Running up the score?

[swampstomp]

I mean really swampstomp, thats how you wants sports played these days? How about in the old days before the clock rule?

Is 45-0 not a solid win? You can't seriously blame Rosewood for not preparing to play?! Your finger needs to be pointing at the NCHSAA for making teams like this play these games. Lets not forget how fortunate EC is to have a stud running back "move" in mid-season.

 

[Smoking Gunz]

This is 1A High School Football! C'Mon Man!

Regardless of class this is football. Should everyone get participation awards? This is what's wrong with this generation. Too many soft kids. It's nothing wrong with getting beat down. At some point life will beat them down worst then any scoreboard and it will be no knee taken.

 

[saltydog65]

Is 45-0 not a solid win? You can't seriously blame Rosewood for not preparing to play?! Your finger needs to be pointing at the NCHSAA for making teams like this play these games. Lets not forget how fortunate EC is to have a stud running back "move" in mid-season.

Individual Stats

RUSHING: Rosewood – Atwell 4-29; Blue 18-28; Fields 1-9; Godwin 1-4; McCullen 1-(-1); Simmons 1-(-5); Lancaster 2-(-14); Helt 5-(-22); East Carteret – Simmons 3-83; Donald 2-64; Collins 3-59; Sharpe 2-27; Livingston 1-20.

PASSING: Rosewood – Helt 1-7-2-12; Lancaster 0-2-0-0; East Carteret – Simmons 4-5-1-128; Studebaker 2-3-31.

RECEIVING: Rosewood – Godwin 1-9; East Carteret – Johnson 3-76; Donald 2-51; Collins 1-36; Taylor 1-2; Brazleton 1-2.

There are some state for you copied from the news paper article about the game.
Also that stud running back only carried the ball twice in the game. sooooo...... not sure how that fits into the equation. They only ran 22 plays on offense.........

 

[saltydog65]

Should everyone get participation awards?

According to some I would assume yes........

 

[FarWestNorthCarolinaSports]

Andrews only has 270 kids. Weight room or not they cannot compete on a regular basis. And they cannot draw kids from all over the country.

 

[OtisDriftwood]

How many times and different ways can you say you believe they ran up the score? This is getting to the point of overkill and the fact that you wasn't at the game makes it worst. I'm with majority that believe Murphy will beat mic but I don't have to keep repeating it. If a person has to keep repeating something they may be trying to fool themselves. All I'm saying is be careful what you ask for. I have seen both teams play this year and I believe Murphy is the better overall team.

I will continue to stand on this point. This team will not be popular amongst traditional 1a fans/teams they beat and it's no way around it. If they win you will cry foul and if they lose we showed them. At the end of the day this is just hs football. The consistent piling on singling out and pointing fingers is no different then that nut job that was posting on the other site. That in fact was not even a mic fan but others choose to keep entertaining him as if he was. It's week 2 of the playoffs it's time to move on.

I believe that was the first post I made in this thread and I was just sharing my opinion with the poster that I quoted. He wanted opinions. I gave mine. Sorry if that bothers you.

 

[OtisDriftwood]

Regardless of class this is football. Should everyone get participation awards? This is what's wrong with this generation. Too many soft kids. It's nothing wrong with getting beat down. At some point life will beat them down worst then any scoreboard and it will be no knee taken.

One question and then I'm done with this.....
When was the last time you saw a college or pro team on TV not only keep it's starters in for the entire game of a blowout victory, but also score another TD with under a minute to go in the game? Maybe it has happened, but I don't ever recall seeing it. The great majority take a knee and run out the clock in those situations. It's called sportsmanship and respect.

 

[GO_4_2]

This is getting sad. Regardless of the fact people will find ways to take shots at this team. I've saw plenty of basketball numbers all year with not a word said but because who it is people are upset. I don't care about the play call you have to stop it. Early this year a team went for 2 up by 60 on a team that hasn't won a game in 4 years and not one word said.

