Should know by the end of the 1st quarter if this is a good play or not. I look for both teams to come out and try to establish the running game, with the expectation that there will not be immediate success but that they will grind down the d-lines over the course of 4 quarters. With both defenses capable of completely shutting a team down, I think the focus will be on taking care of the ball which should lead to some more conservative play calling. Just thinking that this one will settle into a defensive battle with each team playing for field position. Also thinking that the majority of scores will come via FG, because you are not gonna run on either D inside the 10. The big wildcard here is if there are a few big plays early on, the conservative playcalling may get thrown out the window and one or both teams may abandon the run. Pretty confident, though, that we'll only have around 20 points by halftime and just don't see a 28+ point 2nd half here.
GL All!
GL All!
