When I made my pick of Rocky Mount beating Eastern Alamance this week I did so base on Eastern Alamance thought the team they had to beat to win the state championship was Southern Alamance.
They did that last week. My thinking was EA would not respect the Gryphons.
Tonight Rocky Mount goes to Eastern Alamance and lays a whipping on the home team leading 28-0 at the half and coast to a 42-21 victory over Eastern Alamance and will now play for the 3-A state championship next Friday night at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill at 7:30. The Gryphons have not won a football Title since 1963.
Rocky Mount won the toss and drove down to near the twenty before EA stop them. The Gryphon D force a punt and the Gryphons March done the field. They scored on a 16 yard run with 4:59 by Tyrell Forbes. EA march down the field but were forced to kick a field goal which was blocked by Gryphons. Then B J Sanders from the Gryphons 6 yard line broke a 59 yard run. Tyrell Forbes put it in the enzone from 24 yards out.
Rob White picked East Alamance quarterback John Lamonte and took it 85 yards to the house and after Chase Millers kick the Gryphons led 21-0 with 6:44 in the second Q. Then with 4:44 to play in the quarter Nick Bynum took it 44 yards and after a great stop by the defense made a goal line stand just before half the Gryphons led 28-0.
Alamance was held to a three out and out on the first drive of second half but on Rocky Mount's first procession they fumbled giving EA the ball near the 50. On a 4th and ten with 6:44 to play in the third John Lamont hit a 15 yard touchdown strike to get EA on the board at 28-7. K K Edwards caught a 39 yard pass from Forest Bell and B J Sanders took it the two yards to get 35 on the board for the Gryphons.
EA's John Lamont who ran many quarterback draws scored on a two yard run with 11:15 to go in the game. After Rocky Mount failed on a fourth down Lamont led EA back down the field to make it 35-21. Rocky Mount once again moved the ball but missed on a fourth down run but Alex Henderson put the icing on the cake for Gryphons with a 66 yard pick six. Detrelle Revis got another pick with 90 seconds to go and the Gryphons celebrate.
Many people in the area listened on the internet to Burlington radio and they said 800 people bought tickets from Rocky Mount. To tell you how good the announcers were they kept saying legend B W Holt was calling the plays for the Gryphons. Regardless of whether they knew who was coaching Rocky Mount or not I can tell them this. Jason Battle is carrying the Rocky Mount Gryphons to a place Holt never did. To a state championship game. They will play South Point who beat Kings
Mountain in the Western regional Title 29-7.
The news is heart breaking in Kinston. SouthWest Edgecombe tie 15-15 at the end regulation gave up a score to trail 22-15 scored themselves but went for a two point conversion and missed by less than 6 inches and lose 22-21.
Friday, December 4, 2015
Carolina Has A shot
Twelve wins in a row. Right now there is probably no team in college football playing any better Than the Tar Heels. The biggest dig any body can put up against the Tar Heels is there is not a win against a top 25 team. It is not their fault one team backed out of a scheduled game forcing the Heels to play two division 2 teams. Their biggest flub was opening night against South Carolina and at the time everyone thought that was not that bad of a loss until the Gamecocks decided to be one of the worse teams in the SEC.
Carolina has done all this with Chapel Hill still under a cloud which brought scholarship reduction and coach Larry Fedora has done what ever the company spill has been without complaint. There is no doubt that every year Fedora has been at Carolina they have been able to put points on the board. Some games they just could not score enough.
I spoke about three weeks ago that Clemson would now go on cruise control after they captured their division. Their offense has not as they have kept right on scoring. The defense is the one on cruise control and the question has to be asked. Can the defense pick up the pace? They remind me of the long distance runner who hangs back until it's the right time to motor pass those he was following. Can the Tiger defense pick it up and slow Carolina down any?
I think this is the first sellout of the ACC Championship game. It is a perfect combination of teams two of the closes teams to Charlotte. I suspect there will be more orange there due to the fact Clemson knew they were playing there two weeks before Carolina did.
If you are John Swofford a Carolina Grad an ACC Commissioner who are you pulling for. Clemson wins and they make the final four and the playoffs. Carolina wins and the ACC loses all the money earned if your conference plays in the playoffs and wins the championship. There is just not enough dominoes left that can fall the Tar Heel way to get them in.
I think this game comes down to the best defense that takes the field. Here is a fact they may shock you. There is only one team in the RPI top 20 that has a strength of schedules in the top 40. Alabama is 7th while no other team in SOS is in the top 40 in strength of schedule. Clemson is 70th while Carolina is 90th. The loser probably scores at least 35. Somewhere Clemson will get the Carolina quarterback to fumble and that will be the difference. Clemson 45 Carolina 38
Carolina has done all this with Chapel Hill still under a cloud which brought scholarship reduction and coach Larry Fedora has done what ever the company spill has been without complaint. There is no doubt that every year Fedora has been at Carolina they have been able to put points on the board. Some games they just could not score enough.
I spoke about three weeks ago that Clemson would now go on cruise control after they captured their division. Their offense has not as they have kept right on scoring. The defense is the one on cruise control and the question has to be asked. Can the defense pick up the pace? They remind me of the long distance runner who hangs back until it's the right time to motor pass those he was following. Can the Tiger defense pick it up and slow Carolina down any?
I think this is the first sellout of the ACC Championship game. It is a perfect combination of teams two of the closes teams to Charlotte. I suspect there will be more orange there due to the fact Clemson knew they were playing there two weeks before Carolina did.
If you are John Swofford a Carolina Grad an ACC Commissioner who are you pulling for. Clemson wins and they make the final four and the playoffs. Carolina wins and the ACC loses all the money earned if your conference plays in the playoffs and wins the championship. There is just not enough dominoes left that can fall the Tar Heel way to get them in.
I think this game comes down to the best defense that takes the field. Here is a fact they may shock you. There is only one team in the RPI top 20 that has a strength of schedules in the top 40. Alabama is 7th while no other team in SOS is in the top 40 in strength of schedule. Clemson is 70th while Carolina is 90th. The loser probably scores at least 35. Somewhere Clemson will get the Carolina quarterback to fumble and that will be the difference. Clemson 45 Carolina 38
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