22 Quotes by James Blankenship

We had to start expanding our offense. We had been too simple for too long, and we had to open ourselves up. We felt like this was a very important game for us.

We played well for about a quarter and a half, but after that we didn't play well at all. When we didn't protect on that punt in the second quarter and gave them a short field, that really started to turn things. And then, when we got tired, we started making mental mistakes.

We wanted to come out and win the second half. That is an old cliche, but sometimes you've got to resort to that. And that's where we were at halftime.

We just got rid of the bells and whistles and just played football. Our offensive line really started coming off the ball and making holes. There was nothing fancy in what we did for the last quarter and a half.

We were real happy with our play early. The kids were really coming off the ball, playing excited on defense and offense.

As tight as the game was for a while there, we felt we could control the clock and control the line of scrimmage, ... We didn't want to do anything that would give Tell City a potential big play going the other way.

Tell City has obviously improved quite a bit from the beginning of the season, ... They are going to be pretty good in the 2A sectional. In the first couple of drives of the second half, they did a great job. But we just finally started stepping it up.

Colby Davis and Michael Cheshire, the two returning linemen from last year who were in there tonight, I think they really took charge of the young kids.

They physically handled us up front on both sides of the ball, and we weren't ready for that. A lot of our kids hadn't been exposed to that kind of varsity football. But we have talked to the kids, and we are going to be a team that gets better as the season goes along.