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youngbuck wrote:

PortagePride wrote:The Wildcats will probably Implement a "spy" or "spys" on St. Clair like a lot of the better teams the Mustangs have faced this season have done. Homer Center looks pretty stout up front which could cause Portage fits all night with their trap game which they try and counteract to teams taking away the outside runs. Portage's pass game is way down from years past so if the run game isn't working then look for it to be a possible long night for the Mustang's offensively. I don't know enough about Homer offensively to really break down that matchup except that its no secret if the Wildcats pass the football, Portage is suspect in the defensive backfield. Weather forecast doesn't seem favorable for Saturday night so look for to maybe play some sort of factor as well, especially in the turnover catagory. Homer is the clear favorite and mostly everyone is picking them. A decent amount of folks on here picked Penns Manor last week as well. HOPEFULLY Portage rises to the challenge again on Saturday, the Mustangs have matched up well with upper Heritage teams in the past few years with positive results. We shall see what this weekends game will bring. Good Luck to both teams.

[font=Roboto, sans-serif]What is Spying the Quarterback?[/font]
[font=Roboto, sans-serif]This refers to a defensive player (usually a linebacker or defensive back) whose sole responsibility is to shadow the quarterback.  Typically the defensive player floats just off the line of scrimmage, if the quarterback rolls left, he rolls left.  If the quarterback runs with the ball, he follows.  A spy is mostly used on a dual threat quarterback as opposed to a pocket passer.[/font]
[font=Roboto, sans-serif]Have never heard of a team using a spy  vs a running back.  But hey if the really good teams are doing it in the Westpac, must be great defensive strategy [/font]

youngbuck wrote:

PortagePride wrote:The Wildcats will probably Implement a "spy" or "spys" on St. Clair like a lot of the better teams the Mustangs have faced this season have done. Homer Center looks pretty stout up front which could cause Portage fits all night with their trap game which they try and counteract to teams taking away the outside runs. Portage's pass game is way down from years past so if the run game isn't working then look for it to be a possible long night for the Mustang's offensively. I don't know enough about Homer offensively to really break down that matchup except that its no secret if the Wildcats pass the football, Portage is suspect in the defensive backfield. Weather forecast doesn't seem favorable for Saturday night so look for to maybe play some sort of factor as well, especially in the turnover catagory. Homer is the clear favorite and mostly everyone is picking them. A decent amount of folks on here picked Penns Manor last week as well. HOPEFULLY Portage rises to the challenge again on Saturday, the Mustangs have matched up well with upper Heritage teams in the past few years with positive results. We shall see what this weekends game will bring. Good Luck to both teams.

[font=Roboto, sans-serif]What is Spying the Quarterback?[/font]
[font=Roboto, sans-serif]This refers to a defensive player (usually a linebacker or defensive back) whose sole responsibility is to shadow the quarterback.  Typically the defensive player floats just off the line of scrimmage, if the quarterback rolls left, he rolls left.  If the quarterback runs with the ball, he follows.  A spy is mostly used on a dual threat quarterback as opposed to a pocket passer.[/font]
[font=Roboto, sans-serif]Have never heard of a team using a spy  vs a running back.  But hey if the really good teams are doing it in the Westpac, must be great defensive strategy [/font]

youngbuck wrote:Have never heard of a team playing a spy against a running back,  but I guess this happens all the time in the Westpac, well just the better teams do it.  Stang, a shift would occur before the snap, so how can you tell what the play is before the ball is snapped.  By spy, do you mean the two defensive players lined up behind the defensive line, oh those are also known as linebackers.   Also , the punctuation that you used is what is known as quotations.   
And my man Hank, still sulking from a Berlin beat down last weak, thanks for your reference to a defensive scheme used 13 years ago.  That was strong support for Stang, who stated that several of the better teams played a spy or even two to stop St. Clair. But you only could come up with one team doing it more than a decade, and because I know that you know football, if you did not talk about any teams running double running back spies then it did not happen 
Thanks to both of you and remember ' apostrophe.  "Quotation