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Colby Davis and Michael Cheshire, the two returning linemen from last year who were in there tonight, I think they really took charge of the young kids.

James Blankenship

 

We wanted to come out and win the second half. That is an old cliche, but sometimes you've got to resort to that. And that's where we were at halftime.

James Blankenship

 Cliche

Jasper is a little bit more multidimensional this year. That came from the fact that they got the fullback involved, having split backs and being able to cross things up a little bit. And I thought they really wore us down from the second quarter on.

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We started out with a good number of folks, and then some of the hotels nearby couldn't support the people coming in. ... There is a lot of overflow.

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 People

Gibson Southern was committing eight in the box to try to stop our running game, kind of daring us to pass. We had some kids make some big plays, but I still don't think we are even close to where we should be on the offensive line.

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 Running

We had to start expanding our offense. We had been too simple for too long, and we had to open ourselves up. We felt like this was a very important game for us.

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We played well for about a quarter and a half, but after that we didn't play well at all. When we didn't protect on that punt in the second quarter and gave them a short field, that really started to turn things. And then, when we got tired, we started making mental mistakes.

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We were real happy with our play early. The kids were really coming off the ball, playing excited on defense and offense.

James Blankenship

 Defense

It seemed like we played the last two and a half quarters from our two-yard line and in. We couldn't get it out, and we were giving Jasper a short field time after time.

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The next four weeks are huge for us, in terms of trying to have a winning season. Gibson Southern (1-2) is playing real good football right now. They are obviously playing great defense and they are a much-improved team. We are going to have to get a lot better real quick.

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 Trying