snafu Posted October 31, 2008 Report Posted October 31, 2008 Hold on one minute let me run the Jolly Roger up the Center Mast on the Black Pearl. Here you go Nederland fans and Pirate Fans here are a few bones to chew on :-D Here are some Excerpts from Tom Halliburton's article in the Port Arthur "Blues" News. It's even a bit of a statistic lover's paradise because the teams rank 1-2 in district total offense. Kirby Bellow, Jude Vidrine, Asa Cardenas, Ryan Brady, Wareall Grogan and blockers are fashioning a Bulldogs' average of 364.3 yards a game. Vidor's right behind at 345.4 but far ahead of anyone in rushing offense with 2,173 yards in seven outings. Vidor also looks worlds better on defensive numbers, permitting 243.3 yards a night (2nd in the league) to Nederland's much more generous 334.5-yard average (7th). Nederland provides a welcome equalizer with plus 3 in turnovers to Vidor's minus 1. Translation: neither represents a safe bet... it could go either way. "They feature a power running game," Bulldogs boss Larry Neumann said. "And we haven't done a very job of trying to defend that style of attack in the last two weeks." While Neumann frets in his office about containing Vidor's explosives, 10th-year Pirates director Jeff Mathews sounds a lot like Neumann. Vidor has fine defensive numbers to be sure. Bulldogs' offensive coordinator Monte Barrow simply offers Pirates' defensive whiz George Eskue a whole bunch more to defend than most district attacks. Nederland's ability to do so much definitely keeps Vidor from feeling very confident. "The thing that scares me is every team we have played has an offense that does one thing well," Mathews said. "When you load the line, Monte is going to hurt you with the pass. When you try to cover all their receivers, he's going to outnumber you and have Grogan run the ball. Nederland can beat you so many ways." While Vidor enters with the league's strongest rushing numbers, it ranks dead last in 20-4A passing offense with 245 yards. Divided by seven games, that's 35 yards a game. Therefore it might seem as if Vidor's ability to pass would appear irrelevant. Not so fast, analysts. Just read this bold statement from Vidor's head coach. "To win this game, we're going to have to be able to throw it," Mathews said as senior Chris Teinert tossed a pass during practice. "To think we can just line up and run against Delbert's defense, we'd be crazy." [move] ;D hmmm looks like we got a couple of sandbagging coaches :-D Gonna be a good one!!!! ;D [/move]
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