Life on the road is tough and especially the Football Playoff Road. Over the past two years the
Tigers have played five playoff games and all on the road. The spectre of that ghost does
indeed hang over the heads of the Tiger Faithful one more time this year. With a 4-1 log
presently and three mediocre opponents-Crow Creek, Miller and Chamberlain -remaining
a 7-1 final log is in the offing and a playoff spot assured but then the old road bug-a-boo
raises its ugly head again. The unbeaten Winner Warriors are sitting at 5_0 with three games
remaining and only Belle Fourche really in their way toward a perfect season are almost assured of the No. 1 Seed in the Region and a first-round home play game. So the Tigers
at 7-1 are assured the No. 2 Seed and a first-round home playoff game. Not on your
tin type Lizzy!!!! The ever-present Bennett County Warriors are also sittiing there
at 4-1 and presently enjoying a three point edge in playoff points. The Warriors have as
do the Tigers three remaining games. Two they should handle, Hill City and Little Wound,
but the third Todd Co. is currently unbeaten and rated no. 6 in the present Class A
poll. Bennett County and Todd County clash October 16th in Mission, home lair of
the Todd Co. Falcons. The outcome of that contest may well decide the fate of the Tiger
first round home playoff ambitions. With the Winner Warriors all but assured a first
round no. 1 seed against Stanley Co. and a second round home game in the Regional
Champioship affair against the Mobridge-Bennett Co. winner, it may very well be:
HIT THAT LONG LONELY FAMILIAR PLAY ROAD FOR THE TIGERS AND
THE TIGER FAITHFUL!!! PAT MORRISON .H
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You are absolutely right about the Tigers hitting the road, Pat. Bennett Co. has always been the one team in the state that really can't get away from their schedule, given their geographic place in life. The one thing they've always had to their advantage, though, is that they always get to play at least four 11A schools, all of whom they should be able to beat, which gives them more power points. Of course, with Winner dropping down to 11B this year, that only hurt the power rankings of the other Big Dakota schools like Mobridge and Stanley Co.
ReplyDeleteTrue, a Tiger home game will definitely hinge on that Bennett-Todd game, and I'll say this - Bennett isn't near what they were last year, and I don't think Todd is all that bad. That could be a pretty even ball game, but as a comparison, Bennett has beaten Red Cloud this year, 33-8, and Red Cloud lost at Todd Co. in a close one, 22-20, in their first game of the year. Bennett probably has the advantage. Either way, though, the Tigers have proven themselves worthy of some fine accolades, and shocking the world should not be out of the question. Good luck the rest of the way, Tigers!
Now, one last thought about 11B Region 4, and you can bank on this prediction. :o) Stanley Co. will NOT play at Winner in the first round, and that is because Red Cloud will finish 6-2, SC will be 5-3. The Buffs will have more than enough in the power rankings, though, to be an at-large team in another region, perhaps even enough to be a 3 seed in a different region. In fact, it looks to me as if the Buffs could be an at-large in any one of the other three regions, but it looks like Region 1 will have the weakest 4 seed. SC may end up at either Britton-Hecla or Aberdeen Roncalli in the first round (not that Roncalli is a very attractive match-up, but still....). Second half of the season now - this is where things get fun and interesting.