Mamou battles Iota for homecoming

It does not get any easier for the Mamou Demons tomorrow night, as they play host to the Iota Bulldogs for their homecoming game. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
Iota (4-0, 1-0) comes into the contest as the No. 2 team in the state in terms of power points and may have one of their best teams in the history of the program. The Bulldogs average 40.8 points per game on offense and have scored over 40 points three times this season.
Defensively, Iota is as good as any team in the state, allowing only 12.5 points per game, with most of those points coming when the game was well in hand. The Bulldogs took down a tough Northwest team 49-12 this past week in their first district win of the year.
Mamou on the other hand is seeking their first win of the season. The Demons fell to Port Barre this past Friday 14-6 in what Mamou head coach Dwight Collins called another offensive struggle.
“Right now, we are getting in the way of ourselves on the offensive side of the ball,” stated Collins. “We are struggling with base plays. I could see if we did not cover these things in practice everyday. But, we just can’t get our head wrapped around assignment football. We did finally score towards the end of the game and that was great. However, we need that to happen at the beginning of games too. You cannot win when you get the ball seven times in the first half and run only seven plays.”
Not only did the Demons struggle offensively against the Red Devils, but defensively Mamou failed to help out their offense by allowing Port Barre to keep possession of the ball.
“We allowed way to many third and fourth down conversions last week,” said Collins. “We just could not get off of the field. That cannot happen this week or we will not be in the game long. Defensively, we are still missing assignments and allowing big plays to occur. We have to learn to get everybody on the same page.”
“Iota is a tremendous football team,” Collins continued. “Probably the best part of their game is up front on offense. Those guys in the trenches do not allow negative plays. And, they have a number of backs that can find the holes. They are playing with a lot of confidence.”