Week 7: LaSalle

Blue Rhino said:
We literally handed LS that game last year. Looking for a little payback this week.
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Yeah, there was no reason to be passing in that situation last year. At the same time, a very talented LS defense and talented player took advantage and won the game. It happens with two good teams.

I feel the same way about 2014. LS was a better team, but lost a game it should not have.
 
MickeyMantle said:
Yeah, there was no reason to be passing in that situation last year. At the same time, a very talented LS defense and talented player took advantage and won the game. It happens with two good teams.

I feel the same way about 2014. LS was a better team, but lost a game it should not have.
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Ahhh yes, I remember it well. Griffin Buczek blocked a punt and wasn't that the only loss hung on the Larkin and White show that year?? Benny scored on 3rd down at the end of the game and you cheaters pulled him back across the goal line and those sorry homer refs did nothing to cure the injustice.....however.... we got the FG as the clock expired and all was well on North Bend Road for another year
 
Blue Rhino said:
Ahhh yes, I remember it well. Griffin Buczek blocked a punt and wasn't that the only loss hung on the Larkin and White show that year?? Benny scored on 3rd down at the end of the game and you cheaters pulled him back across the goal line and those sorry homer refs did nothing to cure the injustice.....however.... we got the FG as the clock expired and all was well on North Bend Road for another year
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It was the only loss. Stupid fluke rain storm.
 
From 1962-2013 La Salle went 39-128-2 (23%) against St. Xavier, Elder, and Moeller
Since 2014 onward, Lancers are 7-3 (70%) against St. Xavier, Elder, and Moeller.

What caused the change?
A. Better players
B. Better coaches
c. Better facilities
 
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Blue Rhino said:
So, Lancermania, what do you attribute the rebirth to? Clearly, better athletes = better performance. Was there a shift in policy at LaSalle regarding admissions, transfers or AD strategy that you can pinpoint which led to the turnaround?
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I love this post :clap:
 
It's 51-1 on the Yappi KOS thread that St. Xavier will not win by three or more touchdowns. Since the La Salle football renaissance began with the 2014 season, this match up has been decided by three, ten, and three. Look for more of the same tonight with the game decided by anywhere from three to ten points.
 
Blue Rhino said:
So, Lancermania, what do you attribute the rebirth to? Clearly, better athletes = better performance. Was there a shift in policy at LaSalle regarding admissions, transfers or AD strategy that you can pinpoint which led to the turnaround?
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I know the urban legend scholarship thing you refer to here, but the turnaround was because of a coaching and player culture change. LS always had the athletes. Never had the supporting cast.
 
This is a bad matchup for the lancers Wolf is going to stretch the defense so much that you may not get it back in its original shape
 
The Lancer offensive linemen have a hard time running off the field.
Do you guys have a conditioning program?
 
GCL-S Player of the Year Nominees (Stats in the 3 GCL wins)

Andrew Wittrock: 13 catches for 145 yards and 2 TDs

Cam Specht: 14 catches for 139 yards and 3 TDs; 6 punt returns for 40 yards

Tom Kiessling: 23 tackles (12 solo, 11 assists), 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, 1 recovered fumble

Chase Wolf: 47 of 76 for 545 yards with 7 TDs, 1 INT and 3 sacks
 
not even on the same playing field. sorry to see the lasalle lb go down though.

jtk
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MaxPreps: No. 14 in the country St. Xavier steamrolls Cincinnati rival LaSalle

The much-anticipated Cincinnati rivalry game between upstart La Salle and the nation's No. 14 team St. Xavier didn't turn out to be much of a game at all.

St. Xavier, riding 194 yards passing and four touchdowns from Wisconsin commit Chase Wolf, led 28-0 at the end of the first quarter and 42-7 at halftime.

There was no scoring in a lackluster second half as the Bombers (7-0) breezed to a 42-7 home victory.

Wolf fired two touchdown passes to Andrew Wittrock and one each to Cam Specht and Jared Kreimer, and Kellen Newman scored on runs of 18 and 1 yards St. Xavier piled up 306 yards, almost entirely in the first half.

LaSalle (5-2) got a 21-yard rushing touchdown from Griffin Merritt with 4:37 left in the half to cut the deficit 35-7.

But after Newman's second touchdown run just before halftime, this one was completely done.

LaSalle, which next week travels to LeBron James' alma mater St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron), finished with just 181 yards.

St. Xavier has now outscored opponents 230-65

Link: http://www.maxpreps.com/news/hP9mn5...vier-steamrolls-cincinnati-rival-la-salle.htm
 
Looking at all games and not just GCLS games X still have some top performers -

Passing - Wolf - #1 rank – 1288 yards and 16 TDs
Rushing – Fox - #2 rank – 450 yards and 6 TDs
Receiving – Wittrock - #2 rank – 439 yards and 7 TDs
Receiving – Specht - #6 rank – 322 yards and 4 TDs
All-Purpose – Fox - #3 rank – 580 yards (450 rush/130 pass)
All-Purpose – Kreimer - #5 rank – 517 yards (277 receiving/194 kick return)
All-Purpose – Specht - #6 rank – 514 yards (322 receiving/18 rush/165 punt return/9 kick return)
 
Lancermania said:
The line on this game in the Yappi KOS contest on the main football forum is St. Xavier -21½. Interesting that all 25 yappi posters so far are picking LS to beat that spread, so there's is a good chance X won't win by 30 or even 23 like they did against Moeller. After all, aren't there a lot of so called experts on Yappi.
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Didn't take an expert to see that whooping coming.
Specht's pity kept that from being a 60 point spread
 
ReLoad said:
#81 WR Josh Whyle Senior UC commit

Everyone else is inconsequential
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Specht's defense limited him to 2 catches for 8 yards, making all LaSalle players inconsequential.
Hey Fickell: why don't you offer one of the Bomber starting receivers a schollie?
 
Payne still had a cast on the wrist on Friday and Mesue and Bacevich didn't dress.
Hoping all 3 will be available for St. Ignatius in a couple weeks
 
Trapper John said:
Looking at all games and not just GCLS games X still have some top performers -

Passing - Wolf - #1 rank – 1288 yards and 16 TDs
Rushing – Fox - #2 rank – 450 yards and 6 TDs
Receiving – Wittrock - #2 rank – 439 yards and 7 TDs
Receiving – Specht - #6 rank – 322 yards and 4 TDs
All-Purpose – Fox - #3 rank – 580 yards (450 rush/130 pass)
All-Purpose – Kreimer - #5 rank – 517 yards (277 receiving/194 kick return)
All-Purpose – Specht - #6 rank – 514 yards (322 receiving/18 rush/165 punt return/9 kick return)
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With 5 of the Bomber's 7 victories being blowouts the starters stats suffer due to early substitutions, conservative play calling and running clock (twice).
Those 5 games X won by more than 3 scores (29, 43, 24, 23 and 35 points)
The starters were pulled early and Specht's play calling went run heavy
 
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