Huron League Thoughts and Questions

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• CC has 3 coaches that teach

• Reaume is an English teacher at flat rock...

• Barnes has 128 carries for 1092 yds.... Lindeman has 116 carries for 847 yds.... 52% Barnes.... 48% Lindeman. I'd say that is pretty close to 50/50. They are both great players and I'd say they compliment each other pretty well.

  Milan Fan

• He can't stay as a social studies teacher and still coach football?

  • Bodner from GI is also a teacher...

  • Jefferson has a coach who teaches....

• Thanks for the specifics, Gary. That's the kind of insight I enjoy seeing on the blog.

  I don't have an issue with cutting. It's a tactic, and there are ways to prepare for it and respond to it. I just didn't have the impression that it was as prevalent as some have said here. I don't have any film to review but I didn't think every defensive lineman on every HL team did it on every play. My impression was that some teams did it more than others, some teams picked their spots, and some teams chose to not use that technique at all. I was trying to find out what other spectators have seen this year and over the years.

• Why not just line up all 4 D-Lineman in a tight formation across from the center, then after the snap, just pile drive the center in to the backfield and blow up the T.

  • Blow it up before the QB has a chance to hand it off. Homie!

  • Off tackle homie

• Here at the Huron League blog, often times things are leaked pertaining to who is being looked at for coaching jobs in the league. However, it doesn't feel right to announce things, when they just might be rumors, no matter how good our sources are. Just know, Huron is doing it's due diliegence in finding its next coach. No stone is being unturned.

  • Leaked to the blog, I should say.

• I have seen nearly every team, and I cannot say that I have noticed consistent cut blocking. Also, I do not think RV has a chance this week. Grosse Ile has been brooding over the loss RV delivered them last year all season. I HOPE THEY BOUGHT THEIR TICKETS, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A HIT PARTY! 2012 throwback.

  The people on the Island are certainly in good spirits, but I have a feeling they will be in better spirits after the Colvin Cup comes home.

  HAIL, I can't wait for the Wolverines to make a trip out to East Lansing.

  OG Islander

  • CC does it more than anyone by far!

• 10:21, so are you saying that every single team cuts, or simply that SMCC is not the only one that cut blocks? I'd like to know which teams you've seen cut block.

  • To help defend against this. T teams line up all their offensive lineman as deep as possible, off the line of scrimmage.

    Rules state that the guards and tackles must have their helmet on the hip of the center. This is why the center for most T and double wing teams is almost a full yard or more ahead of the other lineman. They do this so the guards can pull and not be cut.

  • Coach, nearly every team CC plays cuts the legs out from the O-lineman. Especially inferior teams. It's legal. There is no "diving at the knees". It's more of a laying out, cutting the guards, so they cannot pull. On offense this is known as a superman block. Like you are taking off to fly. But this of course is on defense.

• I'd like to address the people pointing out CC defense grubbing at the knees. Have they done this , "YES." But what is interesting is those same people do not say anything about their defenses cutting CC's offensive Center and guards. So it goes both ways. Everyone in the league is bigger up front then CC so they should not need to cut, but they do. CC does because trying to take undersized players against teams over 200lbs OL would not be productive.

  Eventually MHSAA should make cutting of all types a penalty. Until then all teams will use it to their advantage or disadvantage in some cases.

  What about Redmond or Giarmo coaching again in the HL or at Carlson?

  Whoever gets in the playoffs, best of luck to those teams.