Analyse This
Tony Altobelli
For those of you that didn’t make it to Saturday night’s football
game between Orange Coast College and Pasadena City, I have only one
thing to say:
“Neener neener neener!!!”
This game had everything but a human sacrifice take place in its 60
minutes.
Let’s recap: nearly 1,000 yards of passing and rushing offense between
the two schools, hard-hitting defense, late-game dramatics, and more
penalties and ejections than a typical Red Wings-Avalanche NHL game.
Oh sure, the game had all the finesse of a train wreck, but it was
sure fun to watch and well worth the trip.
Sorry you missed it.
In addition to the obvious heroes for the Pirates, there were some
supporting characters who proved large in the Bucs’ 29-26 win over the
Lancers.
Hero I: On what seemed to be a normal extra-point attempt, Pirates’
sophomore Doug McDaniel broke up the middle for the block, which, in turn
forced the Lancers to go for two on their next score, which they missed.
OCC won by an extra point and a two-point conversion, mainly due to
that block.
Hero II: OCC’s defense. After four weeks of ridicule, the Pirates’ “D”
stepped up and played a HUGE role in the victory.
First, there are the three interceptions, the first leading to OCC’s
first points of the game.
Next, late in the game with Pasadena holding on to a five-point lead,
the OCC defense managed to stop the Lancers on three plays, giving the
ball back to OCC.
One first down and the game is over, but the Bucs hung tough and it
paid off.
Included in the heroes, there were also some serious brain-stoppers on
the part of Pasadena City, allowing the Pirates to win.
Bonehead I: Coach Tom Maher or whoever is charge to saying the words,
“TIME OUT!”
After OCC took the lead, Pasadena got the ball back, with 58 seconds
remaining and ALL three timeouts.
Trying to fool the entire galaxy, Pasadena decided to throw three
straight passes up the middle of the field gaining 18 yards, which is
fine, because they had three timeouts.
One problem: they didn’t use any of them.
The clock ran out and a big Homer Simpson-esque “Duh,” was heard
throughout the Lancers’ locker room afterward.
Sorry coach, you can’t take’em home with you.
Bonehead II: Lancers’ running back Blair Lewis. OCC, trailing by five
with less than three minutes remaining, needed to stop the Lancers on the
Pirates’ 35-yard line and then burn their three timeouts to salvage the
clock.
Lewis decided to be rather hospitable and not only did he lose
valuable yardage, but he RAN OUT OF BOUNDS.
That brain-cramp saved a grateful Pirates a timeout, which they used
to set up their game-winning touchdown on the following possession.
In fact, the fastest Blair ran all night was from that sideline back
to the huddle before Maher could rip his “bone” head off.
Once again, “Duh.”
For OCC, “Woo-hoo!”
Oh, by the way, did you happen to recall the Pilot’s Fearless Picks in
Saturday’s edition on this one? Coast? In an upset? 24-20? ... Jeez, it’s
hard to be humble ...
Congratulations to Brown University and Corona del Mar graduate Corre
Myer, who was named the Ivy League Volleyball player of the week.
The Bears went 2-0 last week with victories over Yale and Stony Brook
and are currently in a three-way tie for first in the Ivy League with
Princeton and Harvard.
Myer had 21 digs and 47 assists in the win over Yale and had 43
assists in the win over Stony Brook.
With 2,047 assists in her two-year career, Myer, last year’s Ivy
League Rookie of the Year, is only 502 assists shy of Brown’s career
record in that category.
Myer is an assistant captain of this year’s Bears squad and she is
majoring in international relations and French at Brown.
Other local players on Brown’s club include Audry Anhood and Kathryn
Dice, also CdM grads, and Laura Wells from Newport Harbor.
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