Let’s Talk Playoffs! (Rd 2)
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One of the teams south davidson beat. Won over a 7-3 West Wilkes team in the first round of the 3a playoff.
First, I'm not trying to take away anything from the team. Even playing a weak schedule, it's been a great turnaround with a lot of hard work from coaches and players! Also, I know nothing about the coaches and their history of coaching. I'm sure they're all great guys, as are most that put in all the time needed for a football program.
Second, we're talking about Wheatmore beating WW. While that shocked everyone, let's not pretend that Wheatmore is a good team, but that's why we play the game. However, I'll be surprised if Wheatmore doesn't have a running clock on them this week.
Four of the SD coaches spent time as assistants at Thomasville, some for many years, under Brown, Robertson and Gillespie. Lots of success. And I agree that at least some of those would be good head coaches.
What do you mean by “people like me” keep bringing it up?? I was responding to you! It sure looked like you were trying to call out someone with your initial post, and it sure looked like you were accusing Murphy of being dirty. I mean you totally disregarded how good and how dominant Murphy looked in the game and chose instead to talk about one play that you claim is as cheap a shot as you will ever see. So I think you definitely had some kind of axe to grind. I had you figured for a disgruntled Swain fan.
To answer your question, I don’t keep up with Swain so I have no idea if the kid is still hurt or not. I hope he is ok though.
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I was half joking about the wheatmore thing. Although I was happy for those guys. I do believe South Davidson is better than a lot of people think. I could see why people would be hesitant due to their history. But they actually do have a good bit of speed. If they can hold up at the line of scrimmage they will be tough to beat. They also do have great coaching as well
I heard Swain had 8 kids out vs Murphy.
Anyone know if they will be back Friday?
I would probably pick Swain to beat Davidson if most those players are back.
Anyone know if they will be back Friday?
I would probably pick Swain to beat Davidson if most those players are back.
I'm glad S.D. is doing good. Hope they take care of business Friday and we can see them at Big Oaks in 15 days.
Robbinsville 38
S.Davidson 14
Robbinsville 38
S.Davidson 14
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They didn't have 8 kids out, at one point during the game they had 8 kids not on the field. #6, #5 and #25 were out from the start, then others like #16, #2, #3 and #50 got hurt during the game. #2 and #3 came back into the game so I'm sure those two will play tomorrow night, unsure on the others.
I'm going with what Deana picked. CSD over Swain. I don't think the weather is cold enough in Bryson City yet to give them the extra edge
When healthy Swain is a load and would challenge anyone in the bracket, it is a real shame we didn't see them at full strength against Murphy. That said, without #6 in particular they really lack juice on the offense, without #16 and #6 they have almost nothing offensively. The line has been deep this season (with several freshmen getting action as well) so losing #50 isn't as huge a deal, but without those 2 above they struggle mightily to generate anything at all. Add on the fact that both 16 and 6 play in the secondary on defense and this iteration of Swain is unfortunately very hamstrung. I hope for the best but wouldn't be surprised to see Swain struggle Friday; if they can get some of these guys back and make it through Friday then the rematch vs Murphy could be very interesting.
If swain has those kind of injuries i don't see them winning this game but you never know good luck
While I agree that Swain would be tough if completely healthy, I don’t know how interesting they could make it at Murphy next week. This Murphy team is on a mission and is healthy and playing great ball in all phases right now. With home field through out the Western playoffs, they are gonna be a major problem for anyone who comes to The Hill.
I agree with almost all of this, Swain at full strength is one of the best teams in the 2A west. I feel the problem for Swain is they don't really match up well with Murphy, many of Swain's team strengths and Murphy's team strengths are similar and strength on strength Murphy is just stronger in most of these areas in my opinion. Murphy probably has the best run defense in the 2A west, a team will have to have a legitimate passing attack to beat Murphy unless they have Tarboro level backs/athletes throughout their skill positions.
I do think Swain would've had some more success offensively with #6 in the lineup just due to the threat he poses with his speed and Murphy probably would've been less aggressive blitzing which may have opened up things for their passing game more, but even at full strength I just don't see Swain winning that Halloween game with how comprehensively Murphy's d-line and linebackers dominated and blew through Swain's o-line. #16 when he was in didnt have time to do anything apart from a play or two and #3 was getting hit in the backfield as soon as he took the handoff most plays.
This may be a question that someone would have to research, but I am interested in seeing what Murphy's home record in the playoffs is.
Since Craddock has been in Tarboro, I believe our playoff record at home is 49-3 with those three home losses coming in 04, 13, and 15.
I would imagine over the years the dogs have a very impressive playoff record at home as well.
I know yall are talking about specific games and all so im going to throw a curve ball out there and say whoever represents the west in the ship will be from the top part of the bracket.
#BOLDPREDICTION
#BOLDPREDICTION
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We have been very blessed, that's for sure. Since 08 I believe we only have 5 loses (2 in 13, 1 in 14, 1 in 15, and 1 in 24) at home period. Again, we've been very blessed, but we've also been very spoiled lol.
Would you happen to know craddocks road playoff record? I used to could go on Carolina preps and look at it but can't do it now unless you wanna pay a lot for it
road playoffs
06 we went 0-1
07 we went 0-1
09 we went 2-0 on the road in the playoffs
10 we went 1-0 on the road in the playoffs
11 we went 3-0 on the road
14 we went 0-1
16 2-1
We have not been on the road in the playoffs since 2016.
All this is going off the top of my head, so someone can fact check me.
So, 8-4. We really hadn't had to go on the road a lot during our remarkable run. 09 and 11 we had to go on the road a little because we did not finish first in the conference. That's why we have three road wins in 11.
I did not include title games in these totals.
