[bucslover68]

Ivan calls 99% of the plays. I spent an entire season on the sidelines listening to the plays being called in when holes and gaps in the D were wide open, and Ivan just wouldn't listen and would run the same play over and over again.

I know there will be mistakes, but to try and throw 20 times last Friday when we are getting 6 or 7 yds a carry is inexcusable in my book. Mason a passing team threw less than we did, by a wide margin.


Russell was not an underdog in either game, 2005 was a very down year in Belfry standards. Those games were toss ups.

Now this Friday we are underdogs, but however, Dave should be back, the weather should be better, but we'll be lucky to see 5 passes. Mason had terrific pass D all year, but terrible run D. Raceland has great run D, but not a very good pass D. So we'll try and run against them, just like we tried to pass against Mason in a monsoon.

IMO the 05 team was better than the 06 team due to Matt Maynard's speed and the all-around ability of Aaron Chapman. He was big number 30, who dominated Russell almost by himself in the second half. You are right that the games were tossups. Most people look back at the 05 year as a "transitional" year, from the Jones and Howard era, rather than a "down" year. It's funny, but most Pond Creekers still say that Belfry was "one motion penalty away" from three titles in a row.