Tribe Crushes VMI, 38-6
Posted by TTHS on September 24th, 2006
Here is what I saw:
-Everything was on. Elijah and DeBrian had it going, Jake wouldn’t go down and made some great passes, Archer, Mack, Trinkle, and Nicholas were all solid, and the D was dominating.
-The O:Phillips line was sub-par against a terrible VMI pass defense. 10/17, 111 yards and a pick. His mobility really help the entire game, though. Mike Potts came in, threw 4 passes, got 2 TD’s, and threw for 99 yards. We may have a QB controversy. The running backs. Elijah flat out went off. 15 carries, 146 yards, 3 TD’s. That’s 3 more TD’s and about 50 more yards than he had all season in about half the carries. Major props to Elijah for breaking through.The receivers. Joe Nicholas was the stand-out, gaining 78 yards on 3 catches and a TD on a long 54-yard pass from Mike Potts. Next in line was Elliot Mack, 3 catches for 54 yards and a TD. Trinkle also had a solid game, gaining 26 yards on only 2 catches. Also would like to add that DeBrian Holmes ran for 59 yards.
-The D:Dominating game tonight for the defense. The line was putting pressure on Kyle Hughes all game and got 2 sacks. One and a half goes to Adrian “A-Train” Tracy, and the change going to Josh Wright. Tracy was a monster, he also got 2.5 TFL and forced a fumble. Trevor McLaurin started again, and got a pick. I complimented him on the pick after the game and he replied:”Yeah, it was nice, but I should have taken it to the crib”. Gotta love it. Spectacular game for the D.
-Special teams:Breaking news-Blair Pritchard wasn’t horrible! While he may not have been as good as the student who kicked at half-time(made three FG’s, one of 47 yards), he made some great kickoffs, almost out of the endzone and was perfect in his one field goal and several extra points. Derek Cox also looked good as a returner.
-Injuries. Matt Otey went down, and sadly Josh Rutter. Josh walked out right before the end of the first half, and came back in a leg brace.
-And for the VMI people:Sean Mizzer looked pretty good, running for over 100 yards. It was nice to see QB Kyle Hughes get some time, as the true Frosh played at Lafayette High School last year.
-My prediction:42-6. Not too bad! I’m 2/3 on the year now.
-6 game losing streak snapped, 21 game streak vs. VMI still in-tact.
-Redshirt alert! on the football page will be updated soon and I’ll have a bunch of images uploaded tomorrow(hopefully).
September 27th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
“VMI still in-tact”???? Appreciate the props to Kyle Hughes getting time at QB but you could have at least mentioned he played three quarters because VMI’s starting senior QB Jonathan Wilson went out with a seperated shoulder. Injuries to key starting linemen (Lokey) and numerous depth and injury problems that put multiple freshmen in the secondary and I’d say VMI was hardly “in-tact”…Agree? Tribe deserved the win, played well.