It was a run play. Had a sophomore in at running back. He saw a gap and ran with it. Can't knock the boy for that

I said I would only post once, but I feel this needs said. The game is over & my boys lost. I wasn't happy with several things that happened, but it's time to move on. Congrats to Oakwood on the win.
And to the Cougars - hold your heads high boys, you gave it all you had & that's all anyone can ask of you.

Anybody who thinks that losing one or more starters due to injuries during a game wont affect the outcome is dilusional if you were that much better than aquilla than yall should have 45ed em when they started losing players....... Wow good runon sentence my english teacher would be proud

If there was any play called other than a kneel down, it was the wrong call. I don't care if it was 6 freshman, or 6 5th graders in the lineup.

I'm done on this subject. I have nothing against Oakwood, but what goes around comes around.

Don't know anything about either team, but, as a coach, I probably wouldn't have taken a knee either. I would have put in my back-ups and let them run some plays......no passes, no tricks.....just run the ball and let them play in a playoff game. If the shoe was on the other foot, and I'm losing.....I wouldn't mind if the other team was doing that either (heck....it's happened before, and it didn't bother me a bit).

Although, if the game clock is going to run out before the play clock....I wouldn't run another play....just let it run out. In other words, if I'm Oakwood and we run that play with 27 seconds left and we get tackled.....that would have been the last play of the game.

If it's in the first half, or in the second half with more than a couple of minutes left in the game - I can agree.

But inside a minute left in the fourth, anything but taking a knee is unacceptable in my book. I've watched some of the best coaches in the state take knees for 4 downs to run the clock out.

With the verdict secured, no reason to take unnecessary risks. Emotions can run high in an important game. We have all seen unfortunate incidents where a young man, unable to control his temper, will take that last shot at his opponent. Maybe those ‘best coaches in the state’ not only understand good sportsmanship, but the responsibility to protect the young men on the field as well.

At least 5 trips to the finals and three rings among them. I think you can drop the quotation marks.

I don't know how "unacceptable" it is with under a minute. That short period of time may mean the world to those JV kids. Can you imagine not playing on varsity all year, then getting to play in a playoff game? That's how you get the fire in them for the next couple of years.....and get those little JH kids in the stands wanting to play in HS......everybody wants to be a part of a playoff victory.


Now, with that being said, if it's a regular season game, and your starters and subs are one in the same.......I wouldn't hesitate to take a knee. Everybody has played, nobody is injured, get the heck out of there.