Mudbowl Reflection

From the perspective of Georgia Y, the team I played for this weekend:

This past weekend had its share of highs and lows. The highlight of the weekend was winning the tournament over Tennessee. The low was losing our first game of the weekend to Kennesaw State. Between those two moments, there was a lot of great play from our rookies.

This was our first tournament win since Sectionals last year. Even though it was Mudbowl, there were still some competitive teams playing in Talladega this weekend. Our Georgia X team beat North Park, whom I considered to be the best team there. Tennessee proved that they are strong team with some crazy throws. I hope to see them at Regionals. A tournament win was good for this team, especially the defensive unit. After getting crushed by the offense the past couple of practices, we were all thinking that this Mudbowl was going to be a hard one (especially because we were playing with only 9 guys).

What helped us the most was playing mini-games to 3. After we lost to Kennessaw State, we started the games to 3 system. We won every single game to 3 except 2 the entire tournament. That was an accomplishment, especially because Davis drank a beer for every game to 3 we won, which caused him to drink over 15 beers.

Georgia Y's offense wasn't consistent. The goal of the weekend was possession. This was important because of having only 9 people on our team. If we didn't value possession, we would of had to play more points. We stressed possession and games to 3 almost every point. I don't think you can achieve the goal of possession, but I do think we put an emphasis on it. For me, I remember 3 hucks that I felt uncomfortable with before I even threw them.

Here are some things we did well: Ran down on the pulls, threw high percentage hucks, allowed cuts to develop, end zone offense looked better, and playing some inspired defense at all times.

Things we will improve on: Dictating where the cutter goes, holding the mark, taking match-ups more personally, throwing into the wind, and our zone and transitioning into man.