lebanon has me very concerned and here's a couple of reasons why....
the gw offensive line isn't very talented, to be honest. we've had a lot of trouble running the ball between the tackles all year, for the most part, with fort chiswell really being the only exception. seems as if whisman gets way too much pressure on him when we throw the ball. granted it's not EVERY time we have trouble (sure, we'll get a nice gain up the middle, and sure, whisman has time on occasion), but for the most part, we struggle much more than we should.
secondly, our db's will fall asleep from time to time. recievers do tend to find themselves open against us. when gw expects you to throw, you don't have much space to work with.....when you throw on first downs, second and short, etc....we really look hard at the run first. lebanon is a very capable throwing team. i'm just really worried about our db's coming up hard to play run and biting on play action...getting burned in the process.
also, gw is prone to make mental mistakes. dumb penalties and busted plays are common.
make no mistake about it, i'm not proclaiming we will lose this game. however in no way am i staking claim to a victory, either. i think we do have some advantages that lebanon will be very concerned with as well, like our kick and punt returns, our depth at running back, containing ben caudill, and putting a hat on trey smith.
barring any turnovers, this game will come down to two things....big plays (advantage gw) and the trenches (advantage lebanon). we'll worry about that oct 29th, but first of all, there's northwood this week.