Post by 50yardfan on May 22, 2011 10:45:59 GMT -5
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In the final seconds of the game the Barons were up 113-16, the Warriors had the ball in Baron territory, and Barons new head coach James Terry was calling timeouts.
In pursuit of the indoor-football scoring record (120 points), Barons preserved the clock and allowed Warriors to get their second and last touchdown of the night to make the final score 113-23.
Barons then had 35 seconds left to put together a scoring drive and claim the record. Peregrin threw a deep bullet into the hands of Ryan Clifford in the end zone, but he couldn’t hang on being slammed into the side wall. Clifford was later taken out on a stretcher as a result of the unorthodox attempt to continue scoring with very little time left in the game.
“If I would’ve known he’d get injured, I would have let the clock run out,” Terry said. “But the first thing he said when he got up was ‘I wish I would’ve caught that. I wanted that record.’”
Sacramento “forfeited” with 13 seconds left, according to Terry, and the Barons were forced to call off the cavalry and fall one touchdown short of the record for the second consecutive week.
The Barons won by nearly 100 points, but Terry was still somewhat disappointed they didn’t reach the record because the Barons “owe it to the city of Reno.”
Though the Warriors were obviously inferior to the Barons, Terry said games like this and last weeks against Las Vegas help with the team’s “timing, toughness, endurance, and confidence” when preparing for better teams like Stockton.
“It’s not the size of the dog that matters,” Terry said. “It’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
The only team thus far that has been competitive with the Barons is the Stockton Wolves, as the Barons have beaten every other opponent by over 50.
“This is still football,” Terry said. “Some might think it’s inferior, but I’d like to see them come out in pads and scrimmage against them.”
No one in the Barons organization disputes that this is all practice for the Wolves, who are scheduled at least two more times and have defeated Reno twice this season (once at home and once away) by over 40 each outing.
Peregrin says playing less competitive teams is a great opportunity for practice, but that they have to take it seriously and perform perfectly in order to make the playtime valuable.
“I think it doesn’t matter who you play,” Peregrin said. ”There’s always a chance of them beating you.”
If this is true, there was a .1% chance the Warriors would beat the Barons on Saturday night. Let’s break down this victory down a little.
This was the Warriors first time playing an indoor football game, and they supposedly learned the rules three hours before the game started.
The Warriors two touchdowns were scored in the final two minutes of the game to make sure they didn’t get beat by the century mark. Their field goal kicker scored nine of the team’s 23 total, and two more were scored off of an obscure rule that penalizes (by awarding the other team two points) when a forward lateral is thrown.
Barons had two kickoff-return touchdowns. One of these was a clear display of power over of the Warriors, as Isaac Porter was literally plowed through a three man pile-up of oncoming tacklers by the caboose-like power of Rahkeem Jamaal Smith.
Barons Del Bates returned a field goal for a touchdown that stretched the full length of the field, and Lee Morehead recovered a squib kick to give the Barons special teams four touchdowns total.
On offense, the Barons scored a well-rounded five touchdown passes (mostly thrown to Ryan Clifford and former Stockton Wolves player Gabe Hatchett) and racked up four rushing touchdowns. I’m just going to go ahead and nickname Rahkeem Jamaal Smith the Caboose because on one of those rushing touchdowns, he continued to display that tug-boat strength pulling through three Warriors to break through the defense on a forty-yard score.
On defense, the Barons recovered four fumbles. Two of them were for touchdowns, and three of them were not the result of big hits or strips but rather poor handoffs and snapping by Sacramento). The Warriors not only had bad ball control that resulted in fumbles, they also had several overthrown balls and four dropped passes in the hands of wide-open receivers that were further detriment to their offensive production.
The Barons defense also grabbed three interceptions.
One of those interceptions was capped by thirty-yard touchdown return by Ryan Johnson. The play infuriated Sacramento players so much that when Johnson reached the end zone, one Warrior (#4) channeled his frustration by punching the helmet of Johnson against the field’s surrounding barricade.
Nevertheless, Terry, Peregrin, and Barons general manager Tim Pierce say these blowouts are important.
“It helps us fine tune the stuff that works, and those are the things we need to do against Stockton,” Peregrin said. “We need to be perfect and play 100 percent against these teams so when we make mistakes against Stockton they’re not game changing.”
The Barons will play Stockton for the third time next Saturday at 7:00 pm in the Reno Events Center downtown.
