MC 28 BR 21 Final
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Not what I expected at all. Think Marcus Brown should get the call for the rest of the season.
Rice will have to score to open the half.
Rice needs to be careful keying in too much on Furlong mid range. Those two throws to that one receiver deep (one where he made incredible catch) are what can kill the Crusaders. Other than that, Rice D looks tough.
Still think the Caravan has the edge with what they have on the field offensively. Blainey is a competitor, Furlong is tough, Dupree is an incredible runner and that receiver is a stud.
Rice will have to score to open the half.
Rice needs to be careful keying in too much on Furlong mid range. Those two throws to that one receiver deep (one where he made incredible catch) are what can kill the Crusaders. Other than that, Rice D looks tough.
Still think the Caravan has the edge with what they have on the field offensively. Blainey is a competitor, Furlong is tough, Dupree is an incredible runner and that receiver is a stud.
Good call on BR with Brown, MC hasn’t seen a mobile QB like him all season, hopefully they adjust
Pity the official had to put his stamp on the game with that ineligible man downfield call. I can’t find it
BR played a good game at home, exposing MC's pass defense, usually tight but not tonight. MC, nonetheless, had too many weapons on both O and D.
This was a game I'll watch again.
This was a game I'll watch again.
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Great game for sure. Rice played the game of their lives and MC played the worst game of their season.
Hartz showed a lot of good in getting back into the fold, but Brown is should be the guy. If he can come back, they may have a chance of going 5-4, making the playoffs and making a decent run.
MC is MC and they will always be MC. When one door closes, another opens. Dowling, Furlong, Dupree and that receiver are very tough. Novickas is a beast.
Great game by both teams, and not even close to what I expected. Not a huge fan of moral victories, but tonight, Rice showed they can play with anyone.
MC also showed why they are the odds on favorite. Overcome a deficit on the road, and come back to win.
Hartz showed a lot of good in getting back into the fold, but Brown is should be the guy. If he can come back, they may have a chance of going 5-4, making the playoffs and making a decent run.
MC is MC and they will always be MC. When one door closes, another opens. Dowling, Furlong, Dupree and that receiver are very tough. Novickas is a beast.
Great game by both teams, and not even close to what I expected. Not a huge fan of moral victories, but tonight, Rice showed they can play with anyone.
MC also showed why they are the odds on favorite. Overcome a deficit on the road, and come back to win.
We had our chances - 6 mins left and we drop an out route which would have given Rice 1st and 10 at its own 15 and time to keep moving - instead we have to punt from end zone - mc gets ball near 50 on a short field and grinds down the field - i am proud of kids - made it interesting to very end - big wake up call for Caravan
Kudos to coach q and whole rice team for their performance against the 7a favorite tonight. Proved me wrong and I’ll eat my words. 6-3 being very possible is a wild scenario and be big for the school and program. Hopefully qb is ok and available rest of way. Next week will be fun.
Great game BR. Good game plan with Brown, as I said above MC hadn't faced that type of mobile QB yet and it caused them to adjust, I think they were prepared for Hartz. Great job MC! Win is a Win is a Win. Every season I've watched MC over the past decades, even our best teams have close games. We needed this, until this week, starters were out either at half or in the 4th, they handled the challenge well.....rivalry game on the road, things like this happen. Another great game by Dowling....2 TD passes and 1 TD run....320 yards passing....Very comparable season to what Lausch had last year at this point....21 TD passes, 4 TD runs in 6 games. Keep it up Blainey!
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BR Fans, Dugger is a good QB....he went to MC his freshman year and started during the Spring season....I think with Dowling getting the reigns his junior and senior year and the much hyped arrival of Jack Elliott, he thought he might have a better chance somewhere else, but he can play. I saw him his Freshman year and the game he played vs MC as a Soph when he replaced Brown and brought BR back to tie MC....he can run and throw.....not sure what happened in the summer competition.....Brown did give MC headaches tonight but from what I saw on TV his passes were wobbly and a couple of those completions could have gone bad. Not sure that I would hand him the keys yet, he just matched up well with MC tonight. Your strength is your receivers, you need a passer......also, #15 is like 6'8, I'd toss it up to him all night, especially in the red zone or when you need a first. Just my two cents.
From what I was told, it was a very close competition between all 3 juniors with Hartz coming out as the better passer, Brown the better read option type and Dugger being a good combo but they the decided to go with a 1 and 1A with the first two after the scrimmage.
Dugger moved to safety after the Loyola game and has started there vs DLS and MC. Can definitely tell he’s a good athlete. If Brown is out for any length of time, he will certainly be back in the mix with being one play away from being QB1.
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Unfortunate because it was a first down but it was the correct call. The BR WR on the MC side was covering the TE on the line. He had to be off the line and was not. Bummer.
Interesting game for MC. We know it’s a rivalry game and all but BR isn’t the best team we have seen from their program. BR played MC pretty even and I have to question this MC team. Someone indicated in other threads this MC team is the best ever? This game made the MC/LA game in week 9 even more interesting. I am taking nothing away from the Caravan because a win is a win but BR made me pump the brakes. I am also wondering just how good is Loyola? Last nights game was close and the St. Xavier losing record is making LA’s blowout win on ESPN look less attractive. IMO the MC/LA game is shaping up to be an epic game. I respect both programs, but after last nights games a lot of questions to be answered by both teams. Week 9 becomes even more intriguing.
MC played their worst game of the year against a big rival opponent on the road and they still won....and they gave BR plenty of chances too. These games happen mid season. Injuries start setting in. MC was missing their D1 LB Parker Startz and their other running back Alonzo Manning, both who have been amazing this year, and they still won. In 2019 MC barely beat Marmion 7-0....the next week, with a couple of banged up players, they barely beat a 1 win De La Salle 28-21 and De was driving to tie the game at the end (very similar to the BR game last night except BR was a much better team). This board went nuts with the “MC isn’t that good” talk....end result 14-0, State Champs.
Like I said they played poorly, they will learn from it, that’s what good teams do. And take nothing away from BR, they played real well. They are a talented team who had no pressure and nothing to lose and those are dangerous teams to play, they were ready. These starters haven’t played a full game all year or been in real danger all season, they got that last night and hopefully will build on it! They have two cross over games that they will be heavily favored against Laurence and Viator before the big week 9 match up....they will be ready for the Ramblers. MC beat Marist 42-7 and it could have been 56-7. LA struggled with Marist....flip side LA man handled BR by 35 while MC struggled.....you just don’t know what your gonna get in this wonderful game.
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That’s why it’s an intriguing game. Two good teams going at it. It should be a great game.
Mobile QBs give many teams headaches. And the trade offs in the passing ability can be mitigated by practicing and executing 5 pass plays: rollout run/pass option with level routes from the WRs, swing to RB, pa slant over the LBs, 4 verts (if it’s intercepted it’s a punt), and fade in redzone aided by tall WR. 100 times Tuesday, 100 times Wednesday, rest arm on Thursday all the game reps on Friday. QB keeping it when nothing else is available is such an edge. And I am only talking about, for example, Alek Thomas catch-me-if-you-can mobile or truck-like-1st-down-maker Pete Balsam mobile, not just good feet in the pocket, decent runner mobile, I’m talking difference maker mobile.
Reminds me of St. Rita last state title with Balsam running keeper in every huge situation. I’m such a believer in that type of HS November type of QB play, I can give you my binder before the game with the 9 plays I will run all game and still give you headaches. Am I even talking about Brother Rice anymore
?I would take Brother Rice as a dark horse to take the whole thing if somehow they get into the playoffs and Brown is healthy. They are going to be a huge problem. Excellent job Crusaders!
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