9/20/18 If We Only Had Some Offense?

    Both times, our boys have come out striking like killers in the first series, only to play the rest of the game as if they already lost.  The start of the game kick-off was a swift kick to the gonads.  The receiver started running before the ball was in his hands, had to run back to get it, then got tackled behind the 10 yard line.  It seemed impossible, but on 4th down and 9, they went for it (on their own 7), and the running back busted through a hole and went about 93 yards for the opening touchdown.  Great!  Except for the next kick-off, the Murchison Matadors did the same thing, they ran it back for a touchdown.
    The following series or two was the same, minus the touchdowns.  At some point, Bedichek was again on 4th down and long, inside the 2 yard line and they went for it again.  This time they got caught in the endzone for a safety.  Apparently, they can punt the ball, because that is what they did after the safety, only to have the same guy #44 run it back all the way for another TD.  It was a very frustrating game, and they scored this way, it's not like the defense was even on the field.  I am partial to defense, because that is where Javalina resides now.
    As an offensive lineman, he had the right mindset of waiting for an attacker and going for him, or if in a running play, go this way and clear a hole.  He has had a harder time understanding that on defense he is his own playmaker.  He has the strength to disrupt a play once he believes he can do it.  It appears it took watching the Waterboy to see some wicked tackles and the intensity I want from him, but he turned it on in the 4th quarter.  #44 was on his way going around the edge and Javalina usually runs behind the play if only to help the guys get up after the fact, but this time he had an intensity and seemed even quicker.  From the nose guard position, he chased the back about 25-30 yards, caught him by the hips and spun him out of bounds.  It was the best play he has had this season, followed by the next play in which he ran over the center and caught the running back in the backfield, wrapped him and just fell over for a good ten yard loss.  I keep telling him, once you grab someone, fall, no one is stronger than you to overcome your 250 pounds.  The rest of the game he was double and triple teamed at the line.  Our boys managed another score in the final minute, so the score of 12-28 does not seem so bad, overall.
    After the game, talking to Javalina, he said it felt like something overtook him, like it wasn't him doing the tackles.  I think that comes from going Beast mode, which I hope he can dig down and get there sooner.  He did say he kept having flashes of Waterboy and tackling savagely throughout the game.  I've been jokingly calling him Amos Moses because most of the time he doesn't run, he moseys which I find annoying, but he says "hey, at least I don't stop and walk, I keep going."  He found that magic tonight, I think.  We have to wait until next week to see.