[ryanparker]

LOL what world do you live in? Its Ivan Mcglone and you wanna talk about passing?

Thanks to Travis Jones, Russell's running game is on par with what you would expect from them. However, their most successful teams were a little better at passing than this team has been.

During the state championship season of 2005, Russell went 47 for 99 for 1006 yards, 9 TD's, and only 5 interceptions.

In 2006, Russell went 80 for 137 for 1575 yards, 15 TD's, and only 7 interceptions.

2007 was a little worse, but was still respectable. 51 for 103 for 997 yards, 8 TD's, and 6 interceptions in 2007.

There was a dropoff in 2008 when Russell went only 37 for 102 for 947 yards, 10 TD's, and 9 interceptions.

This year, Russell is only 12 for 41 for 217 yards with 4 TD's and 8 interceptions, and most of those completions and TD's have come from Sparks at the end of games.

I think Coach McGlone is willing and even wants to pass enough to keep opposing defenses honest, but this year the stats clearly show the passing game is completely non-existent. Looking back, the stats also clearly show if Russell has a little bit of a decent passing game, then they have a much greater chance of doing well against good teams.