Might as well get it started.
I don't know a whole lot about TJA, so I went to YouTube and checked them out and also checked out their competition this season on max preps. On YouTube, the only game that was relevant was against Mountain Island Charter. MIC is not a strong team, and even though TJA beat them, they gave up 30+ points to them, so they probably put in the third stringers for cleanup duty is my guess. Their competition this season was weak, I didn't see an impressive win anywhere. One thing I was impressed with was their energy! Those guys seemed to be a well-nit unit and regardless of the competition, they play together.
Breakdown:
TJA QB #3 is big and physical from what I could tell, and throws the ball fairly decent. He seems to be the offense for the ground game. They have some good receivers with #14, #7 and #80. I couldn't tell how their defense was.
As far as Albemarle goes, we are still missing our identity. I hope after Friday, they know a little more about themselves. I don't see Emery coming back from turf toe, that is a nagging injury and will take time to heal, so we may possibly go into this game without him.
It looks like we're back with Caleb at QB, which may be a blessing in disguise. I said at the beginning of the season that #11 was more of an athlete, but it seems that Caleb is a better leader which is more important and what this team needs. I haven't seen our young group of guys so someone will have to shed light on that for me.
Our low numbers will hurt us in the 4th quarter, so if it's close, I look for TJA to pull out this W and Albemarle will be in Basketball shorts before you know it.