Rhea County vs. Knox Catholic

[IrishBBall]

9 hours ago, Rhea Co. said:

Well I thought it might have been alittle closer like two TDs, but that's the way it goes sometimes. Knox Catholic is a very good football team and they showed it tonight. The kickoff return for the TD right before half was a killer. Overall, we played ok considering the opponent. Still got quite a  few things to work on. Going back to the old offense I think helped alittle bit. You want to get that win to secure the Region Championship and home field advantage for the first two rounds. Well on to Marion Co and a familiar face in Coach Harmon. 

I was a little surprised that they kicked the ball to Bussell especially after the first return. Catholic played well tonight. It was fun to watch Coach Pemberton's offense do what it has done for years. I was sitting with two former coaches on his staff and they were calling the plays out. Nothing has changed from his days at Catholic. Grind and go then bust a longer run. It's a shame he doesn't have a go to receiver. He made my son an All-State receiver passing about three times a game.

[Eagle4life55]

Well, last night sure was disappointing. I know we didn't have any passing yards but we did run the ball better. Our defense just couldn't get them stopped. The good thing is we have Marion next. We should get a huge win and a running clock for the 2nd half.  

[Eagle57]

11 hours ago, FootballFan51 said:

What was the final score?

49-24 KC

 

Edited September 29, 2017 by Eagle57
wrong score

[wingman10]

Good win for KC...RC has a good chance of beating MC

[Eagle57]

I thought RC played well enough on offense. In my opinion the wing t offense is the cause of most of our issues on defense. With so many teams playing some form of the spread, we have to practice against our own offense which very few teams run. We have no passing game so how are we going to defend against it on Fridays? Any thoughts?

[oridgecat]

6 minutes ago, Eagle57 said:

I thought RC played well enough on offense. In my opinion the wing t offense is the cause of most of our issues on defense. With so many teams playing some form of the spread, we have to practice against our own offense which very few teams run. We have no passing game so how are we going to defend against it on Fridays? Any thoughts?

I'm sure your defense practices against the scout team offense, which runs that weeks opponents offense.  They don't just practice against the wing t.  

[Eagle57]

7 minutes ago, oridgecat said:

I'm sure your defense practices against the scout team offense, which runs that weeks opponents offense.  They don't just practice against the wing t.  

I'm sure they try to. But we can't throw the ball with our BEST players. How good could the scout team possibly be?

[Eagle4life55]

1 hour ago, Eagle57 said:

I thought RC played well enough on offense. In my opinion the wing t offense is the cause of most of our issues on defense. With so many teams playing some form of the spread, we have to practice against our own offense which very few teams run. We have no passing game so how are we going to defend against it on Fridays? Any thoughts?

I have not thought about this before, but that is a very good point. How could the scout team players run an offense and give a good look to the defense? They have never been taught how to run those types of plays. That really makes a lot of sense. "The best offense is a good defense".

[RCfan]

And here we go......

[TNVolFan2000]

The offense that Rhea runs is a BIG advantage to them both offensively and defensively.  A couple of points:

• Teams that play against us have the same issues of preparing that we have in preparing against them.  Unless they run the offense, they are not effective at simulating it either.  
• When effective the run oriented football style slows the game down,  gives defensive players a rest and in general neutralizes situations where the other team is faster, stronger, etc.  

Playing against spread teams is not new.  Rhea has been doing that for years and has been very successful against them - look at the records, maybe not so much this year, but the last 4 years. 

Against a team like Catholic, you can either try to outscore them (aka Soddy's approach - obviously Soddy running a similar offense did not really help them on the defense side of the house either) or slow the scoring down with a methodical offense that keeps a offense that will score no matter the defense on the sidelines. 

[TNVolFan2000]

I believe the switch out of the gun back to the offense that has produced the wins is best.  Just my opinion but it seems to fit with the personnel on the team and what works best.

 

[TNVolFan2000]

On 9/29/2017 at 10:54 AM, oridgecat said:

I'm sure your defense practices against the scout team offense, which runs that weeks opponents offense.  They don't just practice against the wing t.  

Exactly.  And I am sure the opposing teams try to figure out the wing t as well. Advantage both ways.