Both teams looked like they knew what the other was running before the snap and both had crazy penalties. More drama in this game then he first. Felt like the first was a choke job by MT
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MT didn't choke. They got beat by a better (at least equal) team. Before the WP game, MT seemed invincible. Folks were flocking to the bandwagon and placing their bets. I believed they peaked early and Smyrna caught up. And since I have the mike, let me say one more thing. If some of you stop disrespecting Smyrna every year like the previous year was merely a fluke, they might not be able to use your doubt as fuel. You keep poking the dog on the porch and act surprised when you get bit. Even when Smyrna was defending champion with Hendo, Knight and Brown, it was easier to accept that they would lose to MT than to acknowledge that Smyrna was a legitimately strong team. "Smyrna can't win with Will Knight alone" it was said this year. That might be true but the team believed in each other and the coaches. And as corny as it may seem, they believed that as long as they had Will Knight on the field, they always had a chance. That belief was even more powerful than the reality. It made them run faster, block stronger and execute sharper than if they thought their individual efforts were in vain. Lastly, I hope more athletes appreciate that a little humility can go a long way. And scene. Dropping the...I mean, humbly placing the microphone back on the stand.
Caravel, on a given day, could have beaten any team in the D2 tourney. However, 7 of the 8 teams that made it could also beat Caravel. Bottom line - Caravel was not there, so how about we congratulate the teams that won today and give props to all the kids on all 4 teams for great efforts!,
AP well stated. Congrats to Delmar Wildcats seven time state champion.
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Will Knight is 17 you idiot. It’s just he’s been playing on varsity his entire career. You’re such an idiot
I thought both games were exciting. And could of went either way. If you are a fan of blow out football these games weren't for you.
MT didn't choke. They got beat by a better (at least equal) team. Before the WP game, MT seemed invincible. Folks were flocking to the bandwagon and placing their bets. I believed they peaked early and Smyrna caught up. And since I have the mike, let me say one more thing. If some of you stop disrespecting Smyrna every year like the previous year was merely a fluke, they might not be able to use your doubt as fuel. You keep poking the dog on the porch and act surprised when you get bit. Even when Smyrna was defending champion with Hendo, Knight and Brown, it was easier to accept that they would lose to MT than to acknowledge that Smyrna was a legitimately strong team. "Smyrna can't win with Will Knight alone" it was said this year. That might be true but the team believed in each other and the coaches. And as corny as it may seem, they believed that as long as they had Will Knight on the field, they always had a chance. That belief was even more powerful than the reality. It made them run faster, block stronger and execute sharper than if they thought their individual efforts were in vain. Lastly, I hope more athletes appreciate that a little humility can go a long way. And scene. Dropping the...I mean, humbly placing the microphone back on the stand.
Smyrna has a great coach. Maybe the best in the state. They had a huge d-line in '15 with D1 QB and Knight, '16 they had 3, count them 3 D1's in Brown, Hendo, and 25. 2017 was the Smyrna Knights show all year. Though I appreciate your whole sappy "Mighty Ducks we shall overcome post" lets hold the "Smyrna is the greatest football team in the state of Delaware history" award till next year and see how they do without their studs. I'm calling it now, they go 6-4 regular season and barely make the playoffs.
They may struggle a bit for a year or two but there are two more Knights on their way up from middle school in the next couple years....not sure they’ll ever be what their brother was but if they are half that then the rest of the state is in trouble
I never have and never will say that Smyrna is the greatest ever. Not even in my mind. And I know they had a special group of kids over these past few years. Next year will be a challenge, and thing go in cycles, etc. But the SYSTEM persists, and the molding of young men is so much more important than rings. There are kids going to college, having confidence in their future whether going to college or working on a farm, there'e is a community that embraces the kids. It goes on and on. Its' a shame that not only did you miss much in what I wrote, but that you also added a subtext that wasn't even there. I am the biggest supporter AND critic of Smyrna. SO if you want sap, I suggest you look somewhere else...perhaps Vermont. Besides, it's wrestling season now.
