Tarboro Vikings vs Greene Central Rams

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After a bye week the Vikings will begin conference play by taking a trip to snow hill to take on Greene Central. The Vikings went undefeated in non conference play, while Greene Central lost its last non conference game to Martin county 38-14. The Rams will also come into this game off a bye week. The Rams will play hard and may keep it close early, but I like Tarboro by 3 scores in this one.
 

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After a bye week the Vikings will begin conference play by taking a trip to snow hill to take on Greene Central. The Vikings went undefeated in non conference play, while Greene Central lost its last non conference game to Martin county 38-14. The Rams will also come into this game off a bye week. The Rams will play hard and may keep it close early, but I like Tarboro by 3 scores in this one.
Don't be impressed by GC's record.
 

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GC seems to be similar to Wilson Prep as far as coaching and overall discipline.

Ran roughshot over bad football teams until poor special teams, penalties and lack of ingame adjustments cost them.

If they could not stop a a Martin team running a single wing offense for the first time then I see a very difficult night for them trying to stop Tarboro running the T.
 
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GC played well against Wilson Prep. No discipline issues there. The Martin County game was beyond chippy. There were multiple altercations during that game. Martin has a long reputation of being provocative, so I’m not too surprised. The Rams will be in the discussion for Eastern Plains top seed in 3A, but the Vikings are the class of that conference. Comfortable win.
 
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Based on maxpreps stats, Martin averaged 10 yards a carry running a make shift offense put in that week due to qb injury.

GC loses to Tarboro and possibly twice more before season ends. Seeding has nothing to do with conference finish. Their rpi will be hurt by the weak non conference schedule they played and the 3 losses they might have at end of season. No first round bye. They would have no chance vs a James Kenan or Northeastern.

Possibly running clock in this one.
 
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Succesful programs do not get baited into nonsense. That comes from discipline which is instilled by the coaching staff.

Based on maxpreps stats, Martin averaged 10 yards a carry running a make shift offense put in that week due to qb injury.

GC loses to Tarboro and probably twice more before season ends. Top seeds have nothing to do with conference finish. Their rpi will be hurt by the weak non conference schedule they played and the 3 losses I predict they will have at end of season. No first round bye. They would have no chance vs a James Kenan or Northeastern.

Possibly running clock in this one.
Have to remember that the RPI also factors in your opponent's opponents win percentage. GC will not only be helped by simply playing the likes of Tarboro and Kinston, but playing Wilson Prep and North Pitt boosts them as well, even though WP and NP don't have great records. Prep's schedule is #1 in 1A and NP's schedule is #7 in 4A. Tarboro is the #1 team in 2A, plus their schedule is #3. GC's overall record, plus their opponent's opponents records will help them get a high seed, where they'll be eliminated in the first round.
 
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All good points although opponents opponents winning percentage carries less weight compared to prior years.

Possibly outside chance GC gets a top 8 seed and bye but a lot would have to go right. I have a very difficult time seeing them beating NE or JK and I think they would also struggle with Princeton, Pender, Whiteville and Wallace Rose Hill due to those teams being very run heavy. Midway would also be a big challenge.
 

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Agreed. They are definitely about to come back to earth. Now that I think about it, I take back what I said about them getting a high seed, because I don't think they'll win again until the last game of the season. From 4-0 to 5-5.
 
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Agreed. They are definitely about to come back to earth. Now that I think about it, I take back what I said about them getting a high seed, because I don't think they'll win again until the last game of the season. From 4-0 to 5-5.
Yeah the conference schedule gonna be tough. I think they could maybe beat Ayden grifton.
 

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I know we had some key players out against Havelock and SWE. Hopefully after having basically 2 bye weeks we are healthy for the 3A portion of the schedule.
 

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Agreed. They are definitely about to come back to earth. Now that I think about it, I take back what I said about them getting a high seed, because I don't think they'll win again until the last game of the season. From 4-0 to 5-5.
You know they beat Wilson Prep 30-8, SWE struggled with WP, SWE ain’t no pushover respectfully. Don’t let the Martin game fool you it’s a horrible loss but they were spotted two TDs in the first two mins without touching the ball on offense. No excuses bad loss for GC, just don’t throw em away yet yes they will have their hands full versus Tarboro but GC has some dogs too.
 

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For GC to Have a chance it will have to be a reverse of MC, the Vikings will have to turn ball over early.. trenches have to be natural.. GC has a passing attack & would have to turn Tarboro into a passing team.. A very tall order! It's only 2 teams in conference with weapons to pull this off GC & Kinston.. Both have to have there A game on these night .
 
