Cougars vs Molosses

Last Sunday the 19th the Cougars played the Molosses at home. It was a sloppy game. We started out sluggish. This easily being seen in the 0-0 half time score. The Molosses are the weakest team in our division. Their Americans seemed to have changed their attitudes a little bit about playing in France. The runningback now was the play caller. He'd run to the huddle and tell them what they were going to do. Their other import who was playing center now moved to guard and helped lead their running attack. They tried to follow him and utilize his talent, but he was really just a bad holder and a squatty body which didn't really prove to be that usefull. It was a slow game, not a ton of action in the first half.


Some of our players who have worked their butt's off at practice and made big improvements got an opportunity to display their talent on the field. Danny Mendes, Florent Hirel, Alexis Dorard got to start. Danny had a huge catch for a 20 yard gain, which was huge because I think it was his first reception in a game. However he had a chance at a wide open touchdown pass, that eventually fell to the ground because of his over excitement. We were all so upset because we wanted it so bad for him. Florent made some good receptions 3 for 18 yards and is doing a great job catching the ball. We still have to work on his moves after the catch, but he is doing a great job pulling them in. Jean Michel also had a big touchdown reception. His first of the season. Nico caught a touchdown pass as well. Both first for those guys this season. I was proud because they have worked hard and deserved that. Alexis made 2 solo tackles and it's so good getting to see the guys that pour into the team, get something back for their hard work.

Coach later told me that Alexis was nervous going in and getting to play in the game. But he did well. Bago grabbed a screen pass out of the air on defense and scored a touchdown on the play. Matty, playing safety at the time, had told them to look out for the screen. As soon as he did, the RB's eyes lit up as if saying, OH CRAP. Bago jumped the passed and scored. Rounding out our 21-6 victory. I had a statistically decent game, 7 tackles, 3 solo.


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