BR 31 - JCA 24 Final (OT)
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Fantastic game that should have never gotten to OT. That intentional grounding was a joke. JCA probably puts it away if they got the ball there. Regardless, great HSFB game. Rice wouldn’t quit.
. . . and BR has made the playoffs, as I insinuated in another thread weeks ago. Congrats!
A rematch with Rita will be looming.
A rematch with Rita will be looming.
Congratulations to the Crusaders.
It was an exciting game to witness.
The Rice TD Pass in the 2nd OT makes the a Top 10 Highlight Film for IHSA Football 2022.
Good luck the rest of the way,
It was an exciting game to witness.
The Rice TD Pass in the 2nd OT makes the a Top 10 Highlight Film for IHSA Football 2022.
Good luck the rest of the way,
But first - week 9 for the pride of Pulaski!
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Yea I agree. But I saw steps forward today. The defensive front actually got penetration and created some havoc in the backfield with regularity.
some of that may be due to rice’s questionable offensive line (I only say that because I read more than a few rice faithful mention their growing pains throughout the season). However, there was noticeable push off the ball.
for this team to make a run, they will need to match yesterdays defensive front success and build further upon it.
Agreed. The D-line played one of their better games.
IMO, one of the big keys to the loss was Rice outplaying the Hilltoppers in special teams. They got a big block on a FG attempt. Pinned JCA deep on the series after that phantom intentional grounding call, which was obviously a fumble. And had a big punt return to flip field position when it was 14-3 and JCA got stopped in Rice territory. One thing I don't understand about JCA's approach to punt coverage is they don't substitute into a "punt coverage unit". That means you have a bunch of O-linemen running down to cover a punt. Virtually no one at any level of football has that approach to punt coverage and for good reason.
Yes. Missed end of 4Q and OT. Ankle issue all season. Hopefully healthy-ish for week 9.
He is a good player.
A couple of his teammates seemed to get dinged too.
I hope that they all recover in finish the season strong.
Very physical game last night. Wish JCA the best of luck the rest of year. Go get #16.
No question they missed the call and it should’ve been a live ball (fumble). However BR’s lineman was in perfect position to recover it until he pulled up after hearing the whistle blowing the play dead.
I love the ship Jaws runs. He’s a great coach.
Bonsu is a hell of a player.
Lyons also had a great game for BR. That catch he made on 3rd and a mile in OT was special. Didn’t love a lot of BR’s play calling and timeout management but Q ended up making the right decisions. Easily could’ve gone the other way.
I rewatched the play on JCA’s feed before they took it down. You could see it better and it looked like a rather soft man coverage with late safety help. Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think it was very tight man by the corner. Lyons just outran him. Props to Hartz for putting the ball where only his guy could get it. Those kids on both sides had to be absolutely beat at the end of that game. The linemen clearly were. Again, just an outstanding football game. JCA has a great team.
Thank you, great angle to see insane catch, bad camera angle to comment on the called defense. Great game.
And that was the play call all along, too. Watched WCIU recording and there was no audible/sideline check after seeing how the D lined up. Hartz was quoted in the Sun-Times as essentially saying just throw it to your best player in that situation and see what happens.
Makes sense. Definitely felt like his progression on that play was Lyons followed by Lyons... if his quote was indeed the case, he might’ve seen the safety presnap and felt better about the play call.
Really impressive win. Lyons catch as clutch as it gets. The team has been resilient, credit to em. Marist game will be very interesting and think it’s fair to buy into rice making 7a run with right draw
