[Ben E Lou]

WEEK THREE 2012

DR. K's Preview

Boston Rhinos (2-0) at Tucker Tigers (2-0) Who to watch Boston QB Robby Gonzalez - 499 Yards, 5 TD, 0 Int, 118.4 QB Rating RB Brian Patten - 58 Att, 232 Rushing Yards, 1 TD, 4.0 YPC FL David Marquis - 13 Catches, 169 Rec Yards, 0 TD, 13.0 YPC FL Kenny Delgado - 8 Catches, 111 Rec Yards, 1 TD, 13.9 YPC FS K.C. Dobbins - 8 Tackles, 4 Assists, 2 Ints, 1 DefTD RCB Artie McCurley - 8 Tackles, 4 Assists, 1 FmbRcv SS Gary Bartels - 10 Tackles, 3 Assists Tucker QB Shaun Duncan - 563 Yards, 5 TD, 3 Int, 100.1 QB Rating FL Harris Douglas - 7 Catches, 166 Rec Yards, 0 TD, 23.7 YPC SE Forrest Truett - 6 Catches, 155 Rec Yards, 2 TD, 25.8 YPC FL Tyrus Shaye - 9 Catches, 153 Rec Yards, 2 TD, 17.0 YPC WLB Leland Crabb - 15 Tackles, 3 Assists, 1 Int MLB Leland Moorehead - 14 Tackles, 5 Assists FS Eddie Ozment - 10 Tackles, 7 Assists Series History Most Recent Last Game Week 3, 2011 TUC 28 - BOS 19 Week 3, 2011 1 2 3 4 OT T Tucker 7 14 7 0 0 28 Boston 3 0 0 16 0 19 POG: QB Shaun Duncan, TUC Week 7, 2010 TUC 27 - BOS 26 Week 13, 2008 BOS 17 - TUC 3 Week 7, 2007 BOS 42 - TUC 30 Tucker leads series 3-2-0 Potential Milestones Team Stats Boston Tucker Offensive Averages Offensive Averages Rushing 166.5 YPG 4th Rushing 152.5 YPG 7th Passing 249.5 YPG 9th Passing 281.5 YPG 6th Total 416.0 YPG 6th Total 428.0 YPG 3rd Scoring 32.0 PPG 1st Scoring 22.5 PPG 9th Defensive Averages Defensive Averages Rushing 60.0 YPG 1st Rushing 108.0 YPG 12th Passing 238.0 YPG 20th Passing 123.5 YPG 1st Total 292.0 YPG 7th Total 221.5 YPG 2nd Scoring 18.5 PPG 14th Scoring 8.0 PPG 3rd Major Injuries Boston Tucker RG Mitch Minnig, Out RB R.J. Ellard, Out LDE Bennett Ruano, Out Vegas Says Tucker by 1

