Franklin @ Murphy

[mbdfan]

Both teams seem to be young this year, a lot of juniors (and sophomores as well in Murphy's case) on both sides, but talented. I'm just hoping for a good showing from Murphy and for the boys to come out of this game injury free. I'm not very confident in a 'Dogs win after Saturday, but I'd love to be wrong about that.

That's not a slight to this year's Murphy team, it's just that being confident in a 'Dogs win against Franklin is a big ask given how the series has went since Goldsmith took over and Brooks continued it. Murphy would've had to have looked like killers Saturday for me to not see Franklin as the favorite in this game, the Panthers have earned that right over the last decade of this series.

If there was a betting line for this I'd say Franklin by 10, thoughts?

 

[BiltmoreCANE]

Thoughts on the Panthers after gm1.....most balanced team we've had in recent memory. Able to score on O. Capable of stops on D. Should get better as the season progresses. Way to many TO's & penalties. Trouble covering Rec. with DB's. As far as the game it could go either way.

 

[AhsCougar1]

Asheville was fortunate to win in the Pit last week, Franklin is a big strong team, per usual. Murphy is no slouch either, this would be a great game to go to. Franklin really does a good job of pounding you but as we Asheville fans have seen the past 16 years, once a team starts stopping it in the second half by putting 9 in the box, you better have something else to go to.