, 2020 by ORcats

[SweetScience]

27 minutes ago, ORcats said:

I want to be positive, but the truth is we're going to need a lot of luck, plus play our best game of the season. 

 

Correct. No reason to sugarcoat it.

[Rockytopmojo7]

I got a $20 bill yo on the Rebels to win this week. Any takers?

[SweetScience]

58 minutes ago, Rockytopmojo7 said:

I got a $20 bill yo on the Rebels to win this week. Any takers?

No.......yo.