We got at least one fourth down converted as well because of that. So I think that factors into that conversion rate. That helps us be a little more balanced on third down where you don’t have to just drop back. I’m not Lane Kiffin aggressive in going for it on fourth, but we sometimes you can call plays on third down with the knowledge that you’re going to be able to go for it on fourth. But the other part of it is, I’m not, as a head coach, super-duper aggressive. “So that’s definitely something we want to be over. “You’d like to be over 33% and we were not there,” he said. Barton made just three first downs on 10 third downs, which is a bit less than Hester would like to see but that stat doesn’t tell the whole story. If there was a fly in the ointment, aside from Barton’s nine penalties for 95, it was on the Bulldogs’ third-down conversion rate. I think we learned some things and got some valuable experience.” I think that was a big key for this past game, was being able to try to start developing that. “Really and truly in the league that we’re getting ready to play in, you better have some, not only depth, but quality depth. “Even though we were playing a lot of different folks, I thought people stepped up and I thought we still were able to execute on defense and offense when we started getting some other guys in there,” he said. Tyler Flippen, who scored Barton’s first TD as the starting quarterback in the first game in the spring of 2021, also scored on a 7-yard run in the fourth quarter.īarton quarterback Jaquan Lynch (0) runs with ball during a game against Chowan on Thursday, Aug. He wasn’t sacked and didn’t throw an interception. Lynch complemented Terrell out of the backfield as he rushed for 59 yards and a pair of TDs while throwing for 99 yards on 10-of-17 passing. Back-ups Tiquan Patterson, Tay Long, Cam Powell and Gage Taylor all sparkled in their time on the field.Ī welcome sight for Barton fans was quarterback Jaquan Lynch completely healthy after missing five games last season. 9.8 average as Barton averaged 7.7 yards per attempt on the night. Jordan Terrell, the Bulldogs’ all-time leading rusher, pounded the Hawks for 186 yards on just 19 carries for a. Now the job is to try to move on from it and get ready for the next one.”Īs well as the defense played, the offense was humming along most of the game as well. I thought we put pressure on their quarterback I thought we had guys flying around on defense and it was a good night in a lot of ways and I think it was a good start. “I feel good about those guys on defense,” Hester said. True freshman Keno Jones had Barton’s other sack. Perry led the Bulldogs with eight tackles while DB Kermit Solomon made six stops and Dylan Williams had five. Defensive tackle Alex Gowda, whose 2022 season ended with a leg injury, picked up the ball in the end zone for an easy six points.įor the game, Chowan managed just 129 offensive yards, 2.9 per play, in the debut of head coach Paul Johnson while converting just 1 of its 11 third-down plays. Matt Proseus | Barton Collegeīarton scored a defensive TD at the start of the second quarter when McKee coughed up the ball as he was sacked by inside linebacker Shane Perry, an All-South Atlantic Conference selection last season. I think it was a good start.”īarton’s Alex Gowda (99) picks up a fumble for a touchdown during a game against Chowan on Thursday, Aug. So those three big areas I thought we did pretty well and I’m pleased. I don’t think we really dominated there but I thought (kicker) Bear (Huggins) did a really nice job and I thought our kick coverage showed a lot of improvement. And then I thought special teams did enough to win. “And then we always talked about winning the rushing battle and we were well over 300 and held our opponents, I think, to 27 yards and we were 338 so we won the rushing battle by over 300 yards. “So plus-3 is back to what we want it to be like. Hester outlined the key data from the contest, starting with the three turnovers Barton created, including two that led to TDs, while not giving the ball to Chowan at all. I thought we did that on Thursday night.” Our devotion this week was about start starting strong and finishing right. “Last year we played those guys and got off to a great start and then kind of hit a lull and although we might have hit a smaller lull in this game, we really finished the way we wanted to,” Bulldogs head coach Chip Hester said.
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