Giles Co @ Cookeville

[MikeWinchell]

Cookeville's ahead 7-3 in the 2nd quarter. Lots of penalties by the cats so far..I think 6. Mitch Byrd hit a 38 yd field goal...I was amazed at this seeing that he missed a crutial extra point last year against Lipscomb. Gile's running game looks good. Passing not good so far neither is the pass defense.

[MikeWinchell]

Byrd just hit a 27 yd field goal...Cookeville 7-6

[MikeWinchell]

Giles is winning 12-7 at the end of the 3rd.

Wallace hit Bailey on a 37 yd TD pass.

[MikeWinchell]

Cookeville wins 25-24. Cookeville took the lead with 3 seconds remaining on the clock.

[4walls]

Espinsosa for Cookeville was 15/24 for 317 yards passing.

[muffin]

Congrats Cavs.

[Antwan]

Espinsosa for Cookeville was 15/24 for 317 yards passing.

 

I was impressed with Espinosa and Cookeville's receivers in the jamboree. He can throw the ball.

[MikeWinchell]

Espinsosa for Cookeville was 15/24 for 317 yards passing.

It was almost as if there wasn't even a secondary out there. Espinsosa threw at will all night. Not taking away from him but Giles defense looked really bad tonight.

[ksgovols]

...........and they lost by 1. What's Giles, 3A?

[SHHSRaiders27]

Espinsosa for Cookeville was 15/24 for 317 yards passing.

No pass defense for Giles Co? Not good news for them considering the way Spring Hill threw the ball tonight...Looks like the Bobcats played a tough game against a pretty good team though.

[66in74]

Espinsosa for Cookeville was 15/24 for 317 yards passing.

It was almost as if there wasn't even a secondary out there. Espinsosa threw at will all night. Not taking away from him but Giles defense looked really bad tonight.

 

Sounds like neither team had much defense in the 4th Qtr.

Cookeville 17 / Giles 13 in the 4th.

That's a wild 4th Qtr.

[WiseOldManGiles]

Hummmm. Lets see. Game is @ Cookeville. Cookeville is 6a. Cookeville has a strong program with excellent coaching staff. Cookeville has more talent and number of players. Word is they are strong with an excellent summer program. They have more size and speed. Looks like the country boys from Giles has their work cut out for them. Being a smaller school, Giles players will have to go both ways. So, fatigue will be a factor for Giles. I'll never bet against Giles so I say a 1 point upset. There you go. Food for thought....

 

There you go. Not a complete game analysis, but close. Cookeville is a very disciplined team. Very well coached. They did not panic at the end and got the job done. EXCELLENT game by their QB. Best of luck to them the rest of the season.

 

The rest of the story on Giles. We did not do the things we do best. The offense did not show up until after half time. I believe we were inside the 30 four times in the first half and came away with 6 points. Two field goals. Take one missed field goal, three missed 2 pt conversions, and mix in a host of penalty's; you get a loss to a very good Cookeville team. The defense did fine. Only gave up 7 in the first half. We missed some assignments, but easy fixes.

 

Future forecast. We lost as a team. Coaches & players. I saw the look in their faces and the looks they were giving each other. They KNOW they can perform better than this. This group leans on each other and are now wounded cats. There wasn't a man that couldn't wait to get started on Sunday. Check back with me after the Lawrenceburg game and tell me I'm wrong. The worst thing that could happen to Giles future opponents just did. A gut check was delivered.