Thoughts on William Blount's 2020 Season

[Governm]

The Govs wrapped up another 4-6 season with a 35-6 win over Lenoir City tonight. It was an ugly win. Our offense was dreadful and we scored 35 points. What does that say about Lenoir City? They really struggled... That is the nicest way to say it.

I think that shows that we are way better than we were when we played Heritage because Heritage beat Lenoir City by a point and we were really fortunate to beat Heritage the night we played them.

I feel pretty good about where the football program is. We just closed out back-to-back 4-win seasons, our best two-year stretch in over a decade. The best part is we had a young team this year.

Now here are some negative things that need to be corrected if we want to improve next year:

#1- Our o-line has to get better, period. We couldn't get a push and Clemmer had defensive players in his face a lot this year. If we can get o-line play like we had in 2019 again we could have a really good offense because we have good receivers who can make plays.

 

#2-  This goes along with #1. We need to get better at running the ball. Rushing for 30-something yards in a game isn't a winning recipe in 6A football, especially on nights like tonight where wet balls make it hard to be effective in the pass game.

 

#3-  We don't know whether we will be going north or south in the new region, but we know we will have to make a few long road trips either way. We have to find a way to play well on those long road trips because we have laid some major eggs on the road. We played our worst games of the season at Elizabethton and Cleveland. At some point we are going to have win on the road to get into the playoffs or advance in the playoffs. Playing on the road and riding a bus for two hours is a big disadvantage, but teams still find a way to win those games anyway. 

Now let's go play basketball! I think the boys' team can be pretty good this year. 

Football seniors, I appreciate your efforts and have enjoyed watching you guys play and improve over the last several years.

And congratulations to Trey Clemmer for becoming the Govs' leading passer in school history with over 6,000 yards.  We certainly hate to lose Clemmer, but fortunately his younger brother Matthew looks good too. I think we are in good hands at the quarterback position. Go Govs!

Edited October 31, 2020 by FightOnForWilliamBlount91
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[strongx]

Good post 91! I don’t follow the govs like I used to, but it’s a good sign if they improved during the yr. Honestly the one game I saw makes me wonder how they did beat hairtage this yr. That may show the strength of expectations.

[BarneySox2007]

Hats off to all the young men that played football this year no matter what the record was. The one edge I give WB over Heritage is that it seems to me they do realize how important their feeder program is and has done well over the years. It seems with both schools that truck or car is more important than football to most boys so with that comes a part time job after school to make the payment.

[MLREB]

6 hours ago, FightOnForWilliamBlount91 said:

The Govs wrapped up another 4-6 season with a 35-6 win over Lenoir City tonight. It was an ugly win. Our offense was dreadful and we scored 35 points. What does that say about Lenoir City? They really struggled... That is the nicest way to say it.

I think that shows that we are way better than we were when we played Heritage because Heritage beat Lenoir City by a point and we were really fortunate to beat Heritage the night we played them.

I feel pretty good about where the football program is. We just closed out back-to-back 4-win seasons, our best two-year stretch in over a decade. The best part is we had a young team this year.

Now here are some negative things that need to be corrected if we want to improve next year:

#1- Our o-line has to get better, period. We couldn't get a push and Clemmer had defensive players in his face a lot this year. If we can get o-line play like we had in 2019 again we could have a really good offense because we have good receivers who can make plays.

 

#2-  This goes along with #1. We need to get better at running the ball. Rushing for 30-something yards in a game isn't a winning recipe in 6A football, especially on nights like tonight where wet balls make it hard to be effective in the pass game.

 

#3-  We don't know whether we will be going north or south in the new region, but we know we will have to make a few long road trips either way. We have to find a way to play well on those long road trips because we have laid some major eggs on the road. We played our worst games of the season at Elizabethton and Cleveland. At some point we are going to have win on the road to get into the playoffs or advance in the playoffs. Playing on the road and riding a bus for two hours is a big disadvantage, but teams still find a way to win those games anyway. 

