Chancellor is who I thought they were, but they showed more fight than I thought they would. Their very first play was a penalty, and I thought "welp, here we go". Courtland also had their share of penalties. Chalk it up to the rivalry, I guess. The main story of the game was the Cougar defense. They bent but didn't break against the Charger no huddle. Their QB contain broke down a lot. Some of it was Chancellor QB Brown, but some of it was just bad defense. Chancellor should've only scored 7 but a bad play call by Courtland deep in their own territory ended up with Greene getting pushed back and fumbling in the end zone. Courtland should have just run it up the middle, but Greene also should've just fallen down instead of letting himself get driven back by the pile of Chargers. Regardless of that play, Greene was, and is, a beast. He was playing his own Madden game tonight, trucking Chargers like it was nothing.
Chancellor ran a nice read option attack at a frantic pace, and I thought it was gonna kill Courtland's depth later in the game. Courtland had trouble subbing and was caught with 10 men on the field a couple of times, yet they bent but didn't break. They had trouble stopping simple runs up the middle in the first half, but adjusted. Penalties hurt both teams in the first half. Courtland got the ball to start the second half and played Cougar football, and Chancellor had no answer. Blair Lawson is so fast, just as fast as King George's Jordan Aley. I thought the game was going to go down to the wire when Chancellor took only 4 plays to tie the game at 13, but it was all Courtland from there.
I would pay $20 to see Courtland play Lake Taylor. The Cougars are for real. Chancellor is good, but aren't going to take that next step this year. Too undisciplined and not physical enough.
