Purple & Gold Standard

FC 12 UC 7 ... First Qtr

Kudos to UC for not going out and trying to find some cupcake to fill a void. USJ has a fine football team. It would've been nice to have a had a game under our belt before playing the Bruins but it is what it is. UC had quite a few first game mistakes. Timing was off. Have to get the ball back to the QB faster. Hard to start drives inside your own 5 yard line and every KO was a touchback. The USJ kicker is a weapon. Disappointing not to get a TD after the turnover to start the game and then not getting any points out of halftime on a very good drive. USJ is big and athletic on both the offensive and defensive lines. Well coached. Just a solid club.

BTW 68 Madison 51 ... Going to take some huge efforts to keep from MAHS and BTW playing for the Gold Ball ...

68 - 51 BTW Final

UC had zero points from the post ... Got doubled up rebounding ... No answer for their size ... MAHS held a double digit lead most of the game ... Oh and zero points from the bench ... UC was 2 of 3 from the line and the Lions were something like 13 for 18 but most all that was when UC had to foul in the 4th quarter ... McMillan had 19 for the Tornadoes and I believe only he, Bobo and Theobold scored ... Paraphrasing Sisco, happy with the defense giving up 40 but you're not going to win many scoring just 28 ...

Playing Sub-State games in Memphis is a different animal … I don't see Madison winning down there … That's just based on having followed really good teams getting beat in Memphis at this level of the tournament … Then you got to add the fact this is #1 vs #2 … Will be an electric atmosphere …

They won't miss a FT or 3 pointer ...

Fairley 28 Union City 6 3rd

Union City 10 First Downs Fairley 3 First Downs Union City 154 yds rushing Fairley 34 yds rushing Union City 33 yds passing Fairley 78 yds passing Union City 187 Total Yards Fairley 112 Total Yards Time of possession UC 18:25 Fairley 5:35 Fairley has a 75 yard return

Fairley 20 Union City 6 Halftime Union City dropped a pass in the endzone on 4th down with 13 seconds left before the end of the half.

Who all is playing in the Memphis Harding Tournament Dec.19-21 besides Union City? … What kind of team does Ridgeway have? … UC plays them in a Hall of Fame game ...

The Tornadoes are coming around … Listened at work in Ohio … Not laying the ball on the ground and sustaining drives … Chewing up chunks of yardage and clock … UC will be a dangerous play-off team if this type of play continues … The bye week comes at a good time … Get healthy for the real season coming up ...

When they do The Godfather you will play the lead …

Oh my what a rivalry that became for a while … Some memorable battles between Union City and McNairy Co.

Wade Comer has been facing Darren Bowling coached teams since Bowling was at OCCHS. Nothing UC will do will surprise Comer. Comer seems to have a pretty good grip on what UC does. Turnovers and penalties are key. Toss-up really.

You think Peabody would be able to consistently defend both the pass and the run? … I mean they are not getting pressured by our pass game … I give Peabody a slight edge but I bet it would be a shoot-out ...

How do you think a Peabody/Lake County game would turn out ?

Welp … 35-7 Peabody at Half ...

I asked earlier … I heard we had 11 fumbles … How many did we lose ? … How many picked up or picked off and ran in for TDs? … How many short fields GC have to drive? … 76 yard TD pass called back on first play from scrimmage … How many penalties in all? … 35 points … 500 yards offense … 25 first downs … No way you lose that game …

I hear UC hit them with a 76 touchdown PASS first play from scrimmage that got called back … Along with the TOs how many penalties were called on the Tornadoes ?

Yeah at least LC is known for football …

Apparently the run back turnovers offense …

I mean the defense is what it is but this is week 5 and the Tornadoes had 11 fumbles? … How many were lost fumbles?

I said that in my post …

Got to get this lack of defense/too many turnovers business straightened out. I mean no disrespect but the Tornadoes just got beat by a school known for girl's basketball and band … A team that was 0-16 against the Tornadoes … This one is a bad beat … Living in a world where UC is giving up 50+ to Lake County and 60+ to Gibson County … I'm not saying this is up to the level of Gleason beating UC in the Jimmy Fishel days but it's on up there … Lord help us when we go up against Peabody … That said, GO TORNADOES !!! … But dang …