6A First Round Results & Second Round Predictions

[Arashatora]

15 minutes ago, JagsFan77 said:

To be fair, most of the trashing came from Tupelo fans last year. I remember seeing "this is the most talent we've had in years" on more than 1 occasion. It's just a tough region and the fans weren't ready for it. Most of the teams were senior heavy in the region last season. That mixed with the vast improvement of Tupelo was the perfect storm for them to dominate this year this far. Moving forward there's going to be a very solid team sitting at home during the playoffs every season. Outside of Murrah, I think every team in this region would be no lower than 2nd if they were to play in region 4. I'd take both Grenada and Germantown over both Biloxi and Gulfport. 

I definitely agree with that assessment. It will be interesting over the next few seasons to see how everything levels out.

[Montana6]

2 hours ago, BrickCity said:

This is very true. Although I feel like we have improved over the season, Tupelo is a hard matchup however you draw it up

I think MC makes it interesting this time around. Is Sutton still going to be out?

[David]

1 hour ago, JagsFan77 said:

“I'd take both Grenada and Germantown over both Biloxi and Gulfport.”

While I agree with most of your post, including the uneven rankings of other districts over #4, Gulfport did beat Germantown 21-10 early in the season. Football seems to be the one sport that Coast teams can’t stay competitive in. There are numerous state champions from district 4 in every other sport. Not sure just why that is, but I’ll take the natural beauty of the Coast any day, if that’s the reason why the teenagers don’t concentrate on football. 

[pancho]

3 hours ago, Arashatora said:

I definitely agree with that assessment. It will be interesting over the next few seasons to see how everything levels out.

who is in region 2-7A next year with tupelo?

[Arashatora]

5 minutes ago, pancho said:

who is in region 2-7A next year with tupelo?

Tupelo, Starkville, Clinton, Madison Central, Germantown

[Vott]

Just now, Arashatora said:

Tupelo, Starkville, Clinton, Madison Central, Germantown

Who is the 6th team

[Arashatora]

1 minute ago, Vott said:

Who is the 6th team

Only 5

[pancho]

I thought I had missed one.  so there are 12 teams in the south in 7A and only 11 in the north.........

[Arashatora]

32 minutes ago, pancho said:

I thought I had missed one.  so there are 12 teams in the south in 7A and only 11 in the north.........

Yeah Murrah went independent so only 23 total for football

[BrickCity]

3 hours ago, Montana6 said:

I think MC makes it interesting this time around. Is Sutton still going to be out?

I thought he was good to go but im not 100% sure. I can have an answer by tomorrow 

[pancho]

I may attend this game.

[David]

I thought I’d move the discussion about the big dogs of Missippi football back to the top of the queue. For the first time really al year, I’m nervous about the outcome of an Ocean Springs game. They’ve imposed their high flying offense on every opponent so far, but  now will face a defense that is full of highly recruited talent, with a coach who can scheme a game plan. I’m not sure if that’s enough to shut down the Greyhounds and Bray Hubbard, so I’m expecting 28 on the home side of the scoreboard. That means that to win, O.S. has to play well enough to hold the Warriors to three touchdowns or so. How do they do that? The best way I can think of is to put your best player in his future position at safety. That’s right, Bray plays half of the defensive plays, has an interception, six pass breakups, and a bunch of big hits coming up to stop the run. Whether that affects his  offense, I don’t know, but I’m picking Ocean Springs over Oak Grove, 28-24. Safe driving for our Oak Grove neighbors, stay warm, and we’ll see y’all tonight. 

Edited November 18, 2022 by David

[Matt]

I'm going with the Hounds in a close one. OG may very well come in and get the W again but they will have to stop more than just Hubbard to slow this offense down. OS defense is better than last year and I don't see OG being able to keep up with the Hounds offense. it should be a great game either way! Go Hounds! 

[JACKTOWN91]

Yea from what I've watched, the OG defensive front looks big but slow. They won't be able to keep up with the speed of the Greyhounds. To be honest I wouldn't be surprised to see Ocean Springs blow them off the ball. 

[Montana6]

1 hour ago, David said:

I thought I’d move the discussion about the big dogs of Missippi football back to the top of the queue. For the first time really al year, I’m nervous about the outcome of an Ocean Springs game. They’ve imposed their high flying offense on every opponent so far, but  now will face a defense that is full of highly recruited talent, with a coach who can scheme a game plan. I’m not sure if that’s enough to shut down the Greyhounds and Bray Hubbard, so I’m expecting 28 on the home side of the scoreboard. That means that to win, O.S. has to play well enough to hold the Warriors to three touchdowns or so. How do they do that? The best way I can think of is to put your best player in his future position at safety. That’s right, Bray plays half of the defensive plays, has an interception, six pass breakups, and a bunch of big hits coming up to stop the run. Whether that affects his  offense, I don’t know, but I’m picking Ocean Springs over Oak Grove, 28-24. Safe driving for our Oak Grove neighbors, stay warm, and we’ll see y’all tonight. 

I think OS is a bit more experienced with players this time around. I say 42-28 OS.

[BrickCity]

1 hour ago, JACKTOWN91 said:

Yea from what I've watched, the OG defensive front looks big but slow. They won't be able to keep up with the speed of the Greyhounds. To be honest I wouldn't be surprised to see Ocean Springs blow them off the ball. 

Will the speed of the OG secondary play a role in this one? 

[David]

59 minutes ago, Montana6 said:

I think OS is a bit more experienced with players this time around. I say 42-28 OS.

Last year, the Hounds went into this big game kind of in awe, both players and coaches. They got outcoached after taking the early lead, with onside kicks, trick plays, and especially the defensive changes that brought everybody up into the box and shut down Hubbard’s run game. I’d like to think that the coaches are better prepared, and I know that the returning players, which O.S. has plenty of, won’t be taken by surprise. I could be wrong. Waiting for kickoff. 

[David]

1 hour ago, JACKTOWN91 said:

Yea from what I've watched, the OG defensive front looks big but slow. They won't be able to keep up with the speed of the Greyhounds. To be honest I wouldn't be surprised to see Ocean Springs blow them off the ball. 

Since last year, the O.S. offensive line has gotten bigger, without losing any speed. LT is a sophomore at about 280. Check him out if he keeps improving. They don’t have the TE that caught so many passes, but that means that they are keeping the TE in the line to help with blocking. I don’t think they will blow O.G. off the line because of their size, but O.S. is quick to the edge with Hubbard, the RBs, and the jet sweep WRs. They’ve added a few 9th graders lately in the backfield and out wide. I hope that the O.G. coaches aren’t listening if I’m helping with their game plan. 

[Montana6]

54 minutes ago, BrickCity said:

Will the speed of the OG secondary play a role in this one? 

Your the next person i was looking for lol. How do you think MC matches up with Tupelo this time? I think MC may have overlooked them a little in their first meeting.

[Montana6]

50 minutes ago, David said:

Last year, the Hounds went into this big game kind of in awe, both players and coaches. They got outcoached after taking the early lead, with onside kicks, trick plays, and especially the defensive changes that brought everybody up into the box and shut down Hubbard’s run game. I’d like to think that the coaches are better prepared, and I know that the returning players, which O.S. has plenty of, won’t be taken by surprise. I could be wrong. Waiting for kickoff. 

OS should def be more prepared. I highly doubt they will have another scoreless second half against them.