The Tigers missed a scoring opportunity in the first half that would have certainly helped the Commerce cause. The passing game has been an Achilles heal so far this season. Hopefully they can gain some consistency the rest of the year. Overall the team played well in the first half but fell apart in the second. In the 3rd quarter the Tigers had a couple fumbles, a bad snap on a fake punt, and our punter got tackled on a punt after losing a handle on the ball. I blacked out after that so if anything else bad happened I don’t recall it.

Wesleyan put the hammer down on Commerce the whole game defensively. They have some hard hitting folks on that defense. No wonder no team has scored in the double digits against them.  Their QB looked great all night and pretty much could throw it to whoever he wanted to in the second half. He did have one picked off in the first half though. I wanted to mention the Wesleyan announcer also. He was entertaining to listen to.

The Tigers should gain some confidence after playing the best team in class A very well for 2 quarters. They should be proud of that fact. But they have to improve in several areas as well. Next up for Commerce is Lakeview Academy at home.

John Cash returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown only to have it called back for a penalty. AA could never get anything going offensively but played decent defense except for the big plays that Brock scored on.

I like exciting long runs for scores but Commerce will need more than that in the long run. I’ll take scores anyway we can get them but quick scores leave the defense on the field way too much when playing quality teams. You have to be able to put long drives together to control the clock especially in the playoffs.

I’d like to see the passing game improve and next week would be a good game to work out the kinks against Athens Christian. If  the defense gets better every week I think the Tigers will be in good shape for the playoffs.

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