Took the opportunity to watch this rivalry game that did not disappoint. It was well worth it. There were more than a few questionable calls by the officials last night but the teams played through it and it was exciting for the entire 48 minutes. MA has some skilled athletes for sure. #6 was as good as advertised and #21 and #5 were explosive, as well. MA’s QB was very efficient and made good decisions with the ball. Upfront it appeared to me that MA may have had a slight advantage over ES. It appeared that ES doesn’t know exactly what they want to be offensively. They swapped QB’s (#12 & #7) back and forth most of the game. #12 was very athletic and made some plays with his legs but made two critical mistakes in the passing game that cost ES. ES started the game out trying to establish the run without a lot of success. It appeared that MA was sitting on #12 most of the night and it wasn’t until ES made the change at QB and inserted #7, after the second interception, and started attacking MA vertically in the passing game that things changed and it looked like it exposed the weakness of MA’s defense. There were some serious issues in MA’s secondary, from a coverage standpoint. Has ES used a dual QB system all season? I’m not downing #12 at all because he is a heck of a player/athlete that competed every play but as an outsider looking in he could be one heck of a running back/receiver/decoy/wildcat back/etc... and with the other weapons ES has #11, #4, #3, #1, etc... You would have to pick your poison. From a defensive perspective, I’ve always thought it was easier to defend another team’s best athlete if he played the QB position rather than being used in multiple position with multiple ways of getting them the ball. Good luck to both teams the rest of the way. Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to catch this rivalry game again in the near future.