Final

Valley tore Raceland up through the air, but the Rams defense found some footing in the 2nd half and got the pass rush going to help seize control. All's well that ends well, but the Rams have gotta patch those holes in the secondary. They've got some tough games coming up against good teams.

http://bluegrasspreps.com/ky-football-high/raceland-lucasville-valley-369149.html

Raceland gets the W tonight and basically scored at will. The Rams will also have a lot to work on this week in giving up large chunks of yardage in the passing game tonight. The Rams powerful running game was once again led by Judd Adkins, 4 td's and Hunter Lacks, 2 td's

 

Aside from the win , was great to see that former Rams Coach, Principal Larry Heck was inducted into the Rams Football Legends Hall of Fame tonight. Coach Heck, imo was the one that started the drive for and Traditions of District and Regional Titles at Raceland. Bill T. Ross took it from there. Before Heck, there wasn't any talk of championships His teams in the 1970's set the standards, culture that you see present at Raceland now.

I guarantee you that the defensive backs will recover from this one. They were in position on 2 of the 4 passes and 2 blown coverages. Overall, pleased but this wasn’t the defense we are used to seeing over the past 2 years.

I guarantee you that the defensive backs will recover from this one. They were in position on 2 of the 4 passes and 2 blown coverages. Overall, pleased but this wasn’t the defense we are used to seeing over the past 2 years.

 

I wouldn't be nearly as concerned if, first and foremost, Valley was a good team (which they are not). And secondly, if they were adept in the passing game (which they also are not). Prior to this game, they were pretty run heavy.

 

Raceland's got a great staff, though. I'm sure they'll get any coverage breakdowns sorted out.

 

For anyone in the know... It seemed like Valley had a short field on nearly every possession tonight. Is there no one on the team that can kick it deep? That could be problematic down the road against good teams.

Unfortunately, our best kicker is Dalton Adkins and he has chronic hip flexor and groin tightness. Kicking aggravates his muscle tightness and makes him less effective on offense and defense.

I watched some of this game and it seem like Raceland played off the wide receivers at least 5-10 yards.

I watched some of this game and it seem like Raceland played off the wide receivers at least 5-10 yards.

I am not sure why everyone is discussing the DB’s other than they had an off night. Raceland hasn’t changed coverage or assignment rules for years. I have been here 13 years and they’re the same. They play appropriately 7 yards off the ball. It hasn’t changed and probably won’t. Every team can have a bad night. And it wasn’t a bad night for all 4 qtrs. We held Valley to less than 100 yards in the second half.

AND......according to down and distance and the opponents alignment, they make back off another yard or two.

Last night was more about Valley having a great game plan to throw at a zone coverage’s weakness. We also were unable to get to the QB and gave him 4+ seconds which is way to long to keep everyone covered. After our halftime adjustments, we had a few sacks, 3 INTs and less than 100yards on >20 attempts.

When you look at all of that, I think we see a lot of overreaction. Looking at game film with the team today revealed a much better played game defensively than what is being described on this thread.

I am not sure why everyone is discussing the DB’s other than they had an off night. Raceland hasn’t changed coverage or assignment rules for years. I have been here 13 years and they’re the same. They play appropriately 7 yards off the ball. It hasn’t changed and probably won’t. Every team can have a bad night. And it wasn’t a bad night for all 4 qtrs. We held Valley to less than 100 yards in the second half.

 

I’m not saying they had a bad night. I just noticed the separation from them to the receivers. I also noticed from what little I watched that Valley threw some quick 5-10 yard outs and threw to their receivers that had 1 on 1 coverages hoping for a big play.

 

Most teams will try to exploit that if they can. Raceland definitely doesn’t have to hang there head because offensively Valley couldn’t stop them.

It also helps to have two studs back there instead of one.

I’m not saying they had a bad night. I just noticed the separation from them to the receivers. I also noticed from what little I watched that Valley threw some quick 5-10 yard outs and threw to their receivers that had 1 on 1 coverages hoping for a big play.

 

Most teams will try to exploit that if they can. Raceland definitely doesn’t have to hang there head because offensively Valley couldn’t stop them.

It also helps to have two studs back there instead of one.

 

And that type of throw exploits our "style". Scouting and coaching up at halftime will always tighten up coverages. But seeing that is a good football observation.