Gridiron60 2,555 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Thoughts? Hard to beat a team twice in same year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham32 335 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, Gridiron60 said: Thoughts? Hard to beat a team twice in same year. Gonna be a barn burner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridiron60 2,555 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 15 minutes ago, graham32 said: Gonna be a barn burner It will be close & Graham will need their A game. Defense better show up big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRISH-FAN18 323 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Going be hard for Union to stop Graham's offense. Graham's definitely better now compared to when they played a couple months ago. That being said, Union for some strange reason plays really good at Mitchell. I expect some real hocus pocus when these two step on the field. Gridiron60 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vol Hater 276 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Will this be a Friday night or Saturday daytime game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, UNION'S HAMMER said: Will this be a Friday night or Saturday daytime game. I heard Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham32 335 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 16 minutes ago, UNION'S HAMMER said: Will this be a Friday night or Saturday daytime game. Saturday probably 1pm Mountain Football 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Graham needs to work on their special teams this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwvaOG 601 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Gridiron60 said: Thoughts? Hard to beat a team twice in same year. Look no further than the Richlands/RV rematch. Look, if I’m Graham….I’m shamelessly stacking the box and run blitzing. I do think Union’s running game is a bit predictable. You have a good idea where it’s going pre-snap…you just have to stop it. I consider the Jenkins kid the only true passing threat…maybe press him or put Bradshaw on him in man coverage. Doesn’t seem like Bradshaw likes run support too much what what I’ve seen in film. Against Union, your safeties have to be “dogs” and want to stick the RB. If not….huge day for Union. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwvaOG 601 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 52 minutes ago, Mountain Football said: Graham needs to work on their special teams this week. Almost every team I’ve watched hasn’t been really sharp on special teams. Does it not get the focus it used to? I mean…just poor fundamentals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Sasquatch 1,865 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Should be a good game. Graham should game-plan to stop Lomax. Make somelbody else beat you Bradshaw needs to be targeted about 20 times. He is getting a td every 2 or 3 touches. Get him the ball more. It's time to bring yiur best effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghs73 157 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, SwvaOG said: Almost every team I’ve watched hasn’t been really sharp on special teams. Does it not get the focus it used to? I mean…just poor fundamentals. Well I saw Lee return one kickoff to their 46 or so but after that the rest they were pinned up deep Bradshaw returned the one punt for a td. And yes our one punt attempt In the second half by the second string was blocked. So how much better do they need to be seeing as how teams do not kick to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, SwvaOG said: Almost every team I’ve watched hasn’t been really sharp on special teams. Does it not get the focus it used to? I mean…just poor fundamentals. I honestly couldn't tell you how often it's worked on. Graham's problem the last couple weeks has been centered around the kickoff team. No fault of the kicker either. He's getting the ball inside the 10 but the cover team is allowing big run backs. Kids see highlights of big hits on kickoff and punts. 9th and 10th graders are not big enough to be laying people out most of the time. Wrap up! If they won't do it find someone that will. A kick return is a huge mental momentum swing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridiron60 2,555 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Real Sasquatch said: Should be a good game. Graham should game-plan to stop Lomax. Make somelbody else beat you Bradshaw needs to be targeted about 20 times. He is getting a rd every 2 or 3 touches. Get him the ball more... It's time to bring yiur best effort. I think if Graham can do a better job of stopping Lomax this go around, they can win this one. You’re right, best effort. No half a$$ tackling, no sloppiness, and stay focused. They can’t let up for one second against Union. Union plays well at Mitchell and will be ready in my opinion despite what some Union folks say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwvaOG 601 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mountain Football said: I honestly couldn't tell you how often it's worked on. Graham's problem the last couple weeks has been centered around the kickoff team. No fault of the kicker either. He's getting the ball inside the 10 but the cover team is allowing big run backs. Kids see highlights of big hits on kickoff and punts. 