Vulture/Correspondent Picks and Comments

. als 20-11 LW: 0-0 Dr. K 20-11 LW: 0-0 Floyd 12-3 LW: 0-0 IHOFGuru 0-0 LW: 0-0 Lloyd 0-0 LW: 0-0 Mel Kiper 16-15 LW: 0-0 FOF_Stats 20-11 LW: 0-0 Rufus 17-14 LW: 0-0 Scrawls 20-11 LW: 0-0 Statler 16-15 LW: 0-0 Waldorf 17-14 LW: 0-0 Cap'n 19-12 LW: 0-0 Bordeaux at Fort Worth FTW FTW BOR BOR FTW FTW BOR BOR FTW FTW Comments Boston at Tucker BOS BOS TUC TUC TUC TUC BOS TUC BOS BOS Comments Boulder at Springfield SPR BOU BOU BOU SPR BOU SPR SPR BOU SPR Comments Chesapeake at Anaheim CHE CHE CHE CHE CHE CHE CHE CHE CHE CHE Comments Frederick at Fairbanks FRE FRE FRE FRE FBK FBK FRE FRE FRE FRE Comments Georgia at Maassluis MAA MAA MAA GEO GEO MAA GEO GEO MAA GEO Comments Miami at RayCo RAY RAY RAY MIA RAY MIA MIA RAY RAY MIA Comments Minnesota at Williamsburg WIL WIL MIN WIL MIN WIL WIL WIL WIL WIL Comments Muscatine at Brooklyn BKN BKN BKN BKN MUS MUS BKN BKN BKN MUS Comments Orlando at Gothenburg ORL ORL GOT ORL ORL ORL ORL ORL ORL ORL Comments Outer Banks at Ann Arbor AAR AAR AAR AAR AAR AAR AAR AAR AAR AAR Comments Paris at San Antonio SAO PAR PAR SAO SAO PAR PAR PAR PAR PAR Comments San Luis Obispo at Asheville ASH ASH ASH ASH ASH ASH ASH ASH ASH ASH Comments Syracuse at Conyers CON SYR CON CON CON SYR SYR SYR CON CON Comments Telluride at North Plainfield NPL NPL NPL NPL TEL NPL NPL NPL NPL TEL Comments Vicksburg at Rochester ROC VIC VIC ROC ROC ROC ROC ROC VIC ROC Comments Statler - Showtime for both teams to prove they are for real. Maybe both are, but only one can win. When in doubt, take the home team. Cap'n - Rhinos charge to 3-0 with a close win at Tucker

My Thoughts

Boston has a solid team, but they're coming to our place. A win in this one would very much be a statement to the rest of the league. Here's my pre-game post:

Originally Posted by SkyDog

I'd feel much better about my game with Boston today if Ellard and Molloy were at full strength totin' the rock. Instead, I had to sign a FA and hope that Archie Trantham can have another solid game, or that Shaun "The Solution" Duncan can provide all the offense we need. Our defense has been stellar in the early going, but I think that bubble is about to burst with the potent Rhino attack coming to town. We're 1-point favorites at home in the only matchup of undefeated teams this week. Despite that fact, we're NOT the Game Of The Week.

The Result
Regular Season Week 3, 2012 Season

Tucker Tigers 30, Boston Rhinos 7

Venable Field - Tucker, GA
Weather - Clear, 60°
Attendance - 67,600 (75,300)

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(3-2-0)	FINAL 1 2 3 4 OT T Boston 0 0 7 0 0 7 Tucker 7 13 7 3 0 30 Player of the Game P Keith Horne, TUC	(4-1-0)
	FORMATTED BOX SCORE | RAW BOX SCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY

Scoring Summary 1Q 07:50 TUC Tyrus Shaye 11 pass from Shaun Duncan. 1Q 07:50 TUC Keith Horne extra point. 2Q 11:34 TUC Keith Horne 46 field goal. 2Q 05:08 TUC Keith Horne 36 field goal. 2Q 00:00 TUC Joseph Varney 42 blocked punt return. 2Q 00:00 TUC Keith Horne extra point. 3Q 07:20 BOS Cedric Topping 7 pass from Robby Gonzalez. 3Q 07:20 BOS Trent Sams extra point. 3Q 01:00 TUC Frank Pruett 14 pass from Shaun Duncan. 3Q 01:00 TUC Keith Horne extra point. 4Q 00:21 TUC Keith Horne 39 field goal.

Team Statistics BOS TUC First Downs 18 16 Third Down Efficiency 8-18 4-12 Fourth Down Efficiency 1-1 0-0 Total Net Yards 291 329 Total Plays 71 55 Average Gain 4.10 5.98 Net Yards Rushing 127 171 Rushes 37 34 Average Per Rush 3.43 5.03 Net Yards Passing 164 158 Completions-attempted 17-34 9-20 Yards Per Pass 4.82 7.52 Sacked-yards lost 0-0 1-6 Had Intercepted 1 0 Punts-Average 6-41.67 5-44.00 Return-Yardage 52 30 Punts-returns 1-11 3-15 Kickoffs-returns 4-41 1-15 Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-25 4-17 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Time of Possession 31:51 28:09

