[Hound05]

The kids at JC that would be jrs. Now were awful in middle school I think they were the group that didnt play any play off games  and had a lot of turmoil. the last few years they have been more ordinary at those ages. So I would say they are on a down cycle. Matney is hard to replace for sure. But give Peck some time, he has to make things his own and that is hard to do quickly when you follow the guy.

From the outside looking in and having no inside knowledge or connection to them. They almost remind me of Belfry. They had the type of kids for the the specific kind of offense they ran for several years. The big strong lineman who would blow you off the ball and get into the secondary, and that complimented their backs. Who were very hard to bring down! and usually had some speed, and at least one very speedy back. When you get those kids year after year and you're really not having to replace kids when they graduate with an offense designed for it, the end result is gonna be success. But like Belfry, when you have a drop off in lineman and good power backs with speed, the offense is going to take a step back. You either adapt to your kids, or settle for what you get. I think if they could throw in 15ish passes a game that'd really open their run game back up. Not like its been in the past decade, they've had some excellent backs and several D1 lineman come through, but enough to give teams fits. Unless you have teams like they had 4 years ago, defenses stack the box, they D is gonna win 9 out of 10 just for the shear fact of numbers. 8 or 9 vs 7.