[ComfortEagle]

You said you didn't see any runs up the middle and I was pointing out that most of Harmons runs came up the middle where there were huge holes most of the night. The safety had to make just about every tackle.
Harmon had 102 yards at halftime and I didn't here what he ended up with.
6'5-280
6'3-260
6'0-250
5'11-245
6'2-255
Looks like alot of "meat" to me for a 1A football team!

You are sorely mistaken if you're taking these height and weight charts from an "official" stat book or program. They are heavily padded. I know because my height and weight were NEVER correct in the football programs. The coaches will often try to make the players appear bigger, meaner on the stat charts. It's just a fact, a 6'0'' lineman looks more intimidating on paper than a 5'10'' lineman.

So yeah, I'm not surprised if you're showing me these numbers. However, I watched the game and those kids on the line did not look that big, plus they were getting beat by smaller players. In fact the whole team seemed smaller than teams in the past. Several others that I've talked to have encountered this phenomenon as well. The kids seem to be getting smaller. And if this staff has the kids in the weight room so much then why is the line getting beat by smaller kids?

As for the "huge holes" you saw, they were not there all the time or even often I would say. Yeah, there may have been some huge holes during the game which can be attributed to numerous things, but were they consistent? Obviously not, because Pikeville was going nowhere in the second half. You say that the safety was making most of the plays, but if a safety is the only one getting tackles, then Pikeville would HAVE to gain some yards. You only need about 4 yards a play to get a first down and you're saying the safety was making all the tackles, how can Pikeville not be gaining yards if the safety is making the tackles?

If the runs up the middle had worked then of course, the outcome would have been different. Yes, you can't rely on this alone, but you're making it sound like Pikeville had no trouble running it up the gut, when they hardly went anywhere in the second half.

I will agree that the first half was much better, I don't know if these kids weren't as conditioned as LCA or if they just mentally broke down.