[Jack Lambert]

Great first post, and welcome to the forum.

I agree with much of what you have to say.....the winner & score, not so much....lol.

A couple of things. Regarding fumbles, I believe the Lakers have lost 2 or 3 fumbles this season. We had one game where are normal center was out and we had a number of bad snap exchanges. If I'm not mistaken, the replacement was a lefty. Other than that, we have done a pretty good job protecting the ball.

As far as the BC defense goes, I do expect it to be the best overall D that we have faced, but not significantly better than Knox Central and Whitley County. In fact, Knox Central is probably a pretty close comparison defensively.

I do think that the team that makes the least mistakes should win this game. Field position will be a premium, and both teams will likely take advantage of short field opportunities.

As far as speed goes, I don't think the Rebels will be prepared for the speed of the Lakers. Game film just doesn't cut it in this respect.....ask anyone who has watched us in person or any team we've played. Britt is deceptively quick, partly because of his vision, but we will have 2-3 players on the field that are actually faster than him. IMO this will allow the Lakers to get by with a few smaller mistakes, that I don't think BC can get by with.

The Laker Defense will be a question mark.....it always has been for me and many around the program. But this team has gotten it done this season. I believe our 1st String defense has only allowed 95 points this season, and that's pretty good when your offense is scoring so much...giving the opponent more drive opportunities.

My biggest concern in this game and any we may have after this one, is that several times this season the Lakers have gotten an early lead (14-20 points), only to relax a bit on defense and allow the opponent to close the gap a bit. We can not allow the momentum to swing if it's in our favor....not against the level of competition that we will be facing.

You won't have to worry about the Lakers getting up by 14 to 20 points,and getting complacent.if either team is up by 14 to 20 points it'll be Boyle.you better hope that Russells offense scores on every possesion friday night if they don't they're in trouble .Russells defense is not gonna slow Boyle's offense down.once again Boyle has seen way more speed this year than Russell has to offer.as far as your defensive comparisons go Whitley co.dose'nt have a defense compared to Boyles.I watched Knox against Mercer,and they're better but not close to Boyle on defense.