Boston Passing Cmp/Att Yds YPA TD Int Rat QB Robby Gonzalez 17/34 164 4.82 1 1 61.4 Totals 17/34 164 4.82 1 1 ---

Tucker Passing Cmp/Att Yds YPA TD Int Rat QB Shaun Duncan 9/20 164 8.20 2 0 107.1 Totals 9/20 164 8.20 2 0 ---

Rushing Att Yds YPC Lg TD RB Brian Patten 30 102 3.4 13 0 QB Robby Gonzalez 3 22 7.3 10 0 RB Artie Kaitola 4 3 0.8 3 0 Totals 37 127 3.4 --- 0

Rushing Att Yds YPC Lg TD RB Archie Trantham 10 79 7.9 43 0 RB Hugh Sipe 14 61 4.4 12 0 FB Ernest Nixon 8 30 3.8 10 0 QB Shaun Duncan 1 2 2.0 2 0 QB Stephen Doyle 1 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 34 172 5.1 --- 0

Receiving Rec Yds YPC Lg TD FL David Marquis 7 64 9.1 12 0 TE Cedric Topping 4 45 11.3 17 1 FL Kenny Delgado 2 24 12.0 18 0 RB Brian Patten 2 17 8.5 14 0 FL J.R. Janjic 1 9 9.0 9 0 FB Kyle Griffith 1 5 5.0 5 0 Totals 17 164 9.6 --- 1

Receiving Rec Yds YPC Lg TD FL Tyrus Shaye 3 58 19.3 35 1 SE Forrest Truett 2 50 25.0 33 0 TE Frank Pruett 2 26 13.0 14 1 FL Darron Doyle 1 17 17.0 17 0 FL Harris Douglas 1 13 13.0 13 0 Totals 9 164 18.2 --- 2

Blocking KRB KRO Run Plays Scks Allwd Pass Plays C Rod Field 3 6 37 0 33 LG Bryan Cooley 2 3 37 0 34 LG Brian Dunkin 1 9 37 0 34 FB Kyle Griffith 1 2 27 0 25 TE Cedric Topping 1 1 32 0 0 RT Harold Lucas 0 11 37 0 34 LT Grant Bidwill 0 2 37 0 34 TE Lance Hutton 0 0 1 0 0 TE Wade Greiner 0 0 4 0 0 Totals 8 34 --- 0 ---

Blocking KRB KRO Run Plays Scks Allwd Pass Plays C Harold Prescott 4 5 29 0 21 RG Stephen Lavender 2 6 29 0 20 LT Dan Koehler 2 5 31 0 21 LG Brady Edwards 1 7 31 1 20 LT Ernest Browning 1 4 30 0 19 C Damon Bell 1 1 5 0 0 RT Hank Robbins 0 2 7 0 2 FB Ernest Nixon 0 1 27 0 15 TE Frank Pruett 0 1 28 0 0 TE Jackie Villagomez 0 0 15 0 0 LT Wilbur Lesser 0 0 2 0 1 RG Edward Jiles 0 0 6 0 1 Totals 11 32 --- 1 ---

Fumbles Fumb Forced Recvrd TD RCB Charles Ruelas 0 1 0 0 Totals 0 1 0 0

Fumbles Fumb Forced Recvrd TD FB Ernest Nixon 1 0 0 0 SE Forrest Truett 0 0 1 0 LDT Joseph Varney 0 0 0 1 Totals 1 0 1 1

Interceptions Int Yds TD Totals 0 0 0

Interceptions Int Yds TD LCB Kenneth Nason 1 0 0 Totals 1 0 0

Kicking FG Pct Lg PAT Pts K Trent Sams 0/2 0.0 0 1/1 1 Totals 0/2 0.0 --- 1/1 1

Kicking FG Pct Lg PAT Pts P Keith Horne 3/3 100.0 46 3/3 12 Totals 3/3 100.0 --- 3/3 12

Punting Att Yds Avg In20 Lg P Tyrus Harden 6 250 41.7 0 51 Totals 6 250 41.7 0 ---

