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Old 01-09-2006, 09:42 PM   #270
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Another sellout at the Rose Bowl - I could get used to this. 100,089 on hand.

Gain of 13 for Treu on his first carry, a sweep to the left.
10 on the 2nd carry.
But only 2 on 3rd and 10. Punt.

Some people have questioned the toughness of Gannon Dawson, like his head coach.
But he is out to prove something today. He gains 11 on a 3rd and 6.
We give him 5 carries on the drive (for 25 yards) but the passing is inept. Punt.

3 and out for the Cardinal.

Gain of 15 for FB Hagood Morris. He has done a nice job in spot duty during his career.
RB Dwayne Baker leaves the game with a groin injury.
Sack for DT Gilliam. Punt.

QB Michael Horn gets his 1st completion on his 6th attempt.
18 for Treu.
SS Noland King leave the game.
QB Horn is now hitting his stride. 4 straight completions, this one for 30 against our depleted secondary. Down to the 5.
Eddie makes it look easy. 7-0, 3:56 left in the quarter.

J.R. Jackson returns the kick out to the 41.
RB Quentin Christian makes his first appearance of the year (perhaps that name would mean something to Nip/Tuck fans?)
WR Mike Voight takes a big hit while gaining 12 on a 3rd and 7.
18 yard run for Jimmy Bacon.
20 yard TD for for Bacon. We have already had 6 guys carry the ball. 7-7, 0:33 left in the quarter.

3 and out. The defense stuffs Treu twice.

Bacon gets stung, fumbles the ball. Stanford ball on our 11.
Is Dawson hurt? Backups are getting all the carries.

Treu is stopped for 1 on 3rd and 2. 4th and 1 from our 2.
Screen pass is incoplete, thanks to heavy pressure.

3 and out. No sign of Dawson. Wuss.
Dayne clobbers the punt. 61 yards, 3 yard return.

One of their backup running backs picks up 37. Down at our 30.
30 yard TD pass to Ted Moss. 14-7, 8:38 left in the half.

If we are missing our top two backs, I hope we mix up our play calling. 18 runs, 6 passes so far.
A 55 yard pass play is brought back on a holding penalty on G McAddley. Dumbass.
Edwards is undettered. We run the same play and end up with an 89 yard TD pass. 10 extra yards for Edwards and Voight thanks to the penalty. I love one play drives 14-14, 7:45 left in the half.

Horn has now completed 8 in a row.
Streak ends when he misses a wide open guy on 3rd and 3.
Another incompletion on 4th down, courtesy of a drop.
We have the ball at our 47.

Jimmy Bacon has never gotten this many carries in his career. 9 for 43 so far after picking up a 3rd and 1.
We keep pounding on the ground with marginal guys and it eventually catches up to us.
But on 4th down Edwards completes a pass to Stablein for 8.
A defensive holding penalty gives us 1st and goal on the 5.
1 yard TD pass to Jackson on 3rd and goal at the 1. 21-14, 0:21 left in the half.

The kick is returned to the 43. Enough time to set up a field goal?
Yep, 41 yard completion.
34 yard field goal. 21-17 as time expires in the half.


Halftime Notes:
We are actually running the ball pretty well with our dorks. But I would prefer a little more passing: 24-15 run/pass mix so far.
The defense hasn't given us much so far, allowing 274 first half yards. We didn't take away either the run or the pass.
Outside of the 89 yard pass we have 44 yards passing.

J.R. Jackson has a huge runback to start the 2nd half. Down to the Stanford 15.
Edwards leaves the game with what appears to be a calf injury. We are really shorthanded today.
3 straight runs - very unimaginative playcalling and expected results.
Due to a penalty, Ellis has to boot a 48 yarder. Which he does. 24-17, perhaps his most clutch kick of the year? I think he hit one to force OT, but this one is in the team photo. 12:45 left in the half.

Stanford is whistled for holding.
But a 25 yard pass makes up those yards.
Horn is over 200 yards and is just chewing us up since his slow start.
Treu runs for 6 on 3rd and 13. They punt from our 36.
We'll start at the 4.

3 and out. This is really lame. Punt.
QB John Rattay is a better option than these stiffs.
35 yard punt, 21 yard return, they are on our 35.

The defense stones them, -2 yards on 3 plays. Punt.

On 3rd and 10 Rattay finds Brewer on a deep ball for 33 yards. Play fake worked because we have run it so damn much with losers in the backfield.
A screen from Fazande to "loser" Bacon picks up 22 on 3rd and 17.
We are forced to punt from the Stanford 36.

Another huge run for their backup tailback, Dhani Hoaglin. 45 yards. Wow, this guy has come out of nowhere to hurt us today. 4 carries for 81 yards.
Screen pass to the TE for 6 on 3rd and 5.
WR Troy Rakestraw, who had the big grab at the end of the half, makes a one-handed catch on 3rd and 11. Gain of 16. 1st and goal at the 9.
Incomplete on 3rd and goal from the 4.
They take a 22 yard field goal to end a 10 play drive. 24-20, 13:10 left in the game.

Another one play drive, as Brewer catches the ball and jumps right over the safety! No one is going to get him. 76 yards. 31-20, 12:44 to play.
Rattay is now 2-7 for 109 yards. Brewer is again over 100 yards.

A 20 yard run gives Treu 119 yards on his 27th carry of the day.
3rd and 7, WR Mark Jordan eludes a cornerback and runs it in from 42 yards out on a dump off pass. Failed two point conversion, 31-26 with 10:13 left.

Rattay is intercepted on a screen pass. Stanford will start on the 49 yard line.

We blow up an option play on 3rd and 4 from the 26.
45 yard field goal is good. 31-29, 6:27 left in the game.

No way we are running out the clock.
Brewer makes a clutch grab for 13 on 3rd and 8, despite an oncoming safety.
But RB Christian fumbles after a 7 yard pickup on a screen and Stanford recovers. Once again they have the ball at midfield. 4:15 to play.

On 3rd and 10 Horn completes a 51 yard TD pass to a wide open Rakestraw. Does anyone want to cover him today? We won't get an opportunity to the rest of the way, as he broke his finger spiking the ball in the end zone. We stop the conversion attempt. 35-31, 3:19 left to play.

Interception by Fazande - our 4th turnover of the day. Stanford ball at our 43. Under 3 to play.

3 and out. We still have time for a rally, but I don't trust the personnel.
We'll have to go 95 yards as the punt leaves us at the 5 with under 2 to play.

10 yard completion to Brewer.
0 yard completion to Stablein.
Sack, no loss of yards?
20 yard completion to Stablein. Out to the 35, 2 timeouts and 27 seconds to play.
Incomplete.
Incomplete - just about done ...
Screen for 11 to Bacon.
Incomplete and out of time.


4 turnovers, and defense allowing about 550 yards = home loss. Really bad one, as that probably sinks our chances of being in the playoffs even if we beat USC.
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