Football Preview: San Marcos Rattlers vs. Canyon Cougars
The San Marcos Rattlers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Canyon Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. San Marcos is looking for their season's first victory.
San Marcos' offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Steele two weeks ago. They had to suffer through a 63-0 loss at the hands of the Knights. While losing is never fun, the Rattlers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 764th, while the Knights are ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, Canyon also failed to score in their most recent game. They were dealt a 62-0 loss at the hands of Steele on Friday. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Knights recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Canyon's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for San Marcos, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
San Marcos didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Canyon in their previous matchup back in November of 2019, but they still walked away with a 27-22 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Canyon's Micah Williford, who rushed for 170 yards while picking up 8.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 42 receiving yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for San Marcos to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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