38-18

The Deacs played good football all over the field for four quarters. Was it absolutely flawless? Of course not, but I can’t really think of any plays during this game where I was appalled by our effort.

Riley Skinner? 20-29 for 208 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions. Josh Adams? 84 yards and a TD (although his long was only 19, so much for that prediction). Kenny Moore? 8 catches for 83 yards and 5 runs for 28 yards. Jordan Williams? 1 catch, 62 yards for a TD.

After a difficult couple of weeks, I felt like the defensive secondary came out and played much much better. They gave up a couple of big plays, but they were the type of plays that are going to happen every once in awhile no matter what (and may not have happened had the refs made some better calls – I didn’t get to see all the replays since I was in the stands, but there looked like 1 or two no-calls on offensive pass interference). Alphonso got back on the interception train with 2, and generally defended the pass excellently. Aaron Curry made a heck of a play (and a heck of a dive into the endzone) for an interception returned for a TD. The D-line and linebackers continued the excellent play, holding the Pack to 57 yards on the ground.

Put it all together and you’ve got a beautiful 38-18 win. I knew we were capable of a big win, and I’m glad we put everything together to get it. Winning like this will give us the confidence we need to take care of business against a pretty good Vanderbilt team next week, and set us up for a likely appearance in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte (although Music city in Nashville, Champs sports in Orlando, or if we lose possibly the Emerald Bowl in San Fran are all still in the running.

Congrats on a great win guys, and on winning the state championship for the second straight year. Keep up the good work this week and let’s finish strong next weekend.