wasn't there for the Vance game, but the sound system, sirens, the works were used for the craziest environment I've ever seen for a football game. A well respected coach said he thought RC was emotionally spent after the MP game
Vance won because they had better players and a better game plan. They play NASTY press man coverage and took away Hood's first read off the RPO. By the time he tried to find #2 he was running for his life. Against MP he ate up their coverage and when he did run he was breaking tackles for positive yards.
MP had a great offense and played good enough to win minus a couple mistakes. They just didnt have the defensive horses to beat that Richmond offense.