Game Of The Century

This is the Big East Football.  Week eleven gives us two more weeks of conference football.  If this was a normal year three teams would be 2-1 in conference and the other three 1-2 and every team still have hopes of tying for first some how or other.

This is a crazy year with two weeks left only two teams can win the title.  Those two are three and zero on conference.  Southern Nash has wins over both Wilson County schools and rival Northern Nash.  Rocky Mount has two wins over the Wilson County schools and Nash Central.  Both Southern and Rocky Mount have a  rival game left and against each other Friday night.  The winner is the number one seed in the playoffs and another week left after this one.

Fike, Hunt and Northern Nash are 1-2 and still can get a rather good seeding with a good last two weeks.  Because either Southern  Nash or Rocky Mount will win Friday and remain undefeated those three have no chance left for first.  What a crazy year this has become because this is not the way the last few years have been each year since the conference went to the Six  schools we have now.

Rocky Mount through the years has dominated against Southern Nash when Rocky Mount was the 4-A school and Southern was smaller but the last ten years they have split 5 wins each.  Both are 4-1 at home and Friday night is in Rocky Mount.  There will be no need to score board watching Friday as no other game matters.  This game is THE Game.

This Even Steven football against each other started in 2006 in that overtime won by Southern at Southern  21-20.  The 2009 game in Rocky Mount when the Gryphons scored on a 65 yard pass in the last 25 seconds to win 24-19.  This series has become about as even as any can get.
If the last ten years have been even how do they stack up this year?

Both teams are 7-2.  Both have won four in a row after both had two non conference losses against very good teams.  Southern Nash averages 250.8 yards per game rushing while Rocky Mount 250.00.  Southern passes 120 yards per game Rocky Mount 90.  The three conference games the
Firebirds are averaging 29.3 while the Gryphons 41.  Defending the goal line Southern has given up 15 points while Rocky Mount 18.

The History of this league has been we need to win this game and watch the score board and see who loses.   There is no need for that.  This should be the biggest crowd ever at Rocky Mount's new stadium.  Southern probably has the best fans when on the road as they come in droves whenever they play Rocky Mount.  Here is an outdated statement.  This one is for all the marbles.  I wonder how many of you have ever gone home from school with every bodies marbles at recess? Somebody is going to win the whole shebang.

Thursday night college football features a game that I doubt anybody could visions this game could have playoffs implications  in preseason.  North Carolina 6-1 @ Pittsburgh 6-1:  Carolina at times has  struggled when you wonder why they are struggling.  Pittsburgh struggles against everybody.  Carolina 27 Pitt 24

Beating the rains Rocky Mount girls tennis team advanced to the third round of the duels beating Rockingham county 6-0.  So far in the first two rounds the lady Gryphons at 12-0 in matches played.  The third round is next week.