Bleeding Red wrote:Valley is probably too much for Minford. Valley is a very talented and balanced team on both sides of the ball. Minford seems to be their own worst enemy this year. They have alot of talent, they just havent put it all together. They are a young team and will be back on track very soon.
Valley makes the playoffs for the first time since 2005 and second time in the past 10 years. Minford misses it for the first time in the last 5 seasons.
I do however remember the roles being reversed, just a few years ago, and Valley gave Minford all they wanted and almost pulled off a big upset. Hopefully Minford will return that favor Friday night.
ASIDE from what everyone says, this traditionally has ALWAYS been a good game, granted there have been a blowout or two from both sides...it doesnt happen OFTEN. Since were talking about the last 10 seasons, IS Minford really that far ahead of Valley??????
2002 - Valley 21-0
2003 - Valley 35-14 (Minford Playoff team) Co-SOC II champs
2004 - Valley 7-0
2005 - Valley 40-0 (Valley Playoff team)
2006 - Minford 13-7
2007 - Minford 40-0 (Minford Playoff team)
2008 - Minford 10-7 (Minford Playoff team)
2009 - Minford 28-21 (Minford Playoff team) SOC II champs
2010 - Minford 7-6 (Minford Playoff team)
2011 - ???? (Valley Playoff team) SOC II champs
It looks good for a Valley win this year, and they have already clinched a share of the SOC. So, you look at this and in the last 10 season, it's a 5-5 split. Yes, Valley has made the playoffs only twice in the past 10 seasons, however...when they made it in 2005, they are currently one of TWO SOC II schools to make it to a Regional title game (West 2002 state runner up). Minford has 2 SOC II titles (one being CO-champ) and Valley has AT least a Co-title this year (which will probably be an outright) You guys can spin it however you want, but numbers dont lie.