My only real wish for the game is a dry field. We have what most all of the MS sportswriters are calling the best H.S. quarterback seen in many years here in MS. We have 5 senior wide receivers that could start for many high schools. (at least 3 will play at the next level) We need them all since we run the spread and all 5 of them are occasionally on the field simultaneously.
South Panola is just the opposite. They pretty much try to line up and ram the ball down your throat. They like to impose their will on you. A wet field would favor them tremendously. We played in a driving rainstorm last Friday to win South State but Oak Grove is a mirror image of us offensively so the effect of the weather was pretty much a wash. (pun intended) Things would be a lot different against those SP monsters.
The two previous times we played them for a State Championship, we were just hoping we could pull a miracle off and beat them. This time most of the people around here think we are going to beat them and stop their long winning streak just short of 90 games. So remember you heard it here first when we take down the number ten team (according to USA Today) in the nation this Friday night.
