Gryphons Fall In Third Round

Thursday night the Rocky Mount  Gryphons 29-2 wrestling team lost in the third round in Union Pines to Swansboro  43-3 by a score of 36-33. Rocky Mount finishes the duel portion of the schedule 29-3 on the year.  Fourth Round Swansboro lost to Morehead 30-25 so Morehead will play for the team title Saturday.
                                Notes on the Super Bowl

I would have to put SB 49 in top five all time.  I would also have to rate the final offensive play by the Seahawks as the biggest blunder since Jackie Smith dropped a wide open touchdown pass in the end zone that would have had the Cowboys beating Pittsburgh back in the 70's.

It was not a bad pass at all, in fact when you see the replay from the camera in the upper deck on the same side of the field.   I am sure Russell Wilson thought he had a touchdown as he is letting the ball go.  The defender played the ball about as well as any defender could or ever has.  In fact he defended the play so well even if it was caught the receiver would have been down short of the goal line with the clock running.

I find no fault in the pass itself.  I find fault in the decision to throw in the first place.  You just made five yards on a run from the six yard line with twenty seconds to play and a time out in your pocket.  Just maybe the best running back in the league to carry the ball.  If I am scare of time running out on me I surely would have run pass action making New England think is he running or not then let Russell roll with the ball making the defense decide whether to  go get Wilson or play the pass.  If the pass is covered Wilson could have tossed it in the stands and it is third down if he can't run it in..

I was pulling for the Seahawks because of three N C State players who play for the Hawks.  There is one part of the Seahawk team that I don't care one thing for and that is the mouthing off.  I do believe that the Seahawk defense thought they had the game won when with three minutes left in the third they led by 10.  Sherman got in front of a sideline camera and mouthed off which since I am old school I hate to see in any player.

I think this game is the perfect game for when the quarterback gets too much credit when they win.  Tom Brady was 37-50 in the game for 328 yards.  I charted throughout the game the length of his passes and of the 50 he attempted 40 never went ten yards beyond the line of scrimmage.  18 never went over the line of scrimmage before being caught.

The MVP from the game should have been one of those scat receivers who caught the ball three yards across the line and ran 15 yards before being tackled.  That brings up another point.  Seattle had a ten point lead and their so called best defense in football gave up two scores in the fourth quarter.  Why so many yards after the catch from those scat back receivers?

Just maybe that elbow injury from Sherman. Shoulder  from another and even one going down in the first quarter.  A knee from one who got hurt in practice on Friday.  Add all that up and the Seahawks secondary was not  as great as they are suppose to be.  Can't blame the Patriots from exposing a weakness in doing what they had to do to win.  My prediction last week was based on injuries to the Hawks secondary and to me lies the winning factor.  Not that Brady proved to be the greatest quarterback of all time as the media this week has proclaimed.

So football can be put to bed until the draft or the Combine or until you turn the TV on a sports channel.  Football is 365 days a year now.