West Ranch Wildcats 42, Mojave Mustangs 12
Well, we got the jitters out.
After falling behind early 6-0, West Ranch managed to score 42 unanswered points in almost every way possible Friday night in the High Desert. Mojave scored six points at the tail end of the game against West Ranch's reserve unit players.
Now, the technical stuff for any of you who care.
We noticed early that when we moved our tight end from one side of the formation to the other, they overreacted by moving their front four, sending their free safety to the line of scrimmage to the tight end side, and rotating their rover to the tight end side. In other words, they had left their weak side (the side without the tight end) lightly defended because they were so worried about the strong side (the side with the tight end)
Two quick touchdowns later (one breakaway run for 60 yards, one breakaway run for 45, I think it was) Mojave stopped doing that.
Our defense was too aggressive at the start: we were flying through their line like missiles, and as a result could not tackle their backs. We were out of control and missing them. So we made the adjustment to rush under control, and strated trapping their runners. With nowhere for them to go, it was much easier to tackle them.
We got a boost from our special teams: after a kickoff of ours, their deep man coughed up the ball in a big pile. One of our quick-thinking kickoff cover players scooped it up and ran it in for 6.
We also intercepted one of the Mustang passes and ran it back 85 yards for a touchdown.
So, we start out of the gate pretty well, I think.
Next Week: Hamilton High!
After falling behind early 6-0, West Ranch managed to score 42 unanswered points in almost every way possible Friday night in the High Desert. Mojave scored six points at the tail end of the game against West Ranch's reserve unit players.
Now, the technical stuff for any of you who care.
We noticed early that when we moved our tight end from one side of the formation to the other, they overreacted by moving their front four, sending their free safety to the line of scrimmage to the tight end side, and rotating their rover to the tight end side. In other words, they had left their weak side (the side without the tight end) lightly defended because they were so worried about the strong side (the side with the tight end)
Two quick touchdowns later (one breakaway run for 60 yards, one breakaway run for 45, I think it was) Mojave stopped doing that.
Our defense was too aggressive at the start: we were flying through their line like missiles, and as a result could not tackle their backs. We were out of control and missing them. So we made the adjustment to rush under control, and strated trapping their runners. With nowhere for them to go, it was much easier to tackle them.
We got a boost from our special teams: after a kickoff of ours, their deep man coughed up the ball in a big pile. One of our quick-thinking kickoff cover players scooped it up and ran it in for 6.
We also intercepted one of the Mustang passes and ran it back 85 yards for a touchdown.
So, we start out of the gate pretty well, I think.
Next Week: Hamilton High!