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Yes they did beat a Prep team that SWE struggled with. I don't see how that is relevant when it comes to the teams they have to face going forward. Losing to Martin County after struggling with North Pitt doesn't bode well with the likes of Tarboro, Kinston, and Farmville coming up. In fact, beating Wilson Prep is the best thing they've done all year...and they are from the state's smallest division. Not too far from our best thing either. Stomping North Lenoir and Goldsboro don't count for anything, and I say that about our own victory over North Lenoir. As long as you can hike the ball, you have a chance against GC.
 

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Yes they did beat a Prep team that SWE struggled with. I don't see how that is relevant when it comes to the teams they have to face going forward. Losing to Martin County after struggling with North Pitt doesn't bode well with the likes of Tarboro, Kinston, and Farmville coming up. In fact, beating Wilson Prep is the best thing they've done all year...and they are from the state's smallest division. Not too far from our best thing either. Stomping North Lenoir and Goldsboro don't count for anything, and I say that about our own victory over North Lenoir. As long as you can hike the ball, you have a chance against GC.
Wow. "Aslong as you can hike the ball, you have a chance against GC"
lol wow
 
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For GC to Have a chance it will have to be a reverse of MC, the Vikings will have to turn ball over early.. trenches have to be natural.. GC has a passing attack & would have to turn Tarboro into a passing team.. A very tall order! It's only 2 teams in conference with weapons to pull this off GC & Kinston.. Both have to have there A game on these night .
No doubt, much respect to Tarboro. I dont know if they lose a game this season.
 
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Tarboro will be focus coming into this game. Tarboro vs GC have a great history against each other. I expect this to be a physical game on both sides even though I do expect Tarboro to come out on top but don’t sleep on GC ppl. Well coached team but can that stop that machine of an offense that Tarboro has? I highly doubt it..
 

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Tarboro will be focus coming into this game. Tarboro vs GC have a great history against each other. I expect this to be a physical game on both sides even though I do expect Tarboro to come out on top but don’t sleep on GC ppl. Well coached team but can that stop that machine of an offense that Tarboro has? I highly doubt it..
Agreed! I think the coaches will have the boys focused on their first conference foe
 

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Wow. "Aslong as you can hike the ball, you have a chance against GC"
lol wow
Lol. I just don't think they are as good as their record indicates. I think they caught WP at the right time, because they are playing much better now than they were early in the season. After that GC game, they almost beat Northeastern, did beat FC, and took us to the 12th round. Games 1-3 was great scheduling on GC's part. I just doubt that they will be able to do anything with anyone in their conference other than Beddingfield. We'll see though. I'm not trying to insult them. I just think the other teams can beat them.
 
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Lol. I just don't think they are as good as their record indicates. I think they caught WP at the right time, because they are playing much better now than they were early in the season. After that GC game, they almost beat Northeastern, did beat FC, and took us to the 12th round. Games 1-3 was great scheduling on GC's part. I just doubt that they will be able to do anything with anyone in their conference other than Beddingfield. We'll see though. I'm not trying to insult them. I just think the other teams can beat them.
No problem I def respect your perspective. This GC is built pretty good starting at the Oline. Goldsboro and NL at the beginning of the schedule does make the schedule incredible weak but also don’t sleep on NP man they were HUGE and physical. Their DE Ethan Wilson is a MAN lol but I don’t know how much of a problem he is vs teams like SWE that are run first but for spread teams, Wilson off the EDGE was a game changer.
I do think they can beat AG (lost to them last year 10-8), I do think GC beats Farmvillle & Beddingfield, I also do think GC beats (can beat) Kinston they took them down last year too.
Next 4 weeks will be crucial
 

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No problem I def respect your perspective. This GC is built pretty good starting at the Oline. Goldsboro and NL at the beginning of the schedule does make the schedule incredible weak but also don’t sleep on NP man they were HUGE and physical. Their DE Ethan Wilson is a MAN lol but I don’t know how much of a problem he is vs teams like SWE that are run first but for spread teams, Wilson off the EDGE was a game changer.
I do think they can beat AG (lost to them last year 10-8), I do think GC beats Farmvillle & Beddingfield, I also do think GC beats (can beat) Kinston they took them down last year too.
Next 4 weeks will be crucial
I definitely think the jury is out on Kinston. Idk if they've lived up to the hype necessarily. That offense is still good, but defense is suspect.
 

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If I remember correctly isn’t there something funky about it? Maybe like a building in the middle
They are building a new school that will open next year. It will look funky when y’all get to the school but go behind the baseball field right inbewteen the community college
 

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Greene central came running out to midfield talking junk to Tarboro. They had no idea what they were getting in to. And scheduled Tarboro for homecoming lol
I have a different take on that. Get the chirping in while you can. It lasted about 30 yards. They’ve had nothing left since.