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Maybe Kevin Goins from Scott? He is a Lafayette grad.

This is my absolute favorite way to cook a pot roast. We use spicy ranch mix instead of the plain, and usually serve it over brown rice or egg noodles. We also add 1 large onion and mushrooms to the recipe.

The problem many schools have with Day camps is availability of coaches. Day camps work great if you have a staff with mostly teachers. When you have a bunch of para's on the coaching staff, they typically aren't going to be available to participate in a day camp. I get what your saying, but you can't hold a camp without coaches, so often these camps are held in the evening.

The owner is a great dude, and good friend of mine. The food there is excellent, and definitely something different and worth the trip. My favorite is the Poke Tuna. The beef short ribs are also excellent.

I like Buckheads too. Always forget that it’s there, and don’t go very often.

I was just there a month or so ago for a company outing. Didn't really pay attention to pricing since it was on the company dime. I was actually pleasantly surprised by the food. Certainly not gourmet, but I thought it was solid....about on par with any other large chain restaurant. Not a place though that you go for great food and service I wouldn't think. I think for most, Dave and Busters is a gaming place where you can get decent food, and the food is secondary to the experience. Probably not going there for a quiet date night out with your significant other...unless you're looking to play carnival games.

You can absolutely throw out of the Wing T. The play action stuff is legendary....waggle, belly keep, down pass etc. The great part is the blocking is the same as the regular run series these plays are based on, so it's easy for the line. You can also easily incorporate the screen and quick game. These plays all are also a lot of fun for kids to run, along with the misdirection that comes with this offense. Plus, the wing t allows you to easily spread the ball around and get all your players touches in open space. I've never seen kids complain about or not enjoy running the wing t. And as I mentioned before, I've seen plenty of teams run bad, ugly spread offenses, which leads to turnovers, and big blowouts due to not being able to extend drives because incomplete passes don't run time off the clock.

That's a great question. Whether Wing T, spread, or whatever, if it's poorly run, or you are lacking talent, you're not going to win. I've seen plenty of teams look terrible passing the ball, and not be able to adjust when someone shuts down the passing game. And watching a team struggle to throw the ball and keep doing it is just as ugly, if not uglier than watching a team keep running ball without the ability to pass. I am biased toward the wing T. I grew up and played football in Delaware, and my first two years of high school were spent playing for a former Tubby Raymond assistant. For those who think you can't pass out of the wing, we consistently led the state in passing yards. That being said, I've played and coached in several different systems, and had success and failure in different systems. Those successes and failures have primarily been related to talent level and depth. That being said, the one time I feel one of my teams over achieved in winning a championship, it was when we ran a version of the single wing, an old school offense. Of course I've also won running a spread offense too, but with superior talent. I don't think any system is inherently "better" than another. As other have mentioned how you coach and adapt it to your team is what's important.

You simply cannot compare the football you see on TV on Saturday's and Sundays with High School football on Friday nights. The talent level, feel for the game, and athleticism is vastly superior, which opens up all sorts of possibilities on offense. People who expect a high school offense to be able to run the same concepts and balance the pro's and power 5 teams run are going to be sorely disappointed, and why you hear people complain about "systems".

Any offense can be guilty of putting round pegs into square holes. Spread type offenses are just as guilty, and require not only good athletes, but also guys who are great decision makers, especially at the QB position….things you don’t always have at smaller schools.

I suspect they will, and you'll continue to see less and less of the old school, unique offenses going forward. Bottom line though, no offense is unstoppable. Most high school football games are decided first by talent, then coaching (regardless of what system you run). What you run is far less important than the talent you have and who is running the show.

So is it the talent that's the issue or the system? If the wing t helps less talented teams win, it shouldn't be a surprise if they then lose to more talented teams. High School football is so much about the talent that you have....there are dominant teams that run single wing, wing t, and other old school offenses. The top tier teams separate from the lesser talented teams because of their roster, not the offense they run. Not only that, the wing can be pretty versatile and you see elements of it still at all levels. And it's great for small schools who may not have the talent at the QB position all the time to consistently run a more wide open offense. Walton wasn't going to beat Beechwood the last several years regardless of the system they ran.

It really is a daily struggle, and an occasional slip isn't the end of the world. I've been pretty clean for about 2.5 months, but I have a vacation coming up in a couple of weeks and two cruises planned this winter...that's where the challenge will be, because I know I will not be eating clean those weeks.

I don't know if its as bad as cocaine, but I've come to believe that sugar is addictive. I quit caffeine about 15 months ago which was also really hard to kick, and came with some pretty rough side affects, mostly just feeling awful, drained and headaches (which I rarely get). I've cut way back on sugar and processed foods since March and am now almost under 200 (I played college baseball at 190-195). It's still really tough because I still have a sweet tooth, so instead of processed sugars, I've been eating fruit (oranges, apples, berries) to get something sweet into my system, usually 2-3 servings per day. I also usually add a low carb, zero sugar protein shake before dinner to make me feel full and be able to eat sensibly and not crave some dessert. High fiber fruits help minimize any blood sugar spikes for me, so that's an added bonus.

I felt like this would be an interesting tournament. Any one of 5 or 6 teams could have won this tournament.