This week the Vipers face the Blizzard of Green Bay. Green Bay is coming off of a 64-48 loss in which they had numerous turnovers. While not an easy game for the Vipers, it should prove to be much less difficult than the South Georgia game. The feeling in Green Bay is a depressed one due to their first loss in the Resch Center in almost two years. The talent is their according to WR Scott Burnoski. And the talent may very well be there, but hopefully the downtrodden state after the last game will carry over into Huntsville.
As for the Vipers they will be playing without star WR/DB/KR Travis Blanchard. He injured his left ankle early in the second quarter and never returned (he remained dressed out on the bench for the remainder of the game). Someone, it is unknown as to who, fell onto it Saturday causing him to lose the ability to make cuts on it. "I can't do too much cutting off of it, but I can run straight ahead" he said.
Blanchard was the one to put the Vipers on the board with a dazzling 57 yard missed field goal return less than three minutes into the game. Afterward he scored on a 3 yard run. In the return game he was missed but Gary Elliot filled in nicely. The secondary took the biggest hit with Blanchard's absence, allowing 375 yards and 7 TDs to be thrown on them.
On a more positive note, Andy Hall had a nice outing aside from tossing two interceptions (one with 54 seconds left). Coach Cokinos was quoted as saying "You probably don't want to force one there, but he's a competitor. He was trying to make a play, but we always preach if it's not there don't make a bad play worse. I'm sure he'd like to have that one back. Andy played well. Like all of us, he can improve some things. He made some big throws with the game on the line. The touchdown pass to Elliott was a big-time throw (with 22 seconds left giving the Vipers their lead back). Other than the two interceptions, he played a good game."
Prediction:
Vipers 48, Blizzard 42
Last Week: 0-1
Season Total: 0-1
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