Hazzard Country- Good ol' Boys, This time meaning Harm

[toysoldier00]

Crushed the roster building in the offseason

[djp73]

looks like it's Natty or bust this season

[Bubba's Cruise]

Yea this was the best offseason I've had which i try and make it a challenge with some in house rules and no major recruiting skills. I finally jumped up to a 4.5 team rating so that was huge for me. I brought in to many good HBs as I don't have carries for all of them lol

Crushed the roster building in the offseason

Yea I think this is my year, I'm confident in my abilities as I've mastered this offense. The wildcard will always be what happens in the playoff game that i just watch. I've got to settle on a QB, I should prob go with the true freshman, but I've got some brutal road games coming up soon

looks like it's Natty or bust this season

[Bubba's Cruise]

Revenge Game Kicks off Brutal Stretch

We are looking for revenge after Oklahoma state upset us in the playoffs and made it to the championship game. They came into the season a top 10 team, but lost last week so dropped to 18th. We didn't want to put the pressure on a true freshman QB so go with the senior. They are a 92 overall team and it's on the road for us so a tough test.

A jet sweep out of flexbone empty by our #1 HB Gosset puts us on the board first after the 76-yard TD. They pull out the QB sneak on 3rd and inches and like always we stop it and force a punt. It's just week, but Tye Stewart has about wrapped up the jet award and returns a PR for a TD. Just 3 minutes into the game and Hazzard is up 14-0. We go I-form and our FB has the block of the year and Kugbila goes 64 yards, and a blowout looks to be on 21-3 and still the first quarter. They get the ball inside the 3 and we force a punt so still a comfortable lead 21-9. We would hold them to a 4th FG in the 3rd and up 9. They would also hold us to a FG for the 2nd drive in a row this is a key one as puts it back up 12 with just 8 minutes on the clock. We clinch it with a interception with 3 minutes by backup S Craig Peters. It wasn't a flashy score, but we get some redemption and win 27-15.

The pass defense struggled again giving up 330 yards. They held us to just 6 of 13 on 3rd down so that's why we scored less than usual. The senior Cesario played most of the way at QB and did what we wanted him to do not turn it over and enough passing yards to sort of keep them honest. When we are getting 9 yards per carry and not turning the ball over it's nearly impossible to beat us.

5 Game Balls
HB Gossett = 8 carries for 109 yards, 1 TD
HB Kugbila = 4 carries for 76 yards, 1 TD
LB O'Connor = 9 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sack, 1 PBU
CB Toney = 11 tackles, 1 TFL
S Peters = late int



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After beating the runner ups on the road lets take a look at the brutal 6 game stretch. It's why the QB race is a little more complicated with a true freshman involved

@ #6 LSU (96 OVR)
At LSU who is still elite, but this years team not as talented as some in the country. They don't have a proven QB, but a pair of elite WRs. Last year our defense played the game of the century barely letting them in positive yards through 3 quarters

@ # 3 UGA (99 OVR)
Always loaded with defense talent under Kirby and on the road, it doesn't get any tougher than this one. They also have senior QB that threw for 47 TDs last year.

#19 UF (86 OVR)
If there is a chance to take a breather during this stretch it's at home where Florida's offense is just rated 84. They are ranked though and has a top 10 game vs Oklahoma the week before us. This will be a big recruiting week for us.

@ Bama (97 OVR)
We are looking for redemption as Alabama beat us in about 6 OT's last year. A really tricky one Alabama a rating of 97 and it's at home. However we are actually a higher team prestige then they are still it's Alabama on the road. They also aren't ranked a loss really hurts us

#7 MIA (96 OVR)
The defending national champions and their QB always seems to put up major stats. They have 2 OL with near maxed out ratings and a QB with 14,219 yards, 159 TD and just 24 INT. This will be another major recruiting week

[Bubba's Cruise]

We Found The Greatest 4* OL Ever

We are always on the search for OL even if we didn't have it as a major need for this class. We are expected to return 7 interior OL and at least 5 of them we would be comfortable starting. All 6 OT's we are projected to back maybe one of those goes pro. Because of that we didn't want to use one of our 5* slots on a OL and went for the 4* ranks and boy was that the right call. We found 4 gems that we love, we have already lost one of those Juan Tolson to USC.

Eli Lindsay
A refresher we love our raw strength OL and its easily the best scheme fit for our powerbone offense. We have the greatest one of those ever Eli Lindsay a 6'5-and 278-pound hoss from Wisconsin. He has a strength of 98 something we have never seen which means we wouldn't need to spend any training working on that. We could then focus all of that on run blocking and abilities. He does already come with bronze strong grip and 81 run blocking. Some more good news is we found him in the preseason so we have been on him full force since the preseason which is key as we don't have a pipeline for that state. He has 4 other offers including the in-state Wisconsin. We do project to get a commit from him as we lead and in his in the top 5 stage. We have a visit for 6 vs Florida with 2 complimentary visits along with him. The hard sell isn't perfect with 2 at A+ and one at C+. Since week 6 is next week we think we should get a comfortable lead after the visit. He cares about champ contender so he would likely be ours forever if we get the commit. We have scouted thousands of OL and never saw one this strong so the best looking OL prospect we have seen. The only even little bit of risk is just impact dev

OG Tye Alba
Another 4* Midwest gem at OG and we are somehow his only offer. He is in the top 5 stage so a near lock to come to us, but we would like to get a visit week 8 or 9 just to be sure. He also comes in with 95 strength and 78 run block so a elite prospect

Mike Monty
The in-state guy we think we will lose out on to Alabama who has a better pipeline then we do. We are a 2-team race and they have the lead for the gem with 92 strength. He isn't as good as the others on top of not being as strong just 75 run block. Still he looks like a multi-year starter if we can get him in the fold. We are currently on week 5 and have a visit for week 6. It all comes down on us crossing our fingers Bama doesn't get the commit this week