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No one is making excuses for Shelby Valley. Turnovers are part of the game, and if you don't figure out how to stop them from occurring, you will lose to a good team. That's what happened last year.

But if someone asked a neutral observer how Paintsville won that game, what would they say? Did the Tigers control the line of scrimmage and shut down Valley's rushing attack? No, they didn't. The story of the game was written by SV's 6 turnovers. If you want to say Paintsville's defense forced them, fine, whatever. Still doesn't change the fact that the turnovers were the primary reason that SV failed to score more than 20 points.

And Shelby Valley has more than just a "decent" running game. They have been running roughshod over opposing teams for several games now. I don't think Paintsville's defense will be able to completely shut them down, unless they can force turnovers like last year. If SV has 6 TO's again, this game will get ugly in a hurry.

Imo, Shelby Valley has a real chance of winning this game.irateSho