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Petal’s game plan here would be to win the toss, take the ball immediately and score using a QB run situation. That’s what Houston did most successfully against OG. The running QB inflicted more offensive pressure than anything else in that matchup.

If Petal can bring a (loud) big crowd and score early, that’ll be their best bet.

They’ll still have to find an answer for OG’s nasty defensive line. But if they can get momentum on their side, Petal may have a chance to make this game a close one. 

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7 minutes ago, Football In MS said:

Petal’s game plan here would be to win the toss, take the ball immediately and score using a QB run situation. That’s what Houston did most successfully against OG. The running QB inflicted more offensive pressure than anything else in that matchup.

If Petal can bring a (loud) big crowd and score early, that’ll be their best bet.

They’ll still have to find an answer for OG’s nasty defensive line. But if they can get momentum on their side, Petal may have a chance to make this game a close one. 

A big crowd is something petal wont have to worry about. It will be SRO on that side. Speaking of crowds, it looked like a disappointing home crowd for OG last week. Watching the highlights on WDAM that home side was looking almost half empty. I understood the visitors side being empty.

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6 minutes ago, Vott said:

A big crowd is something petal wont have to worry about. It will be SRO on that side. Speaking of crowds, it looked like a disappointing home crowd for OG last week. Watching the highlights on WDAM that home side was looking almost half empty. I understood the visitors side being empty.

Yeah, that district was in the middle of their fall break - which is reportedly 2 weeks long. And according to social media, their band was out of state at some competition. So that definitely explains a decreased volume of students on the home side.

 

Kinda surprised OG would choose to schedule the rivalry matchup vs Petal while the OG side is still on fall break. You’d think they’d do an away game or a Meridian or Pearl matchup. But idk how far in advance all that is finalized. I’d think a OG crowd would be bigger this Friday vs Petal than it was last week but who knows. They’re still out of school all week this week. The last time OG’s visitor side was packed was probably vs Brandon a couple of years ago. But before that was likely Petal in 2019.

 

Petal tends to travel well when they’re performing well. So I’d expect there to be a better number of students make the trip this year than in recent years. The last time Petal beat OG was during the 2019 regular season at OG, before OG came back to take South State from them at Petal the same year. So this may be the first time since then that Petal thinks they have a legit shot at taking the W from OG. Over the last 20 years, OG has had their way with Petal, locking down an impressive 17-6 record (playoff games included) against the Panthers.

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1 hour ago, Football In MS said:

Yeah, that district was in the middle of their fall break - which is reportedly 2 weeks long. And according to social media, their band was out of state at some competition. So that definitely explains a decreased volume of students on the home side.

 

Kinda surprised OG would choose to schedule the rivalry matchup vs Petal while the OG side is still on fall break. You’d think they’d do an away game or a Meridian or Pearl matchup. But idk how far in advance all that is finalized. I’d think a OG crowd would be bigger this Friday vs Petal than it was last week but who knows. They’re still out of school all week this week. The last time OG’s visitor side was packed was probably vs Brandon a couple of years ago. But before that was likely Petal in 2019.

 

Petal tends to travel well when they’re performing well. So I’d expect there to be a better number of students make the trip this year than in recent years. The last time Petal beat OG was during the 2019 regular season at OG, before OG came back to take South State from them at Petal the same year. So this may be the first time since then that Petal thinks they have a legit shot at taking the W from OG. Over the last 20 years, OG has had their way with Petal, locking down an impressive 17-6 record (playoff games included) against the Panthers.

Hattiesburg packed the visitor’s side last yr

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2 hours ago, Vott said:

Hattiesburg packed the visitor’s side last yr

That’s not what the livestream showed. I remember it because I found it odd that it wasn’t really overcrowded based on HHS’s record at that point in the 2024 season and the fact that the 2 schools are situated so close together.

 

Taking nothing away from HHS - they absolutely did have a much larger attendance than in previous years. But it definitely was not packed. Not that it matter now anyway.

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8 hours ago, Dubaction said:

If OG is healthy they should win. Thats been a real area of concern this year. 

 

They were missing 4 starters on D against Houston. 

What does the OG starter situation look like headed towards the Petal game Friday?

The livestream mentioned McDaniel and a shoulder - is that for real?

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From all accounts Petal defense is not that hard to run on with a competent offensive line. Probably wouldn’t be difficult to pass on either with a decent QB . 
Coach Boyles will score points but they better hold onto the football if they want to hav a fighting chance.

i think this game will clarify if Petal has a chance to make some noise in the playoffs and how if OG has any young players on the rise that have been waiting to break out.

Go Warriors 

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27 minutes ago, slicklizard said:

From all accounts Petal defense is not that hard to run on with a competent offensive line. Probably wouldn’t be difficult to pass on either with a decent QB . 
Coach Boyles will score points but they better hold onto the football if they want to hav a fighting chance.

i think this game will clarify if Petal has a chance to make some noise in the playoffs and how if OG has any young players on the rise that have been waiting to break out.

Go Warriors 

Definitely think these next 2 Fridays will paint the playoff picture with OG/Petal/Brandon squaring up. These will be the #1-3 seeds for R3

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6 minutes ago, Football In MS said:

Definitely think these next 2 Fridays will paint the playoff picture with OG/Petal/Brandon squaring up. These will be the #1-3 seeds for R3

I wont count out NW Rankin beating petal or OG. I know its comparing apples to oranges, but the week after Germantown beat OG so badly NW Rankin beat Germantown. And Brandon could not even score on NW Rankin. Would a 4 way tie throw that region into chaos or what? lol

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1 hour ago, Vott said:

I wont count out NW Rankin beating petal or OG. I know its comparing apples to oranges, but the week after Germantown beat OG so badly NW Rankin beat Germantown. And Brandon could not even score on NW Rankin. Would a 4 way tie throw that region into chaos or what? lol

This is where points scored vs common opponents really matters. A high scoring game could help whoever wins based on the 3-0 Brandon NWR outcome last week.

 

OG vs NWR is a pretty solidly OG matchup with the Warriors being 9-1 all time vs the Cougars. Have to go back to 2004 to find a NWR win. So a NWR win would definitely be a huge upset.

 

NWR last beat Petal in 2020 with a last second field goal to clinch the win. So Petal (even in recent “down” years) has still managed a pretty good track record vs NWR as of late. A NWR win in this matchup would definitely be an unexpected outcome as well. 

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