James Blankenship
James Blankenship
compete halftime hang kids
We told the kids at halftime that the first thing we wanted to see was for them to compete in this kind of situation. We didn't want to hang our heads. We wanted to go out and play as a team.
box close committing daring eight gibson kids offensive running southern stop
Gibson Southern was committing eight in the box to try to stop our running game, kind of daring us to pass. We had some kids make some big plays, but I still don't think we are even close to where we should be on the offensive line.
coming defense excited happy kids playing
We were real happy with our play early. The kids were really coming off the ball, playing excited on defense and offense.
circus eventually happen happy kept kicked kids loud music night seemed time waiting weird
It started out weird, and then it just kept getting more weird as the night went on. I don't know of much that didn't happen in that game. Even when we kicked off, it was an adventure. I was just happy that our kids did eventually take control. I was waiting for them to play circus music at any time over the loud speaker, because that is what it seemed like.
came effort gave great kids positives proud second themselves
These kids gave a great effort tonight. We were proud of them in the second half. And I think the kids feel a lot better about themselves after the way they came out in the second half. We have some positives to take away from this.
ball bring capable kids obviously putting running secondary tough
We have some kids capable of running the ball, ... Tonight, Sammy was obviously running very, very well. We were just going to keep putting the ball in his hands. He did have some holes, and once he got in the secondary he was pretty tough to bring down.
both exposed front gets goes handled kids physically ready season sides talked team
They physically handled us up front on both sides of the ball, and we weren't ready for that. A lot of our kids hadn't been exposed to that kind of varsity football. But we have talked to the kids, and we are going to be a team that gets better as the season goes along.
backs bit came cross fact quarter second split wore
Jasper is a little bit more multidimensional this year. That came from the fact that they got the fullback involved, having split backs and being able to cross things up a little bit. And I thought they really wore us down from the second quarter on.
expanding felt game open ourselves simple start
We had to start expanding our offense. We had been too simple for too long, and we had to open ourselves up. We felt like this was a very important game for us.
coming good hotels number people support
We started out with a good number of folks, and then some of the hotels nearby couldn't support the people coming in. ... There is a lot of overflow.
resort second win
We wanted to come out and win the second half. That is an old cliche, but sometimes you've got to resort to that. And that's where we were at halftime.
city clock control felt game line potential tight
As tight as the game was for a while there, we felt we could control the clock and control the line of scrimmage, ... We didn't want to do anything that would give Tell City a potential big play going the other way.
campus running year
My first year here I had to do a lot more running around campus to get registered,
beginning bit city couple drives finally good great improved obviously quite second stepping
Tell City has obviously improved quite a bit from the beginning of the season, ... They are going to be pretty good in the 2A sectional. In the first couple of drives of the second half, they did a great job. But we just finally started stepping it up.