[RunItUpTheGut]

Wow. theres so much i want to say i may forget some of it.

First off, let me say, Rock, i always enjoy our matchups. Some of the best fans around.

Now, as for the game, IMO, and i think Rock fans will agree, Whitley should have scored around 50. Four TD's called back for holding. On the SAME series we scored three consecutive plays in a role from over 40 yards out and the first two were nullified. Also, our Frosh stud run the opening kick off back but it was called back do to a hold. However, im not complaining, we held, im not going on about the refs like a lot of people do, its definitely something we need to work on.

As for the game, we limited Rock to around a 100 yards of total offense. It was one of the best defensive performances ive seen in years. Every player stepped up at one point tonight. Im also pleased to know that after talking to one of our coaches that next week we will officially have 67 players on the roster and everyone will be ready to go. This may be one of the best numbers ever at Whitley. Rock barely crossed midfield and the closest they ever got to a TD was the 43 according to the radio after the game.

What about a game from our frosh Mills? He simply out ran and out manuvered so many Rock defenders. Im glad to see some of these younger kids stepping up. The future looks very bright. I wouldnt be surprised if we played 25 different guys on defense throughout the course of the game, and all did very well.

Next, passing. I dont know if it was an off night or what but we passed for 77 yards and that number was the only bright spot. Our young QB still has a lot to learn when it comes to the passing game. Overthrown and underthrown balls costed us a lot of points tonight. I cant believe we attempted as many passes as we did. It had to have been close to 15-20. I heard a comment after the game that even though we two games into the season, were only 30 or 40 yards away from passing the total yards of passing we had all of last year.

Bryant didnt have a huge offensive game, 1 TD under a 100 yards, but as ive said all along his presence on defense is more valuable. He has an exceptional game on defense and laid the wood to several Rock runners. Also, the Jackson kid continues to prove that taking the last two years off didnt hurt him at all. The kid is a head hunter on D and powers his way with speed as well while running the ball.


You have to be happy with a shutout after last weeks game. Its looking like Russell County may be the toughest opponent we will face in the regular season, which could be a good thing considering in our first game of the year, we didnt do to horrible, but Russell is maybe the most underrated teams in the state.

Looking forward to another trip to log mountain. I think its winnable. If we play defesne like we did tonight, and dont make the same mistakes we did on defense, its very possible that we take down the team that hasnt lost to a mountain team in 6 years. Should be a good one.