That’s what’s wrong with many Elder Fans on here. It’s ALWAYS woulda,shoulda,coulda. Never heard so many excuses in my life! Not sure when it happened but many Westside Elder Fans have become soft. Elder played a pretty good 1st Half at LW and LW Played a pretty good 2nd Half including creating a few Turnovers at pretty crucial times imo. Really that simple,excuses are not even necessary.
Elder gave the game away. Give me a break a stop with your excuses. Even if they score to cut it to 24-21 doesn’t guarantee they win. I mean Elder’s defense didn’t exactly stop the West offense. Princeton, Mason and Hamilton in that weak GMC as it’s been called this year had way better defenses then Elder.
So you give props to Mason when they play Gahanna tough, but slam Princeton all year who beat Mason @ Mason, and held them to 3 points. The same Mason that played a "real opponent" Gahanna tough according to you. How convenient. Or are you going to completely ignore that part as you said?
Mason will have more fight in them than that. Don't forget in last year's playoffs, Moeller didn't put Mason away and they came back and nearly tied it up to force OT. Mason played them much tougher than LW did.
I don't know that Moeller will hang 35 since JM will be used sparingly and only if needed. GBM
Game was also 24-0 halfway through the 4th quarter and Mason had a much better team last year.
Speaking of fight...tempers flared after this game last year. Mason coach had to be held back by his staff after a comment by the Moeller coach?
Maybe, but I still think they have a bit more fight in them than just 3 points. Moeller also had a much better team last year.
Elder? What did he say?
Mason’s offense vs. good teams this year:
Very odd that a school the size of Mason, struggles to find a solid QB.
Especially since Mason generally is a very powerful school in most sports
Mason uses the QB as a battering ram. He was the leading rusher against Milford. Apparently Castner wants a guy who can push the pile forward on 3rd down... I believe it's all part of his ground-control philosophy. Obviously the offense has been lackluster, but I do want to point out that toughness at QB has definitely been a part of why the Comets have made it this far (of course the defense has been extremely good).
Mason also only averages 3.6 ypc this season after averaging 3.2 ypc last season. The offense, any way you look at it, is and has been pitiful. They actually did have a really good QB last year in Larson Brown who's playing D2 college football, and this year's, Quinn Brown (I think they're brothers, but there's been so many Browns at Mason it's hard to keep straight) has been good when he's been healthy. The biggest problem is the lack of any threat of an explosive play. I think Mason needs to seriously re-evaluate their offensive scheme and running game, because they actually do churn out good offensive linemen on a pretty consistent basis and they have backs that can hit a hole. Their offense this year has literally been dives into the line and QB boots that present a run-pass option for the QB to run or throw a shallow cross short of 10 yards. That's it. No ability to get the ball on the perimeter or throw over the top.
A tough QB is great but at a school that size, you should have a kid running the offense that can hit the 15-20 yard passing routes on a consistent basis.
Ideally that’s part of the repertoire- not sure if it’s a coaching issue. But it’s a good thing he can take a hit.
Yes but in this case, LW LB Beerman physically strips the ball out of Brass' arm, and in the other case the Free Safety, Mason, recognized the play and hawked the ball down for an INT in the back of the endzone.
Princeton should be careful what they wish for....
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