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They’ll pass on that
From the Be Careful What You Wish For file is this comment from Kokomo, Ind., high school football coach Brett Colby:
“We wanted to make a passing team pass and take away their running game. It is a lot easier to play defense when you only have to defend one thing. We made them pass and we want to do that next week as well.”
Colby said that to the Kokomo Tribune after Kokomo beat Mount Vernon, 43-7, on Aug. 22. It’s interesting not so much from a bulletin board standpoint, but for what this game could offer.
Coldwater loves to throw from its shot-gun offense. Just ask Alter or Youngstown Cardinal Mooney. Quarterbacks Cory Klenke and Keith Wenning combined to throw for 3,195 yards and 37 TDs last season.
The Cavaliers graduated their top receiver from a season ago, but plenty of sure-handed targets remain.
Kokomo, meanwhile, rushed a school-record 72 times last week. Yes, 72. The Wildkats — who return eight starters — are in their second season under Colby’s ‘Wing-T in a telephone booth’ offense.
The Kats used 10 backs to ground out 370 yards (5.1 per carry). It’s also interesting to note Coldwater nearly matched that in last week’s 58-19 win over Kenton. Ten backs rushed for 329 yards on 35 carries (9.4 per carry).
A note to Coldwater’s offensive line: Keep an eye out for Kats’ nose guard Cliff Burns. He’s 6-foot-8 and 330 pounds.
In other notes leading into Friday’s games: — Versailles coach Bob Olwin wasn’t kidding about bringing that spread offense to Versailles. QB Jon Richard rushed 22 times for 149 yards and completed 15-of-41 passes for 175 yards in the 43-21 loss to Oakwood. That’s 324 yards of offense from the QB spot.
— Covington’s 32-10 loss to New Bremen was the Buccaneers’ first to open the season since 1994. Miami East was the last to do it, winning 7-6 in 1994. The Vikings, though, haven’t won an opener since.
— Tippecanoe has won 20 straight games in the regular season.
— The Cross County Conference is looking to bounce back in a big way. The league went 1-9 on opening night, with Mississinawa Valley bringing home the lone win (32-6 over Jefferson). The CCC, though, didn’t shy away from the competition. Two Midwest Athletic Conference teams and some quality Southwestern Buckeye League teams lined the CCC schedule.
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By jimi
August 29, 2008 12:33 AM | Link to this
don’t be fooled. they love to test the manliness of a team by running up the middle out of the ‘mini-gun.’worse—if they can get away with it—that is virtually all you will see. it’s a macho thing, but it’s real. ask clinton-massie! ask st. henry!