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Keep this in mind....Boyle has had problems with QBs that can run/pass and/or teams that can spread the field with great QBs. Running games of any sort that can't throw the ball RARELY IF EVER are effective vs Boyle.

Belfry is not a passing team. Boyle will stack the box and play man in the secondary with speed to burn. IMO it's a bad matchup for them.

Just to be fair, when has Boyle faced a running team remotely in the same caliber of Belfry? Don't even say Garrard County because Belfry has had more team speed in their water girls than Garrard has had the past two years.

Boyle is a tremendous team and my pick to come out of the West.

With that said, so far Boyle has essentially played the exact same team this year every week with the exception of Danville. Teams with nice athleticism and speed at the skill spots, but very mediocre up front and not exactly the best coached teams as well.

The one team who was fundamentally solid and decent at the LOS was Danville... they held Boyle to 7 points and took the win.

Boyle certainly seems vastly improved on Defense, but let's not act like that Rebels have not had their lunch ate the past two years when they faced Central.. a well coached team who competed at the LOS.

Mission #1 for Boyle is to beat Lexington Catholic. Perry has owned Smith and any chance for title aspirations have to begin with Boyle first getting over that hump. Once they beat LexCath (which I think happens this year) then we can start putting them in the conversation of challenging Belfry.