Daniel McColl would be scary to have to face head-on.
(Photo by Ed Piper)
By Ed Piper, Jr.
Bull Run.
Looking at La Jolla's big Daniel McColl running the football, one thinks of that phrase. He's just going to bull his way forward with the ball.
With the Vikings facing second-and-goal from the four-yard line in their game against Coronado Sept. 16, they turned to their human earthmover.
"I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling, a-tumbling down" - Carole King
He got half the four yards. He did the hardest part. Then someone else took it the rest of the way on a subsequent play.
Bull Run, or Manassas, is actually the name of a battle site in the Civil War. But that's where Daniel makes his stand. And with the other parts of La Jolla's offense--quarterback Cole Dimich, for one--enjoying success in moving the ball forward in their game in week four on the ground, maybe that's where Matt Morrison's offense is more and more going to take its stand.
Alex Dockery is the "hardest working man in show business"--er, football--to steal James Brown's self-appointed nickname. He does some of the hard yardage his team needs, just like McColl. He's not as big, so Friday against Coronado he was feeling some of his old groove and juking left and right to pick up some real estate.
Stay with what works for you--Bull Run. Sprinkle some Dimich passes in, for good flavoring.
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