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Yes, we are passionate. I also agree with you, to a point, that we tend to remember to much of the bad and not enough of the good. I guess we are a little spoiled... ;D

Yes, the defense is awesome once again!!

First of all Mr Ump, I have not bashed anyone!! I stated what I felt from watching the game just like anyone else who goes to a game does. What I state is my opinion and mine only. I have tried to keep the bashing from going on so don't lump me in with the others just because I post something about the offense. I'm going to say what I think no matter what you or anyone else thinks about it. That's what this board is about... to discuss football and what we think. I have not called anyone out as I've been told by some of your counterparts that there is way more to the play calling than the fans know. I'm not discussing the job or who is doing what or who is doing thier job well. I'm discussing what I see on the field. That's my right. I did not call anyone out, I did not say anyone needs to be fired, I did not call for anyone to come back, I said I would LIKE for us to be a little less predictable on first down! Now, all of that being said, when you look at these stats, it does appear that we were a little more successful than I thought. Like you, I deal with a lot of numbers in my job, stats don't always show everything, but they are a good indicator. Looking at your stats there, I see that 12 of the 22 1st down plays were in the second half. Only one of those plays was a pass (which gained 5 yards). Nearly all of the runs were the zone read plays (the same play) and only 3 of those 11 gained as much as the one pass that we threw. In fact, 6 (over half) gained 3 yards or less. My point was that I think we could be more successful with the zone read if we threw a little more on first down or were a little less predictable. You don't have to agree, you can look at these numbers and be satisfied, but there is way more to it than just the numbers, as you can see. I love Mustang Football, the program did a lot for me growing up. I love everyone of the coaches and I think they all give a lot for this community and for our kids and I appreciate everyone of them. However, since when are we no longer able to voice what we think about our teams? Or, can we only talk about the good things? Furthermore, of the 3 passes, all were complete and averaged 6 yards per play. The 19 rushes averaged only 3. All I was saying was that I wish we could up that pass number to about 8 passes and 14 runs. If we did that, I BELIEVE, it would make the 14 runs more effective which would, in turn, allow you to do more things on second down.

I don't think that Jaspers D is getting enough credit and I think their O may be getting a little to much. Brooks is much like Cornel Thompson in the way he approaches the game and his defense. The WOS defense has only given up multiple scores twice this season and never more than 2. I see this as being a low scoring, defensive battle.

I understand that we were trying to play the keep away game, but we have got to quit being so dang predictable on first down. Silsbee would change their personnel up front on every first down and we would run right into their hands then they would take them back out. I wish we would would throw a few more 5-7 yard stop routes on first down. If we give ourselves 2nd and 3 (which most teams will just give us on the stop or out). Then it opens up all kinds of things. We can run the zone play on 2nd and 3rd or we can go play action. No one is going to try and stop that on us because we have well established that we are not afraid to go deep. We can be conservative without being totally predictable. The defense shined again!! I can't believe that many of these kids are sophomores and juniors. They have come a long way. They played great in the second half and, as usual, good adjustments were made. The majority of the yards (and red zone appearances) that Silsbee got were on about 3 big plays in the first half. Like someone else said, if you are fortunate enough to break a big play on this team, then you better finish it, otherwise, you may never get in the endzone. The lone Silsbee score was on a well executed 43 yard draw play which he did finish. Had he not, they may not have scored at all. Silsbee played with a lot of heart and I wish them luck going forward. It's going to be a tough road for them with 2 losses and Kville and Jasper to go, but I feel they have the talent to do it. We are going to have to be less predictable in Jtown next week or Brooks will hand us our rears.

I'll say it again. This game will be closer than people think.

3A middle schools all play on Thursdays for some reason... ???

Yes, that's what I've been saying.

WOS 7th- 14 Sils 7th- 0 WOS- 8th- 28 Sils 8th- 16

Tam, I'm just curious, but does WO-S and PNG run the same type of offense? Also, does WO-S and PNG have the same type of athletes? I also remember people saying these same things last year before we played Silsbee because they nearly lost to HF last year. Do you remember what happened?

I'm telling you guys, you can't predict a blowout because of what HF did to them. We are a different team and Silsbee could have been looking ahead a little. It should also be noted that it's not people from WO-S predicting blowouts.

Our defense is actually even younger than our offense. Friday night, our front 5 consisted of 2 Sophomores, 2 Juniors and 1 Senior.

Bravo Bullets!!! Thank you for understanding and being real. Anyone with any sense knows that we weren't trying to show anyone up. The things we did in the 2nd quarter were things we needed to work on. I will also say that, I watched the players shake hands after the game and it did not appear the HJ players had the same attitude their coach had. They represented well and were very good sports.

It's called a 2 minute drill. Since you know so much about sports then you should have heard of that before. It also happens to be something that we need work on. It was a perfect opportunity to work on it and our OC saw fit to do it at that time. I applaud him for having the balls to do it. It was about making our kids better, not hurting your feelings. We threw only 2 passes in the second half and both came on the first drive of the 3rd quarter. After that, all we did was run the ball. Football is a violent game, where people get hit and feelings get hurt. If you don't have the stomach for it then you might want to look into following Tennis or something.

As always, this game will be about individual matchups. You can't predict this game based on what HF did to Silsbee because they are a completely different team than WOS with different team attributes. Silsbee, as always, will match up better against WOS than HF did. The X factor in my opinion is the defense. I know for certain that Silsbee has not seen a defense like this, this year. That young QB is going to get a BIG dose of pressure back there. If Silsbee cannot stop the WOS offense, which gets better every week, they are in trouble, again

I think Silsbee will definitely come to town with a chip on their shoulders.

Apparently, for some coaches, that magic line is sometime in the first half...

Yeah, I had a feeling that would be an issue. He and his brother have a history of being real touchy about scoring on them. In fact, I posted a thread about this very subject yesterday. That is the objective, isn't it? I am very glad to see that we worked on some things that needed work like, the passing game. And for the record, we didn't throw a pass after the first drive of the 3rd quarter. We just ran the ball and they couldn't stop it.

Congratulations HF. I said earlier in the week when they were putting up posts about the WOS/Silsbee game that they had better be very concerned about your game first. I knew HF had a very good chance of winning that game. They really impressed me in our game (WOS/HF). I said that, if they got that ball control going, Silsbee was in trouble. Apparently, they did.

Titan, I don't think OC will have any problems having enough, bro.

Actually, I think it would be a really good idea. (to work on passing that is)

I was just thinking earlier how, if we were fortunate enough to get a lead in games in the near future how it would be a perfect opportunity (and a good idea I would think) to work on some areas of our game that need it. Mainly, in the passing department. While it's always good to practice it during the week. NO practice is as good as live action I would think. Knowing people get awefully touchy about "running up the score". Where do you draw the line? Or do you? To me, it's a no brainer. I would be out to get my team as well prepared for the future as possible, but I'm sure it gets a little more complicated than that for an OC or HC. I've heard many people talking about how a team was throwing deep up by ____ points. What is wrong with it? Now, maybe if it's the last play of the game, but what if it's midway through the 3rd quarter? Any thoughts on where that magic line is drawn and where it goes from getting in valuable practice to running up the score?

Obviously they aren't trying to be like WO-S, if they were they would be talking about the past, present AND future as far as Kville is concerned...

Soooo... what, exactly, is wrong with that???? ;D

Hey titan, I pm'd you back.