Offense and defense continue to dislike one another
August 9, 2012 by Mike CasazzaUnderstand that this happened first Thursday.
That’s K.J. Dillon in the blue. For the record, I think it’s a disservice he’s not going with Kimlon, but I won’t dare tell him such a thing. And for the record, he’s playing this season. I don’t know how he doesn’t. He’s one guy players and coaches on both sides of the ball have mentioned, a few voluntarily, and freshmen can play at safety.
Anyhow, he takes out Travares Copeland’s block — and Copeland didn’t really do anything wrong … he went low and popped up — and then takes down Terrence Gourdine, who had no chance. It really looked like Gourdine was either surprised or impressed by what happened to Copeland and the next thing he knew, Dillon was unhinging his jaw and readying to strike.
Then Dillon he celebrates and the guys in blue were swole. In the back-and-forth we’ve thus far seen, both physically and, more memorably, verbally, the defense took a lead.
That did not last long.
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