First, hats off to LCA for winning the game. Davidson is a great player, and without his play on offense, defense, and special teams, I don't think they beat Salem. His speed in all phases was a game changer. Great OL & DL play for the Bulldogs. Great job coaching and to their defense for creating 3 turnovers, that stopped good drives. I really think this team has a good shot to win the Seminole, represent Region C, to make the championship game even, and depending on the matchup maybe even win it all. I think they have that potential, but it's a long season so we'll see.
For Salem, they looked pretty good overall for a 1st game. They obviously have a lot to work on. OLine did play better than last year, that being said they will have to improve to be a good contender come playoff time. I was talking to a news guy after the game and he said Salem was missing one of their OL starters. I guess I wasn't paying close enough attention, because I didn't notice. LCA had good size and mobility, I don't think Salem will play anybody that good on the lines for the rest of the regular season.
@Kilroy25 I agree with your enthusiasm about Davidson, awesome player, but I completely disagree with your comments about Lewis. If you want to question the coaching for play calling, or on whether certain guys should be playing more both ways, I can respect your opinion on that. They are adults and are used to criticism- it comes with the job.
[If Lewis had half the heart as #8 does for LCA it would be different, but he doesn’t. #8 for LCA was involved in all phases of the game and never came out and played his *** off the entire game! Lewis needs to take some notes if he wants to make it in the next level. Great kid and all, but just didn’t seem to have it like #8 does.]
Questioning the kid's heart is over the line in my book. It was 1 game, Peyton played hard. He didn't have the big plays that we're accustomed to, but I'm guessing he ran for more than 100. Davidson had the big breakaway in the 4th, made a ton of tackles on D and played well on special teams. He had a better game, leave it at that.