[Beetle01]

I'm not that concerned about the D as much as I am the O. Our offense should not be getting stopped more than once or twice a game. Some mistakes have been made. Blocks missed, passes forced, open recievers missed. These are just things that happen at this time of the season. Russell is always a late blooming team. Ive heard it mentioned that Russell is not physical or doesn't like physical games because of what happened at Ashland. I don't think that is true, Ashland just outmanned us at the point of attack plain and simple. They brought the house and pulled backsidde guard and tackle on their trap plays which they ran multiple times for their big gains. This team went up and out played Cabel, granted it was a scrimmage, but CM is bigger, stronger and better than any line we can possibly play this year, that includes Belfry, SC, or Central. Ashland just overloaded us and we didn't make them pay for that aggressive play. I think the coaches realize we need to throw some on first down and definetly on 2nd and shorts to keep teams honest. Then this team will pound it down teams when they have to play their base D and not completely load the box with 9-11 guys.