I was really disappointed with Trinity to be honest. Incredibly talented, they might have as many as 20 future FBS players on the roster, but their offense was a mess, special teams was awful besides the return game, and defensively they were undisciplined.
There was the obvious offsides that hurt them, but I counted at least 20 times throughout the game when there was uncertainty about who should have been on the field and kids ran on and off at the last minute. Inexcusable at this point in the season.
The most basic fundamental is having a clear understanding who is supposed to be where and when and if you don’t have that down I can’t really imagine you’re going to know what you’re supposed to be doing once you get there.
Wasting two time outs on the first possession of second half, having a delay of game on the first play after a kickoff, just lots of stuff that you would rarely see at a decent class 4-6 program.
I don’t want to beat up on them too much because they almost won despite all that, but ... I think a lot of those kids would have better served going to a better program and their schedule is going to get a lot tougher next year. Unless they improve at the little things, they are going to get run off the field in some of those games.
The QB is extremely talented, but had a bad game. On the other hand, he showed a lot of heart running down a kid after an INT that looked like he was going to return it for a TD late in the game. That was impressive.
Trinity 2019 WR Washington might be the most talented skill player I’ve seen this year — and that’s saying a lot. He, Cameron Brown, Ronnie Bell are easily the top 3 WRs in the state.
LN is much more disciplined and have some talented kids on the defensive side of the ball.
LN runs a similar style of offense as Lamar and that will make things interesting. The QB while poised, doesn’t really run it a lot and they have no passing game to speak of other than a quick hitter over the middle to TE Ronnie Perkins. Their RBs are talented, fast and tough.
Lotts, can’t remember his first name, had a great game. Tough player.
If they have a weakness there it is that they start two freshmen and a sophomore on the offensive line. Their OL is good, just really young.
Overall, it was a great game between two talented teams and while I’m probably being a little too harsh here on Trinity, it is what it is. Too whom much is given, much is required.
As for the semifinals, man I’ve never heard a team talked about as much at a game with as much reverence as Lamar was last night — and all positive. That community should be proud because people in STL respect the crap out of them.
I say Lamar wins by two TDs but they’ll have to play well.
