5 hours ago, Tkinslow said:

I’m not surprised by North Hardin only scoring 21 their offense hasn’t been fantastic this year so far but I am a little surprised that they gave up 20 especially since they’ve been fantastic on defense and Belfry basically never throws the ball.

If you throw out Belfry's last possession of each half. One which they just essentially kneeled on the ball and the other where they heaved three passes in desperation, essentially Belfry scored on their last three possessions and three of five possessions total. 

One of those two failed possessions started at the 2 yard line and the other was doomed by a fumble on the option that Belfry recovered for a deep loss that got them behind the sticks.

I will say, this was not necessarily a red flag for NH. Belfry brought it with the Dixon at FB wrinkle and with Coleman carrying the ball as a primary threat. The fact the Trojans didn't allow a gain of probably 30+ yards is a testament actually.

Outside of maybe Trinity, I am not sure any other defense in Kentucky would have been able to fair much better with the way Belfry was executing as a complete shock in that instance. There were some tackles on Dixon that probably would be long TD's for 99% of teams.

Here are his and Coleman's highlights as an example of what that defense was up against :

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/6313407/5f81bed2bd755c0ab8f19a1e

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/6096836/5f832deb7bdd950bc4ad7808

People are forgetting, this was a 5 hour bus ride for the away team...and a non traditional style of offense to prepare for. To say that you wouldn't put them above male/manual/etc is laughable. Douglass has shown themselves to be who we thought they were. North's defense may be overall stronger than last year. The offense catching up will definitely be the factor in their testing of longevity in the post season this year.