“Nothing is really going to matter until we beat Stockton,” Terry said.
In the final seconds of the game the Barons were up 113-16, the Warriors had the ball in Baron territory, and Barons new head coach James Terry was calling timeouts.
In pursuit of the indoor-football scoring record (120 points), Barons preserved the clock and allowed Warriors to get their second and last touchdown of the night to make the final score 113-23.
Barons then had 35 seconds left to put together a scoring drive and claim the record. Peregrin threw a deep bullet into the hands of Ryan Clifford in the end zone, but he couldn’t hang on being slammed into the side wall. Clifford was later taken out on a stretcher as a result of the unorthodox attempt to continue scoring with very little time left in the game.
“If I would’ve known he’d get injured, I would have let the clock run out,” Terry said. “But the first thing he said when he got up was ‘I wish I would’ve caught that. I wanted that record.’”
Sacramento “forfeited” with 13 seconds left, according to Terry, and the Barons were forced to call off the cavalry and fall one touchdown short of the record for the second consecutive week.
The Barons won by nearly 100 points, but Terry was still somewhat disappointed they didn’t reach the record because the Barons “owe it to the city of Reno.”
Though the Warriors were obviously inferior to the Barons, Terry said games like this and last weeks against Las Vegas help with the team’s “timing, toughness, endurance, and confidence” when preparing for better teams like Stockton.
“It’s not the size of the dog that matters,” Terry said. “It’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
The only team thus far that has been competitive with the Barons is the Stockton Wolves, as the Barons have beaten every other opponent by over 50.
“This is still football,” Terry said. “Some might think it’s inferior, but I’d like to see them come out in pads and scrimmage against them.”
No one in the Barons organization disputes that this is all practice for the Wolves, who are scheduled at least two more times and have defeated Reno twice this season (once at home and once away) by over 40 each outing.
Peregrin says playing less competitive teams is a great opportunity for practice, but that they have to take it seriously and perform perfectly in order to make the playtime valuable.
“I think it doesn’t matter who you play,” Peregrin said. ”There’s always a chance of them beating you.”
If this is true, there was a .1% chance the Warriors would beat the Barons on Saturday night. Let’s break down this victory down a little.
This was the Warriors first time playing an indoor football game, and they supposedly learned the rules three hours before the game started.
The Warriors two touchdowns were scored in the final two minutes of the game to make sure they didn’t get beat by the century mark. Their field goal kicker scored nine of the team’s 23 total, and two more were scored off of an obscure rule that penalizes (by awarding the other team two points) when a forward lateral is thrown.
Barons had two kickoff-return touchdowns. One of these was a clear display of power over of the Warriors, as Isaac Porter was literally plowed through a three man pile-up of oncoming tacklers by the caboose-like power of Rahkeem Jamaal Smith.
Barons Del Bates returned a field goal for a touchdown that stretched the full length of the field, and Lee Morehead recovered a squib kick to give the Barons special teams four touchdowns total.
On offense, the Barons scored a well-rounded five touchdown passes (mostly thrown to Ryan Clifford and former Stockton Wolves player Gabe Hatchett) and racked up four rushing touchdowns. I’m just going to go ahead and nickname Rahkeem Jamaal Smith the Caboose because on one of those rushing touchdowns, he continued to display that tug-boat strength pulling through three Warriors to break through the defense on a forty-yard score.
On defense, the Barons recovered four fumbles. Two of them were for touchdowns, and three of them were not the result of big hits or strips but rather poor handoffs and snapping by Sacramento). The Warriors not only had bad ball control that resulted in fumbles, they also had several overthrown balls and four dropped passes in the hands of wide-open receivers that were further detriment to their offensive production.
The Barons defense also grabbed three interceptions.
One of those interceptions was capped by thirty-yard touchdown return by Ryan Johnson. The play infuriated Sacramento players so much that when Johnson reached the end zone, one Warrior (#4) channeled his frustration by punching the helmet of Johnson against the field’s surrounding barricade.
Nevertheless, Terry, Peregrin, and Barons general manager Tim Pierce say these blowouts are important.
“It helps us fine tune the stuff that works, and those are the things we need to do against Stockton,” Peregrin said. “We need to be perfect and play 100 percent against these teams so when we make mistakes against Stockton they’re not game changing.”
The Barons will play Stockton for the third time next Saturday at 7:00 pm in the Reno Events Center downtown.
“Nothing is really going to matter until we beat Stockton,” Terry said.