Sabtu, 24 September 2011

Football Week 4



High School 
Rockhurst 35 Columbia Rock Bridge 6
The Hawklets continued their dominance against an overmatched Rock Bridge team.  Dating back to the beginning of last season, the Hawklets have won 18 straight games.  Heading into week 6, Rockhurst holds the number one ranking in the state of Missouri according to MaxPreps, America’s source for high school sports. 
 
Blue Valley 24 Bishop Miege 21
The Blue Valley Tigers are one of the few high school teams to successfully adopt the spread offense.  The sideline looks like a sideshow as the three gold-fleeced assistant coaches signal the plays in to the quarterback.  This season, the Tigers’ spread offense has averaged 43 points a game.  However, Bishop Miege found a way to limit the productivity of the Tigers’ high-powered offense, but could not score enough points themselves.
 
Liberty 24 Lee’s Summit North 21
The Liberty team moved to 3-2 on the season, but not without controversy.  With 14.7 seconds left at Lee’s Summit North’s 29 yard line, Liberty quarterback Lucas Norton spiked the ball.  Because Nortan lined up a few yards behind center, the Lee’s Summit North sideline erupted, asking for an intentional grounding call.  Instead, the Bronco’s sideline was given an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty which moved to ball to the 16 and shortened Liberty kicker Tyler Pate’s game-winning field goal with 9.6 seconds left.
 
College
 
#7 Oklahoma State at #8 Texas A&M
This top-10 matchup is overshadowed by the threat of the Big 12’s existence as a conference.  Texas A&M has been offered an invitation to join the SEC in July, but that move is being blocked by the threat of litigation from Baylor.  Meanwhile, Oklahoma State could move to the Pac-12 along with Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas Tech.  Oklahoma and Texas have already gotten approval from their boards to leave, and the Big East is currently negotiating a possible merger with the remaining teams in the Big 12.
 
This matchup could feature the last conference champion in Big 12 history.  Oklahoma State’s offense is averaging an astonishing 52.3 points and 601 total yards per game.  Quarterback Brandon Weeden has thrown for more than 350 yards in three consecutive games.  The Cowboys hope to move to 4-0 for the third time in 4 years. 
 
Texas A&M has a powerful offense and stout defense as well.  Ryan Tennehill threw for more than 300 yards in last week’s 37-7 rout of Idaho.  Cyrus Gray rushed for two touchdowns and topped 100 yards for the ninth straight game.  The Aggies are seeking their third consecutive 3-0 start.
 
Missouri at #1 Oklahoma
In a highly anticipated grudge match, the Tigers travel down to Norman to battle the top-ranked Sooners.  Last October, Oklahoma held the #1 spot at the top of the BCS standings for one week before the Tigers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Sooners 36-27.  Last week, the Sooners further justified their #1 ranking by defeating a stout Florida State team 23-13 in a true road game. 
 
While Oklahoma played excellent defense, the Tigers whooped up on Western Illinois 69-0 and compiled 744 yards and 30 first downs in the process.

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