[oneijoe]

It's very atypical for the Blackcat offense to be ahead of the defense at this point.

This may be the sharpest P-burg offensive performance I've seen in a first game. Players were where they were supposed to be, everyone got off the ball well, the timing was there, and (most importantly) good blocking was thrown all over the field. Add Craynon's speed (next week) to Setser's power and Gearheart's hands, and this offense has the potential to be pretty formidable.

I must say...the flexbone P-burg is running seems to be a more potent running formation than has been the two back shotgun.

The defense played well enough, but couldn't be catagorized as a "shut down" type. The closest the defense gets to that is when it gets pushed back into the red zone when it goes to 8 man defensive fronts.

I see one potentially big problem with P-burg's defense (especially vs. Breathitt Co.). It did NOT do a good job vs. the offensive spread (where P-burg is playing a 3-3 and 3-4). The defensive ends did a decent job of keeping the QB from getting outside, but whichever LB is assigned to spot (needs to be the quickest and surest tackler on the D) was habitually getting locked up with interior linemen on delayed handoffs and QB keepers. If that LB isn't free to make the play, there's too much open space for the runner to break into the secondary. The LB must shake/avoid the block, not just play off it.