Wilmington @ Montini
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I posted my thoughts in the ICE Semis thread. We are clearly underdogs this week. Although Montini had to play Byron in the 2nd round, everything else about the bracket set up well for them with home field. I'm not privy to the game plan. Even if I was, I wouldn't share it here, but I'm pretty confident they won't be installing the shotgun spread in a week.
My dumb ass observations, though:
Wilmo has been great on defense pretty much all year. Whoever the main dude is on the other team has been generally neutralized, if not completely shut down. The problem with Montini is that they are so good and balanced. Who do you try to stop? Dual threat QB's that are legit typically wreak havoc in the smaller classes. Du-Pec had an outstanding one last week, but their RB wasn't as much of a threat, and Wilmo did enough to slow them down, although they did hit a couple big plays.
The biggest thing is that Wilmo offense has to figure out a way to keep the chains moving and put together a couple drives. They need to limit or eliminate pre snap penalties, which hampered them last week. They need to be on the good side of the turnover margin. It wouldn't hurt to get something from the special teams. All in all, I think they will have to play their best game of the year, because Montini is their best opponent of the year, and probably their best opponent of the past few years.
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I'll be curious what Wilmo brings to the table via the passing game this week. In order to win, I just think they will have to open up the playbook a bit.I posted my thoughts in the ICE Semis thread. We are clearly underdogs this week. Although Montini had to play Byron in the 2nd round, everything else about the bracket set up well for them with home field. I'm not privy to the game plan. Even if I was, I wouldn't share it here, but I'm pretty confident they won't be installing the shotgun spread in a week.
My dumb ass observations, though:
Wilmo has been great on defense pretty much all year. Whoever the main dude is on the other team has been generally neutralized, if not completely shut down. The problem with Montini is that they are so good and balanced. Who do you try to stop? Dual threat QB's that are legit typically wreak havoc in the smaller classes. Du-Pec had an outstanding one last week, but their RB wasn't as much of a threat, and Wilmo did enough to slow them down, although they did hit a couple big plays.
The biggest thing is that Wilmo offense has to figure out a way to keep the chains moving and put together a couple drives. They need to limit or eliminate pre snap penalties, which hampered them last week. They need to be on the good side of the turnover margin. It wouldn't hurt to get something from the special teams. All in all, I think they will have to play their best game of the year, because Montini is their best opponent of the year, and probably their best opponent of the past few years.
Yeah I agree they will have to figure out something to get some points on the board. I know that Montini's defense is extremely tough and they largely held Byron in check.
Contrary to popular opinion, Wilmington actually does have pass plays in the playbook. They had to execute a 2 minute drill to tie up the quarterfinal game last year and send it to OT. Obviously, they would much rather play ball control and get 3.5 yards a pop, but that might not be readily available.
I really do not think Wilmo needs to change much on offense. Grind away and use every second of the play clock. Hope a bunch of 3 or 4 yard carries and then bust a few big ones. Defense is where they need to make the magic happen. Need turnovers and maybe a some big special teams plays
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