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Post by coachdoug on Sept 17, 2012 3:19:09 GMT -6
I'm not sure why no one else is participating in these results threads. I'd love to hear how everyone else is doing. In any event, here's what happened to us this past Saturday:
My team faced the favorite in our league to win the championship. We jumped out in front 16-7 in the first quarter, held a 24-14 lead at halftime, then managed to fall behind 27-24 in the 3rd quarter and into the 4th. We then scored the go ahead TD midway through the 4th qtr, held on defense then ran out the clock to win 30-27. It was thrilling victory and an exciting game for the fans to watch. My QB was 19-27 passing for 258 yards and 3 TDs and 1 pick. Good for a passer rating of 179.9. We're now 4-0. We almost gave the game away with turnovers - 3 turnovers led directly to 3 of their TDs on short fields (33, 32, and 4 yds). Overall we out-first-downed them 19-7, and won the total yardage battle 341-131. We had zero penalties, they had 9. We probably should have won by mercy rules, instead we almost lost. Exciting, fun game. Many of my players had never beaten any team from this program, so it was a really big thrill for them. One of the more enjoyable victories I've been a part of in a while.
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Post by coachbuck on Sept 17, 2012 4:08:30 GMT -6
We played what I considered to be one of our toughest opponents this weekend. When I scouted them their running back was as big as mine but faster. Our main rb I feel is the best in the league but this guy is a close second. When I scouted him he touched the ball three times and scored three times then they pulled him. All week we preached pursuit by our defense. Defending the cut back and counter. Mid way thru the second qtr we where up 28 to 0. Final score was 50 to 30. They scored when our top six players where out. For the first time I think this team is coming together. This was by far our best game from top to bottom. We dominated every phase of the game. If my team continues to improve like this we will be loaded for bear for the playoffs. Its always fun seeing a team grow and get better. We are now 2-1. I hope I had my one and only humble pie for the year.
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Post by bobgoodman on Sept 17, 2012 12:57:19 GMT -6
I'm not sure why no one else is participating in these results threads. I'd love to hear how everyone else is doing. I'm posting mine in the 2012 results thread at DumCoach, and would consider it spam to copy it here, and don't feel like doing a different writeup, but I'll summarize. We (Saints in Pee Wee div. of the Warriors) lost 0-16 to the Rams, so now we're in last place (0-1) with the team that beat us 1-0, and the other 2 teams (Black Knights & Javelins) tied 0-0-1. |
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Post by coachdoug on Sept 17, 2012 15:18:00 GMT -6
We played what I considered to be one of our toughest opponents this weekend. When I scouted them their running back was as big as mine but faster. Our main rb I feel is the best in the league but this guy is a close second. When I scouted him he touched the ball three times and scored three times then they pulled him. All week we preached pursuit by our defense. Defending the cut back and counter. Mid way thru the second qtr we where up 28 to 0. Final score was 50 to 30. They scored when our top six players where out. For the first time I think this team is coming together. This was by far our best game from top to bottom. We dominated every phase of the game. If my team continues to improve like this we will be loaded for bear for the playoffs. Its always fun seeing a team grow and get better. We are now 2-1. I hope I had my one and only humble pie for the year. Good job, coachbuck - keep it rolling!! |
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Post by bigshel on Sept 17, 2012 19:22:03 GMT -6
Haven't been on here in a while. Like Bob, I've been posting over on DumCoach. We're now 3-0. Won this weekend 39-8. It was a relatively close game in the first half (we were up 14-0 at halftime), I think due to the fact that our kids were overconfident and mailing it in, and their kids were were playing hard with a chip on their shoulder. We broke it open in the first five minutes of the third quarter, after some halftime adjustments - some physical, some mental (if you know what I mean). We had to give up a touchdown in the end to keep our HC from being suspended due to mercy rule violation (or so said our Org President), though I don't feel it was our fault; our opponent fumbled the kickoff into their own endzone and one of our kids fell on it. How do you tell a kid not to do that?  |
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Post by 19delta on Sept 17, 2012 22:16:23 GMT -6
We played in a 6-team jamboree on Saturday. 5 games, each game 20 minutes with a running clock.
We went 2-3. Lost the first two games 6-0 and 8-0, won the third game 12-8, won the 4th game 12-0, and then got smoked 32-6 the last game.
It was a fun day...we have 21 kids on the team and they all started every game, either on offense and defense and got to play a ton of football.
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Post by zp1 on Sept 18, 2012 13:54:52 GMT -6
3rd/4th graders. We were coming off a tough loss. In practice, we really emphasized 'do your job'. Noted how a simple breakdown by one player can lead to a long TD or score that gets us beat. Worked our playaction passing. Kids really bought in.
On to game day. They have a superfast running back no one has been able to stop. Won the toss. Took the ball. Came out hot. QB went 5/6 on first 2 drives. Went up 14-0 at end of 1st quarter. Kids really working together and communicating, especially on defense. Keeping everything in front and shutting down the passing and reverses. Super running back is bottled up.
Other team battled back. We could not get any traction with our offense. Not able to sustain anything. They scored in the 3rd and again in the 4th to tie it when 4 of our kids get in place but no one can make the stop. Got the ball back with about 2 minutes left. Used two plays to setup a counter. RB broke free on the left side, safety closed at the sideline, RB dead to rights (kid has no moves)...... RB stabs his foot in the ground, cuts like he is Barry Freakin Sanders, and races down the sideline with me running the sideline behind him for the win. Kids go nuts. Coaches go nuts. Just hope no one got Coach on video running like a idiot and fist pumping like we just won the NFC championship game.
Evened our record to 2-2 with our toughest opponent up after the bye.
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