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Kodos · 07-30-2012, 11:19 PM

The long-awaited day of our major college football debut finally came in early September of 2012. In front of a small crowd in San Luis Obispo, California, the first quarter played out with each offense trying to feel out the opposing defense. In the early going, each defense generally held the opponent's offense in check. In the second quarter, San Luis Obispo's junior QB Everett Glenn broke the stalemate with a 24-yard TD pass to Lamar Hymes that capped off a 7-play, 67-yard drive.

The University of Rochester was able to answer on our next drive with a 30 yard Broderick Hidalgo field goal that made it a 7-3 game with 5:12 remaining in the first half, but a long return by Lamar Hymes on the ensuing kick immediately set up the Burn in scoring position on our 15. A few plays later, the Burn cashed in with a one-yard Darius Ford run that gave the Burn a 14-3 advantage.

Following another Ford rushing TD, we found ourselves trailing Trailing 21-3 with 3 minutes remaining in the first half. Senior QB Micah Dennis had hit on just 35% of his passes, so I decided it was time to give the freshmen Jackie Williamson a shot. Two plays later, the freshmen QB did this...

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07-30-2012, 11:19 PM	#23
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Week 1 - Rochester at San Luis Obispo The long-awaited day of our major college football debut finally came in early September of 2012. In front of a small crowd in San Luis Obispo, California, the first quarter played out with each offense trying to feel out the opposing defense. In the early going, each defense generally held the opponent's offense in check. In the second quarter, San Luis Obispo's junior QB Everett Glenn broke the stalemate with a 24-yard TD pass to Lamar Hymes that capped off a 7-play, 67-yard drive. The University of Rochester was able to answer on our next drive with a 30 yard Broderick Hidalgo field goal that made it a 7-3 game with 5:12 remaining in the first half, but a long return by Lamar Hymes on the ensuing kick immediately set up the Burn in scoring position on our 15. A few plays later, the Burn cashed in with a one-yard Darius Ford run that gave the Burn a 14-3 advantage. Following another Ford rushing TD, we found ourselves trailing Trailing 21-3 with 3 minutes remaining in the first half. Senior QB Micah Dennis had hit on just 35% of his passes, so I decided it was time to give the freshmen Jackie Williamson a shot. Two plays later, the freshmen QB did this... Spoiler Williamson's second pass as a collegiate QB found slot receiver J.B. Dennis running free across the middle, and Dennis took it 42 yards to paydirt to trim San Luis Obispo's advantage to 21-10. On their next drive, the Burn missed a field goal attempt that would have made it a 24-10 game. Our offense got the ball back with :40 left in the half. A couple of plays later, Williamson ducked a sure sack and heaved the ball downfield... Spoiler Junior wide receiver Amos Collins made a great grab, but was tackled in bounds. With no time outs remaining, Williamson hurried the team to the line of scrimmage, but the offense couldn't get set in time for the next snap, and we went into the half trailing 21-10. Spoiler In the third quarter, things quickly got worse for us. Spoiler Everett Glenn turned a broken play into a TD to make it 28-10 with this TD scramble. Now down by three scores, it was beginning to be desperation time for Rochester. A quick 74-yard TD to senior Mo Godfrey with 6:20 left in the third brought us back to within 28-17. Following a three and out for the Burn, Williamson moved the offense downfield and had us inside of the Burn 10 when disaster struck. With nobody open, Williamson took off toward the endzone, but on his way to the goal line, he was stripped of the ball, and the Burn recovered it. Starting from their own 4, the Burn drove it down the field. After we knocked San Luis Obispo QB Glenn out, freshman QB Chad Boatman came in and sealed the game with a 12-yard TD strike to halfback Jermaine Justice. The Burn tacked on another score late in the fourth, to make it 42-17. All in all, a terrible FBS debut for the Lake Monsters. We clearly have a lot of work ahead of us. This was supposed to be our "easy" game... Last edited by Kodos : 07-30-2012 at 11:36 PM.