Want to know how to improve your chances of beating Crowell...? Dont allow Parsley to extend his plays so that his receivers have time to make double moves and bend to the ball.
Want to know how to improve your chances against Tyler Earl...? Send a wave of rushers to force the ball out of his hands asap, forcing a short dump pass or lob.
But in both cases there is a counter to that strategy, and we figured it out in '04, Hayes figured it out against Water Valley last year.
There really is not much you can do. Last week Groom had by far the best team man for man vs Loraine, but Loraine's Tillis was the stud on the field and until he got hurt it appeared that whomever had the ball last would prevail. And Tony was trying everything in the theoritical book to stop him.
Calvert also has a super Spreadback, and what makes him a stud is his ability to make plays that 99.5 % of players cannot make, except guys like Parsley and Tillis. And now that the Trojans' trust and depend on more offensive sets than just the T, they are going to be a force more challenging than ever...and with fewer and less talented kids than in the recent past. The Calvert kid was making decisions under pressure just like Parsley and Tillis.
D-1 coaches are relieved Parsley is a senior. Many hope the Calvert kid is one, too. Tillis is a junior according to the program. If the Calvert kid is an underclassman someone needs to get those two together in week one, advertise the fireworks and reap the benefits of having two of the best players in sixman matched up. Just be sure and schedule this one as the last game of the extravaganza so heat is less a factor.