THE TIGER IS BACK
By Chuck Montana
September 22, 2006
How about them Tigers! For the past couple of weeks all I’ve heard is how bad the Tigers are doing. How Lance Day can’t pass, how the defense can’t get the job done! All along I’ve said that Chad Rogers is working a plan and before to long things are going to start clicking. We all have to remember that this squad is NEW. New players in new positions means kinks in the chain but it’s nothing that can’t be solved.
Tonight (9/22), the Tigers proved to all the critics that they are the real deal. All week long Chad Rogers and the entire coaching staff did what had to be done to get those nasty kinks worked out. I talked with several of the players and they all told me this was one of the toughest weeks of practice ever!
Over the last couple of games we watched a Tiger team that had great moments followed by disaster, penalties, missed tackles and so much more.
Now we can honestly say the Tigers have fixed what’s broken and solved the puzzle that’s been plaguing them for so long. Amarillo Palo Duro came into the Tigers den tonight and now they have a long drive back north wondering what went wrong.
Palo Duro is one of the fastest teams the Tigers have ever gone against and they could do nothing more then go three and out. Sure they had a few big plays but the Tiger D did the job like days past and shut them down play after play.
Lance Day led the offence like a proven General marching his troops in to war. He was finally able to finds his receivers making some beautiful passes and what about Will Clay and Chase Arrendale. Both backs for the Tigers showed the world they can run the football and run it well!
After 4 the Tigers pick up the first win of the season beating Palo Duro 35 to ZIP!
The glory days of the past are now upon us again as this team is now playing as one. Chad Rogers said it would happen and he was right. He said it would click and when it does watch out. All you have to do is look at tonight’s game and what this team can do and it really speaks for itself. I think the Tigers have fixed the problems and are ready for whatever the world throws at them.
To all the armchair quarterbacks that like to sit in the stands and second-guess everything the coaches and kids do… What do you have to say now?
Good job Tigers…
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