What a game ladies and gentlemen!!!
Before the game I posted saying it didn't look that good for our team. We had only 9 players starting and just 2 hours before kickoff. But 2 hours was all I needed.Bringing in some last minute help I was able to recruit my uncle and convince an injured player to try and tough it out for us a much as he could.
But when we arrived onto the field just minutes before the game 2 other players who had heard about the Santa Bowl last year but weren't able to make it, came! Allowing my injured player to sit out and even have one extra man on the team!! I have to admit it wasn't until 20 minutes before the game that I felt like we had a shot.
The kickoff happened and by the end of the first quarter the score was 0-7. (youth leading) The quartback sneak on the goal line was all they needed to put the first points on the board. And as the 2nd quarter ticked down the score remained the same at the half.
Now as some of you already know. Historically, the youth had always lead or have it tied in the first half. It's the 2nd half where they fall apart...... but not this time.
The youth remained strong and their defense was unstoppable. Thankfully we were able to throw a beautiful pass the MVP Chandler Oswalt to get our first and only TD of the game. Making it 7-7 at the end of the 3rd quarter. Now this is where it gets interesting....
The 4th quarter started off with adults having the ball. Another handsome pass to Chandler once again put us in the youth's red zone, a stone throw away from scoring another TD. And that's where the ball stayed for the entire game.Down after down, interception after interception was made on both sides of the ball but no one could score! In fact, there were way more interceptions than completions thrown the entire game! But it all came down to this.
50 seconds on the clock and the adults are once again trying to score. But another interception is thrown to Seth Pryor, who doesn't realize he's in the endzone. He makes a break for the field trying to score a TD out of it but doesn't make it out of the endzone before his flag is pulled.... the play is rules a safety (look at NCAA rules posted below)
Now the score with mere seconds left is 9-7, adults. But once again the adults throw one more interception with 6 seconds left. The youth try a Hail Mary play but it isn't enough and the Adults win their 5th straight Santa Bowl Championship once again!!!!
One BIG factor that credited our victory was the youth's refusal to kick the ball away from their endzone. For some reason they just kept going for it on 4th down and therefore shooting themselves in the foot!!
But in the words of everyone who was there to see it "WHAT A GAME!!!"
1 comment:
As much as I want to side with the adults, the rule below clearly states that there has to be a penalty called in the endzone during the attempted runback of the interception to warrant a safety. If he merely is tackled in the endzone (even while trying to run it back), it's a touchback, I've seen it a million times. Which begs the question, was there a penalty called in the endzone during Seth's runback? Either way, congrats, older fellas.
--Melton
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