Katy Humbles Humble in 51-10 Rout

Posted by KT2000 at November 24, 2008

The 3s got in on the action too

The offense accomplished 11 goals and the defense got 9 of their team goals. Special teams got three. I’m pretty sure this is our best game of the year so far in combined offense and defense goals. We were over 400 total yards and Humble didn’t crack 100.

The offense did a good job of starting the game well. We tend to struggle the longer it takes us to get into a game, so it is always good to see the team take the early initiative and make something happen. We took a shot on the first play and didn’t connect. We need to get that deep ball going again because it opens things up in the box. That’s been a little too hit and miss since the Cinco game. Coach Dowling praised a few of the mid level reads that Parker made, such as the TD pass to Brandt over the middle and the first down pass to Zach Swanson. The play Brandt made was Fuda-esque. In my opinion, the pass Ray made to Hershey on the third and long is the best pass he’s thrown all year so far. Humble had double coverage in the area, and Ray had to drop the ball in a pretty tight window. It was a perfectly executed throw and catch. Coach stressed ball security again with the two fumbles we had. Will Jeffery may have been able to protect the ball a little better on his fumble, but I thought the Webber fumble was just a great play by Humble (LB put helmet on the ball). We were lucky it went out of bounds, and Hershey bear crawled over to try and recover. Great effort on his part. Coach Dowling said it was good to see the team respond after the Wildcats got some momentum there in the second quarter. The third down pass from Ray to Hershey was the back breaker in my opinion. Coach said he was pleased to get as many players in the game as we did.

Defensively, Humble’s only real drive of the game was their first. They hit us underneath for a slant and then the RB Young broke his one long run of the game to set them up in scoring position. The defense did well to keep them to an FG attempt. Coach Miller and Coach Joseph dialed up the heat a few times, and that pressure helped lead to some big plays for us on defense. A good example of that was Caleb Chandler’s INT. A blitzing LB rushed the passer up the middle to force a decision, Chandler was in good zone position underneath and was able to make a nice play on the ball. The defensive line was also active as far as getting passes batted down. Matt Wiens and Nick Narcisse were both credited with PBUs. They also recorded a sack apiece. We knocked their starting QB out of the game with a separated shoulder, and that’s why they used a couple different players under center for the rest of the game. One of them was a true freshman. The coaches pointed out the talent Humble had and it was good to see us keep those guys under wraps. It’s always scary to play teams with big receivers.

The kicking game wasn’t as strong this week as it usually is. We lost a few kicks out of bounds, and they also got us on the punt return. It looked like our gunners eased up a little once the ball hit the ground thinking they were going to be able to let it bounce and down it. Coach Miller said Humble’s return man did a good job of picking the ball up and making a play. Miller also pointed out the beginning of the punt because several players ended up on the ground at the point of attack. As a result, the coverage was scattered as players got off the ground and tried to go cover the kick. We were too spread out and gave the Humble return made too much space to make moves. The kick off coverage was sound and we didn’t get any kicks blocked.