Endseeker83

Never did look at your profile pic. Lol Now this discussion makes a lot more sense. Lol As a Sabine fan we now have a mutual opponent. What do you think Malakoff will need to do to pull out the W against Pottsboro. Did you watch the game in person?

Must be another kicker I was thinkin. There was another kid in the region who had booted a couple 40+ yarders. I thought that it was you guys.

Gotta give the guy some love when he makes the play. Looks like this week could have a couple of great kickers, which is rare these days.

Hey man, don’t hate! Lol That’s noteworthy! Lol

Watching the Potts vs. VA film... VA defended the pass REALLY well in my opinion, but at the expense of letting Potts run all over them. I would like to think that we match up a little better at the LOS to not have to completely load the box to limit the rushing yards. Most teams seemed to move the ball of them, but they didn’t all finish and most teams came up with a couple stops on them. We shall see I suppose.

I do worry about playing soft because they could definitely make a living throwing for 5-7 yards every time. I’d like to see us throw a press at them from time to time and/or show press and back out to keeP the QB honest. If we can come up with a couple stops or so, I think we can edge out the win.

I felt like we had to play off the Jeffy receivers out of respect for their speed. I noticed that Sabine at least occasionally jammed the receivers at the line and had a deep safety or 2 over top. I don’t know how much overall speed Potts has at the receiver position, but we might be able to man up on them better that we could Jeffy. If our front can manage the LOS without loading the box I think we could give them some problems, but we’ll see. I’d be afraid to let that QB nickel and dime us to death with 5-7 yard passes. It will be a challenge to navigate their balanced attack. I personally feel like our running game will be a big issue for them, and if they stop that it will take extra bodies. We just can’t give up the big pass plays on D.

I’m STILL seeing life in slow motion right now. Lol

I’ll take Malakoff, but we gotta look into the passing defense. The RB for Potts looks a little more like a power back which I don’t think will give us as many fits as we had this this week, but that QB can throw to plenty of targets and he does it well. They did it to us last year too. We gotta really work that aspect this week for the defense.

So... anyone watching, following, or listening to the Potts game? A very different team than this week. Sounds like that QB is really spreading the ball around in the WR corps.

I gotta say they certainly did hang in there and stick with the game plan. There were a lot of 3rd And 4th down plays where we needed 3 or 2 yards where we got met in the backfield and and had to lean on our bruising backs to make it happen and they produced. That says a LOT about those kids and their heart. As much as I hated playing on a Thursday, the extra day of rest will come in handy for our boys after that barn burner last night.

I don’t know the answer to the question I’m about to ask, and I’m not criticizing, but just curious. When a team starts stacking the box like Jeffy did... like 9-10 players in the box. I know we were still able to move the ball a little, but is there any way to counter that with a pop pass or something? Again, I feel like we will see a lot of that moving forward and wonder if we could make that happen. They were completely dedicated to the run. Any kind of a short pass would have hurt.

I’ve spent a little time hangin out Coach Lane this week, talk about good coaches and mentors. He’s just one of the best. They’ve been mixing and matching some of the big boys to find the right combo for the o line, and this week might be the best one yet! I love that they keep it fresh week in and week out. Coach Watkins just draws up the schemes that work and this week will be no different. Not to mention, these men are incredible classroom teachers as well. They help all the kids achieve off the field as well.

Let’s switch it up a little. Here in Mally we know that 21 and 5 are offensive players to watch. Anyone else? How about defensive players? Just tryin to keep it fresh. I’m enjoying g this thread. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been much opportunity for dialogue until now. Lol

56 plays hard and is always around the pile. That D front is pretty solid, but it will be a clash of the titans just like last year.

Respect. That DE you’re talking about, #56 or something like that?

I’m somewhat impressed with a couple of the D front from Jeffy, but just as last year the big boys on both sides of the ball for Mally are quite athletic for their size. I noticed they loved running right at the big nose tackle from WR because often he just couldn’t quite get there to get a hand on the back. I don’t see #50 or #54 letting that happen and guaranteed #32 will finish the job. The backs are impressive, but it’s almost like #5 will hurt you 2-10 yards at a time and #21 will hurt you 20-40 yards at a time with a little #6 sprinkled in. A formidable foe indeed. Go tigers!!’

Watching some film from WR and Jefferson. WR didn’t play bad in my opinion, but when you let a few plays go for big yardage that sets Jefferson up for easy points, it’s gonna be hard to compete. Mally will have not give up the big play and score when they have the ball. I think our pass rush will get to the QB, but we can’t then let him scramble for 5-10 every play. We have to take care of the ball when we go to the air. Jeffy has some long and fast kids in the secondary. I think Malakoff will have a few more weapons at their disposal on both sides of the ball than West Rusk. Just my 2 cents. I think WR gave them a decent fight, more so than the scoreboard indicated.

What happened on the personal foul ejection on #20 from Jefferson? I think that’s the number?

I haven’t commented the past year or so until late, but I’ve always read. Racer you have always been a faithful supporter of your team and those teams from your area. Respect.

In unrelated news, I noticed that both Spring Hill and Mexia both made the playoffs and won their first round games. It’s good to see that those early opponents that challenged the tigers are having some success in the post season.

Honestly, the Jefferson coaches probably watched the Commerce game last night and noted the importance of extended mistake free drives. Had Commerce been able to consistently do that, the game could have been closer. In short, IF Jeffy can execute the kind of ball control game plan Malakoff employed last year... it could get interesting. Malakoff D will have to play assignment football and not let that 2 headed monster combo of #5 and #21. Go tigers!!!

There will be a lot of fire in this rematch I know it! It’s going to be more than just a football game I got a feeling. Hope everybody plays with a lot of pride a lot of heart hope the best team wins. I’ve got a feeling that whoever wins this game is got a good shot to win the region. Of course I’m picking my tigers, but it won’t be no slouch!

That's about as comparable as I had anticipated. Thanks!

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