Hey, G61... Who "we?" MudsGood game so far.
We are shooting ourselves in the foot still...
Thanks, G61. Sort of looks like once the 2nd half got a bit underway, the entire Folsom 1st team got Hoodeenied, or David Cooperfielded, like vanished in thin air! But just like with an illusion, maybe that's what's happening for Granite Bay? We'll see. Second half starting... MudsUs. Folsom. Football. Lol
I refuse to do twitter at all, but if any of you follow Joe Davidson -- do me a favor and ask that guy to do some fact checking before he repeats what he read on Maxpreps. I've actually seen him cite player stats from Maxpreps without realizing that a game or two was missing from the yearly totals.
Sad.
Very true Larry. We were in control the whole game. Our run game allowed us to chew up clock, while our defense was able to hold them to short gains and keep the clock moving. Granite Bay didn't play all that bad, but the clock just ran out on them. Great game plan by Folsom.I ended up catching most of the game streaming. Although it was a 2 TD win I never had any doubt Folsom would win. I'm starting to have my doubts if anybody local can beat Folsom this year.
Took care of itThere is an over reliance on repeating information in today's media (guilty of this too). There should be more independent reporting.
Also, it is a little silly that a regular season winning streak is getting this much attention
I honestly thought GB would have put up a bigger fight against us. I still think they have a very good team.Up until last night, I wasn't sold on Folsom. I think far too many are remembering last season and this is an entirely different team. That said, they looked awfully good the 1st half. I don't believe GB is very good. I think it's very likely that they finish behind Folsom, Del Oro, and Rocklin with the possibility that Oak Ridge and/or Woodcreek beat them (WC took OR to double OT last night). So we could be talking about the 4th, 5th or 6th place team when it's all said and done. But I still was impressed with the Bulldogs. They remind me of the 2011 Folsom team featuring Tanner Trosin at QB. Jeffries has a similar skill set. However, they have a much better o-line, defense and running game from the RB position than the 2011 team had. We'll see how far it takes them.
I do think Del Oro and Rocklin pose the biggest obstacles. Both teams can play a little defense (when healthy) and have a couple offensive threats that will be hard for the Bulldogs to contain. Right now, honestly, I think Del Oro has looked the most impressive (and surprising) to me. Sure, they are 2-2 -- but they could easily be 4-0 against the toughest pre-season schedule of the SFL teams. Bellarmine is the real deal and the Golden Eagles shut them down the 2nd half and was 1 play from winning. Their achilles heel thus far has been closing out games. But I think Coach Taylor will remedy that problem as the season wears on.
I can't wait for Folsom v. Del Oro as I think it promises to be a fantastic matchup. And the beauty of the SFL is we still get to see Folsom v. Rocklin and Del Oro v. Rocklin. Lots of great football ahead gentleman!
Sorry Thunder, I just don't think Rocklin can hang with Folsom. I see that game getting out of hand in the second half. But, on the other hand...what do I know?![]()
Folsom has the ability this year to run the ball at will, thus controlling the clock. It killed Granite Bay.Well, we shall see. Considering how Whitney has looked in recent weeks, especially against Oak Ridge, I'm somewhat encouraged by the Thunder's defensive performance against the Wildcats, who were without numerous starters in that game. While they lost 6-2 285 pound OL/DL Collin Wahl for the season due to an ankle injury, having Chase Hatada back in the lineup gives the Thunder a weapon they didn't have the first few games. He should be able to give Jonah Williams and the Folsom O-Line as stiff a challenge as they'll see this season.
I also think Rocklin's offense can create some problems for the Bulldogs defense. Everyone knows what Holtz can do running it, but Preece is a handful in the passing attack.
Folsom may indeed win that game, but you're a bit overconfident if you don't think they can hang with a fully healthy team. Remember, they gave Folsom's super team last season the best challenge they had all season. They were driving late in the 1st half with a chance to actually take a lead. No other team was in that position.
Folsom has the ability this year to run the ball at will, thus controlling the clock. It killed Granite Bay.
That is the difference I see. Personally, I hope the game is competitive.
Agreed. That game is going to be awesome. DO has a great team.The Folsom/DO game will be a good one.
If DO had their more traditional stronger run game I'd feel more positive about the outcome for DO but through 4 games DO has not established a strong run game. This is going to put a lot of pressure on DO's D and DO's D has not yet shown me they can finish a game. Also by the Folsom/DO game, DO will not have played a competitive game in 3weeks but on the other hand DO is healthy which was a concern with their tough pre-league schedule.
That said, CT will have DO ready to go for Folsom game and I expect no less than a good competitive game whatever the outcome.