2024 Pigskin Preview: Pickens Blue Flame [Video]

WATCH. THE PICKENS BLUE FLAME ARE LOOKING TO FLIP THE SCRIPT IN FOR A REGION ONE, COMING OFF A ONE AND NINE CAMPAIGN THAT SAW THE BLUE FLAME AVERAGE JUST 16 POINTS PER GAME A SEASON AGO, LED BY HEAD COACH JAMES REYNOLDS, WHO’S ENTERING HIS SECOND SEASON AT THE HELM. THE BLUE FLAME WILL RETURN EIGHT STARTERS ON OFFENSE AND SIX ON DEFENSE, INCLUDING SENIOR RUNNING BACK CARTER MCCOLLUM. SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK BROOKS DOW WILL TAKE OVER THE STARTING JOB AS QB1, BUT COACH REYNOLDS SAYS THE BIGGEST THING THIS SEASON WILL BE TEACHING HIS PLAYERS WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN BALLGAMES. I THINK THE STRENGTH OF OUR TEAM IS JUST WHAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, USING THAT AS A GIFT AND NOT AS A NEGATIVE THING. YOU KNOW, THINGS DIDN’T GO OUR WAY OR WE COULD HAVE COACHED BETTER, COULD HAVE PLAYED BETTER. WE LEARNED A …