Kinston vs. SW Edgecombe
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SWE won't have a problem with Kinston run game...other than that one 50 yard run by #1, NE shut down their rushing attack. Up until then they probably had 10 yards rushing.
Barring tos I think SWE wins by 2tds. I was not impressed by Kinstons offense. They seemed to have one speedy receiver who could get open. Other than that, the offense was not explosive.
7 men in the box did not stop Perry from Hertford County from gaining over 200 yards...IN THE 1ST HALF.
Please don't run the ball. 13 of the 14 teams we've played had their lowest rushing output of their season against us. That 1 other team had 230 yards rushing in the first half to go with a 7-20 halftime lead. They finished with 246 yards rushing and a 35-20 loss. And passing...Fairmont came in with 3,400 yards through the air with 35 tds. 42ppg. They finished with 224 passing yards on bubble screens and 1 deep completion. 1 passing touchdown. 12 points. This may sound like I'm bragging on my team, and I guess I am...but idk what anybody can do against SWE. That Washington loss was the best thing that ever happened. It let them know that in their current state, they could be beaten if they don't focus and play strong and together. Now, I don't know if they can be beaten. If we are lucky enough to get past Kinston, I would be very intrigued with a matchup with Shelby. By the scores, I don't see Shelby being the world beaters like everybody claims them to be. The team that I see every Friday night is capable of beating any 2A team.
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Well, you have a supporter in me now SWE'98. .....I wish your team all the luck and success in the world. Now go slay that #1 dragon called Kinston.
As long as we don't get the officials in Kinston that we had in 2010, we should be on a level playing field. If SWE continues their trend with Williams and Pittman, Kinston should fall. I see at least 350 yards rushing between the two above this Friday. With (7) 41+ point games and 4 other 33+ point games, our odds of another 35-42 point game are likely even with 7 men in the box. Out of the 14 teams SWE has played this year, just about all of them have tried it and still can't stop the Williams show.
Well SWE now has a couple weeks of competitive game film on Kinston...not blowouts much like the regular season. You can get a clear definition of who their true go to guys are. In blowouts it's hard to narrow it down because it seems like everybody gets in the action. But when the chips are really down...a good team always turn to their playmakers. #1 is VERY fast and shifty. And the Qb will make an average WR look good, so pressure is a must. The only weakness I see on defense is maybe in their secondary. Though they ran alot of double teams on our WR, their defense actually mirrored ours alot...zero safety help. But our rb did break some big runs, so I'm anxious to see Mr. Williams at work.
I have never seen a bigger bunch of cry babies.
I think I'm going to go to this game. Should be a good one. I think SWE is a tad better but Kinston is home. Tough to call.
I think I'm going to go to this game. Should be a good one. I think SWE is a tad better but Kinston is home. Tough to call.
ED, who is crying? And about what exactly? The little verbal back and forth yesterday was just frustration and old news. I read where you "vented" over a decision by your coach, and you felt EDup should be playing this week....I felt your pain this weekend after our loss, so I'm not calling you out nor calling anyone a crybaby. The sun will rise in the morning. ..and I agree, it should be a good game. ..actually both the 2A and 2AA are must watch games imo.
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Kinston has always struggled slowing down smash mouth football. SWE offense can be one of their biggest allies (3 yards and a cloud of dust). It will be a Championship football game, I don't see a blowout, but I do see SWE winning by a TD controlling the clock and making their first State Championship appearance! Best of luck!
My Tarboro Viking pride makes me say Kinston will win, but my gut tells me that this is the year Southwest finally joins the rest of Edgecombe County and wins their first State Championship.
Hope this is an injury free game and I want to wish both teams luck!
Hope this is an injury free game and I want to wish both teams luck!
I'm going to shoot you straight again since you can't get your mind off Shelby. Southwest E schedule is very weak, your team has not played anyone of any significance. Shelby has played 3 teams that are in the Western 3A finals. Wake up man please!
Every teams fans vent after a loss... it just seems that Northeastern fans are so much worse than any other fanbase.
And this goes back to our series with you guys. There were other posters here then, and they cried and whined about the officiating for weeks after the game... and when we went up there, you guys had some of the worst fans I've ever been around in an opposing stadium. There was a large contingent that sat on the visiting side and heckled the ED fans all night... despite the fact that we were WINNING THE GAME.
I'm sure you guys have plenty of level headed fans, but from my personal experience, I've yet to meet one
The team that will beat SWE is the team that mirrors them Offensively. I thought EB moved the ball fairly well against them by running straight at them. SWE has a fast Defense but not much size. If you can ball control SWE and stay even, score wise, you will have a chance. If you get down by a couple of TD's, it will pretty much be over. SWE will first down you to death and usually Williams will pop a long one to break your back. SWE reminds me of Tarboro in the Gurley era. You know whats coming it's just hard to stop. SWE by 2 or 3 TDs.
