After some time to take in last nights performance by Mike Hughes I would like to try and put it in perspective. I know that many have not been sold on Hoggard this year and I and don't blame those people. Coming into this game Hoggard had given up 110 points in 13 games and 42 of those points were not scored on their starting defense. That's 68 points. Hoggard returned most of their defense from last season and even though their schedule has not been strong, they have faced some very good players. Last season Hoggard held WF RB Bryce Love to 126 yards. Love has over 20 D1 offers. They also held Greenville Rose WR C. Powell to 4 catches for 89 yards. Powell had multiple D1 offers in his sophomore year. This season the Vikings held Charlotte Christian RB E. Deveau to under 50 yards in the one half that the teams played. Deveau has over 20 D1 offers. Hoggard held S. central RB S. Furlow to under 50 yards rushing. Furlow has committed to ECU. Hoggard beat a very good Scotland team this year and held them scoreless in the second half. SC beat RC this year by 3 TD's. The same RC team that beat Vance and Butler. The same Butler team that beat MC. I am not saying Hoggard could beat those teams. This was a very good Hoggard team. They have not been gashed like this even though they have played some very good players. Hughes made a very good Hoggard defense look like slow and bad. NB had 500 total yards and Hughes accounted for about 440 of those yards. Hoggard defense looked solid when Hughes wasn't running around. That was a performance worth watching and if he plays that well against CC I don't see them being able to handle him. Congrats to Hughes and NB on a tremendous performance. I know it is hard for the Hoggard players and fans to swallow but I think giving credit where credit is due is all that can be done.
