Football Preview: Holliday Eagles vs. Millsap Bulldogs
Holliday is 5-0 against Millsap since November of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. After each having a week off, both will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. Holliday is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 40.6 points per game this season.
Holliday will head into Friday's game out to bounce back: they came back down to earth last Friday after soaring to a 38-point contest in their last game. They fell just short of Jim Ned by a score of 17-15. The matchup marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Although Holliday took the loss, they still got scores from Ashtyn Berry and Brady Jones.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Millsap). They took down Santo 51-37 last Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Bulldogs considering their six-point performance the contest before.
Cr Tippie continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 325 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 117 yards on only 11 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Reid Green, who gained 232 total yards.
Millsap wouldn't let Santo keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Millsap can thank Grayson Hunkapiller and Kyle Gore for forcing both of them. Hunkapiller also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 12.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Millsap was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 452 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Holliday's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-2. As for Millsap, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Holliday has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 277.2 passing yards per game. Millsap, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 248 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Holliday beat Millsap 21-13 when the teams last played back in November of 2020. The rematch might be a little tougher for Holliday since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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