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Week 4 - "Game of the Week" & Ask "Coach" Smith · Cover IV Podcast

• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Cover Four.
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_00: If you're a Section 4 football fan, this is your podcast.
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Coach Smith, your host.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: Buckle your chin strap, put your mouthpiece in, and tie your cleats in double knots.
• 0:23
  SPEAKER_00: Here we go.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Games of the Week for week four.
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_00: Can you believe it?
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: It's the halfway point of the regular season, how time flies when you're having fun.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: Today I will analyze a high-profile matchup between two unbeaten teams.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: And I'll also answer an interesting Ask Coach Smith question about offensive holding.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: Now onto our game.
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_00: The Maine Anwell Spartans, currently ranked number one in Class B, travel to Shenango to take on the Blue Devils, who are currently ranked number three in Class C.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: That contest will be Friday evening, October 4th at 7 p.m.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_00: at Shenango Forks.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_00: Maine Anwell comes into this game scoring 175 points and only allowing 70.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a difference of plus 105.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: This will be the second week in a row.
• 1:18
  SPEAKER_00: Maine Anwell has played a top-ranked Class C team.
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_00: Last week, Maine Anwell won an exciting game in overtime, beating a very good Waverly team, 42 to 41.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_00: Maine Anwell had 388 yards of total offense, and 274 of that was rushing.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: Extremely hard-running Jaden Branch led Maine Anwell's ground game with 102 yards on 15 carries and three TDs.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: Tyler Matthews had 64 yards on seven carries, and Vinny Mancini contributed 57 yards on seven carries and had four pass catches for 44 yards and one TD.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_00: Preston Awker was 7 of 9 for 96 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now on to Shenango Forks, who was coming off a very dominant performance by beating Newark Valley 40 to 3.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: Forks comes in having scored 133 points and allowing just 31.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a difference of plus 102.
• 2:25
  SPEAKER_00: Over the last three games, the Blue Devils defense has allowed only three points.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: This is very impressive, considering two of those teams were Tioga and Newark Valley, holding Tyoga scoreless.
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_00: You don't hear that very often.
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_00: Last week against Newark Valley, Forks finished with 367 yards of total offense.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: 312 of those yards came on the ground.
• 2:49
  SPEAKER_00: Tate Bender rushed five times for 64 yards.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_00: Finstart carried the ball three times for 56 yards.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Lucas Bartlow carried three times for 40 yards.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_00: Sam Paske was three for three for 55 yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions.
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_00: What I feel are the keys to the game, as with any football game, to have a chance to win, you must be able to run the ball and stop the run.
• 3:17
  SPEAKER_00: Both teams have shown they are capable of both of these things.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_00: The question is, who can do it better when it counts during the game?
• 3:27
  SPEAKER_00: It will be fun finding out.
• 3:29
  SPEAKER_00: This will be a well-coached, well-played, and well-watched game, both online and in person.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: Now for our Ask Coach Smith segment.
• 3:39
  SPEAKER_00: Edward writes, I was watching a high school football game and saw a running back grab his offensive lineman's jersey to help pull him and guide him through the hole.
• 3:50
  SPEAKER_00: The referee threw a flag and called offensive holding.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_00: Since I did not see any other obvious offensive holding, the call must have been on the running back.
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_00: When I was younger, I can distinctly remember our coach telling us to do this to help us run the ball.
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  SPEAKER_00: Has something changed?
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  SPEAKER_00: Is this an offensive holding penalty?
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for your question, Edward.
• 4:14
  SPEAKER_00: What you described is now called offensive holding.
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  SPEAKER_00: Back in the day, this was a technique some coaches taught runners to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: This could also be called helping the runner.
• 4:26
  SPEAKER_00: This is a spot foul, five-yard penalty, and replay of the down.
• 4:31
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• 4:36
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• 4:43
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• 4:47
  SPEAKER_00: In football and life, it's not where you line up, it's where you wind up.
• 4:53
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for listening to the Cover Four podcast.