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Gilmer vs. Graham. State semi-final in Prosper Friday @ 7:00


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Cannot wait to read what the rest of ya'll have to say about the pitiful second half by the Buckeyes.  You DO NOT take your foot off the gas, until your side of the scoreboard reads "42".  I understand slowing the game down and burning clock, but failing to make first downs and allowing Graham to dare dream of the upset in the second half was hard to watch, especially after the brilliant first half of play by the Buckeyes.  We have been a 2nd half team, just about all year, but not tonight.  Lots to work on this week.

 

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Okay, a few quick observations:

1. Give credit to Graham. A lot of teams would have rolled over at halftime, but they didn’t. They made some great defensive adjustments and played with a lot of heart and soul. They came up short, but they never quit. 
 

2. Give credit to the Gilmer defense also. They were on the field most of the second half, and they were in horrible field position, but only gave up 14 points. They bent, but they came up big inside the 30 on several occasions. 
 

3. Gilmer did not play well in the second half offensively. Any score would have put the game away, but they didn’t adjust well to Graham’s defensive changes. I can understand wanting to run the ball and shorten the game, but Graham had stacked the box. The wide receiver screens were good for 8 yards a pop all 2nd half, and a jet sweep or two would have gotten to the edge, but Gilmer would go away from them.  And Gilmer went back to being it’s own worst enemy. 
 

4. But what a First half!!  98 yard punt return, huge 70+ Yard TD run by Tennison, a 2nd and 35 conversion on a beautiful pass and catch by Fluellen, a beautiful TD by Spraglin (didn’t like the taunting, though, and he deserved the penalty), an absolutely perfectly played interception, a great 4th down stop by blowing up the Graham RB in the backfield. If Gilmer can put 2 halves together like that, the Carthage game will at least be interesting. 
 

Great win by the Buckeye. I love it for this group of seniors. They had it really tough as Sophomores, but they have been rewarded for all their hard work. Now on to Jerry’s World!!

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Ill tell you this much, Graham had more than a little shot to make this game very hairy for Gilmer even getting behind 35-7 at the half. Wasted trips inside the 25 yd line in the first and second halfs killed Graham. They racked up the yards but They should've thrown it more in the 1st half. Gilmer was struggling to cover. Graham back was tough. Gilmers 2nd half effort was bad period no sugar coating that.

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6 hours ago, CasualObserver70 said:

Okay, a few quick observations:

1. Give credit to Graham. A lot of teams would have rolled over at halftime, but they didn’t. They made some great defensive adjustments and played with a lot of heart and soul. They came up short, but they never quit. 
 

2. Give credit to the Gilmer defense also. They were on the field most of the second half, and they were in horrible field position, but only gave up 14 points. They bent, but they came up big inside the 30 on several occasions. 
 

3. Gilmer did not play well in the second half offensively. Any score would have put the game away, but they didn’t adjust well to Graham’s defensive changes. I can understand wanting to run the ball and shorten the game, but Graham had stacked the box. The wide receiver screens were good for 8 yards a pop all 2nd half, and a jet sweep or two would have gotten to the edge, but Gilmer would go away from them.  And Gilmer went back to being it’s own worst enemy. 
 

4. But what a First half!!  98 yard punt return, huge 70+ Yard TD run by Tennison, a 2nd and 35 conversion on a beautiful pass and catch by Fluellen, a beautiful TD by Spraglin (didn’t like the taunting, though, and he deserved the penalty), an absolutely perfectly played interception, a great 4th down stop by blowing up the Graham RB in the backfield. If Gilmer can put 2 halves together like that, the Carthage game will at least be interesting. 
 

Great win by the Buckeye. I love it for this group of seniors. They had it really tough as Sophomores, but they have been rewarded for all their hard work. Now on to Jerry’s World!!

The Punt return should have been negated by a block in the back at the 10. Blatantly obvious

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1 hour ago, TexasFootballGuru said:

The Punt return should have been negated by a block in the back at the 10. Blatantly obvious

Man don’t say anything about a miss call Graham was getting all the breaks. The push off in the td pass, y’all line couldn’t block from holding all night 

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8 hours ago, MoveTheChain said:

Cannot wait to read what the rest of ya'll have to say about the pitiful second half by the Buckeyes.  You DO NOT take your foot off the gas, until your side of the scoreboard reads "42".  I understand slowing the game down and burning clock, but failing to make first downs and allowing Graham to dare dream of the upset in the second half was hard to watch, especially after the brilliant first half of play by the Buckeyes.  We have been a 2nd half team, just about all year, but not tonight.  Lots to work on this week.

 

I have nothing to say, Gilmer won a state semifinal playoff game and punched their ticket to Jerry World.

 

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