Leave it to the Shelby homers to turn a thread about 2a east finals into a chest thumping look at me thread about themselves. Unbelievable
I wouldn't call it chest bumping when you remind someone on here that they can't get their mind off Shelby, even when they are talking about someone in the East. And it aint bragging when you state facts.
I'm a Kinston fan. Shelby is the defending champs, therefore, they are the team to beat. Kinston was in the same commfrence with SWE and Tarboro, so they know about the ground and pound style of play. They faired better against SWE, tan they did Tarboro, but they have beaten both. If Kinston coaches call a good game on offense SWE will have their hands full. It will be a good game. My only quest is how will SWE respond if they get down by 2 touchdowns.
Note. KINSTON beat Washington / SWE lost to Washington.
Kinston offense is due to have a breakout game; play calling will be the key.
Note. KINSTON beat Washington / SWE lost to Washington.
Kinston offense is due to have a breakout game; play calling will be the key.
Kinston has balanced attack and strong defense. Weakness is in the secondary. The problem SWE is gonna have is the field is gonna be wet. So if SWE is planning on ground and pound attack I don't think this is gonna work. Should be a great game and it will be very close. But having watched Kinston 3 times now I have to give them the nod. To the NE fans that blame refs on there lose. Your wrong the refs called a great game. I am neutral party and watched the game from NE sideline. NE biggest mistake was believing they had won the game and assuming that they would hit that field goal in the last 3 minutes of the game. You should have gone for the kill and punched it in the end zone. The game was yours to loose and Kinston attacked and won. You should have known it was coming based on Greene Central film. Yes it is true that NE played a great game and lead through the whole game. But there was a feeling that it was just a matter of time. And sure enough Kinston pulled another one out. So don't blame the refs for your mistakes. It was yours to win and you just blew it. But anything you get to the second or third round it is a great football season. Be proud of the effort your team gave. But one more note while your complaining about the refs. Fact is NE lost to Hertford in the second round. Now if anyone wants to complain about the refs they have something to stand on. NE got lucky to even be in the third round. Clearly Hertford scored to win the game and film proves it. But I don't see them crying about the game that they shound have actually be playing instead of NE.
Couldn't agree with you more - Kinston did beat Washington and Washington beat us, however if SWE played Washington again (anytime after the loss to them), I have full confidence the score would almost flip-flop - anyone who has watched SWE late this year would agree. This is also why I agree that when SWE gets way down - they aren't that great at coming back. They hung their heads against Washington and that was it. Kinston also won a CLOSE one with Washington in week 5.
I'd like to add to this that Special Teams will be a factor in this game as well. Not sure who remembers, but SWE and Kinston had a shootout @ kinston a few years back due to big special team plays, even though it was a mixture of poor officiating combined with both teams miscues. I get the feeling it could happen again with both teams being a good as they are and a blocked punt or a kick return could decide this one - if Kinston (or Kinston's wet field) finds a way to shut down Marcus.
Wins85.....you are another one that arrives LATE to the party and wants to "scold" us for our comments about that....IT'S OVER!! YALL WON...KINSTON PLAYS SWE FRIDAY OKAY??? And just for the record, next time have your facts together...If the Hertford County catch would have been called a TD, Hertford County was STILL down a point...not win the game as you mentioned.
Not a scolding frankly we lost to Kinston not once but twice. We had our chances. We came up short. Had a great game plan and we fell short. Kinston had played us the previous week and it was very emotional game and they pulled of the hook and ladder. I had not seen it run like the way they did it. They came from behind to hold on and win the game. We had not one but two chances to pull it out. Having said that I thought Kinston would play a little flat. I was right. I enjoy good high school football and so I wanted to see how they would do against NE. It was a close game and fun to watch. It came down to the last minute. But what amazes me was listening to NE Fans either they don't know the rules or they just have blinders on. I heard the calls to the refs that were unjustified. I said something about this in earlier post not just this one. But since you have gone on and on about how you were taken advantage of and all the calls went against you etc. I thought I would again weigh in. Simply because you are tainting the game. Both sides played well and great game to watch. If you are going to loose best to go out on close game then blow out. NE has much to be proud of and great record. Kinston as well. At this point I am rooting for Kinston because they have a balanced attack and are fun to watch. There coach has a good game plan and he executes. I can tell you a couple of years ago that was not the case. They are are rivals in the conference. I think Kinston wins this game it's just a hunch when you get passed the first round there are no easy games. Both teams playing at high level. Should be a war and I plan to go watch the contest. I give the edge to Kinston by 3 points. Its gonna be a war and both teams deserve to be right where they are. Which is exactly my point set an example for the kids. If you tell you lost but refs fault well that is not true and sets them up in life to blame someone else for there own mistakes. That is my point.
