(S19) - PT2 - Back to Reality

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3 games into the S19 season, and the only real thing Easton Cole can feel is disbelief. The Copperheads sit at 0-3, fresh off the heels of another season that showed lots of improvement. Despite all of Austin feeling like this was the year they made another step forward, it’s been almost anything but. Cole’s first pass of the season was intercepted and 6 plays later Colorado would have a 7-0 lead. Despite leading Austin to scores on the next two drives to take the lead, Cole would later be safetied by old friend Mo Berry. Cole would then throw another interception that would lead to the game winning score in the fourth quarter for Colorado. In Game two, Easton would have two interceptions in New Orleans territory in the first half that would cause the Copperheads to be down 14-3 at one point, instead of potentially being up 17-7. Coming into the week’s final game against Orange County, Cole made it a point to be smarter with the ball. However, on the game’s second play he threw yet ANOTHER interception, and on the next play Franklin Armstrong would score on a 16 yard scamper. Despite playing well enough to regain the lead in this game too, the second half would once again prove awful for Austin, and they lost their third straight. Cole is lamenting those very early picks that pretty much immediately put his team behind in the first and third games of the season. Add in those two picks in the opposition’s territory (including one in the red zone) in game two, and it results in an 0-3 hole with a very shaken Easton Cole. (278)