Grizzlies feel they will match up well against the Notus Pirates

 The Pirates are coming in as the District Champions of the Western Idaho conference. They tout an impressive 9 - 0 record. They have outscored their opponents 484 - 118. They average 468 yards of offense per game.  What makes this number even more seemingly impressive is that in 6 of their 9 games they have mercy ruled their opponent, ending the game prematurely.  Looks pretty impressive doesn't it?  But a closer look into the Pirates schedule might having you thinking differently.

 The only seemingly impressive win came the first game of the season against a division II school, Salmon River.  The Salmon River Savages are 8 - 1 on the season.  Their only loss being to Notus in that first game.  Salmon River has done well all season but they seem to have the same strength of schedule issue that the Pirates have, they play in a weak conference.
  

 The Grizzlies will look be looking to load the box with 6 guys for most the game in an effort to stop Vibbert who is rushing for 118 yards per game and has racked up 1000 plus yards this season.  Coach Coburn hopes to force Notus into their sub par passing game.  The defense has been studying the game film all week and feel that they will have the advantage if they can force the Pirates to rely upon the arm of Pritchard, their starting quarterback.

 The Grizzly offense will look to take advantage of a weak Pirate secondary that isn't used to playing against a pass first offense.  The young Grizzlies feel like they have finally settled into the new 8-man offense and the past few games have shown that.  If things continue we could be looking at an extremely high scoring game this Friday.

 The Grizzlies will have to travel across the state to play and this will definitely work to the advantage of the Pirates, but Grace is used to playing the underdog role and has thrived as such in the latter part of the season. 

 The winner of this game will go on to face the winner of Hagerman and Rimrock.

 Odds -   O/U 98        Spread  Grace -9