AYFL 120 lb. Super Bowl Prediction 2011

An entire season comes down to this as West Pines and Pasadena are the two teams left standing in the 120 lb. division of the American Youth Football Playoffs.  The season has been both exciting and intense as many teams entered the playoffs with a legitimate shot at winning the big trophy.  West Pines earned their way to the dance by knocking off Cooper City for the second time this season 29-6 at PPO on Saturday.  Pasadena busted their way into the Super Bowl in grand fashion as they thrashed defending champion Weston 34-6 in Ft. Lauderdale.

When you look at this matchup,  there really isn’t any way that you can go against the Pasadena Panthers in this one.  I have picked against Pasadena the past two weeks feeling that they had two match ups that worked against them.  However,  the hard nosed Panthers answered the challenges and polished off two great opponents and did it handily.  Pasadena has earned my respect and enter into this game with a great deal of momentum behind them.  Rumor has it that my predictions against them were a great motivating factor and if that is so, then I am sorry to take away that aspect of their preparation.  However,  I don’t feel they need it.  As I explained last week,  Pasadena has a group full of gritty players that punch the clock and put in work for a full 40 minutes.  I would expect nothing different here and their lunch pail attitude will be too much for West Pines.

The Wildcats looked shaky in week one of the playoffs as they stumbled through their game with Sunrise.  Last week, they rose to a challenge against a solid Cooper City team looking for revenge.  West Pines’ ground game set the tone early with Jalin Thomas leading the way.   Thomas and a strong West Pines ground attack has been the tool for success this season and the Wildcats sharpened that tool against Cooper City.  Pasadena will have their hands full with West Pines’ ground game but the Panthers are built to deal with it.  In the first meeting this season during week six,  both teams had the ground games working and West Pines was able to come away with the narrow victory 16-14.  This time,  I think Pasadena’s emotional group uses their thirst for payback and triumphs over a West Pines team making their third straight trip to the Super Bowl.  I think a trophy escapes the Wildcats for a third straight time Buffalo Bills style in perhaps the greatest game of the day.

Pasadena 14  West Pines 12

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