[charlie22]

Hasn't Bell Co and Belfry, possibly other mountain teams that run the ball wond a few State titles? I watched Belfry win one year and threw two passes the entire game.

It occasionally happens. No one can deny that fact. But to me, in order to win a state championship just running the ball or just passing the ball, you have to be significantly better than all your opposition. Whereas, I believe if you run a diversified offense you are able to beat your opposition in years where you may not be significantly better than all your opposition. With advances in coaching and scouting, and so many game tapes being available on the internet, I just feel it's become easier and easier for defenses to be set up to stop one dimensional offenses.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

Oh and someone mentioned that JC doesn't have a D-1 QB like Highlands has Towles. You never will unless you develop them. I love, truly love what Matney has done for JC. It's awesome and no one is trying to discredit Matney or take any thing away from what he's accomplished. But (and you knew that was coming) one can still wonder if perhaps JC would have beaten Highlands last year if they had worked on their passing game more. Perhaps if the receiver had had more opportunities to catch the ball in games, he'd have caught that ball. That's fair to wonder, isn't it?

No one responded to my post earlier: wasn't Sanor the kid some JC fans were saying had a really good arm? Someone on the team did I'm sure because I can remember some JC fans talking about it on here or BGP. If true, imagine being a defensive coordinator trying to defend against JC in 09. You put the kid with the arm in the gun; Jude is the one RB next to him. You put Bratton as the TE. You put Dillon and Hall at WRs. Trim up the big o linemen to improve their quickness and work on drills to improve their foot speed. God that would been one dang tough offense to defend. Corners can't think about helping defend runs by Jude or QB keepers around the end because they have tall, fast and big WRs to worry about. LBers have to be very cognizant of passes to Bratton in the hook zones behind them, thus preventing them from playing so downhill. Defensive linemen can't worry about just creating piles to clog up running lanes because they have to be able to put on the pass rush. Plus if it was Sanor with the good arm, he looked like he moved very well so he's another running threat out of the QB position. Heck, I think doing the above makes JC's running game even better because it spreads out the D and forces the defensive players to be very, very concerned about the passing game. Plus with those receivers, I think you have one helluva passing game if you work on it starting in spring ball and all summer.

Am I crazy JC fans or would that have been one heck of an offense back in 09?