Bottom Line in High School Football

**imported_Sportsman** · August 8th, 2008, 03:47 PM

Something to start a discussion:

A team is only as good as its line. Teams that control the line of scrimmage usually win.

**neutral88** · August 8th, 2008, 04:00 PM

I'd put alot of weight on the RB in the high school game as well...

without a stud at RB, you ain't goin far...

August 8th, 2008, 04:59 PM

It's all about speed on pretty much every level of football.

**sup-rbeast** · August 8th, 2008, 08:04 PM

I agree with sportsman...without an o-line and d-line in HS, it doesn't matter what else you have.

**jtw61194** · August 8th, 2008, 08:15 PM

I'll go way out there on this one. You can't win without tradition. All the athleticism in the world will fall by the wayside if you really don't focus on the final prize. It's a lot easier to focus if somebody has been there before.

**Slobber Knocker** · August 8th, 2008, 09:39 PM

What was it the great Harry Fry said I believe after a half-state championship or state championship game? I believe against Martinsville? I think I am not sure.
"If we could have caught them, we would have benched pressed them to death!"
I would take speed and a half-arse blocking team.....in high school!

**imported_GC1** · August 8th, 2008, 09:57 PM

And that would have been one Dennis Mahan who ran ALL OVER Harry's 75 team.

**R0cketer** · August 8th, 2008, 11:40 PM

I don't know, speed is great and it can allow you to make some good plays, but there aren't many people that are fast enough to outrun 11 guys in front of them. A good line makes that fast guy get fast, because not to many fast people hit top speed in that 2 inches of open space [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]