This Friday, the Waves welcome Grace Christian to the Emerald Forest. Two years ago, the Waves put up nearly 50 points against Grace on their way to a private school beat down. Flash forward to today, Grace is a much improved program and will be looking to flip the score from 2007.
Grace is 3-0 with a big win over Gibbs, and beat downs of Tellico Plains and their brotha from another mutha – Grace Baptist. They are talented and capable of scoring a lot of points.
The Greenwave team appeared to be on hiatus last week against Bledose County…both mentally and physically. Can the ‘hawgs’ get mean and dirty upfront? Will the passing game return this week? Will a running game surface? All of these can happen…..but will they in week 4? Let’s see what the Pick Panel has to say about this week’s matchup:
“To slow the game down, I suggest we dig a sink hole (aka Fulton)…
But alas, this is a learning time for the Waves. Just continue to try to improve and some things might fall your way. But as much as it pains me, Grace wins this one.”
– Ralton Emory
“Last weeks game didn’t end like us Greenwave fans wanted it to. The Bledsoe Co running back found gapping holes in the green defense early in the game. Viar and Co. never really found their selves and fell behind early and couldn’t catch up. A couple of errant throws and several dropped passes where some of the drive killers. The lack of a running game is still a major problem. The last two games the Midway defense has collapsed early then picked up the pace later in the game.
The Waves must recover quickly for this week will be a bigger test with Grace visiting Midway on Friday night. The Waves will have to shore up the defense early and the offense can’t survive on 14 points a game. Dillion Davidson did provide a spark for the Waves on offense last Friday.
Viar has the makings of one of the best passing QB’s in Midway history but he is still young and the Green receivers have to make the catches on anything even close; especially those right in their hands.
I guess some of my fellow pickers will have to go away from the Waves this week. Grace is a strong team and will be a handful for the Green machine of Midway. But picking against the Waves for me is kind of like eating diet food, I don’t like it, don’t want it and probably ain’t gonna eat it!!!
Give me the Waves in the upset of the week. “
– Barry Narramore
“A tough match up this week against Grace. Expect to see the Green team battle hard, but I think Grace comes out on top.”
-Randy Rose
“I don’t even know were to start with this one. Of ALL the schools on the schedule this year Grace takes the cake of most hated. I never thought I would see the day were I pick Grace to win against Midway but it looks like that’s how it’s gonna be. So please prove me wrong Waves and pull an upset”
– Kyle Canup
“Waves win with young..errr wait I have tried that a couple weeks in a row, lets go a different direction this week.
The young Wave team is reportedly struggling, struggling with young skill position players, struggling with moving the opponent off the line of scrimmages, struggling with making the plays to win football games. Reports have the Waves leaving the field with heads down and shoulders slumped Friday night after Bledsoe rolled through the Emerald Forest. Let me tell the Green team this, now is not the time to quit, lay down or roll over. Coach CF Moser never did it, Coach Stan Branson never allowed it and there is a long history of Midway teams putting it all on the line every week, no matter the outcome. This commitment to team effort stretches all the way back to the playing days of Boo Narramore and leather helmets.
Sometimes in a football season, you just have to pull the shoulder pads a bit tighter, put an extra pump of air in the helmet (do they still do that?) and fight through some tough weeks. Right now is one of those times. Will the Waves get well with a win against Grace this week? That’s a tough order, Grace is an experienced veteran team, leading the district and playing pretty good football right now. What is not too much to ask is an all out effort from the Green Team and to leave it all on the field every week. Give me Grace to win, but a better effort from the men in Green..”
– Michael Rose