[Belfry0304]

Lawrence County simply played a great game. No one is over or under rated, They spread field well and run play fakes and many QB runs that confused us, they have the talent to pull those plays off. This game is a great wake up call that shows the Pirates that no one can be overlooked. We could have possibly lost should Sheppard have stayed in the game.

The Offense - The big plays came on our typical fake inside run-pitch to the outside plays, yet we still kept trying to smash it up the middle and Lawrence came prepared for that. However, if we faked inside-ran outside every time, they would expect that too. Charlie did a better job this game with his solid yardage carries, but the big props go to Thomas and Ivan. Ivan used his strength, size, and speed to bully them, while Thomas found his holes and used that speed burst to get through them, nice job.

The Defense - They looked a little lost at times, When Lawrence spread the field out we had to put the defensive ends covering the receivers, which lessened our pass rush. We still got to them, but not like against Holy Cross. Props to that whole team on staying strong the whole game.

The O-Line - They blocked pretty good, Not anywhere close to great, however they had a false start problem the whole game. I didn't see any specific players that did it, I just knew it seemed like every time a yellow flag went up our o-line was jumpy. They did bring a confusing defense, the linebackers came up beside the defensive lineman in their stances, it was hard to tell who was coming on a blitz.

Belfry definitely needs to use this game as a measuring stick to realize, they can't look over anybody and need to send everyone home aching, Lawrence County, Johnson Central, East Carter, and every other team on the schedule.

The Lawrence County offense had me thinking, why doesn't Belfry try a few plays from this? Andrew's a quick quarterback with a pretty good arm, Thomas is a flat out speed back, and Ivan has it all. Why not line Andrew up in shotgun, put Thomas and Ivan to his left and right, and a run a little spread option style offense. That would be a nice new element to the playbook, Belfry has the talent for it.