I was at the game. What I saw was most of the 4th quarter they ran the ball with a freshmen RB that the other team could not stop. In fact the entire last series was dive runs with the freshman. The last play was a a jet sweep pass forward that should have easily been stopped. About 6 missed tackles on that play. I'm a firm believer that if you don't like a team to score STOP IT!

A 2-8 playoff team is weird to start with. I'm sure if any of the teams put 60 on mic none of the fans will cry foul. Shoot last year they got beat 99-0 in 2 game with no knee being taken or starters being taken out. No one cried foul in mic defense. mic took the beating and moved on. This team will live and die by the style of ball they play. A quick up tempo team that don't take knees. Hate it or love it this is the brand of ball they have always played. I respect that fact that they stay with a identity. I said this before I don't believe this team will beat Murphy. I've seen both teams play this year. The mic season will end 3rd round

Sorry I'm late to this party. But the fact that you are even debating whether or not what MICS did was right or wrong shows your ignorance. It's simple, if you are up 50 with 30 something seconds left there is one play and one play only that you call.... it's called taking a knee. End of story.

 

[Smoking Gunz]

One question and then I'm done with this.....
When was the last time you saw a college or pro team on TV not only keep it's starters in for the entire game of a blowout victory, but also score another TD with under a minute to go in the game? Maybe it has happened, but I don't ever recall seeing it. The great majority take a knee and run out the clock in those situations. It's called sportsmanship and respect.

Your memory does not supposed to serve you well when you're only looking at it on one side. Like I have said you will find all types of ways to discredit them. Nothing you said bothered me because I don't have a dog in the fight. I speak from a clear perspective not a foggy one sided traditional "get them out of our playoffs" view. Remember I picked this team to lose in the 3rd round. I agree with the advantage and think it should be a separate playoffs for nontraditional schools

BK- Andrews had 6 turnovers, 2 or 3 for touchdowns and kicked a onside kick with 2 mins to go. MIC recovered and ran 2 straight dives with a 14 year old freshman and then pretty much a basic hand off with 6 players missing a easy tackle. Let's be honest both ways Andrews should have never kicked a onside with 2 mins to go. They scored on the previous drive because mic called the dogs off on defense.

 

[Smoking Gunz]

Sorry I'm late to this party. But the fact that you are even debating whether or not what MICS did was right or wrong shows your ignorance. It's simple, if you are up 50 with 30 something seconds left there is one play and one play only that you call.... it's called taking a knee. End of story.

They haven't taken a knee all year. A lot of teams don't take knees. It's called don't kick a onside kick with 2 mins to go, stop a freshmen from going 60 yards, don't miss 6 tackles and play to the final whistle.

If that onside kick wasn't kicked it was no way they could have scored.

 

[BD Warrior]

The big question here is why are charter schools even playing in the state playoffs? The next question is why the heck are so many 2-3 win teams in 1A. Small 1A is terrible compared to all the other classifications. It needs a major override.

 

[Deana_King_rivals106402]

My article on the scoring margins in the 1A/1AA first round games.

https://ncpreps.rivals.com/news/breaking-down-the-numbers-in-the-1a-class

 

[GO_4_2]

They haven't taken a knee all year. A lot of teams don't take knees. It's called don't kick a onside kick with 2 mins to go, stop a freshmen from going 60 yards, don't miss 6 tackles and play to the final whistle.

If that onside kick wasn't kicked it was no way they could have scored.

Then the coaching staff at MICS are a bunch of classless jerks. You take a knee in that situation, period. "A lot of teams don't take knees"... Most games I've witnessed where it is out of hand in the closing seconds, knees are taken. And when they aren't, those coaches are classless jerks too. If you were up 50, then your freshmen had plenty of other opportunities prior to the final 30 seconds to get his touches. You knee it out and go home. Any staff with class and character takes a knee in that scenario. MICS clearly has neither

 

[swampstomp]

My article on the scoring margins in the 1A/1AA first round games.

https://ncpreps.rivals.com/news/breaking-down-the-numbers-in-the-1a-class

The answer to your question is yes, it is time to reduce teams in the playoffs. It only seems to be a problem in the 1A ranks. I don't see the NCHSAA doing anything about this, and its really a shame to make the coaches make the call on playing in the playoffs.

