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After watching film, I can promise this won't be a 28 point game either way.

If Belfry misses tackles like they did against JC, or gives up the deep ball like they did against PCC Belfry will be playing catch up.

That being said Bourbon has to pick their poison better this year. Last year they played a guessing game and Belfry's QB did a nice job of reading the defense. The Best and only way to slow down a belly read scheme is to pick your poison and stick with it. If you feel more comfortable stopping the option, take the fb and hb and force the option. If you feel more comfortable with your middle LBs sit your DT in the hole and make the qb give it to the fb, and like wise if you feel more comfortable with the second back, have your DT take the first back and hopefully your end is better than their tackle. Its a very hard offense to stop, and when ran and read perfectly is essentially unstoppable, but it is also a very turnover laden offense if reads are missed. Only time will tell ... but I don't think this will be a blowout either way....

Good post man.

The one thing I will add that I am sure the BoCo staff is not happy about is the fact Belfry's offense looks completely different with the different backfield combos they use.

FB Carr/HB Dari/HB Johnson- Geared much more toward big plays with second man through or outside on the sweep. Carr is constant up the middle but not a big play threat on the dive.

FB Hatfield/HB Carr/HB Johnson- The most complete package. Big play ability on the FB dive, Big play ability on the counter, big play ability on the option with the best accompanying blocking

FB Hatfield/HB Johnson/HB Dari- The quickest Belfry backfield. Not especially good on the blocking side, but the option can go either direction and probably the best for passing

FB Fletcher/HB Carr/HB Dari- Least likely for the homerun ball outside, but the tailor made for converting 3rd and 3's because of their ability to hit the whole and get a forward lean

There are other combos that are shades of grey to each other..but these are the primary looks that are all different than each other and require special attention in game planning.

On top of that, throw in Sani's ability to run... the random appearance by Keaton Taylor at HB instead of WR, and how Belfry's offense changes depending on if they use double tights or a single tight and suffice to say it requires quite a bit of discipline and prep work... even moreso than Bourbon had last year. Having Johnson and Dari truly has changed the entire look of Belfry's backfield since last season and Taylor is extremely dangerous at SE when teams get caught staring into the backfield.