I admit I do pour it on heavy for Mitchell week but all these points are true. We are a small 2A school and Mitchel is a small 1A or 1AA school with less students (yet to be determined this year). One reason I pour it on is that some never bring this fact up during rivalry week and go into it just wanting to play Heritage to a close game even if you lose to a bigger school. There have been years including this one that a few posters talk about Mitchell having the best athletes, best defense and most explosive offense. I stated in some of my posts leading up to our game that it was a tough year to pick because of the level of competition we both had played whether unknowingly scheduled or purposely scheduled by both teams. The outcome of the game shed some light on things. Our offense is built to exploit the Mitchell defense even though you may have a good defense, our defense was built this year as most years to limit your run game and possibly this year our pass defense is the best in coverage that it has been in awhile and was able to neutralize that as well. Even though the Mitchell offense is a good 1A offense. The biggest difference and I mentioned it in one of my posts can’t remember if it was serious or poking with some fellow posters, was the fact that as an entire team Heritage definitely has the better athletes this year. But we are 2 A and I suppose we should have. This is what I saw on the field that night and am trying not to be biased. I welcome any arguments to this statement from the Mitchell faithful but I felt this was the difference in this years game. Next year things could be totally different by game time due to injuries and offseason progression. Look for both teams to advance a few rounds in the playoffs at a minimum.