I think we've made some huge steps this week. The kids have really come together and taken some ownership in what we're doing as players and coaches. I think we've got a big upside. |
Someone will have 1,000 or 1,500 yards. Now whether that's one or two or three guys doing that, I don't know yet. But when we won the state championship [in 2001], we had five different fullbacks start a game. |
They play a lot like we do. They run the ball to throw it. They're tough, physical, and they want to establish the run. |
We learned a lot. That's the most physical game we've played this year, and it was both ways. They were giving it to us, and we gave it to them, and it really took us four quarters to get the run game going. |
We need to win. Every game for us is a playoff game. |
We've got a pretty good feel for this team. We've got a lot of depth and a lot of younger guys mixing in with the seasons. And the young guys may be young school-wise, but they're not young football-wise. They can play. |
We've got some options on offense. We'll run more option, bootleg and waggle, and we'll use fullback, tailback and quarterback as runners. With the quarterback running, we've got an extra threat from what we've had the last few years. |
You've got the kick game, the offense and defense, and you've got to win two of the three if you're going to win the game. We'll be hard-pressed to be beat in the kick game, and if we don't it will be because we didn't do our job as coaches. |