I don't think either team should be happy.

 

Knew it would be close, But did not see either team scoring this much. 

2 minutes ago, Finkle Ray said:

Knew it would be close, But did not see either team scoring this much. 

Wasn’t as close as the final score.

Edited September 17, 20224 yr by theguru

Allergy season in Union? Allergic to defense.

Epic special teams meltdowns and 4 turnovers by Ryle. Both teams appeared to play starters the entire game as the Raiders never quit. Congrats to the Birds. 

Arena football score!

Ryle looked like a sloppy and unprepared team which surprised me.    Highlands looked like a team that had much better athletes and a ton more speed than Ryle.  
This version of Highlands also seems to be committing too many penalties.  

1 minute ago, DanvilleFan said:

Arena football score!

Considering I was drinking while watching the game it was a lot like Arena Football!

5 minutes ago, StraightShooter said:

Epic special teams meltdowns and 4 turnovers by Ryle. Both teams appeared to play starters the entire game as the Raiders never quit. Congrats to the Birds. 

Highlands didn’t have many starters out there after it was 57-25. There were a couple. If Highlands makes any effort whatsoever to run clock instead of passing after that big lead, the game ends 30 minutes sooner.  

Highlands was really undisciplined the first half. Noon, special teams, and turnovers sealed Ryle’s fate. I’ve never seen a Ryle team have a special teams meltdown like tonight. Ugly.

Congrats to the Birds. Offense looks pretty good. Benke seems to be adjusting to QB and looking comfortable. He’s obviously the guy and will only get better. Wide receivers looked great as usual. Running game looked better. The first half highlands defense looked great. Pressured the QB, finishing tackles. Second half they looked a little winded. Pursuit to the ball got significantly worse second half. 
 

Got the W. Lots of good things, some things to clean up, conditioning is a factor. Run them boys hard Monday. 

Just now, StraightShooter said:

Highlands was really undisciplined the first half. Noon, special teams, and turnovers sealed Ryle’s fate. I’ve never seen a Ryle team have a special teams meltdown like tonight. Ugly.

I agree on ugly.

On to St. Xavier. ?

1 minute ago, Royal Blue said:

Highlands didn’t have many starters out there after it was 57-25. There were a couple. If Highlands makes any effort whatsoever to run clock instead of passing after that big lead, the game ends 30 minutes sooner.  

That’s not what the announcers said during the last 3-4 minutes of play. I’m just going by what they said since I’m not familiar with the Birds roster.

1 minute ago, El Diablo said:

conditioning is a factor. Run them boys hard Monday. 

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2 minutes ago, theguru said:

I agree on ugly.

On to St. Xavier. ?

Running clock after bye week.