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Loss to Butler behind Aslin, Busters as Huskies come to town
Published 9/13/2008 in Sports : GCCC
By MIKE KESSINGER
mkessinger@gctelegram.com
Garden City Community College head coach Lucas Aslin walked off the practice field Thursday at Tangeman Sports Complex pleased.
Practice was complete and just as it had been all week, the Broncbusters had given the kind of effort Aslin was looking for heading into today's non-conference clash against Air Force Prep. It was just five days since Butler left Garden City with a 34-29 Jayhawk Conference win, and the Busters have left the game in the past.
"We've had a real good week of practice, we had a good week last week too, so we just have to go play on Saturday and see what happens," Aslin said. "I'm just hopeful we can bounce back and play well on both sides of the football, and I think we'll be alright. It will take care of itself."
After a game Garden City (1-1) put together an offensive assault on Butler, which totaled 477 yards of total offense and still lost, no one would be surprised if the Busters had gone into practice this week a little disheartened. Instead of looking at the negative to the loss, the Busters have remained upbeat. The Busters had several positives against the defending national champions, most noticeable the 395 passing yards quarterback Eugene Smith distributed to eight receivers. He completed 45 passes on the usually stingy Butler defense. Smith was rewarded for his effort by being named the conference Offensive Player of the Week. The Busters quarterback completed 29 of his passes to freshman receivers Cameron Horesky and Adrian Jones. The breakout game for the receivers takes a little more of the defensive focus off standout Cameron Kenney, who caught touchdowns among his eight receptions against Butler.
The down side though, was the big plays the Busters gave up to Butler. The Grizzlies rode quarterback Press Taylor to 333 total yards, 257 of it through the air.
"I think the main thing -- not necessarily the defensive side, but just coverage aspects of because we played the run well," Aslin said. "Anybody can say this, but in our two games if you can take away four or five plays then we're a lot better -- we show a lot better on defense."
Through the first two games, the most trouble the Busters have had is in the early part of the game. In their opening game at Cisco (Texas) Garden City have touchdowns on the first two possessions. The second touchdown was a 48-yard run. Butler responded to the Busters first touchdown last weekend with a drive and touchdown of its own. On their next possession, the Grizzlies struck quick like Cisco had with the long run. The difference was instead of it being a run, Taylor hit receiver Tyrece Gaines for a 41-yard touchdown pass.
The Busters won't have a break from the Huskies today as far as not being a high-fired offense. Air Force Prep (1-2), who will run some what on an option attack jumped on Garden City conference foe Coffeyville in the first quarter in its last game. Quarterback Mikil Whittier scored the Huskies first touchdown on a two-yard run. The Huskies led the visiting Red Ravens 14-9 at halftime.
"(Air Force Prep) plays tough teams," Aslin said. "We don't have a lot of film on them.
"They're going to be I imagine a little more like last year, they run a little bit of option, but they run a lot of spread stuff so they're going to throw the ball. They're multi-dimensional, and have some good athletes."
The Huskies, who Garden City beat with a last minute touchdown last year in Colorado Springs, Colo., have worn down in the second half this season. After giving up 56 points to Snow College two weeks ago, Coffeyville blew open a close game last week with 23 points in the fourth quarter. The Red Raven won 46-26.
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