[Panther1]

To put it bluntly. We laid an egg friday night. We couldnt block, we couldnt tackle, and we couldnt hold on to the ball. If you cant do any of those youre not going to beat a quality team. I dont buy into the whole "Moral Victory" hogwash cause in the real world there is no such thing you either win or you lose. We had all the oppurtunity in the world to at least make a game out of this and squandered ever one we had. I know Coach J and the boys in Maroon will correct these problems and the team will be better for it in the end.

Amidst all the "they did a great job" and the "keep your heads up, boys; you fought hard" THIS is the best post in the thread.

Opportunities were a-PLENTY in this game, and 'squandered' is the exact word to use. Really, it's hard to believe that were it not for a couple of fumbles, this game could've been CLOSE in the 4th (still don't know if PHS could've WON it though). That at least says something for their defense.

It's odd to see a team have GREAT fundamentals several weeks (against lesser opponents) and then see how their fundamentals degrade seemingly because the task at hand is tougher.

But I will agree with one other thing in this thread -- the lessons learned in this game COULD have BIG positive consequences on how they play in the future.