2021 Week 3 Bear Tracks

This was posted before the BHP vs Broome game was rescheduled.

What a week can do to your perspective. With BHP coming off a last-second win against Westside, a AAAA school, by running a very powerful and effective offense while coming up big on defense; the feeling after the game was jubilant. Fast forward 7 days and the mood is not quite the same. The defensive stops and positive offensive movement just were not there against Powdersville and the feeling after the loss was quite different than the one after the win.

However, BHP gets another shot at regaining that momentum they had coming out of the Westside game this Friday night. Although maybe not against the opponent they had expected.

Week 3 Preview

BHP was scheduled to play little brother rival Palmetto this week, but due to Covid contact and out of an abundance of caution, the game was canceled. BHP wasted no time contacting and scheduling a game with Woodmont and it was scheduled for all of a couple of hours. For a reason unknown to us, BHP has replaced Woodmont with the Broome Centurions.

BHP will have a huge task to deal with in Broome's offense. Broome's quarterback Dylan Ramirez has passed for 683 yards and rushed for 144 yards in the first two games of the season (847 total yards). To put that in perspective, BHP has 704 total yards as a team this season.

Along with that, BHP will need to right the ship on the offensive side as well. Even while leading every offensive category last Friday night against Powdersville except for points, BHP still lost by 15 points. BHP will have to find ways to convert the extended drives into touchdowns or find ways to manufacture big plays on offense.

Broome will travel to BHP with a 1-1 record after losing their first game to Powdersville 46-28 and winning against Chesnee 48-41 last week. In the loss to Powdersville, Broome was up 22-17 at halftime, but Powdersville's quick score offense struck in the 3rd quarter outsourcing Broome 21-3.

Nevertheless, we are excited to get the Bears back on the field and hopefully, they will put on another performance as they did against Westside.

2013 Game Stats (Last Matchup)

Score: BHP 42 -- Broome 12

Quick Stats

Even though the game against Palmetto was canceled, I feel everyone should still get to behold these Bear Stats about Palmetto vs BHP.

• BHP is 48-7 all-time against Palmetto.
• Under Coach Blackston, BHP has not lost against Palmetto.
• BHP averages 26 points against Palmetto while only allowing 9.
• Since 2000, BHP is 20-1 against Palmetto (the only loss came in 2008 when Palmetto won 7-6).
• The largest margin of victory against Palmetto was 84 points (84-0 in 2013), while the largest losing margin was 7 points (1971, 14-7 and 1969, 7-0).

That's enough about Palmetto

• A Coach Blackston-led team has never faced Woodmont.
• BHP is 11-3 all-time against Woodmont.
• BHP's margin of victory over Woodmont all-time is 26 points per game, while Woodmont's margin of victory over BHP is only 3 points per game.
• Of the 14 games against BHP, Woodmont has only scored double digits in 5 games, 20 points only once, and has been shut out 3 times.

The previous quick stats were what we researched during the couple of hours that BHP was scheduled to play Woodmont, you're welcome.

• The 26 pass attempts for BHP against Powdersville was only the 7th time since 2014 that BHP attempted more than 25 passes in a game.
• The 82 plays run against Powdersville was only the 2nd time that BHP has run 80 or more plays in a game since 2014.
• BHP is allowing 49% more rushing yards per game over last season.
• BHP's defense is causing 50% more turnovers per game than last season.
• BHP is running 39% more plays per game while only averaging 8% more yards per game over last season.
• BHP has doubled their completions per game over last season.
• BHP has only played Broome twice in school history (2013, BHP 42 - Broome 12 and 2002, BHP 15 - Broome 29).
• This is the first time that BHP has faced Broome in the regular season.

Conclusion

A BHP game week is always exciting. Even though the Bears will not be playing Palmetto, it will be great to get the Bears back on the field and see how they can respond to the loss against Powdersville. And at this rate, who knows what team will be on the other sideline come Friday.

Even though BHP is able to play this week, a lot of teams are not. We do want to ask that you do your part to help keep the students at all schools safe and help keep them in the class and on the field.

Prediction: BHP 35 - Broome 28

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