Upper State vs Lower State .........

[Penguin]

You have any thoughts on SP vs GC Penguin?

That's the game I'm gonna watch Friday. What's in store?

Well, I have gone on record picking South Pointe. I have watched the Taters play many times this year, and although their offense is as good, or better, than in the past few years, their defense is what I would call.......a mess. Any team that has the ability to throw and catch the ball will give them fits. Stratford could have, and in my view, should have, beaten the Taters in week 11. Their WRs had a terrible day receiving the ball. Drops all over the place.

Now, take a team like South Pointe, who can control the game with their offense, eating clock, and keeping the Tater offense on the sidelines, and you have the very type of team that is most likely to be successful against them. My biggest concern for the Stallions is the fact that they are playing their #2 QB. I know that he has played in quite a few games now, but he was not good enough to beat out the starter when both were healthy. As for the game itself, I look for a 31-28 sort of game. Some scoring, but not at will as the Taters have grown accustomed to.

To be honest about it, I see the Taters matching up much better against Northwestern than against South Pointe. Goose Creek is good enough to win it all, but not without some good fortune going their way. Matchups of styles are very interesting this time of the year. What works all season long may not be what you need to win a crucial game. I think that this applies well to Goose Creek this week. They will need a few wrinkles to come out on top.........and they are capable. If I was South Pointe, I would just wrap em up right, lace em' up tight, and start hitting hard as soon as you get off the bus. Goose Creek does not like to play against physical teams. They like to be the bullies.

Yes, definitely an interesting game for you to see. I'll send you a PM with my number so that we can exchange scores. I am going to go to the Beaufort/NA game.

I will take a bow for practically calling the exact shot on this one! Got Stratford over So Flo as well. Even a blind pig stumbles an acorn from time to time.

[Dave Pickren]

Good call................this was the one major suprise of the playoff season thus far.

[DeCav]

This was an upset only in the perception of South Pointe leading up to it.

After watching South Pointe play last night I have to say they are for real. It wasn't as if Goose Creek came out and just laid an egg. It was a fight all night long between these two teams and when the dust had settled, South Pointe had done what they needed to do to win.

I won't say the coaching wasn't good for Goose Creek but clock management at the end of the game was lacking. The Gator play calling with 7 minutes left to play was tightening the noose down by down. And the decision not to attempt an onside kick with less than two minutes left didn't make a lot of sense to me. South Pointe needed 1 first down to win. What difference does it make whether they receive the ball at the 20 or the 50? As it turned out they got their first down and kneeled the ball. A recovered onside kick would have given the Gators a chance to tie or win and unsuccessful attempt would have in theory just yielded the same result we saw from punting.

A great win for the Stallions. They played a great, powerful game last night on both defense and offense. Wow, their running game is hard to stop. I'm very disappointed the Gators did not win but after seeing South Pointe's team I can say they weren't really underdogs.

Good call on the prediction Pengy.