Post by coachdoug on Sept 3, 2012 2:17:29 GMT -6
We played our second game on Saturday. Again, I went in almost completely blind. All I knew was that these guys weren't very good last season as Jr. Midgets, and they lost in week 1 by mercy rules to the best team in our league. What I didn't know was that they had added a bunch of big bodies and one good back. The had 4 or 5 players over 200 lbs, including 2 over 250 (I have one kid over 200, and he's about 215).
I was expecting to win this game easily, but I know better than to take any opponent (especially one I have no scouting report on) lightly. Sure enough, our kids came out flat and played like crap in the first half. At halftime we were behind 12-6 after giving up a TD on a long pass then, on the ensuing kickoff, having the ball stripped from our returner and returned it for another TD.
We regrouped and played much better in the second half, outscoring them 26-6 to win 32-18. We did not give up a first down in the second half - they scored when my kicker didn't understand my instruction to pooch the kickoff and their returner took it back for a TD.
We continue to have the dropsies on offense - 8 more this week (that's 14 total in two weeks). Our passing numbers were 4-17 for 149 yards and 3 TDs. If we caught all the drops, our numbers would have been about 12-17 for about 270 yards and 4 or 5 TDs. Our starting center was out and our backups were about 135 and 125 lbs - going up against their 270-pounder. We had about 6 or 7 bad snaps, and it really limited our ability to run the ball between the tackles - they were throwing our center back about 3 yards after every snap. Anyway, if you don't count the bad snaps against our rushing totals, we had 18 rushes for 107 yards. Not great, but not too bad all things considered.
We are now 2-0 on the year and again I know very little about our next opponent, but I am going to try very hard to get a scouting report this week.
I was expecting to win this game easily, but I know better than to take any opponent (especially one I have no scouting report on) lightly. Sure enough, our kids came out flat and played like crap in the first half. At halftime we were behind 12-6 after giving up a TD on a long pass then, on the ensuing kickoff, having the ball stripped from our returner and returned it for another TD.
We regrouped and played much better in the second half, outscoring them 26-6 to win 32-18. We did not give up a first down in the second half - they scored when my kicker didn't understand my instruction to pooch the kickoff and their returner took it back for a TD.
We continue to have the dropsies on offense - 8 more this week (that's 14 total in two weeks). Our passing numbers were 4-17 for 149 yards and 3 TDs. If we caught all the drops, our numbers would have been about 12-17 for about 270 yards and 4 or 5 TDs. Our starting center was out and our backups were about 135 and 125 lbs - going up against their 270-pounder. We had about 6 or 7 bad snaps, and it really limited our ability to run the ball between the tackles - they were throwing our center back about 3 yards after every snap. Anyway, if you don't count the bad snaps against our rushing totals, we had 18 rushes for 107 yards. Not great, but not too bad all things considered.
We are now 2-0 on the year and again I know very little about our next opponent, but I am going to try very hard to get a scouting report this week.