9th and 10th graders are not big enough to be laying people out most of the time. Wrap up! If they won't do it find someone that will. A kick return is a huge mental momentum swing. It’s every team I watch…punt return and kick off returns for TDs happen so frequently now. Go back 20-30 years ago…they were much more rare. I see kids locked in and not adjusting to the ball carrier…I se e a lot of teams not using their better players/starters. Coverage teams not staying in their lanes and some really poor effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridiron60 2,555 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, SwvaOG said: It’s every team I watch…punt return and kick off returns for TDs happen so frequently now. Go back 20-30 years ago…they were much more rare. I see kids locked in and not adjusting to the ball carrier…I se e a lot of teams not using their better players/starters. Coverage teams not staying in their lanes and some really poor effort. Nailed it!!! It may cost some teams a playoff win next week if they’re not careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 hours ago, graham32 said: Saturday probably 1pm According to Graham's Facebook page your day and time is correct. Saturday @1 Graham32 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog05-CO2017 102 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 Is this gonna be at Mitchell ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 16 minutes ago, bulldog05-CO2017 said: Is this gonna be at Mitchell ? Yes bulldog05-CO2017 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10SQUAREBODY4LIFE 239 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 9 hours ago, Real Sasquatch said: Should be a good game. Graham should game-plan to stop Lomax. Make somelbody else beat you Bradshaw needs to be targeted about 20 times. He is getting a td every 2 or 3 touches. Get him the ball more. It's time to They did a good job in the spring, outside of last play, other union backs and qb stepped up. Game didn't disappoint in September either. Hoping for another great one between these 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BandanaVTDavis4321 1,717 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 14 hours ago, Gridiron60 said: Thoughts? Hard to beat a team twice in same year. It's also hard to beat Graham once this year. I like Graham by 14 points or more in the vicinity of 34-17, OR......Union wins close. Will not be any in between in my opinion. I'm going to choose the second option. I think Union beats Graham close. I picked Union to win the Region immediately after the loss to Graham in round one and I'll stick with. They'll run it well enough to limit Graham's possessions and they won't turn over more than once, and they will Beg Graham to throw the ball in the middle of the field and take away the deep pass, and I still think Graham's inability, or almost by choice, lack of intermediate passing game will catch them. Even against Lee High win I watched the game this morning, no across the middle/intermediate routes. I think Union gets a couple picks on deep balls playing center field. Why Graham's offensive staff will not design a pass route across the middle of field 10-15 yards off the ball is beyond my understanding, but I think it's one of the contributors that ends Graham's season Saturday afternoon. On the above, I am just giving my take. I'm no soothsayer and have no idea what the future will be. I'm just giving some reasons/opinions on why I think Union wins it close. I could be dead wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose111874 967 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 Graham 38 Union 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridiron60 2,555 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 56 minutes ago, GilesDavis4321 said: I'm just giving some reasons/opinions on why I think Union wins it close. I could be dead wrong. I sincerely hope you are dead wrong 😂 Mountain Football 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Sasquatch 1,865 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 hour ago, GilesDavis4321 said: It's also hard to beat Graham once this year. I like Graham by 14 points or more in the vicinity of 34-17, OR......Union wins close. Will not be any in between in my opinion. I'm going to choose the second option. I think Union beats Graham close. I picked Union to win the Region immediately after the loss to Graham in round one and I'll stick with. They'll run it well enough to limit Graham's possessions and they won't turn over more than once, and they will Beg Graham to throw the ball in the middle of the field and take away the deep pass, and I still think Graham's inability, or almost by choice, lack of intermediate passing game will catch them. Even against Lee High win I watched the game this morning, no across the middle/intermediate routes. I think Union gets a couple picks on deep balls playing center field. Why Graham's offensive staff will not design a pass route across the middle of field 10-15 yards off the ball is beyond my understanding, but I think it's one of the contributors that ends Graham's season Saturday afternoon. On the above, I am just giving my take. I'm no soothsayer and have no idea what the future will be. I'm just giving some reasons/opinions on why I think Union wins it close. I could be dead wrong. I agree completely about the intermediate passing. Grahams O coordinator had the same issues in 2019. Unless they are saving it, they had better be a little more diverse pretty quick. I'm not sure if Graham's qb (being new to the position this year) has anything to do with it. He has done very well getting positive yardage when under pressure. Surely they have a thing or 2 up their sleeve for Union. I know Union will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T8KNDookeez 100 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 I'm no John Madden but I've played his game many times. Maybe by running those deep routes you either get a mismatch and hit a homerun or you back up 4-5 defenders 25 yards down the field and the QB, which can obviously run has a lot of room after breaking the line of scrimmage. It worked in Madden when I wanted to run my QB. So, are they designed pass plays or designed RPO's for the QB? Tough to stop both. Looking at them from a defensive coaching perspective, Bradshaw requires a minimum of 2 to cover him, then they have 2-3 more WR's that can catch and make plays, a lightning fast RB, and a QB that can run. That's a tough matchup for any team. Not saying Union doesn't have strengths of their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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