Football Preview: College Station Cougars vs. Weiss Wolves
Two dominant signal callers in Cade Corcoran and Jaxon Schad are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The College Station Cougars are taking a road trip to challenge the Weiss Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
It was a proper cat-fight when College Station challenged Lockhart on Friday. College Station claimed a resounding 56-10 win over Lockhart. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by 27 points or more this season.
College Station had a senior duo take command as Corcoran threw for 250 yards and six touchdowns while completing 84.2% of his passes and Aydan Martinez-Brown gained 123 total yards and four touchdowns. Those six passing touchdowns set a new season-high mark for Corcoran. College Station also got help from Grady Pryor, who showed off his sure hands for 103 receiving yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to College Station's defense and their three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Cole Flanagan.
Meanwhile, Weiss never let their opponents score last Friday. They blew past Lockhart 42-0. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Wolves had established a 28 point advantage.
Weiss' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Schad, who threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per attempt, and Nick Johnson, who rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. Adrian Wilson was another key player, picking up 87 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Weiss didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jorian Guinn and Noah McPeak. McPeak is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last four games he's played.
College Station's victory was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1. As for Weiss, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. College Station has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 272.2 passing yards per game. Weiss, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 221.8 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Thursday? There's only one way to find out.
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