Stratford Post Game

[KTB Mom]

THIS is what I've been waiting to see.

THIS is Katy Tiger football.

THIS looks like a championship team.

Great way to get the job done, guys.

Kudos to Defense. A lot of intensity out there. Great plays.

Congrats to Offense. "Explosive" is the best word that comes to my mind. You worked as a unit and saw the results of your hard efforts.

Great to see the 2nd teamers get some substantial work. I'm sure it will pay off as we go deeper into the playoffs.

Now, on to Round 2.

Bring on Atascocita!!!!!!

[suddenstars]

THIS is what I've been waiting to see.

THIS is Katy Tiger football.

THIS looks like a championship team.

Great way to get the job done, guys.

Kudos to Defense. A lot of intensity out there. Great plays.

Congrats to Offense. "Explosive" is the best word that comes to my mind. You worked as a unit and saw the results of your hard efforts.

Great to see the 2nd teamers get some substantial work. I'm sure it will pay off as we go deeper into the playoffs.

Now, on to Round 2.

Bring on Atascocita!!!!!!

That pretty much says it all.

[Westlandtiger95]

I found it very fitting that Stratford's pre game run through banner said "prepare for Glory". The context is hilarious. King leonidas said that to his fearless spartans as they went willingly/bravely to slaughter. They all knew they were not coming home alive....story not so different today.

[KT2000]

I was really pleased with how the team came out and took the game from the opening whistle. The players were fired up and it obviously showed in their play. The opening KO return was the perfect play. Katy makes more key special teams plays each week.

Speaking of key special teams, Mr. Hurtado deserves special praise for the play he made when he picked up the ball off the carpet in the end zone and still got the punt off. That's the kind of play that saves points and a potentially huge momentum swing. It takes one cool customer to pull something like that off. It is good to see the team making plays in the special teams because those can be the difference in winning or losing at this time of year.

Stratford was able to dink and dunk for some yardage and ate up a lot of clock, but the Tiger D only let them score once before the late consolation. Katy started rotating hockey lines into the game during the third quarter.

Will's running effort today was unbelievable. The cut he made to get out of trouble on his last TD run was awesome. He looked like a young Darren Sproles today. 7 carries, 200 yards, 3 TDs, 28.6 yards per carry. I've never seen a half like that from a Katy RB. Stratford's defense had actually put up good numbers this year. The receivers (WRs, TEs, FBs) had a better game than last week. The route running was improved, and they had the hands working for the most part.

The defensive backs showed up in a big way, and the interceptions are always nice. They did get some conversions on a couple screens, but those were nicely called by Stratford. They caught the Tigers bringing pressure. The other stuff happened on the kind of plays Katy's defense is willing to allow most of the time- like the quick outs. You usually can't win a football game playing dink/dunk, and today was a good example.

This was a very good way to start the playoffs, and a good building block for next week.

[62tiger]

I watch other teams play around 24 to 26 guys MAX(if that)........We have 40+ kids that have real game experience.

That is the difference during a 16 game schedule.

[69tigersqb]

No question depth (and today was warm) is most always an advantage for us. Playing 16 weeks per year will always pay dividends. With all the injuries on the OLine this year, a consolation is that several have played multiple positions up there.

[KT2000]

No question depth (and today was warm) is most always an advantage for us. Playing 16 weeks per year will always pay dividends. With all the injuries on the OLine this year, a consolation is that several have played multiple positions up there.

This is why we need the entire roster every season. It really pays big dividends late in the season when you have so many players with experience. Katy's always one of the only area programs that can run hockey lines at opponents in the playoffs. Opponents must put four complete quarters together in order to give themselves a chance, and that is extremely difficult when Katy plays Katyball.

[69tigersqb]

I don't think many fans know that with zone blocking, you and your next door neighbor are working together on most snaps. If you and he are not on the same page, there can be some fairly good blocking busts. It's always better to have the same guys working together, but with injuries like we've had, I think it's amazing the run game has been consistently good this year. Not always great, but most games we have run well. The opponent has stacked in the box, but we've still managed to produce very well. We did not always block the point of attack well yesterday, but with # 4 and # 22, we have a chance with each crease to go the distance. That's why you tell the guys to stay on their blocks and never quit. That's why the receivers must stay on theirs as well. You just never know when Will is going to find the open field.

[chunky79]

I don't think many fans know that with zone blocking

Katy's zone blocking is definitely one of the best blocking schemes in the game. It's a tough concept to get down, but when it's executed to perfection, it's very hard to stop.