SintonFan
10-19-2002, 03:32 AM
These guys are real. They seemed to play a second half game, too (where have I seen that?).
Lets start with the flow of the game...
(Burnet fans, if I get this wrong, it is late while I write this.)
It started kinda slow for both teams. Burnet first recieved the kickoff on a weird double onsides kick attempt. Maybe it was a weak angled squib kick try. Both teams seemed to be a little tenative at first. Burnet punted and pinned Bandera inside their 10. Not good. Bandera didn't do anything punted shortly to give Burnet good field posiition. Burnet marched on good passes. They scored first on a medium range pass. Their QB looked good. Bandera didn't do anything on offense next. Burnet ran and passed for another score 14-0. Bandera got the ball back and ran up the middle with success. They scored on this drive to make it 14-7. Another (fake? what is this kicking game doing?) onsides attempt by Bandera gave Burnet good field position. Burnet marched got close (inside 10) and didn't score on the only time Bandera stopped them all night. Burnet probably stopped themselves. Bandera acheived momentum from this. More up-the-middle runs netted another touch to even it at 14-14.
ANOTHER angled squib kick, no this time its a bonafide onsides attempt gives the Burnet Bulldogs good position again. Bandera has some momentum and does a good job stopping Burnet (Burnet didn't help their cause either). Burnet punts and clogs the middle with 8 guys and Bandera punts with something like 1:50 left to half. They are pinned inside their 15. Hehe, I thought this would be the half-time score but Shipley and McGee didn't think so. They passed themselves easily and efficiently to score with 20 sec left. Very good pass routes go great with good pass protection. QB had more time in the pocket than at the start of the quarter, well done. Bandera gets ball back and tries a shovel pass for a short gain. Halftime: Burnet 20- Bandera 14. Not bad, I did drive over two hours for this.
*something of note*
Burnet ran what looked to me like a receiver screen that worked real nice for 10-20 yards everytime in both halfs. A quick outside pass to their receiver, they had their other receivers blocking downfield 10 yds and stuck to their asignments well.
They didn't limit themselves to this though.
Second half:
What can I say? Bandera came out pumped but business-like after the kickoff (which was unreturnable). They went 15 yrds and tried to punt but got a 1st down on a 'running into the kicker'. They didn't do anything with that and punted again for about 15 yards to around the Burnet 40 or so. This is where the game starts to end. Burnet scored quickly and often from here on out. They shut down Bandera outside and inside on D. They ran once, passed twiced. Passed once, and ran twice. It didn't matter, they weren't gonna be stopped and they didn't. Once, when Shipley scored on a fade in the corner of the endzone, he just simply outran his defenders on a perfectly thrown ball. QB-WR connection seemed flawless. RB Miller ran inside and outside ( a little better outside) to great effect. Bandera has good outside speed but Miller consistently ran for 8-9 yrds outside. After 3, Burnet 42 (I think), Bandera 14.
Fourth quarter and the game was essentially over. Hehe, except for the nice 98 yard touchdown between Shipley-McGee. Then scrubs came in and got some great experience.
Now for the players:
next post... :D
Lets start with the flow of the game...
(Burnet fans, if I get this wrong, it is late while I write this.)
It started kinda slow for both teams. Burnet first recieved the kickoff on a weird double onsides kick attempt. Maybe it was a weak angled squib kick try. Both teams seemed to be a little tenative at first. Burnet punted and pinned Bandera inside their 10. Not good. Bandera didn't do anything punted shortly to give Burnet good field posiition. Burnet marched on good passes. They scored first on a medium range pass. Their QB looked good. Bandera didn't do anything on offense next. Burnet ran and passed for another score 14-0. Bandera got the ball back and ran up the middle with success. They scored on this drive to make it 14-7. Another (fake? what is this kicking game doing?) onsides attempt by Bandera gave Burnet good field position. Burnet marched got close (inside 10) and didn't score on the only time Bandera stopped them all night. Burnet probably stopped themselves. Bandera acheived momentum from this. More up-the-middle runs netted another touch to even it at 14-14.
ANOTHER angled squib kick, no this time its a bonafide onsides attempt gives the Burnet Bulldogs good position again. Bandera has some momentum and does a good job stopping Burnet (Burnet didn't help their cause either). Burnet punts and clogs the middle with 8 guys and Bandera punts with something like 1:50 left to half. They are pinned inside their 15. Hehe, I thought this would be the half-time score but Shipley and McGee didn't think so. They passed themselves easily and efficiently to score with 20 sec left. Very good pass routes go great with good pass protection. QB had more time in the pocket than at the start of the quarter, well done. Bandera gets ball back and tries a shovel pass for a short gain. Halftime: Burnet 20- Bandera 14. Not bad, I did drive over two hours for this.
*something of note*
Burnet ran what looked to me like a receiver screen that worked real nice for 10-20 yards everytime in both halfs. A quick outside pass to their receiver, they had their other receivers blocking downfield 10 yds and stuck to their asignments well.
They didn't limit themselves to this though.
Second half:
What can I say? Bandera came out pumped but business-like after the kickoff (which was unreturnable). They went 15 yrds and tried to punt but got a 1st down on a 'running into the kicker'. They didn't do anything with that and punted again for about 15 yards to around the Burnet 40 or so. This is where the game starts to end. Burnet scored quickly and often from here on out. They shut down Bandera outside and inside on D. They ran once, passed twiced. Passed once, and ran twice. It didn't matter, they weren't gonna be stopped and they didn't. Once, when Shipley scored on a fade in the corner of the endzone, he just simply outran his defenders on a perfectly thrown ball. QB-WR connection seemed flawless. RB Miller ran inside and outside ( a little better outside) to great effect. Bandera has good outside speed but Miller consistently ran for 8-9 yrds outside. After 3, Burnet 42 (I think), Bandera 14.
Fourth quarter and the game was essentially over. Hehe, except for the nice 98 yard touchdown between Shipley-McGee. Then scrubs came in and got some great experience.
Now for the players:
next post... :D