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Ive seen both teams plays (Raceland and Belfry) and all the Belfry fans seem to talk about Belfry playing their best game against JC. Raceland is much much more talented than Belfry. Belfry just has the size. JC fans and players should be mad with Matney, that is one of the most poorly coached games Ive ever seen. First of all they ran the same play over and over right into the hart of Belfry's D. Then when they tried to pass they would only send Welch out by himself against 3 DB's. All of Russell's recievers are better than Welch I thought, he did not seem that impressive to me. Of course it was raining. There were so many holes in the Belfry pass coverage I can't belive JC didn't exploit them. I think Russell will exploit them with their pass game. They really worked on it alot at the end of the season, throwing 40 times in their last 2 regular season games. Throwing well, and without their most consistent reciever I might add. I hope Belfry loads the box and brings the house, they don't have the line speed that Ashland had, which is why Ashland hurt us, they had sooo much speed on their dline. Russell will still get their big gains on the ground, Abrams is a good back. But if Russell can throw about 20-30% of their plays, they should be ok. IF AJ has a good night.

Maybe Russell's run defense and inability to tackle made Raceland look more talnted than they really are.

I would say without hesitation that Raceland does not have anyone on the same overall level as Lee, Varney, and Elkins collaboratively.