 

[Deana_King_rivals106402]

It's not the NCHSAA doing this. The school adminstration, Athletic Directors, and coaches dictate what goes on. @btango has said numerous times that the 1A schools (coaches) did not want to do this because they didn't want to be treated differently than the other classes.

 

[WMdiehard]

I don't have a dog in this fight and maybe I missed this earlier in the thread, but how did this team go from getting beat so bad last year to being this awesome this year? That's a ton of progress in a super short time frame. How does that happen?

 

[FarWestNorthCarolinaSports]

Open districts

 

[OtisDriftwood]

Your memory does not supposed to serve you well when you're only looking at it on one side. Like I have said you will find all types of ways to discredit them. Nothing you said bothered me because I don't have a dog in the fight. I speak from a clear perspective not a foggy one sided traditional "get them out of our playoffs" view. Remember I picked this team to lose in the 3rd round. I agree with the advantage and think it should be a separate playoffs for nontraditional schools

BK- Andrews had 6 turnovers, 2 or 3 for touchdowns and kicked a onside kick with 2 mins to go. MIC recovered and ran 2 straight dives with a 14 year old freshman and then pretty much a basic hand off with 6 players missing a easy tackle. Let's be honest both ways Andrews should have never kicked a onside with 2 mins to go. They scored on the previous drive because mic called the dogs off on defense.

I challenge you to find one post where I've said one word about whether teams like MICS should be in the playoffs or not. Let me save you the time, I have never said anything about it! I couldn't care less who is in the playoffs. I'm actually glad they are there because now I have something else to look forward to. You are just trying to deflect the argument and play MICS off as the victim because you think us traditional fans don't want them around. They deserve to be called out for what they did and It wouldn't matter to me if MICS was the most traditional school in the playoffs. Any school that does that, traditional or not, deserves to be called out.

 

[mbdfan_rivals121259]

The next question is why the heck are so many 2-3 win teams in 1A. Small 1A is terrible compared to all the other classifications. It needs a major override.

I don't know how many times you feel the need to say this when it's been explained. Simply put there are less 1A schools to choose from because numerous 1A schools don't even have a football team, so of course the playoffs are going to be watered down.

I do agree that it needs an overhaul and the best way to do that would be to cut the 1A football playoffs from 5 rounds to 4, it would eliminate a lot of the lopsided scores and teams that had no business being in the playoffs in the first place.

 

[Smoking Gunz]

Then the coaching staff at MICS are a bunch of classless jerks. You take a knee in that situation, period. "A lot of teams don't take knees"... Most games I've witnessed where it is out of hand in the closing seconds, knees are taken. And when they aren't, those coaches are classless jerks too. If you were up 50, then your freshmen had plenty of other opportunities prior to the final 30 seconds to get his touches. You knee it out and go home. Any staff with class and character takes a knee in that scenario. MICS clearly has neither

How about you call them what you really want to? What is classless is ripping a group of people that you don't even know on a public message board over and over and over again. That's cowardly.

 

[Smoking Gunz]

I challenge you to find one post where I've said one word about whether teams like MICS should be in the playoffs or not. Let me save you the time, I have never said anything about it! I couldn't care less who is in the playoffs. I'm actually glad they are there because now I have something else to look forward to. You are just trying to deflect the argument and play MICS off as the victim because you think us traditional fans don't want them around. They deserve to be called out for what they did and It wouldn't matter to me if MICS was the most traditional school in the playoffs. Any school that does that, traditional or not, deserves to be called out.

Ok you called them out and what's next? Move on you sound to personally invested in this discussion.