Punting Att Yds Avg In20 Lg P Keith Horne 5 220 44.0 1 52 Totals 5 220 44.0 1 ---

Punt Returns Att Yds Avg TD FL Glen Acton 1 11 11.0 0 Totals 1 11 11.0 0

Punt Returns Att Yds Avg TD FS Louis Farr 2 7 3.5 0 SE Forrest Truett 1 8 8.0 0 Totals 3 15 5.0 0

Kickoff Returns Att Yds Avg TD RCB Jeffrey Karsten 4 41 10.3 0 Totals 4 41 10.3 0

Kickoff Returns Att Yds Avg TD SE Forrest Truett 1 15 15.0 0 Totals 1 15 15.0 0

Defense Total Tckl Ass Sck Int FS K.C. Dobbins 8 3 5 0.0 0 MLB Lloyd Dye 8 5 3 0.0 0 LDT Francis Griffin 6 4 2 0.0 0 SS Gary Bartels 6 5 1 0.0 0 WLB Bob Rogers 5 4 1 0.0 0 RDE Terrell Rodgers 5 2 3 0.5 0 LDE Kenyon Burke 5 4 1 0.0 0 RCB Charles Ruelas 5 5 0 0.0 0 WLB Eli Coan 4 4 0 0.0 0 SS Leon Stockton 2 2 0 0.0 0 RDE Hal Kaan 2 1 1 0.5 0 RB Artie Kaitola 1 1 0 0.0 0 TE Lance Hutton 1 1 0 0.0 0 FB Keith Eggert 1 1 0 0.0 0 LDT Don Kooiker 1 1 0 0.0 0 LT Grant Bidwill 1 1 0 0.0 0 C Rod Field 1 1 0 0.0 0 NT Austin Fulcher 1 1 0 0.0 0 Totals --- 46 17 1 0

Defense Total Tckl Ass Sck Int SLB Thurman Donato 10 7 3 0.0 0 FS Eddie Ozment 8 6 2 0.0 0 MLB Leland Moorehead 8 7 1 0.0 0 LDT Joseph Varney 8 5 3 0.0 0 LCB Kenneth Nason 8 6 2 0.0 1 LCB Jimmie Strawn 7 5 2 0.0 0 SS Loren Goodman 5 4 1 0.0 0 WLB Leland Crabb 4 2 2 0.0 0 RDT B.J. Schafer 4 3 1 0.0 0 RDE Cecil Doney 4 3 1 0.0 0 RCB Travis Faumuina 4 3 1 0.0 0 LDE Ellis Mier 3 1 2 0.0 0 RCB Mack Harvey 2 2 0 0.0 0 TE Frank Pruett 1 1 0 0.0 0 FL Darron Doyle 1 1 0 0.0 0 WLB Tony Arnett 1 1 0 0.0 0 RDE Big Butt Bailey 1 1 0 0.0 0 Totals --- 58 21 0 1

Pass Rush Sacks Passes Blocked QB Hurries RDE Hal Kaan 0.5 0 1 RDE Terrell Rodgers 0.5 0 0 LDT Francis Griffin 0.0 0 1 MLB Lloyd Dye 0.0 0 1 LDT Don Kooiker 0.0 0 1 LDE Kenyon Burke 0.0 0 3 Totals 1 0 7

Pass Rush Sacks Passes Blocked QB Hurries RDE Cecil Doney 0.0 0 1 Totals 0 0 1

My Reaction

Woohoo!!!!! 3-0 baby! Another very strong performance by our defense, and the running game, despite injuries to our best two backs, did well. We signed RB Sipe as a FA in the midweek stage, and he did a very nice job for us.

Divisional Results & Standings

Georgia falls to 1-2 with a tough 21-18 loss to unbeaten Maassluis.
Orlando loses a 40-35 shootout at Gothenburg.
Conyers wins 24-21 at home over Syracuse.

	W	L
Tucker	3	0
Georgia	1	2
Orlando	1	2
Conyers	1	2