JoePa's College Football Week #6

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GL today joe:beerbang:

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FOR FLYERSFAN- BIG RED WRAP UP!


Big Red loses turnover battle, game to Tigers
October 9, 2010 - By ED LOOMAN, Sports correspondent

MASSILLON - Heading into Friday's showdown at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, coach Reno Saccoccia knew his Big Red needed to protect the football. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.

Steubenville turned the ball over six times and paid a supreme price as Massillon rolled to a 28-7 victory before an announced crowd of 11,504. Both teams stand at 6-1. Big Red will return home next week to face unbeaten Youngstown Ursuline.

"We have no excuses," Saccoccia said. "We are a team, we win as a team and we lose as a team. Not one play or not six plays lost that game for us. Now, we have to fight back as a team. We will get back to work on Saturday and we will work hard as a team for next week."

Saccoccia then repeated the goals Big Red had for the game - play solid defense, keep getting first downs and protect the football.

"We played solid defense, in fact we played great defense," he said. "We did get first downs but we didn't protect the football. It was a hard fought game."

Massillon went the trick play route to score on the initial play from scrimmage. Sophomore quarterback Kyle Kempt hit senior Anthony McCormick with a pass in the flat behind the line of scrimmage. McCormick, also a quarterback, then proceeded to hit a wide open Devin Smith down the right sideline for a 76 yard score. Anthony McCarthy added the extra point and Massillon was up 7-0 with just 11 seconds off the clock.

Big Red would answer with a near perfect drive. Starting at its 22, Steubenville ran 12 plays, reached the Massillon 44 and took 4:23 off the clock. The drive ended with an incompletion. Anthony Pierro's punt pinned the Tigers down at their 4.

Steubenville held the Tigers by their tail, thanks to a quarterback sack and a quarterback pressure by junior Michael Costantini. Saccoccia's Big Red would start its second possession of the night at its own 49.

This Big Red drive moved to the Massillon 4. It took 17 plays and consumed 6:16. The Pierro boys (junior Jo Jo and senior Anthony) would account for the most of the Steubenville rushing yardage on the march. On fourth-and-goal, Anthony Pierro's pass was intercepted at the 1.

The interception was the first of three first-half turnovers for Big Red. The third, a fumble by Jo Jo Pierro, would give Massillon a huge opportunity at the Big Red 37. The Tigers took advantage. Sophomore Kentrell Taylor (6-0, 240) stormed in from 13 yards out with 1:22 remaining in the half, capping the six play scoring drive. McCarthy again added the point from placement.

After two near misses in the first half, Big Red finally got on the board to start the second half. Steubenville marched 63 yards in just three plays. Jo Jo Pierro broke loose for 35 yards on a dive play before sweeping the right side and going in the house untouched from 24 yards out. Lucas McClurg's kick made it 14-7.

The Tigers, however, came right back, covering 54 yards in just five plays. Smith did the honors again when he snagged a pass from Kempt from 36 yards out. Kempt had handed the ball to senior Seth Nalbach, who turned and tossed it back. Kempt then found Smith running wide open over the middle. McCarthy again added the point from placement.

Massillon made it 28-7 when Nalbach stepped in front of a Pierro pass and raced 42 yards to pay dirt. McCarthy 's kick ended the scoring for the evening.

"This was a hard-fought game," Saccoccia said. "It was just a bad performance by me, by our coaches, by our players and by our team. We are not going to die. We have good kids, our kids have great parents and we will come back."

Tiger coach Jason Hall called Big Red "a really good football team," adding "our kids just played their tails off."

"We didn't think we played well down there last year (referring to Big Red's 13-3 victory in 2009)," Hall said. "We talked a lot about that performance and our need to improve. We forced turnovers, we made big plays on offense. It was a great victory."

Jo Jo Pierro had a huge night running the football, finishing with 198 yards on 33 carries and a touchdown. As a team, Big Red ran the ball 57 times for 306 yards. Steubenville added 43 passing for 349 yards in total offense.

For Massillon, Smith, the Ohio State recruit, finished with four catches for 121 yards and two scores. Justin Olack, Massillon's other wide receiver who is heading to Pittsburgh, also had four catches for 61 yards. Taylor finished with 99 yards on 20 carries.

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NOW HERE'S MASSILLON'S TAKE ON THE SAME GAME



Massillon rolls to redemption, routs Big Red
By CHRIS EASTERLING The Independent
Posted Oct 08, 2010 @ 11:45 PM

MASSILLON, OH — For almost a year, the Massillon Tigers lived with the memory of their trip to Steubenville. They remembered the way Big Red pushed them around the field and exerted their will in handing them as crushing a loss the Tigers would experience in 2009.

