[Bleed Black&Gold]

Just for grins and giggles, here's a look at how JC faired last year vs. both:

Boyle

Gave up right at 400 yards to Boyle (197 were on the ground and with Rees gone it will be tough for the Rebels to match that)

Only gained 102 yards vs the Rebel defense. Only 7 through the air. With all that Boyle returns and the stingy way they controlled run offenses last year, do you think Johnson Central can counter that performance without an air attack?

Bell

JC had some success on the ground vs. Bell County while racking up 221 yards but again had 0 passing.

Bell rushed for 204 yards and passed for 141.

The Bobcats return practically everyone from 2009 and will be formidable on offense again.

Last year JC gave up 358 points in 13 games. How do you see that turning around in 2010 to one of the "best defenses" in the state?

We fumbled i think 14 times against Boyle last year and looked like we were a peewee league team. Now granted Boyle was and is a great team but you will not see the same team from JC this year. If we had not fumbled and that is a BIG if we would not have given up nearly that much to Boyle. Were they better than us? YES, but i never thought we could beat them last year in all honesty. This year we have a better line and more weapons. In my opinion we can beat Boyle at home this year. It won't be easy but it can be done.

Also, against Bell i feel we should have won that game if it wasn't for a couple young players not doing what they were supposed to do. It was misery watching 3 TDs that were horrible mistakes by young players. Once again our oline struggled and should be much improved this year. But they were good young players and are more experienced this year. Bell too will be a very hard game for us and with it being on the road scares me to death.

Most of the points we gave up were due to the ineptness of our offense. When an opponent has to only go 35 yds for a score multiple times in a game it looks real bad on your D. Especially against high caliber teams like Boyle and Bell. Look at what happened when teams had to go the entire field against our young D and the stats are much better.

Don't take me wrong i am not being cocky or am i being a blind fan. I know we can lose FB games and that we may end up looking the same way but i truly feel as if this year is the year for JC football. I hope i am right and also wish well every team on our schedule except when they play us. Bring on Aug. 20th.