[oneijoe]

Yeah, they had a several plays of 6+ yards but so did Pburg.

Difference was Corbin sustained long drives as Pburg had a few big plays on a drive and then we ran into a series of questionable calls that halted our drives.

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IMO, the problem Prestonsburg had with sustaining drives lay more in the inability to establish any sort of running game. Between Setser not being 100% and getting outmuscled on the LOS, it just couldn't happen. THAT set the tone for the game.

The only way an offense can move the ball when it's losing the battle in the trenches is to hit for big plays. With the number of pass attempts in the 2nd half for P-burg, it's safe to say that's exactly what the coaching staff was attempting.

I don't think having "more plays in the playbook" would have made a difference. Burchett was forced out of the pocket virtually the entire game. P-burg's completions, by and large, came from the receiver "creating" after his pattern. Tough to sustain an offense built on that.

On the other side of the ball, I thought the defense played a pretty good game. The Blackcats gave up a couple of big runs, but that's going to happen when the defense jams the line. If I were told before Friday Corbin would score 20, I'd have been happy with P-burg's chances in the game.


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