[Mr. Right]

I'll say this: as a former lineman, Belfry REALLY needs to work on the O-line. They were just porous the other night. When your QB gets hit faking a handoff on a play action pass, something is way wrong. Also, the RBs weren't really running THAT hard. I don't know if they were just slow in the heat, slow in the preseason, or if they've slowed down this year, but both Maydo and CC looked a lil sloppy compared to last year. Phil looked great though. I'd have liked to have seen more of Heath with the first string offense, but I can't take anything away from how Phil ran when he had the opportunity. He had a great run and would have scored but barely stepped out.

Defensively, we did well other than against the pass, and 2 running plays. Either JC scored on the run, or we shut them down completely. IIRC they ran for 2 TDs, and all the rest of their running plays were stopped at the line or behind it. Also, they exploited a certain sophomore DE who shall remain nameless, but who should have been pass rushing and not covering recievers in the first place.

TBH though, I was only disappointed in the O-line. Now, if JC has 3 or 4 first team D-linemen when all state is announced, then I will not be nearly as disappointed in the big guys then as I am now.

If any of our O-linemen read this, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. Advice I'd give you is to work on being quicker off the snap. You should aim for hitting the D-line while they are still in their stance. Do that and you own them, no matter how much they bench, squat, or weigh. Get Ryan in the groove of calling plays on something other than 1 to help you out. If the D-line anticipates a play on 1 and you always run plays on 1, then they've taken away your 2nd biggest advantage. At least they still don't know yet where the ball is going though. Also, gotta hold 'em up for a little bit on a screen pass. I always counted to 3 in my head.

That bold part just cracks me up....