Most everyone in the media (and coaches I know) believes Poly will knock off Grant in the California State Open Division title game in the Home Depot Center on Saturday night.
Take a look and see if I agree . . .
SACRAMENTO GRANT (13-0) vs. POLY (14-0), Home Depot Center, Saturday, 8 p.m., Fox Sports Prime Ticket
THE MATCHUP: Those who know infinitely more about the topic than I do believe that Grant is playing the biggest football game in the history of Sacramento. Certainly, the Pacers will want to prove wrong those who are insistent that Concord De La Salle should be representing Northern California in the game. They average 517 yards per game and 50 points per game but, obviously, their high-powered offense hasn't faced a defense like the that will line up on the other side of the line of scrimmage Saturday night. You need only about four or five fingers to add up the "big plays" Poly's defense has allowed over the past couple of seasons, so the Pacers will likely have to execute time-consuming drives in order to score and keep Poly's offense off the field. If the Jackrabbits can string together two halves of solid offense for the first time in the playoffs, this game could get a bit lopsided.
FRANK SAYS: Poly prevails, 31-14, to finish 15-0 and win the program's first state title in 89 years and keep the Jackrabbits for various No. 1 ratings throughout the country.
Grant "can" stop the run as good as we can. This worries me. Their defense is a mirror image of ours. Their QB has the potential to give us fits a la Timu of Jordan. It's all on the line play. I believe we come out on top.
GO POLY
MAN GRANTS GONNA GO TO CARSON FOR PRACTICE. LOL. PACER.
Ready or not, here come the boys from the South. Better get your pitchfork ready, Mike Alberghini...your hayseeds are on their way back to the barn.