First of all, I never said yesterday was the FINAL choice of who I thought would win the Tattnall and Stratford game.
But many of you assumed that I was picking Stratford after yesterday and many of you sent quality messages to me in my twitter mailbox.
Thank you to all those who cared. I am glad that people are reading.
However yesterday was just a tease as to whom I think will actually win.
that's not saying today is another tease, but I will say that I will blog again tomorrow
HMMM did I tell you anything ?
It should be ok that some people doubted how good Tattnall was early in the season. Their first six opponents ended the year with a combined 12-50 record. That is about as bad as it can get. But guess what ? The last four have a combined record of 27-17, and if you take Washington Wilkes out of the equation , the other three schools Tattnall played is a combined 23-10. That's not to bad.
So, while coasting and resting and developing through a terrible early season schedule, Tattnall is battle tested , with wins over playoff teams Twiggs County, FPD, and Stratford in three consecutive weekends.
You see Tattnall is a team of destiny, because they played a crappy, terrible, horrible, disgustingly easy schedule, but all that did was give them the confidence they needed after a four win season a year ago. Wins make believers and I feel like that is what has happened to them this year.
And that is why they will take down a very good Stratford team on Friday night.
Lets take a look at the offense. Tattnall runs the wing-t and they have moved the ball against almost everyone. They struggled to run the football against FPD, but when it got down to crunch time, they pounded the ball at FPD with Ahmad Barron over and over again. I was watching the last few drives and I was like, hey they are running the football out of the conventional I formation with a fullback and a running back. No said Chance Jones, they were still in the wing-t it was just an older version of it that they thought would work. Now who else can do that ?
I said the key word for Tattnall already. Barron. Barron, the best back in Macon this year by far, came through against FPD, he came through against Stratford, and he has had a spectacular senior season. He is obviously the key. However the Trojans are not a one trick pony on offense because they have Zion Blasingame, Antoine Davis, Destin Mack, and Vasco Sanders, all capable running backs who can make a difference in a big game like this. But what I think makes them special is that last year, Miles Morris was throwing the ball all over the place with success, and he has quality weapons on the outside with Jimmy Marshall and Calvin Slaughter to throw the ball too. I believe Tattnall throws it a little bit early to open things up. And I believe that Jimmy Marshall could do a lot more than just block in this game.
I worry about the defense a little bit, but Christian Rodgers and Dayton Steinmeyer are proven seniors who have been around forever. Remember Stratford only scored three points against them the last time they played.
Tattnall will not be out coached despite having a first year guy at the helm. I have talked about that enough. But they sure wont lose any coaching battle with that staff.
So how in the world can undefeated Tattnall lose this game at home in front of 10,000 screaming fans. As of today, I am not sure they can.
But hey, don't believe me , go see it
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