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Here's my thoughts from the game. I'm going to try to get to every player, but I didn't see them all.

Ivan Lee - Wow! He's sensational. He's fast, strong, bulky, which all combines to make him so hard to stop. After the first play of the game I was thinking "This is going to be a fun year."

Chase Maynard - I'm excited about next year because of him, He should get the backfield spot next year with Thomas, he's crazy good. He looked so light on his feet on his big touchdown run, juking and moving across the field to get away from tacklers with ease.

Gary Hall - He was bullying those offensive lineman all night, it seems like everytime the ball was snapped Gary Hall was in the equation, whether making pressure or putting ballcarriers and quarterbacks on the ground.

Thomas Varney - Very, very good. Quick, got the muscular size to shake people off, I can't wait for this year to see him. Also showed what he does at safety.

Charlie Dotson - Charlie suffered in this game, Chancey Cisco was suspended so Casey Lester started at center, and most of Dotson's runs were up the middle. The Nose Guard for Holy Cross was huge, so with very little blocking being done to him (no disrespect to Casey, I did see a few times where he drove him backwards with ease.) That hurt Charlie.

Shane Blackburn - Shane impressed me, seriously. I talked to him in class the other day and all my friends were doubting he could do good. He had a good rush on the quarterback, not to mention brought solid tackling. Nice job, Shane.

Cameron Tackett - Looked like a little Jimbo out there, nice job.

Nathan Carroll - He's gonna be great, guys. He can control the game from his safety spot alongside Thomas, on the last play before the half Nathan put a hit on that reciever. Hard to believe this kid's about 5'11, 150. Beast.

AJ Patrick - Good strength, great reactions, solid tackler.


This team is good. No suprise right? Wrong. We lost some big people, a starting strong safety, a great guard, alot of the defensive line. It was a question for me going in, can we keep it up? Gary, AJ, Shane, Nathan, Cameron, and Chase Maynard all showed me we're good not only for this year, but next year. Louisville is in sights again.

It's great to see the depth at running back, not only our starters but we have Nathan Carroll, Chase Maynard, Dustin Ray, Gary Runyon, Trey Willis, Howie Dotson, and next year we'll have Blake Newsome. All these kids are sure to be nothing short of amazing, and the oldest one is a junior (Chase.) We all know Belfry's going to be good, but we know the ground game is going to be just as good for five more years.

Great game notes.irateSho