High School Memories

David Ching of the Athens Banner-Herald had a great article Sunday on the importance of this past weekends meeting with the out-classed Tennessee Vocational High School. I found several points in the article that I agreed on, but some I didn't.

Ching said we were in need of a good showing regardless of the opponent, which I completely agree with. We needed a confidence boost in any shape or form, and hopefully our high school opponent gave that to us. Ching also said we were in need of a game that we could get some of our inexperienced freshman some valuable game time and the opportunity to make big plays. That was accomplished, and hopefully we can look for more of the same in the games to come. Ealey had his first two career rushing TD's and looked pretty impressive although against an inferior defense. B Smith lined up in the WildDawg and took off for a lenghty run that resulted in a TD. I liked it, but also wondered why we would wait until now to use it. Does anyone besides me think we might have been able to use that spark against the Gaytors last week, or maybe against one of our other SEC opponents who put a whoopin' on us?

Ching also makes mention of the fact that our coaches were also in need of a spark. This I couldn't disagree with more. Coaches shouldn't need a spark to reiterate the fact that what they are doing is working or not working. All this game proved for our coaches is that they obviously aren't up to snuff with the rest of the staffs in the SEC, though they might be world beaters in DII.

There's really not much else to talk about from the weekend. We beat a team we should've beaten by a margin we should have won by. What else is there to say? We looked okay, they looked like an inferior opponent. We should know a lot more about how much our confidence was boosted when the War Tigers come a calling Saturday night.

I'll be back tomorrow or Wednesday with a breakdown, and if possible, I'll get another position by position from Scouts, Inc. Also, if you haven't heard already, the Kentucky kickoff has been set for 7:45 and will either be aired by ESPN/2. Another night game on a national stage in Sanford. WOO.