[skully03]

I saw the glimmers of hope I needed for Game 1.

Belfry was getting toasted early on for the long run and then a sustained drive running the ball..they coached the green LB's up, made adjustments, and after that last scoring drive Belfry basically zeroed out the Jumper offense.

The Belfry offensive struggles in the first half was the direct result of getting themselves into long yardage on 3rd down and playing against the clock. Somerset made an adjustment on the option and between the yardage losses from that, and the futility of Belfry's passing game from dropped passes... they got away from their bread and butter and struggled to finish drives. SOmerset never was able to stop Belfry between the tackles.

Once Belfry re-established their power game in the 2nd Half...coupled with the punt that led to the safety...it was curtains. Somerset was physically exhausted and the 3 and Outs Belfry forced just dug them into a hole.

Pirates are not in HC's league right now.. but this week laid the foundation we needed to see for Belfry to build off of. People look at the close Halftime score..but the truth is Belfry actually imposed their will for all but two drives against a pretty good Somerset team.

I will take that.. go and compete against HC and have some weaknesses exposed... then keep improving day by day

You hit it right on the nose. Somerset has a good team and was beating Belfry pretty handily in the first half. They have some quick guys and that showed to hurt belfry in the beginning. As usual Belfry came out and stopped the bunnies dead in the second half. If Somerset could have kept up their game in up the second half like they did the first it could have been a different game. Now Belfry has Harlan Co. To look forward too. With some coaching and fixing mistakes this week in practice I'm looking for another good game. Especially a hardnosed SMASHMOUTH game. It's gonna be an interesting one.