Paladin wrote:I haven't said much about this game. It has little interest for me because the winner gets Marshall, who I have picked to handily win the region. The match up on paper pits a weak Athens team who played a schedule of smaller weaker teams against Shawnee who played the bigger schools and tougher teams. The fact they beat an Alter team tells you all you need to know about their ability. But I don't know how healthy Shawnee is now . I am going to say that Shawnee should win this one. The margin is the tricky part. And in projecting the next game against Marshall, I'd see Shawnee matching up far better than Athens against a juggernaut.
I will leave all the "weak" and "weaker" comments aside, and consider the source. TM will most undoubtedly I agree represent the region. However the best team to match up against them is someone that may, just may be able to score 1 to 1 with them. Athens can possibly do that better than Shawnee based on having seen both of them play. So not only do I think Athens has a chance to beat Shawnee, which I do think, they may be the better match-up in an offensive sense. Seriously though, leave all the "weak" adjectives out of your analysis, which usually has pretty good insight. Just not necessary to bring into the conversation the put-downs.