Last year ended in a loss in the championship game for the 91原创 Rams and coach vows the team will use that experience to better themselves.

鈥淭hat game itself was a real learning process for us as a team, understanding what it is going to take not only to win the provincial title, but also the type of caliber of football that goes on in the playoffs,鈥� he said.

鈥淲e were all left with a pretty bitter taste in our mouths.鈥�

The Rams, playing their first season at 91原创鈥檚 McLeod Athletic Park after a long and storied history in Surrey, lost in the B.C. Junior Football Conference championship game 44-0 to the Vancouver Island Raiders.

The Raiders won their sixth consecutive BCFC title.

Alamolhoda said the team can learn from the dominant programs about what it takes to get to that level.

鈥�(The players) have come to work,鈥� he said.

鈥淎nd that is what we have emphasized 鈥� punching the clock and going to work because we understand every day is going to count.

鈥淭he season is a process and we need to build within that process.鈥�

Last season, 91原创 started slowly, not picking up their first win of the season until week four but won five of their next seven games to finish 5-5.

The Rams went 2-0 in the pre-season, defeating the Westshore Rebels 35-30 and the Chilliwack Huskers 70-0.

They open the season on Saturday (Aug. 4) in Kelowna against the Okanagan Sun. 91原创 defeated the Sun in last season鈥檚 semifinals.

鈥淲e have to work real hard to accomplish the goals we have set for ourselves,鈥� Alamolhoda said.

The defence, under new co-ordinator Khari Joseph, has shown signs of being a swarming, attacking D.

鈥淲e want 12 hats on the football at all times,鈥� Alamolhoda said, noting that is something the team did not consistently do in 2011.

鈥淚t is showing already. I know if we continue working on it through the season, we will get to where we need to be.鈥�

On offence, new quarterback Greg Bowcott takes the helm.

Bowcott, who most recently played for the SFU Clan, is six-foot-four with great athletic ability and arm strength, and should make the Rams even more dangerous offensively.

Jon Roney, who also saw action in 2011, gives the Rams one of the top quarterbacking tandems in the league.

The offence boasts depth and lots of playmakers, both in the backfield and in the receiving corps.

鈥淲e want to see big plays out of our playmakers,鈥� Alamolhoda said. 鈥淲e need to get the ball in their hands and let them showcase what they can do.

鈥淲hen they get the ball, they are going to make plays.鈥�

One of the returning playmakers is who finished with 15 total touchdowns last season.

He was also named the .