[Granny Bear]

I've thought a whole lot about this game and was so thankful to WYMT for televising it!!!

So after I slept on it, here's my take away:

Corbin came out absolutely lost. The entire first half except for the last 3 minutes of it, they were just wandering around. Do that again, and your trip to Kroger Field will be over in a New York minute!!! Also, playing with passion is great! That will always boost our performance BUT also play with some control. Those unsportsmanlike penalties will bury you!! You don't always have to run your mouth and have public pissing contests in order to be viewed as tough. There were a few times when I was surprised and disappointed in Haddix's prep of his team in self control.

Much of this same criticism can be applied to Bell County. I saw several punches thrown that (if you can believe it) were missed by the refs. Basically what would happen after a play is a Corbin player would get in someone's face and the retaliation would be a punch in the gut from a BC player. NOT SMART!!! In my personal opinion, Dudley perpetuates this by his own action. Throwing tantrums on the field, stomping up and down the side lines and refusing to shake hands after the game is a terrible example!! But it is typical.

Both teams quarterbacks were stupenous and I was so very impressed!!!

The refs? Well, what do you do? Most of the flags thrown were valid. And I saw some more that should've been called. They definately did not control the tone of the game and severely and negatively impacted the pace of the game. I'm still waiting to here the total number of flags thrown and the number of yards penalized.

Final thought.....both teams have things to work on. Attitude and reaction to adversity top both lists.