HSHS Springers vs OFS Tigers
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Glad to finally see the Springers in Chesapeake! We expect nothing but a battle like the old Ocean Lakes games for the Region A Championship games.
BTW, who predicted that Colonial Forge would be in the mixed for the Class 6 Reg B title?
BTW, who predicted that Colonial Forge would be in the mixed for the Class 6 Reg B title?
Sad so little discussion on this matchup between two premier programs while hayfield dominates the headlines. Good example of there being more money in the negative than the positive.
The Commonwealth district is always one of the toughest districts. Colonial Forge is still clinging to life after the elder Brown retired.
I'd love to see that, but James Madison might be a tough out. Lake Braddock is looking good tonight and has live commentary on NFHS.
D. Overton was their D Coordinator @ C. Forge under Senior Brown before taking that Freedom job. What a contrast in coaches those 2 turned out to be. Although C. Forge had their share of transfers back in the day, too.
Okay, after watching as much video as I can for games vs HSHS this year, here are the things I think the Tigers will need to overcome tonight.
Kicking game is fabulous!!! The Springer's punter is a difference maker & creates a flipped field for them. It creates a huge advantage to force their opponents to drive another 10-20 yards compared to what teams are used to! A lot of mistakes by their opponents not being able to stop their gunners, too. You can bet the Springers are counting on this for success!
The Springers made 3rd & 4th quarter adjustments to setup their big plays in the 2nd half to make the difference in those games they won. It looked like GA, Herm, and Riverbend was better than HS the 1st half. You can't discount conditioning also coming into play in those games, too. HSHS just keeps coming at you but the same should be expect by the Tigers!
So, for Tigers, they want to be able to connect on the big plays they were successful with vs KF, IR, Herm & NR early in those games. If that doesn't occur, it's just going to be a slugfest with the team with the fewest mistakes taking home the title. But I like their chances.
Kicking game is fabulous!!! The Springer's punter is a difference maker & creates a flipped field for them. It creates a huge advantage to force their opponents to drive another 10-20 yards compared to what teams are used to! A lot of mistakes by their opponents not being able to stop their gunners, too. You can bet the Springers are counting on this for success!
The Springers made 3rd & 4th quarter adjustments to setup their big plays in the 2nd half to make the difference in those games they won. It looked like GA, Herm, and Riverbend was better than HS the 1st half. You can't discount conditioning also coming into play in those games, too. HSHS just keeps coming at you but the same should be expect by the Tigers!
So, for Tigers, they want to be able to connect on the big plays they were successful with vs KF, IR, Herm & NR early in those games. If that doesn't occur, it's just going to be a slugfest with the team with the fewest mistakes taking home the title. But I like their chances.
Oscar Smith by 10
Crazy to think Springs took on the 757 gauntlet this year playing Phoebus, Maury, and Smith.
Crazy to think Springs took on the 757 gauntlet this year playing Phoebus, Maury, and Smith.
Started watching around the 3rd qtr and looks like hshs is having the same problems they had all season. Offense not executing, consistently shooting their selves in the foot with penalties and bad execution. Defense playing well enough but would eventually wear down with the offense not playing complementary football.
That wildcat offense of Smith's is tough to stop. But their D was lights out & better than that. The Springers had plenty of chances to score but couldn't. Their only TD was due to the DB slipping on that play. Smith's QB still lost focus a bit at times but this was the most complete game for the Tigers overall.
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Had to log back into this account after years to say shhhhhh chill everyone has let’s not forget the BriQuan Harrell fiasco lmaaooo
Fingers crossed Forge is good enough to make this one another classic matchup between Smith & Forge
While I’m here I’ll also add some context for those that would understandably be out of the loop with Forge’s program the last few years:
Old Brown retired after 2017. First two years under Young Brown went extremely well but then the program declined a bit. Still had some decent talent but nothing like they had throughout the 2010s and it really went downhill after covid along with the loss of some great assistants. Old Brown rejoined the staff last year as an assistant and things turned around immediately. I don’t know how much control he has with this team but I hesitate to call the turnaround a coincidence given Old Brown’s track record. I do think Young Brown is a very good coach nonetheless and Old Brown’s return also happened to coincide with a couple of talented classes now coming to fruition. Also, Joe Mangano (the long time North Stafford head coach when they were routinely making deep runs in Class 5 in the 2010s) joined the staff as a coordinator too & his sons both start. I don’t think it’ll be a coin flip kind of game with Smith the way it was in 16, 17 & 19 but this has been a pleasant surprise and I think bodes well for their future.
Idk they looked like they’re playing their best ball rn. Looked dominant in that second half against Patriot yesterday. Could be closer than you think
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Yes, I should clarify! They have a lot of impressive talent and they’re playing their best ball right now. This is more that I’m more impressed with this Smith team than I was the 16-19 teams. Forge also had a couple of teams that went down to Chesapeake in the semis in 13 & 14 and got absolutely beat down. I think this matchup will be somewhere in the middle, probably a 10-14 point difference but Forge is 100% capable on their best day. This definitely isn’t Forge’s best team that’s made it this far but sometimes it’s the year you don’t expect it to happen that sneaks up on you, who knows.