[Beetle01]

One more question...how come the defense doesn't look to be as strong this year? Over the past few years, many people were claiming Garry Morris was one of the best defensive coordinators in the state. This year, I just mostly read complaints about poor tackling and sitting back in zone coverage. What has happened?

Well the zone works fine if your getting pressure on the QB. However, we are not getting pressure. Also it seems at times the LB's are not filling the holes like they should be. Having some trouble fighting through the "crowd". Also no defensive line penetration and you add that with missed arm tackles or people going for "big" hits and you get what we have seen this year.

That being said I think they have done better than most are giving them credit for. We have held on many 4th and shorts. So we will just have to wait and see. For this team its about motivation on the defensive side. I'm sure they have all been looking forward to these last 3 games. To be honest with the exception of Ashland those other games were barely more than scrimmages, and even the Ashland game seemed to have a scrimmage attitude about it. I hope to see vast improvement Friday night. Simpson is awesome, he may very well be the best RB in Kentucky, especially with the weak oline he has. He has more yards than Rashard Carter on nearly 50 less carries and a much much weaker oline. So this team better be ready, or they will see Simpson touch the ednzone 6 or 7 times Friday.