Huron @ SMCC

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• Ya Huron won the line of scrimmage tonight. Well earned. -tip

• I don't know about that,Huron is handling CC pretty well tonight. CC may have played its best football already.

• Lots of talk about the Milan home runs this year, I think SMCC has more

• Here are some teams that run the T. SMCC, Constantine, Zeeland West, Traverse City St. Francis, Hudson, Muskegon Catholic Central. Tell me its easy to stop.

  It only looks simple. That's the problem. It isn't. It is the most intricate offense of this day. The blocking schemes are masterful. The wizardry of the QB hiding and faking with the ball. The RBs carrying out fakes like nobody else.

  People confuse the spread as masterful these days. But take a look at the spread teams in our own league... guess what, they all want to run the ball. GI, Milan, Huron, FR and so on. Go 3 or 4 wide.. wide splits by the offensive line and RUN THE BALL with their best athlete. It can be affective but it all depends on one thing. BLOCKING. The T is predicated on blocking. Its all the offense is.. blocking. very few trick plays.. all the work in practice is on blocking. period. Which is the most important thing at any level of football along with tackling.

  Most people that are not in the know think the T is a 3 yards and a cloud of dust type offense. Well, it can be but most often it isn't. The T is a big play offense. When teams put 9 in the box... bam over the top to the 6'5 TE. When teams put 7 in the box... bam the trap goes for 50 yards or the power goes for 10 over and over. SMCC has the most big yardage plays since running the T in the league by a large large margin. More than Milan and more than GI. Add Huron to that list as well.

  Whatever you think the T is, it most likely isn't. That's why coaches have a hard time stopping it. It looks and appears to be much different than it really is.

• There are a few ways to stop the T. I don't really understand the mystery in stopping it. It is rarely used anymore, Its not used at the next level, but with all the years of SMCC using this offense, I am highly disappointed that many coaches around here have never devised a plan to stop it. I think GI will stop it this year and that's about it. Huron and Milan are too soft to stop it all game.

  You would think teams that run the offense themselves would have a better understanding and stop it. Not so far.
  Good Luck Huron, PLAY SOME SERIOUS D.

  It will be a close game

  SMCC - 28- Huron 22

• In LCC, Ithaca and Constantine you just mentioned state powerhouses. Most teams would have trouble with them. However SMCC is 1-1 vs Ithaca. How many teams can say that over the last 10 years? 2-2 vs Constantine and 1-2 vs LCC. SMCC owns GI. let's leave them out of it. 13-3 since SMCC started running the T. Milan is slightly better at 11-5. Riverview 14-3.

• Clinton will be D7 but I doubt anyone is looking towards the playoffs in week 5 but you. SMCC is 6-1 vs Clinton. Worry. Doubt it.

• You stop the T by outscoring it. If your offense turns it over or has too many staled drives you will lose. T offenses burn the clock. You must get the T offenses behind on down and distance which starts by stuffing them on 1st and 2nd down. Several defenses can be effective, but can your team consistently be disciplined and take the pounding every play. If so you can win, if not it will be a long night. The teams that have beat SMCC in the past were way more physical and brought it the entire game. (LCC, Clinton, Constantine, Ithaca, sometimes GI, Milan, and Riverview had teams that could hold their own).

• SMCC better hope that Clinton goes D-7 or it might be another first round exit

• I think huron is gonna pull it off