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Prep this might be the most educated post on here to date! Ravens is obviously a hater of D2, enough said. Anybody with a football IQ would realize these 2 teams have already played and know how to stop each other, so it was probably going to be a defensive battle. If you say you have watched Milford all year, then you know that they have had basically little passing game. The fact that they moved the ball in the air was impressive and they did not just hand the ball up the middle to Bowman like the first time. At the same time, they controlled Parker and truly stopped Dennard for all but 1 play. Now on Delmar's side, their D line and linebackers controlled the game. Phillips is a heck of a presence in the middle and he was a difference maker. Truthfully Parker might be a better OLB than FB, because of his speed off the edge as well.
I think you have to credit both teams and coaching staffs. 35-10, 4 weeks ago and now a 14-7 game with 0 points in the second half? How is that considered a boring game? I'm sorry, watching Smryna run the earthquake package 10 plus times a game is super exciting?!?
Now lets also look at numbers, according to the DOE website. Smryna has over 1400 kids, Middletown has about 1500, Milford has just under 1000 and Delmar is under 700. From what I've heard, Smryna has the luxury of guys playing solely offense and defense. Delmar and Milford probably have 8-9 guys that never come off the field. This means, they have to focus on offense/defense during practice. Where as Smryna, those kids can focus on offense for 2 hours and others defense for 2 hours. That must be AWESOME, because I can guarantee no team in D2 can do that. So instead of calling D2 a JV game, how about lets give credit where credit is due.
Congrats coaches and players of Delmar and Milford for great seasons and making it to the state championship and a bigger congratulations to Delmar for winning the game!
Prep... what are you talking about!!!! How does me saying "That's how you should play Delmar. I said it last two weeks and again today. Good team. Solid players but not impressed by all the hype"
Have to do with me not knowing what is going on and all that you typed. I agree with you on most of what you typed. I believe the QBs had more than 2 secs however but because that is not something they are use to doing they need 4-5 seconds to get rid of the ball and it wasn't broken play after broken play but good team defense to where neither team could sustain a long drive and outside of 3-4 no big plays given up but not utter DL dominance.
Have to do with me not knowing what is going on and all that you typed. I agree with you on most of what you typed. I believe the QBs had more than 2 secs however but because that is not something they are use to doing they need 4-5 seconds to get rid of the ball and it wasn't broken play after broken play but good team defense to where neither team could sustain a long drive and outside of 3-4 no big plays given up but not utter DL dominance.
bbmvp.. I believe this is what the Milford coach was referring to about the first game should have went differently. This is probably how he envision the game going outside of them losing and that was because of not covering the pitch man on the long option TD and the PA throwback right before half. 2 mental mistakes 2 TDs.
Yeah, that second one was brutal. Half the secondary was in man, the other was in cover 4, not the way to defend that play
Actually I think they may have ran it against Milford the first time, but it didn't go for a touchdown.
So I guess them doing the exact same thing last year meant Nolan couldn't play either???Clearly the game plan both years was Will Knight and their oline being more dominant than Middletown's dline..two games were pretty identical in how they used the quarterback and how they ran earthquake with a Will and Leddie for most of the game last year. Nolan spent most of the game on the sideline last year as well. Think he threw 3 passes. You guys are so critical of the wilson kid smh - Congrats to him and to smyrna for winning the chip.
Henderson was 1-5 4yds and a pick last year Knight was 1-3 total 2of 8 passing for 2 yds
Smyrna rush 65 times for 430
Smyrna rush 65 times for 430
Smyrna's coaching staff does what's in the best interest to get the W.. regardless of what the people in the stands think. Kudos to them for sticking to a script that's netted 3 straight championships... pretty sure Henderson and Wilson were happy to have had small roles in the championship game and won then to have had bigger individual stats and lost
