6.659. Small Pond Syndrome

So, we lost. In fact we got beat down. 46-6 and it cost us one of our starting linemen. He broke his collarbone in the loss. The Argos were more physical and bigger and faster. They blocked better. They finished plays and they beat us. There is a lesson to be learned here: You may be the big fish in your pond but when you go out in bigger waters you’re not actually so big. The Argos are a travel team of kids who are largely 14-15 and many of whom were held back. We don’t have those kids. We have multiple 12-13 yr old kids starting the game. We have to be able to recognize that they have more than we do and scheme in such a way to keep their talent locked down and off balance. There will probably be a rematch. The Argos are the only undefeated team and as a result they are the automatic 1 seed barring a freak loss next week. We are somewhere between 2-4. Given that the only other 1 loss teams are the three other D1 teams, we are going to have to find a way to sort out that situation. If we do it purely based on Points For, we get the 2 seed provided we win next week. If we do it by the complicated powerpoints then we may slip to 3 seed. It matters in terms of who hosts the November 6th game, so it matters. We now wait to see who we get next week and how that will impact our season.

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