I turned 31 today.
I think I’m up to like 80 “happy birthday” wall-posts on facebook. Is it bad that this fact makes me happy?
The best present I could have gotten* was a decisive victory over Mount Nittany Middle School last night. We won 28-13 in a hard fought battle. The defense played pretty well . . . didn’t give up a lot of big plays, and really only let down on the first drive. I ran a whole lot of b-gap blitzes, because they seemed to love to run 44 read to the tight end side . . . other than that, we sat in loose stack, with a three deep zone coverage all night, and didn’t give up too much. We still need to work on our pass coverage, but I really think that’s just something that 8th graders will always struggle with. They’re so afraid of hitting the guy early and getting a penalty that half the time they just let him catch the ball, then make the tackle . . . we’ll keep working on it.
Some friends are taking me out for a steak dinner tonight. See? Birthdays are good for something.
-MH
*Actually . . . my lovely gf got me a pair of tickets to see the Packers play in Green Bay on Dec. 28th. THAT was the best present so far . . .
