Well, we lost in the playoffs 14-6 last weekend. Tale of two halfs. After we returned the opening kickoff for a TD, we gave up 14 points on their first two drives (after giving up 25 points all season). First time a team drove on us all season. They didn't do anything special, they just played more physical than we did in the first half. Did have some gap integrity issues with my weak side end and a couple of ill timed offsides, but for the most part they just lined up and beat us up. Did I mention after their first TD, we fumbled on our first offensive play and they recovered.
So at halftime, went over alignment issues and just challenged the kids to step up. The result was 3 drives and -negative 20 yards for the other team. SO we went from playing our worst defensive half of the season, so our best defensive half of the season. So after we stop them on the first drive of the half, we run Zone red, QB keeps for about 40 yards, we lose 25 of it because of a clip 10 yards behind the runner. No problem, we still get a first down out of it. Very next play, we run bubble screen that the Back drops and doesn't cover up. Of course, refs call it a lateral and they recover. Can you say momentum killer?
We lost the game on offense. 3 turnovers (they had 0) and 5 penalties including two on long runs that put us inside their 15 in the second half. BTW, the last turnover was a fumble handoff by one of our best players on their 5 yard line with a minute left. Yeah, that kind of day.
So, now we are going fishing. Gonna finish up with a bowl game or two and hopefully on a positive note and turn it in. The talk is already starting about me and the staff moving up with this group, but it's too soon after the loss for me to even think about next season.
