Although I despise the constant throwing of western teams to the east in 2A I am looking forward this year to seeing HPA sent east. It is certainly crowded with monsters in 2AA in the west and only one can make the big game. Two weeks from now the brackets will be set and the fingernail biting will begin.
Clinton will be the favorites in the east. Everybody else will be lucky to compete against the legendary dark horses. please be easy on the red raiders should they be lucky enough to face those tremendous athletes at Clinton that Andrews simply has no answer for. Clintons schedule has been unbelievably tough this year. I'll be sure to tell Simmons Ratings that he has Andrews and Clintons strength of schedule backwards since Andrews says 22nd toughest in 2A and Clintons is 68th toughest in 2A.....
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