Another really nice weekend in College football as we had some nice easy blowouts in some of the games we shared here, ith Houston, Air Force , Toledo , and a close win with South Carolina who got in a 14-0 in the first half before rallying and only giving up 3 more points. MTSU missed by a point vs VA Tech . Nice totals narrow cover with Iowa -Iowa State staying under 48.5 . Going to be traveling all week so it could be a rare very limited if much of all posting this week. My guys who are with us can always PM me and I'll get back to you. Maybe I can post here or there but it's a few parts nine-day trip. rocks traveling to Groveport this week. GPM has picked up the pace offensively scoring 60 plus points in the last two weeks against Kilbourne and Westland. Rocks need to come down off the first win high in that epic Friday night thriller and be ready to bag another win because they can , they just have to re-focus fully . 90 plays run for the Rocks and Mr. Maggs is going to need some rest this week and he won't be able to carry the rock like that this week anyway.
Some more numbers , Scioto continues to be kind of an enigma. Ran 75 plays this week 330 yards but had three picks in their loss to South. about 6 yards an attempt [21-43 passing} a lot penalty's and a minus 2 TO margin hurt them. But consider this. South ran for a ton of yards [371} on 41 carries, but were 0-10 on third down and 0-4 on 4th down and had 140 yards in penalty's ? How often do you win with that kind of dynamic? Win comfortably ? If you playing Scioto i guess it's not that unusual .
Darby grinded out a nice win , but Davidson never quits and made it interesting. Darby out Davidisoned , the old Davidson. Cats are evolving a bit I think. Ran 17 more plays than the Cats , had the ball for 30 minutes, and who I think is the MVP of CO Horvath was again outstanding, gaining 206 yards rushing , adding 54 passing . 9 yards a carry as Davidson run defense continues to be iffy and may be the fatal flaw ultimately. Nixon was the big rusher this week for them but as always Weir was effective and even completed a long pass downfield that helped make the game close in the 4th.
Not surprising that Liberty defeated Berlin, as I had that getting 6 points as well BUT the margin was surprising. The stats don't show much of a difference save ONE. Patriots only had 30 more yards. Both teams had trouble running the ball with 3 yards a carry like averages were even [17} the scales tilted a bit with Liberty being better on third down[ 50%} to Berlin's 36 percent and Liberty was 3-4 on 4th down , Berlin only 1-4 . Liberty took care of the ball and had no turnovers and Berlin had 4 . Nuff said.
With the score 14-14 , Olentangy had the ball in orange territory facing a 4th and 7 play , mid-way through the 4th so a HUGE play. Soph QB Grunkemeyer , hit Dubby over the middle , the Orange defense played the Ole defense , [Waved } 21-14 Braves they ended up winning 24-21 keeping Orange winless and a getting a huge first win in a big rebuilding season. Pioneers continue to struggle throwing the ball with only 54 yards on 5-14 attempts. Had a very respectable 254 on the ground on 5 yards an attempt. Tangy had about 60 more yards , finally getting a run game going with 5 yards a carry and 138 yards. Talented Soph. QB was an efficient 16-25 for 226 yards. Sloppy game as Orange had 100 yards in penalties and Tangy 70 yards. Turnovers even.
Pick North barely cracked 100 yards , had three first downs and beat PC . PC had 265 yards offense but was poor on third down and was held to under 4 a rush . Oh and while trying to run the clock out nearing a minute left fumbled , North scooped it and scored to tie the 10-3 game. North basically completed one longer pass and got a Fumble and scored . It gets worse. Central drove it and missed a short field goal that would have won the game at the gun. OT a pick in the end zone and a North FG wins it.
Marysville is one of those teams that has an identity . Many teams do , some never find it and or always struggling to maintain it. This was classic M-Ville 27-7 beatdown of Bradley. Rock solid defense holding Bradley to 127 yards , and 7-20 for 52 yards passing. Both teams stunk on third down [20 percent} but bradley couldn stop the M-Ville run game as the Monarchs went for 300 hundy plus getting six yards a crack.
New Albany as we thought would handle Lenkuhster, and they did just that . Ran the ball really well as they usually do pounding it 52 times for 347 yards [6.5 } For good measure they added 91 passing yards on only 4 attempts , completing three of them . NA defense held the Gales to under 4 a carry rushing which was key because the Gales added 191 through the air. NA outgained the Gales 438 to 322.
Westy C got crushed by UA as their rebuilding process continues. UA called off the dogs as the second half was played with the fast clock. [Shrooms were eaten a bit early at Houly's for some lol.
NFL today and opening day is always one of mystery. You know some things but there will be some developments that you didn't see . We like the Panthers to beat the Jets by a TD , Rams just need to win vs the Bears to finish the TB teaser [This one won't make us sweat like that TB - 7.5 having to win by 2 [ late money lost as the line went to 9- 9.5, importance of getting the early price sometimes is the difference. Denver by one score over the Giants and a tickle towards the Under [42, now 41.5}
Added Pittsburgh + 6.5 as I think that Pitt is a bit undervalued off of their bad finish last year and Buffalo has a couple holes that some aren't wanting to notice.
Atlanta by a TD over rebuilding Philly seems reasonable if not probable. Still finishing the card up as I ready for travel before the very interesting 4 game 4.00pm slate .