Is your farm nice?
All kidding aside, Andrews will be a pretty good team come playoff time but simply working through the kinks of a new coach, new offense, new QB, etc. A lot moving pieces this early in the season to be at our peak. I think we'll be fine. The last few years, Southwest has beat us in the first game and things have worked out pretty well for us making late playoff runs. They always have a game under their belt coming in because we have a bye in week 1, they have good size, a few D1 kids at skill positions, etc. I think Reidsville has a clear edge in our matchup in a few weeks. Andrews demolished Reidsville last year in a game in which everything snowballed against Reidsville. Reidsville wasn't as bad as they showed and definitely didn't play to their potential the better part of last year, not just against Andrews. It looks like the Rams are now on the same page and playing well, ranked #3 in the state. They haven't exactly played world beaters but they've best those teams soundly, as they should which is a good sign early in the season.
For what it's worth, the Simmons ratings are really good the last half of the year, but wouldn't put too much emphasis on them the first 5-6 weeks as a large portion of the early rankings reflect last years success. It's also hard to quantify a hand full of teams each year that play teams without a pulse in the non conference. Come week 8, you usually have a good indication of who's legit and who's not.
