Franklin @ McCallie

[BLUEMOM]

Actually, we are a singular Blue Tornado and we still run the option.

[lookerr2255]

Actually, we are a singular Blue Tornado and we still run the option.

 

Who is leading the option for the Blue Tornado, since BJ and boys are gone the D1 route?

[BLUEMOM]

Last week it was QB Keenon Rush, John Brock, Jay Fullam, Jonny Newman, Reggie Poindexter...

[tenn9fan]

ok, can anyone tell me what happened? i wasn't able to attend and the tennessean has zero info on this.

[itzme]

McCallie 28 Franklin 6

 

There is a scorboard feature on CoachT for future refernce.

[Buzzman]

McCallie 28 Franklin 6

 

There is a scorboard feature on CoachT for future refernce.

 

 

I think tenn9fan was looking for a breakdown of the game? Maybe a first person account of the game itself? I could be wrong though?

[BLUEMOM]

After a scoreless first quarter, a McCallie player was injured and had to be taken off the field on a backboard. (He will be ok, thankfully!) This injury seemed to polarize the Tornado and they came back with a vengance. The defense held the Rebels to around 200 total yards. Big problem for Franklin was turnovers, 3 interceptions--1 for a TD.

[tenn9fan]

thanks, i was surprised by the score. i thought the rebels would fare better.

[FlippJ]

The game was scoreless until the midway point of the second quarter. McCallie pressured Franklin's QB into a bad throw, intercepted it, and returned it for a TD. Franklin's defense played decent I thought, but their offense seemed to put them behind the 8-ball all game long. They had a breakdown in the secondary on McCallie's final drive of the first half and McCallie capitalized on it with a long pass. A few plays later McCallie scored a TD on a short pass to take a 14-0 halftime lead.

 

Franklin's offense came out in the second half and moved the ball, but they just couldn't sustain anything. McCallie's defense did a good job of stopping the running game and pressuring the QB. McCallie pretty much dictated the tempo of the game. Franklin made a lot of mistakes. Not only were there 3 interceptions, but Franklin also fumbled a punt deep in their own territory giving McCallie the ball inside their 5 yard line. McCallie was up 21-0 at this point and scored again making it 28-0.

 

McCallie scored 2 TDs in the second quarter, and another 2 in the fourth quarter. Franklin scored a garbage TD on their final drive of the game making it 28-6 (they missed the extra point).

[ATWSPORTSCAST]

I may have video highlights of this game up later in the week.

 

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