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I have seen that on schedules as well but have seen and heard 7:30 a few times.

Haven't seen Ozen, and yes I know it was only a scrimmage, but if the Tigers defense I saw last night kept them from scoring, it's going to be a long season for the panthers.

I was told we had an early warning but I wasn't there to see it. One thing I will be interested in seeing is when McCain returns will they use Adonis more on offense than defense. He did have a few good runs right up the gut. If we are going to be near as run oriented as we were last night it really seems like having both he and Tyler in the backfield would also open those defenses up some. The dive or fakes to Adonis and going wide with Tyler or vise versa. Definitely I tested in seeing what direction Coach Smith goes later down the road. i did like the fact that most of those key players weren't going both ways or at least very limited. Even with those points towards the offense, that side of the ball isn't my concern. Defense needs to be the main focus.

Several good points on the Tigers line play last night. Just got pushed around. I do like the fact that we definitely seem like we are going to be more run oriented but hope we get more balance than we had in this one which should ease some of the pressure on the line just by spreading the defense out a bit more. I must say before my next statement that we left at the beginning of the 4th qtr due to the rain and I missed our first possession. But there have been comments about our penalties. From the stats 5-50 yds. And from what I saw I thought we did pretty good on that especially for the first game. I know there was an incident towards the end of the game with double personals and we had one facemask but overall a lot cleaner than several games in the past. I can remember several games where we got multiple personals. Hopefully the lack of those continues. Fix our weaknesses and keep focusing on discipline and we will get there. I also liked the enthusiasm of our new DC on the int, celebrating our defensive play of the night.

Ok, that makes sense.

Why was there a switch at qb to start the second half?

Well as far as Tyler that was the Tiger's bright spot. And yes it was close to 200 from the stats I heard , I believe it was 23 rushes for 177 yards. Really about the only bright spot we had.

First off hats off to the Indians. Nothing other than a good old butt whoopin' tonight. Qb looked good and the running game even better. As for my Tigers, we still have a good bit of work to do. Defense was nonexistent. We only had one stop and the one int tonight. Not much positive on that side of the ball tonight. Defense definitely would have been helped by McCain but nowhere near enough. Newton went down to an injury tonight hopefully won't be out too long. As far as the offensive side of the ball Tyler looked good as did Adonis the little bit he played on that side of the ball. The much talked about receiving group of the Tigers was down to just Barnes(of the much talked about trio) which left Jones with one proven option. We did throw the ball at least a couple more than 5 times, a couple interference calls. But we definitely need to put a little more variety in the passing game. And I feel some of that will come with time. I still have a sour taste in my mouth by the two failures on 4th down in the first half. Not sure what the plan was on those but sure left the defensive in a bad spot. Especially the one late in the half. At that point the game was not out of hand but giving the Indians a short field and time to score with them getting the ball first in the second half wasn't a good thing. Still I wasn't one expecting to go into the reservation and come out with a win. Did I think it was possible....sure but I really don't expect the Tigers to really start playing up to their potential at least until they have 3 or 4 games under their belts. Lots of learning to do for both the players and these new coaches. Hopefully the Tigers will get the injured layers back healthy and get rolling faster than I think. One thing about it ,. This Tiger fan won't quit believing in them!!!!

Tigers definitely need to tighten up on the defense. Offense picked up but I'd not like giving the ball up twice on our end of the field. Not sure if it's punting problems or what but not good to put your defense in that position.

Yes there are a few of us!

Yes but the question is which teams fans will fill up those last several pages and which will hide!!

Depends on how much that some of the time is. I wouldn't expect our 2 way players to play all the time.

I won't know for sure until Friday. I know I have seen and heard of some key offensive players playing defense in the scrimmages but due to the times I didn't see either one.

Number of players going both ways could be a factor in this one.

No longer an option......

Yes and poor littl old Silsbee can't even get turf!!

A new year can bring new things but yes all handled this quite well last year, and we were very close to that elusive state title. Newcomers and parents alike know what they are coming into. Being in the stands I did hear some grumbling last year but I wouldn't say it was anymore so than in the past. This problem will also be lessened a bit by the loss of Mackey and I believe one player will not be moving into the district.

That was last year when he wasn't the primary target. Will it happen again? Who knows...but there are several reasons that a number like that could happen and they aren't all because of the coverage. I doubt that if you were to take out the variables that aren't under his control, one on one Kaylon would more than hold his own.

He told me last name night may be a few weeks, concussion. That's what I was going by others had told me he would be back soon.

McCain likely out for at least another week or two.

May be tough on the defensive side for the Tigers especially probably missing McCain.

Woodville I believe.....

And who would that be?

They are both mentally weak!!

Varsity warming up now?