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I think Avery will be the fastest player in the game. I do think he's a wildcard in this. I'm pretty sure he'll be the starting qb, however Belfry will have to prepare for both.
DeSales has 4 of the top 10 sack leaders in 3A, that's crazy. They have 5 in the top 25. Belfry has none. Desales is first in rushing defense, only giving up 479 yards rushing through 13 games, again a crazy number. Belfry ranks 17th in that category. If the Colts can establish a running attack, mix in the pass when needed, they are going to be tough to handle. Not saying they can do those things. That's why we play the game.

As I watched video on DeSales all I could think was "Why in the world does Scott not have D1 schools flocking to him!"

That kid is as good of a DE as the kids from Doss last year for sure. Heck, I think he could be a D-1 H-Back for someone that runs that style of Offense. He has great hands and is not afraid to block.

Typically you won't see Belfry have big sack numbers. The lone exception was when they had Ray Horton because Horton was literally impossible to block without double or triple teaming him. Belfry usually errs on the side of being super conservative against the pass. It is probably one of the biggest critiques of the Belfry staff is sometimes that conservative approach allows QB's too much time (see the Pikeville game this year).

It's no secret what Belfry will do Friday. You are going to see a 3-4 look where the two DE's stand up as LB's. Belfry is going to dare DeSales to be patient and accurate and try to keep the run game funneled between the hashes. The good news is just as Scroggins knows how to defend Belfry's offense, the exact same can be said for Haywood and how he has handled Scroggins' offense.

By and large Belfry has fared very well against Scroggins' offense (Coach Simpson was the OC technically) over the years and outside of a handful of trick plays or big plays they have gave him fits including nearly pulling a monumental upset Ace Wales' senior season.

I don't think Scroggins had as many weapons on Offense at one time as this Colts' team has, but I also don't think the DeSales line is at the level as he was accustomed to having. Losing his son will hurt a little. Avery obviously will not be a major step down at QB, but you do take one more weapon off the field in the pass game as a result and Avery was their best guy for taking a crossing route and turning it into a long score.