Poudre Favored in Playoff Game Friday Night - Keys to the game

The prognosticators and pundits are as sure that the Lightning are going to be bounced out of the playoffs as they are in a Barack Obama victory over John McCain in todays presidential election...

The reasons very but are fairly consistent...

So here are the keys to the game Friday night...

1. Poudre thinks they should have won 3 weeks ago and will come out looking for revenge... KEY 1 - Can the Lightning play with emotion and fire

2. Stats are not available from last week - but through the first nine games Legacy has averaged 11 penalties a game for almost 100 yards per game. Amazingly against Poudre the first time Legacy had a season low 4 penalites for only 31 yards. KEY 2 - Can the Lightning play disciplined football?

3. 3 weeks ago Poudre's Josh Morton ran in and around the Lightning defense for over 200 yards - KEY 3 - Can the Lightning limit Poudre to less than 100 yards on the ground?

4. It took an 89 yard TD pass with 6 min remaining to beat Poudre 3 weeks ago as the Poudre defense held the Lightning most of the game. KEY 4 Can the inconsistent Lightning offense produce a balanced and explosive offense game plan?

Can the Lightning make it to the State Quarterfinals for the second straight year? Be there Friday night to cheer them on.

Go Lightning!