Win85, your point is well taken. We did complain, but in 24 hours it was a done deal. People keep hashing up the same thing over and over...we havent. There is a good saying that goes, if you keep worrying about last week, guess where you will be next week? Now I will admit, I was the only one to post a thread about officials, but that also was in that 24 hour window...haven't complained or cried about that game since..it's over with. What gets my goat is people calling us out, but when their team lost, some complained about the calls, their coach and even the fans...that is the true definition of a hypocrite. People continue to make reference of the Hertford County game, put up videos, say NE cheated, etc....and that's been going on for 3 weeks now. Before Friday, someone else will post something else about us having sour grapes I'm sure...but it's ok, that's what a message board is all about, agreeing to disagree. But right now, SWE and Kinston deserve all the attention, not any of that other stuff.
Oh ok. Pardon me for saying that Shelby gets to the championship. Pardon me for thinking that they can be beaten, despite their fans thinking that they cannot. And heaven forbid that I think that, if we are lucky enough to get there, that little ol us will have a chance. My word, what a travesty. I know it doesn't make sense for me to think about a potential western opponent, but it makes perfect sense for you to be all up in a thread about eastern teams. I think I'm going to just delete my account because I am making NO sense at all. Giving Shelby props but thinking that on any given day someone can beat them??? Someone please revoke my manhood, because I know nothing about football. What is the meaning of life.....
I don't think being down will have such a negative effect as it did when we got behind to Washington. We had an over-the-top intro to the game vs Washington. It was absolutely electric for the fans, but it may have been too much chest thumping for the team. I would go so far as to say that Washington may have taken offense. So much energy and expectations went into the pre game intro, that when Washington scored on the very second play, our team was shell shocked. Wait....that's not supposed to happen. Then the blocked punt at the one. Then the overhead snap recovered in the end zone. Then the three and out. 0-26 in the first quarter....it was almost like, ok, can this be over? Yeah we managed to score 13, but we allowed 26 more points after that. But look what happened after that. Down 7-20 at the half the next week. Scored 28 unanswered. Allowed an opening game kick off return in the second round. Went on for the 20 point victory. I think they know that being down doesn't mean being out now. We didn't get back in the game vs Washington because of the mentality, not because of capability. A poster mentioned that the field will be wet. Fields in the east have been wet for the past two games but we faired well. The thing is, we are not a smash mouth team. We are an execution team. Our offense doesn't depend on the line overpowering the opponent. It's about getting in the right position. The defensive lineman may not be moved at all, but if the O lineman stands in the right spot, it's a block. Might not push him back an inch, but if the guard, TE, or whoever is in the way of where the runner is going, what can he do? There have been plenty of times where I've seen the runner jump thru the line because that was the only way he could get past the legs of the players. And it works. So the field being wet won't cause a problem.
Wow.....you do know that Shelby does have to play on Fri night as well.....they don't give out FREE state rings in high school football..... I'm just saying!
1 or 2 touchdowns isn't that big of a mountain to climb and we have faired well in those situations, but washington had us down around 30 points at the half - the emotion and drive left us after the first 5 minutes when we were down 26-0 with a lot of time left in the 1st… I do agree that the "blackout" game was a terrible idea as well and hope SWE learned their lesson. As I've said before, those kind of things didn't happen in the Cobb Sr. era. But hey, Sr. couldn't get past round 3 at SWE either…
The wet field all depends on how well Kinston's field drains - if its a mudslide, it could be a long night for both of us- Our field has had a lot of work done to it in the past 5 years to help it drain better and it has proved worth the while the past 2-3 weeks.
SWE Blackout intro vs Washington.
I actually liked the idea. I liked the atmosphere it created. As I stated to our Tarboro friends, these five or six nights per year in little ol' Pinetops, population: not a lot, aren't just mere football games where we say nice to see you and goodnight.....they are events. They are like small town concerts. They are entertainment. What else are we gonna do in a two stop light town? I don't live there anymore for that reason, but I'm certainly there on fall Friday nights. And while the elder Cobb was all about business, the current Cobb is much younger, much closer to what's hip with his players and the student body. Not only does he put a good product on the field, he also has made coming to the games something that you would want the entire family to do. I didn't have that much of a problem with the intro. We play that music every home game. Sometimes we have fireworks. It's just that this was the first time it went this far, and it backfired. I wouldnt have a problem doing it every home game. Might make want other fans whose teams are away want to pay us a visit. Businesslike workmanship works for some. Fun works for us.
Don't get me wrong, it was fun and exciting. But that night seemed over the top. We had a black out game last year on Halloween and everything went right. There is such a thing as too much hype and it bit us this year.
