Northampton was pretty solid in the 1st half. In a 24min half, Time of possession went to Northampton. Essex only had the ball for maybe less than 1 1/2 minutes in the 1st half BUT scored 3 TDs on only 4 total plays. Now...one thing I noticed was that Essex had on the jerseys they had made for homecoming that had their names on the back. The thing about the jerseys that stood out to me was that they are Gray with Purple trim. For me, it was sometimes hard to figure out who was who being that Northampton had on white and was starting to get muddy. The 2 teams started to look like they all were one. Anyway, Essex came back to start the 2nd half in their Purple jerseys. The D played much better after adjustments and jersey change. Not sure if those gray jerseys of Essex and slightly muddy jerseys of Northampton were causing problems with both teams knowing who was who when everyone all piled together as Northampton and Essex ran their versions of the wing. Both teams had problems stopping the other’s offenses in that 1st half. Northampton went on long td drive and as i said before, Essex score 3tds on only 4 plays. Once Essex put on the purple jerseys to start the 2nd half, Northampton drives got shorter and their scoring stopped, and Essex stopped scoring on the 1st or 2nd play of their possession, to putting together a little longer drives for TDs.