Post by coachdoug on Sept 10, 2012 23:48:41 GMT -6
I don't start these results threads to brag or cry about my own team so much as to see how everyone else is doing, so please post your results as a reply to this post.
We faced a pretty weak team and jumped out to a 22-0 lead early in the second quarter. From there we didn't want to get to mercy rules (28 pts for us) as that would shut down our ability to run our offense. We put in our weakest 11 on defense and left them in for most of the rest of the game (rotating other players that hadn't played much defense). It took our opponent something like 10-12 plays to score. We tacked on another score early in the second half and they kept turning the ball over (we had 5 takeaways and no giveaways). I put in a RB at QB when we got down to about their 15 to prevent us from scoring. Final score 30-8. We spread the ball around well - completing 11 passes to 7 different players (it would have been 8, but one kid had a drop and we just missed him a couple other times). We also had about 6 or 7 different kids run the ball, including one of our linemen who has a learning disability. It was really cool seeing how excited and supportive the other kids were when we put him in to get his carry. It was a nice moment - we had all the kids sign the game ball and gave it to him.
Next up we have the best team in our league. They will be substantially bigger, stronger, and faster than us. I think we'll be able to move the ball and score some, but I don't know if we'll be able to stop them. Our kids have never seen this kind of speed before and we'll have a hard time simulating it in practice. We'll do our best - I hope we give them a good game.
We faced a pretty weak team and jumped out to a 22-0 lead early in the second quarter. From there we didn't want to get to mercy rules (28 pts for us) as that would shut down our ability to run our offense. We put in our weakest 11 on defense and left them in for most of the rest of the game (rotating other players that hadn't played much defense). It took our opponent something like 10-12 plays to score. We tacked on another score early in the second half and they kept turning the ball over (we had 5 takeaways and no giveaways). I put in a RB at QB when we got down to about their 15 to prevent us from scoring. Final score 30-8. We spread the ball around well - completing 11 passes to 7 different players (it would have been 8, but one kid had a drop and we just missed him a couple other times). We also had about 6 or 7 different kids run the ball, including one of our linemen who has a learning disability. It was really cool seeing how excited and supportive the other kids were when we put him in to get his carry. It was a nice moment - we had all the kids sign the game ball and gave it to him.
Next up we have the best team in our league. They will be substantially bigger, stronger, and faster than us. I think we'll be able to move the ball and score some, but I don't know if we'll be able to stop them. Our kids have never seen this kind of speed before and we'll have a hard time simulating it in practice. We'll do our best - I hope we give them a good game.
