[EKUAlum05]

With all due respect, I don't understand your logic in either of these paragraphs.

You assert Belfry's o-line played well in 2 of their "substantial" losses. But then you claim if they play the same way, "they will be in any game". Why would it when it didn't in those 2 games ??

Also, if Belfry's weakest link is the d-line, it does NOT help them. And it especially doesn't help vs. Sheldon Clark's run game. The Cardinal's passing game isn't nearly the threat of their run game.

I can help on the first a little.

With the way Haywood runs his offense, in particular the belly series, it takes three elements for the running game to excel and produce "big" plays:

1. The QB makes the correct read
2. The line opens up the hole
3. The back hits the hole at the right time

Early in the season the timing between the backs, most notably Pruitt, and the line simply was not there. This is very common for alot of Belfry team early in the season. When holes were opened either the back did not have the faith to explode through them, or they were looking to bounce it and make a man miss.

As the precision of the offense has been fine tuned, you are seeing more explosive plays as a direct result. In the past few weeks Belfry's line have been manhandling opposing fronts and Pruitt is looking like the feature back of year's past.



With all that said, SC is a whole lot bigger, stronger, and downright nastier then anyone Belfry has faced since early in the season. It will be interesting to see if the Pirates can open up the holes the size of Cumberland Gap this week.