Now let's go play basketball! I think the boys' team can be pretty good this year. 

Football seniors, I appreciate your efforts and have enjoyed watching you guys play and improve over the last several years.

And congratulations to Trey Clemmer for becoming the Govs' leading passer in school history with over 6,000 yards.  We certainly hate to lose Clemmer, but fortunately his younger brother Matthew looks good too. I think we are in good hands at the quarterback position. Go Govs!

Now that's a solid Post 91. Good luck to the Govs. 

[Governm]

18 hours ago, strongx said:

Good post 91! I don’t follow the govs like I used to, but it’s a good sign if they improved during the yr. Honestly the one game I saw makes me wonder how they did beat hairtage this yr. That may show the strength of expectations.

We had our ups and downs this season. We looked like we didn't belong on the field with Cleveland, but we also scored more points on McMinn County than anybody else. We also had a pretty good game offensively against Bradley. 

[BarneySox2007]

Noticed some construction going on across the street from the football field at Heritage Friday Night and wondered if that was the new field houses for the football team and if they have started those at both schools yet? Both stadiums look very nice now and up to date which are a great impression to all visiting fans. That is moving in the right direction to me.

[Governm]

5 hours ago, BarneySox2007 said:

Noticed some construction going on across the street from the football field at Heritage Friday Night and wondered if that was the new field houses for the football team and if they have started those at both schools yet? Both stadiums look very nice now and up to date which are a great impression to all visiting fans. That is moving in the right direction to me.

Yes, that is the field house. Heritage is getting theirs first.

[strongx]

I’m not proud. What is a field house and what is the purpose for football?

[Sandman63]

THe Govs played a not so great LC team who was missing 17 players due to contact tracing.  THe LC team played a 3rd string QB and could not do anything offensively.  I think the LC team at full strength makes that game more interesting.  Honestly, if they have anything offensively and in the kicking game , they outshine the GOVS.  FOr a young team that missed 2 OL, 3 WR, 2 RB and both QBs....its gonna be tough.  Best of luck to both teams next year.

[AlnwickFootball]

18 hours ago, TheGreatWallofAlnwick said:

Yes

Nice screen name.

[Jim1972]

39 minutes ago, Sandman63 said:

THe Govs played a not so great LC team who was missing 17 players due to contact tracing.  THe LC team played a 3rd string QB and could not do anything offensively.  I think the LC team at full strength makes that game more interesting.  Honestly, if they have anything offensively and in the kicking game , they outshine the GOVS.  FOr a young team that missed 2 OL, 3 WR, 2 RB and both QBs....its gonna be tough.  Best of luck to both teams next year.

I watched this game.I couldn't believe this game was competitive at all.Talking to Billy Willis from LC he told me who was out.Its hard for me to believe that WB is improving,one of those 4 wins was against a not so good 1A team.I guess you can make Lemonade out of anything.

[Governm]

2 hours ago, Jim1972 said:

I watched this game.I couldn't believe this game was competitive at all.Talking to Billy Willis from LC he told me who was out.Its hard for me to believe that WB is improving,one of those 4 wins was against a not so good 1A team.I guess you can make Lemonade out of anything.

It wasn't competitive at all. Lenoir City was inept and couldn't even pick up a first down. How do I know WB is improving? Because we played awful Friday night and still won 35-6. Had our offense been clicking we could have scored 80 on that team. 

Oh and we had a real shot at beating Bradley Central and scored more on McMinn County than anyone else all year and we were one of the few teams that scored on Maryville's first team defense. But who cares about all that right? Let's talk about Oliver Springs.

I wish you haters would keep talking about Oliver Springs. We only played that game because the 6A team we were supposed to play couldn't play because of Covid-19, then we scheduled Halls and they agreed and then had to back out too. So we scrambled for a game and came to an agreement with Oliver Springs. What of it? Both teams agreed to and we won on the field and all of our starters were out early in the second half. That powerhouse Greenback couldn't beat them lol.