@ David....hmm lets see why everyone is asummeing that Aquilla will win 1) DEFENSE, they had held their opponents to 170 points up until their last 2 district games when thy lost one of their main players to an injury and still are only allowing 24.7 points a game with their 2 way starter out! 2) Their whole team will be back in full force against Oakwood, and the only game they lost all year was without their 2 way starter, he is NOT their whole team but the Cougars have excellent team chemistry when he is in the game. Three Seniors return from last years Semi-Finalist team and they are 2 way starters. 3) Oakwood has played No One except Milford, which the Cougars beat alot worse than Oakwood did and Aquilla plays in what quite possibly is the toughest district in the state, plus they beat State ranked Calvert, and very good Lometa and Abbott teams. 4) The Cougars are just too fast and strong, they dominated Oakwood in the scrimmage in pre-season and Aquilla is alot better than they were then and Im hoping Oakwood is as well. 5) Aquilla is coming off a heartbreaking loss to a very good Penelope team, they are pissed off and have a point to prove!!!
The list could go on and on, and although I don't think it will be a blow out like last years Bi-District matchup, I do think Aquilla will be victorious. Rankings....don't mean squat, last years Semi-Finalist team was never ranked higher than 12th, so the players don't even pay attention to that, they leave it all on the field and this week is the only week Oakwood moved ahead of them. The LAST AND MOST IMPORTANT REASON the Cougars will probably win on Thursday, their focus has been getting another shot at Throckmorton in the State Semi Finals, they feel like they have something to prove!
Im hoping for a good game on Thursday, but one thins is for sure....THE COUGARS ARE FAST AND FURIOUS AND DEFINITELY A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH!!!!