Witnessing some SMC hidings are like how one boxer described facing George Foreman: his gloves were filled with Novocain. This was nothing like that. Last night IMO was the nastiest, most vicious blowout I have sat through, even more so than some endured in 2009. I don’t mean that as a slight...
I must say that, IMO, Rosman played their best half of football thus far during the opening 2 quarters at Mountain Heritage, and drove to the Cougar 4 on the opening drive of the 3rd quarter with a chance to cut the deficit to at least 10 before fumbling. Let's hope the improved play continues...
You can find Rosman stats at my site: https://goo.gl/WG1juh. I forgot to put a link to the game at the home page, so you might need to do a little digging for them.
IMO our last season that didn’t feature a struggling defense was 2006. It’s early in this season, however, so there’s time to get that part of the game figured out.
That pod in 2012 was (thanks to NCHSAA site):
1) Elkin 6-4
2) Murphy 9-1
3) Robbinsville 8-3
4) Thomas Jefferson 5-5
5) Rosman 5-5
6) Hayesville 4-6
7) Cherokee 3-7
8) Alleghany 3-7
Rosman defeated TJCA 26-14 during one heck of a gale (I told our videographer at the time it was as if the game...
17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 08, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00 (Early 21st Century is a bit fuzzy right now) since we hit the 2000s. Now, what we’ve done once we made it is something entirely different. :-)
That 36 points in 8 minute scoring binge before halftime was similar to one of those Swain or Murphy stretches: Punt - TD - Punt - TD - Punt - TD - Fumble - TD - Punt - Return Punt for TD - Halftime. The game was decided in that 1/6th of the contest; there was nothing left.
Their current HC has stated he wants them to be more physical, and that takes time (heck, getting used to any system by a new coach takes time). Will Big Blue ever again be one of WNC's premier football teams? No one really knows, but they don't need me trying to cover them with dirt.
(That...
I thought young Tesnow did all right under center. I say that not to minimize losing Rice (because that is a huge loss), but to say that IMHO we shouldn't abandon our normal way of doing things.