‘08 Tigers Make it 21 in a Row

Posted by KT2000 at November 1, 2008

The fumble that wasn't to be

Tigers 41 Mayde Creek 3

Overall, it was a nice business as usual game from the Tigers. That was good to see because this has been a crazy weekend of football. The game started well with the defense forcing a three and out. We took the punt and went into the end zone on a short field. Mayde Creek’s punting game was pretty bad. They only got off one decent punt all night from that Reno 911 dual punter formation.

The defense held Mayde Creek to 3rd and long from deep in their own territory on the next drive, but MC completed a long pass. Mayde Creek’s receiver made a once in a lifetime catch. There wasn’t much we could do about that. The coverage was there. I think Mayde Creek was on their own five yard line when they completed that pass. We got flagged for a pass interference later in the drive on a clear takedown by our corner. Still on the same drive, we make a nice stick on a short pass route and the ball comes out.

The refs whistle the play dead as our players are picking up the ball to take it down the field for six. Somehow, they ruled the MC receiver down. He was not close to being down when the ball came out, nor did he establish any kind of forward progress. He caught the ball with his back to the coverage. If ruling is a completed pass, which it was, then there is no way that’s not a fumble…or so I thought. Anyway, Mayde Creek ended up only getting 3 points from the drive. It ate the first quarter clock.

In the first half, we had 3 or 4 possessions total on offense. Parker Ray and Kyle Hirschfelder hooked up for a nice score right before the half. It was the same corner route we scored on with Hershey against Seven Lakes. Katy went in up 27-3 at the break. Caleb Chandler got another pick six by covering the flat on one of many dink routes Mayde Creek tried to throw. They were using the same game plan Seven Lakes and Taylor tried passing wise.

We came out in the second half and scored easily in the first drive. We stopped them and scored again to put the final points on the board. The last five minutes of the 3rd quarter and all of the fourth quarter were cruise control. Colt Atwood and the defense kept Mayde Creek on 3 points. Atwood made a nice pick in the end zone and the defense came up with a good stop inside the 10 to keep the Rams from getting a mercy score. They were trying awfully hard to get one.

It was nice to see the 59 guys get their rings at halftime. Aundre Dean was also in attendance. He has a banged up ankle and will probably be redshirted as a result, so he could come home for a little visit it looks like. He was doing some coaching on the sidelines.