Wayne Grant
Wayne Grant
athletes bit good group high love quality quick school team
This group didn't have the high quality athletes (we had in 2003), but we had a lot of good high school athletes who love to play the game. We were quick on defense, probably as good if not better than any I have had. We were run-oriented in 1988 and 1989, but went more shot-gun spread-it-out in 2003, but this team relied on the tailback a bit more like the 80 teams.
james needed runs time tired
I think James was probably just tired from those long runs he had in the first quarter, so he needed time to rest.
beginning came flat game halftime knew played second sharper
I think we were a lot sharper in the second half. We came out flat in the beginning. At halftime we knew we had to get physical. Barrow played a game tonight.
beating excited four happy hard last took work
I'm really excited four our kids. They took a real beating last year. A lot of hard work and preparation went into this and I'm happy for them.
coming dead defense fake fish forgot kick knew saw tackle water
It wasn't a fake - he saw the defense coming and knew he couldn't get the kick off. We forgot to tackle him. We had 'em dead in the water and the fish got away.
ball control easy game plan turn
We wanted to get him tired. We didn't want to give up the big play. The game plan was to control the ball and not turn it over, and not give up the easy score.
ball game ground throughout wear
We wanted to keep the ball on the ground throughout the game and wear them down, and we were able to do that.
physical second
We got a little more physical in the second half.
blocking interfere interior line scheme second worked
We made some adjustments on the interior line to interfere with their blocking scheme in the second half. It worked out better for us then.
playing region start
When you start playing these better region teams, you have to play well.