{"id":11309,"date":"2018-09-13T13:43:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T19:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=11309"},"modified":"2018-09-13T13:45:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T19:45:19","slug":"players-only-game-one-from-inside-the-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2018\/09\/13\/players-only-game-one-from-inside-the-pocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Players Only | Game one from inside the pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Players Only” is a special column, written by Harding athletes. In this week’s column: Sophomore Bisons quarterback Preston Paden<\/a> reflects on his week-one start on the road.<\/em><\/p>\n

Coming into the game, we knew Henderson State University<\/a> was not going to lay down and was going to bring all they had against us, which is what we would want from any team. The team and I love competition so we want every game to be as competitive as possible.<\/p>\n

The offense started very slow, which can happen sometimes when we do not get a good read on the defense. Our defense does not start games, which is a huge advantage for us. This game, they constantly gave us great field position and turnovers leading to some scores for us.<\/p>\n

After the first quarter, our offense started getting into a good groove and popped off some big plays from our explosive backfield. Our sophomore running backs Tristan Tucker<\/a>, Taylor Bissell<\/a>, Cole Chancey<\/a> and Romar Reades<\/a> all do a great job. Handing the ball of to these guys is a great part of our offense, but the best part, without a doubt, is our offensive line. Those guys lay their body on the line every play to protect the backs and they do a fantastic job. Every play, they blow people off the line and create space for our backs to burst through.<\/p>\n

The high of the game was being able to complete my first college touchdown to my roommate, redshirt freshman wide receiver, Taylor Thompson<\/a>, that being his first career touchdown as well. It was extra special for him since he has to sit out last year with a knee injury in week three.<\/p>\n

It felt like a sigh of relief after winning the first game of the year because it is always good to start out 1-0. Now we need to take every game one week at a time and give our best effort throughout the season. We know if we do that, the scoreboard will be in our favor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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