[Norm Peterson]

I did overreact a bit and im sorry for that.
I believe your one of the better posters on the site norm and my attacks were more aimed at the kanter guy than you.
I was just upset because i know Boston and have watched him grow up and play football since he was in 3rd grade and know hes a great kid.

I was most upset about the play when literally three players from somerset when after bryant when he wasnt anywhere near the play and it was an obvious cheap shot. One of our unsportmanlikes was because coach black went off on the ref and rightfully so as he was simply trying to protect his kids and does a good job at doing so.
I obviously dont wish winless years for Somerset and like i said overreacted, but i was just frustrated about the cheap shots at bryant when they were clearly done to hurt bryant and get him out of the game.

Goodluck to you all and hopefully this doesnt happen again.

At the end of the day it was Whitley 27 and Somerset 21. Thats the bright spot for us after all of this and now its time for real season to start as homefield in the playoffs and a 2 seed could be on the line friday at Perry.

Once again i apologize norm. I did overreact.

I think the play he is referring to is a simple blocking technique that Whitley has taught for years, even when we played colonel. A lot of people dont realize that black was our defensive coordinator under Campbell for years and a dang good one.
I believe bryant was simply trying to fire his hands of and get into the "v" when his hands went high, which is to be expected from a kid thats twice the size of the entire somerset team.

Apology accepted, I don't agree with Kanter either. Again, I don't condone the clip on Bryant but it was a kid reacting to a blow to the head. The blow may have come from him simply using his technique to get out of the situation he was in and even if it was an intentional blow to the head out of frustration that still does not excuse the clip. I have always taught my son to ignore punches or headslaps during the play because reacting can only hurt our team. That is why you wear a helmet, if you take a punch or blow to the head take the 15 yards that go with it but don't react and give them back out of selfishness. I can guarantee you however, that the Somerset staff does not teach our players to try and intentionally injure anyone. Somerset keeps 3 players near the punter to make sure and force the punt. Like I said before with Storm Wilson returning kicks these 3 don't just stand there and trot down the field--the block that they may make against the safety might be the one that leads to the touchdown. And let me ask you this: As hard of a time as we had dealing with Bryant all night would you have left one person to block him? If we had tried blocking him with one person on that play and he hadn't been clipped don't you think he'd have made the tackle? I do. That's why he was triple teamed--not to hurt him. The guys that blocked him had to wait to make sure the ball was punted then they were supposed to block the safety until the whistle--not clip him. That was a bad play on the Somerset player's part and again I don't condone it.

Bryant is a heck of a player and with our linebackers out we had a very difficult time dealing with him. Even when Whitley didn't score they were able to pick up first downs and keep Somerset's offense off of the field--just when the Jumpers had found their rhythm. What some of the Somerset fans are missing on here is that even with the 2 touchdowns called back on the final Jumper drive it was 3 just outstanding plays by Whitley that won the game. 1)The fingertip deflection by one of the Colonel DBs on 4th and goal stopped what was a sure touchdown pass to Wilson on a very well thrown ball by Lange. 2) The run on the reverse on 4th down was a great run and a great call by Coach Black. 3) The catch on the reverse pass was outstanding. The ball, receiver and defender all got there at the same time and the receiver had to go to the ground to make the catch. Great play.

The game was right there for Somerset to win. In the end the Colonels made 3 huge plays and the Briar Jumpers didn't. That is what cost us the game--not the calls. Although I still think we should have been up 8 instead of 1 on the last drive--but missed calls happen and we would have had a devil of a time stopping Bryant if it had went to overtime.

Good luck the rest of the way Colonels. If Whitley is supposed to be the 2nd or 3rd best team in District 8 then I feel like there is a decent chance for a sweep of District 7 in the playoffs and at worse a 3-1 record.