When the Banks County High School football team takes the field for its third game of the 2008 season Friday night, look for some adjustments — especially on the defensive side of the football.
Coach Blair Armstrong said with the Leopards facing several more opponents which run the spread attack this season, the BCHS coaching staff will look to find ways to slow down the attack which Riverside had so much success using last week in its 56-28 win.
“We are going to face four more teams who run the spread so we are going to do some things differently,” the Leopard coach said.
This week’s opponent — Dawson County — also runs a form of the spread and Armstrong said the Tigers will be a formidable opponent, similar to last fall.
“They may not be as skilled in the backfield as last year, but they are very strong on special teams with a Division I kicker,” the coach said. “Their quarterback throws the football better although he is not as good of a runner as the one they had last year.”
BCHS will likely go away from using as much of a two-platoon system beginning this week.
“We were trying not to play eight or nine players both ways but we may have to just line up and ‘gut it out’ to keep the best ones on the field,” Armstrong said.