On Friday night, in the confines of their own home stadium, the Tigers got their chance to rid themselves of those painful memories of a rainy night on the river. And exorcise those memories they did as the Tigers rolled to a 28-7 win over previously-undefeated Steubenville in front of a raucous crowd of 11,540 at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium.

“We had this one circled since we lost to them last year,” said Tiger receiver Devin Smith, who had 121 yards on four catches with a pair of touchdowns.

“We wanted redemption back from them. That was the biggest thing this week, getting our redemption back. We wanted to show them what Massillon football was all about.”

A year ago, it was Big Red who was the aggressor, the one who was the bully taking the lunch money. On Friday night, Massillon was the one to establish the tone of the game.

The Tigers did so from the very first play as Anthony McCormick – wearing Alex Winters’ jersey number – took a lateral and hit Smith for a 76-yard touchdown pass. All of 14 seconds into the game and Massillon had a lead it would never relinquish.

“I didn’t even let him (McCormick) know he was wearing that (Winters’ number) until about an hour before the game,” Tiger coach Jason Hall said. “It was just a situation where we were able to catch them off guard with it and we were able to take advantage of it.”

Steubenville would try to follow the same blueprint it used in beating Massillon last year – and has used for years against various opponents. Big Red took up 12 plays on their first possession, then another 16 yards on the second. And ended up with nothing to show for either. The first ended in a quick kick at the Tiger 44. The second ended on a Tyler Allman interception at the Massillon 1.

Allman’s pick would be one of six Big Red turnovers on the night, including three straight in the second quarter. Massillon turned those turnovers into 14 points – the first a 13-yard touchdown run by Kentrell Taylor, who finished with 99 yards on 20 carries, for a 14-0 Tiger lead late in the second quarter.

The other came on a 42-yard Seth Nalbach interception return for a score in the third quarter.

“It’s backbreaking, because I’ve been on the other side,” Hall said of the turnovers. “Offensively, it’s hard to get momentum if you’re turning the ball over every time you get going. Our defense really put them in position where they really couldn’t get rolling tonight. They couldn’t establish a rhythm because of the things we were doing.”

Steubenville finished with 321 yards of offense, 278 of those on the ground. But Big Red could only convert 5-of-16 third-down tries, while going for it seven times on fourth down, converting four.

“We set the tone defensively,” Hall said. “I can’t praise our kids and our coaches defensively enough. Our kids just never gave up. We forced some turnovers, punishing them when they had the ball. That’s Massillon football. That’s what we expect.”

Big Red would put their only points of the game on the board when JoJo Pierro ran for a 24-yard touchdown 1:15 into the second half to cut it to 14-7. Pierro finished with 193 yards on 33 carries.

While Steubenville owned the first possession of the third quarter, the Tigers owned the rest of the quarter. Massillon struck on a 36-yard scoring pass from Kyle Kempt to Smith and then on Nalbach’s pick-six.

“It really felt good, just getting back at them and having them get that feeling that we had last year,” Smith said.

Massillon 28, Steubenville 7
at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium

Steubenville 00 00 07 00 – 07

Massillon 07 07 14 00 – 28

SCORING SUMMARY

M – Smith 76 pass from McCormick (McCarthy kick)

M – Taylor 13 run (McCarthy kick)

S – J. Pierro 24 run (McClurg kick)

M – Smith 36 pass from Kempt (McCarthy kick)

M – Nalbach 42 interception return (McCarthy kick)

S M

First downs 11 15

Rushes-yards 57-278 30-97

Comp-Att-Int 3-8-2 11-19-0

Passing yards 43 206

Fumbles-lost 4-4 4-2

Penalties-yards 5-48 3-14

Records 6-1 6-1

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing: Massillon – Taylor 20-99 TD; Nalbach 5-14; Kempt 3-7. Steubenville – J. Pierro 33-193 TD; A. Pierro 16-44.

Passing: Massillon – Kempt 10-18-130 TD; McCormick 1-1-76 TD. Steubenville – A. Pierro 3-8-43 2 INTs.

Receiving: Massillon – Smith 4-121 2 TDs; Olack 4-61; Roberson 2-18; T. Robinson 1-6. Steubenville – Garay 1-37; Petteway 1-5; Meyer 1-1.

[joepa66]

TRICKERATION? OR, simply allowable by the rules to change numbers and not have to report them? I for one don't like it and think it borders on cheating....then why assign numbers to players? Just beat them straight up........

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treat 'em like a prostitute, coach!







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Sparty! GL JOE :beerbang:

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ADDED PLAYS -

CINCINNATI -17 vs. Miami,OH
AUBURN -6 @ Kentucky


GL tonight! :beerbang:

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10/9: 7 - 5
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