CAN A 0-6 TEAM DEFEAT A 7-0 TEAM?

CAN AN O-6 TEAM DEFEAT A 7-0 TEAM? THE BELMONT CARDINALS TAKE ON ONE OF THE LAST THREE UNDEFEATED 2A TEAMS IN THE STATE. THE WALNUT WILDCATS ARE A ROLL AND REMAIN AMONG THE 15 TEAMS ACROSS ALL CLASSES THAT ARE UNDEFEATED. THE BELMONT CARDINALS HAVE TRAVELED A TOTALLY DIFFERENT HIGHWAY. THESE TWO PATHS INTERSECT FRIDAY NIGHT AT WALNUT MS AND AT FIRST GLANCE, IT LOOKS LIKE A RUNAWAY FOR THE WALNUT WILDCATS.
BUT WHEN YOU STOP AND LOOK AT THE SCHEDULES OF BOTH TEAMS, YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO FIND THESE TEAMS ARE MUCH CLOSER THAN YOU THINK. YOU CAN'T TAKE ANY THING AWAY FROM THE WILDCATS BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY PLAYED THE SCHEDULE THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM, JUST AS THE CARDINALS HAVE. BUT IF THERE WAS RATING POINTS FOR STRENGH OF SCHEDULE, THE THE CARDINALS WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE A MUCH HIGHER RATED SCHEDULE.
BELMONT CARDINALS
Football Games

Home Team Final Visiting Team Final Game Date
Mooreville 33 Belmont 32 2007-08-31
Belmont 14 Tishomingo County 38 2007-09-07
Belmont 14 Kossuth 30 2007-09-14
Ackerman 42 Belmont 21 2007-09-21
Belmont 0 Open 0 2007-09-28
Hamilton 20 Belmont 13 2007-10-05
Belmont 13 Baldwyn 33 2007-10-12
Walnut 0 Belmont 0 2007-10-19
Belmont 0 Mantachie 0 2007-10-26
Belmont 0 Hatley 0 2007-11-02


WALNUT WILDCATS
Football Games

Home Team Final Visiting Team Final Game Date
Walnut 34 Middleton (Tenn.) 6 2007-08-30
Alcorn Central 7 Walnut 44 2007-09-07
Walnut 13 Mooreville 7 2007-09-14
Walnut 48 Falkner 0 2007-09-20
North Pontotoc 13 Walnut 39 2007-09-28
Walnut 33 Hatley 13 2007-10-05
Mantachie 13 Walnut 27 2007-10-12
Walnut 0 Belmont 0 2007-10-19
Hamilton 0 Walnut 0 2007-10-26
Baldwyn 0 Walnut 0 2007-11-02

THE COMBINED RECORDS OF BELMONT'S OPPONENTS IS 26-15. THE COMBINED RECORDS OF WALNUT'S OPPONENTS IS 8-33. SO, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WALNUT IS NOT A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM. YOU HAVE TO DO SEVERAL THINGS CONSISTENTLY AND DO THEM WELL NO MATTER HOW STRONG OR WEAK YOUR OPPONENTS ARE.
MY POINT IS SIMPLY THIS: BELMONT HAS HAD A TOUGH ROAD, AGAINST SOME TOUGH OPPONENTS, AND SOME BAD BREAKS. WE WERE A TWO POINT CONVERSION AWAY FROM A WIN AT MOOREVILLE, WE WERE 7 POINTS DOWN GOING INTO THE 4th QTR AGAINST A VERY GOOD KOSSUTH TEAM, WE LED ACKERMAN 21-14 GOING INTO THE 4th QTR, WE WERE ON THE 9 YARD LINE AT HAMILTON WITH SECONDS LEFT, AND WE GAVE BALDWYN A MILD HEART ATTACK BEFORE FINALLY SUCCOMBING IN THE 4th QTR.
SO, WE MAY BE 0-6, BUT WE AIN'T DEAD YET. THIS TEAM DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT, ENCOURGEMENT AND YOUR PRAYERS. THESE BOYS DESERVE A WIN, AND A WIN AGAINST AN UNDEFEATED TEAM WOULD DO WONDERS FOR THEIR MORALE.
SO, YES A 0-6 TEAM CAN BEAT A 7-0 TEAM. WE ARE SURELY THE UNDERDOG, BUT AFTER SPEAKING TO THE WALNUT COACH ON MONDAY, WE WON'T BE OVERLOOKED. HE KNOWS THAT THEY ARE IN FOR A FIGHT TO THE FINISH.
I AM LOOKING FOR WIN #1 THIS WEEKEND AND IT WOULD BE A MEMORABLE ONE THAT THESE GUYS WOULD CARRY THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.