Buhler's Jorden Oden

[RoyalShock]

I have to give a shout-out to our high school running back. Friday night he had 291 yds rushing and a school-record 6 TDs, all in the first half against Augusta.

In three games he has about 820 yards and, I think, 14 TDs.

That said, he's running behind an impressive offensive line that averages 230 lbs, which is pretty good for a 4A school. No doubt that they are a huge part of his success.

As a Buhler alum and lifelong resident it's nice to see we finally have size, speed and skill. Even during periods of having a good FB team we were small. I remember them making the 5A state championship game back in '90 against Pittsburg and we were woefully undersized.

[wsushox1]

Kid is a stud. Not looking forward to when they play my team, El Dorado, on friday.

[SubGod22]

Buhler vs El Dorado? I say Buhler by 40

[RoyalShock]

Our first string offense has not yet been forced to punt. So far, our special teams have been mediocre, at best. When we come up against a good defense, that concerns me. Field position becomes so much more important in a close game.

As for El Dorado, it looks like their offense is having a difficult time putting up points. I would expect Buhler to get at nor near 50. If those points come early and our reserves go in, El Dorado should get a couple of TDs. Augusta's starters had no problem moving the ball against or stopping our reserves.

[SubGod22]

Our first string offense has not yet been forced to punt. So far, our special teams have been mediocre, at best. When we come up against a good defense, that concerns me. Field position becomes so much more important in a close game.

As for El Dorado, it looks like their offense is having a difficult time putting up points. I would expect Buhler to get at nor near 50. If those points come early and our reserves go in, El Dorado should get a couple of TDs. Augusta's starters had no problem moving the ball against or stopping our reserves.

That's why I say 40 and not 60. I don't pay much attention to HS football but El Dorado has been far from a power. It's been a few years, but that was one game we always felt capable of winning. And we all know Circle and football don't really go together...

[wsushox1]

At least El Dorado can beat Circle and Augusta!! Our defense is not half bad at all and our run game has been around 200 yards a game. Carries are distributed through 3-4 guys. Scoring however is a problem. Now in Cross Country.....we'll talk lol.

[RoyalShock]

Our coach has a weekly radio show and said that El Dorado runs a triple-option offense. Buhler also runs the option. This should make the O-lines that much more important since both defenses are used to seeing the option in practice.

[wsushox1]

Yes our offense is a lot of option. We run a lot of option pitches and a lot of motion in the offense. I am a cross country runner so I am not too knowledgable about football.

[RoyalShock]

I am a cross country runner so I am not too knowledgable about football.

Then we have that in common. :good:

(Though, that was 20+ years ago!)

[wsushox1]

GAH!!!! Buhler beats El Dorado 57-0... What is worse is that the game was called at half-time due to torrential downpours.

[SubGod22]

That was the half-time score? WOW!

[wsushox1]

Yea, Oden had at least 4 or 5 touchdowns. Anyways, there was a skirmish/fight during the game so it was a downer.

[RoyalShock]

The Eagle said Oden had 2 TDs on 186 yards. Also said Buhler scored 8 TDs on 23 offensive plays.

I'm disappointed to hear there was a skirmish. I hope ours wasn't one of the instigators. With football, it is hard to tell anyway.

[wsushox1]

Yea, well It was hard to tell. It was on a kickoff and either one of our players blocked a Buhler Player to the ground after the play was blown dead or it was the other way around. The game was way out of reach on our end so I wasn't playing too much attention on whose kickoff it was. From then it was a bunch of other players pushing and shoving and some heated words. I am sure both teams are dissapointed and the coaches will deal with them appropriatly.

[ShockCity]

Anyways, there was a skirmish/fight during the game so it was a downer.

Must have been a KU fan.