awesome 8-man comeback

[Chef]

Doing a sub-state championship game on the radio, a kid from Team A takes opening kickoff back 76 yards.........A up 38-14 with 3:05 left in 3rd quarter........B gets a spark, scores 24 in a row in 4th quarter to tie it 38-38 going to OT......A scores on first possession to make it 44-38, but on 2-point conversion, qb runs option and is in process of being tackled, pitches it to tb, but ref blows qb down...........coach, players, everyone on Team A go absolutely mental........headsets, helmets, everything flying.........Team B goes down, scores, gets the two, and wins 46-44.........

Stat of the game: 1...........yes....................1 penalty the entire game.

Delay of Game called at 4:52 of the second quarter.

I ask the board op after the game to put the tape of the game on the desk.............silence............."Uh, I didn't record the game!"

aww, **** dude. {cartman}

 

[kingcreole]

How was the pregame show?

 

[farmerjerome]

Our Cinderella team up here was down by 21 midway through the fourth quarter and came back to win.

This team was only in the playoffs because another team had to forfeit its spot. Cinderella team won the district.

 

[Oz]

It's never a bad idea to cover Team B at home. Last time I went there, the PA announcer offered up his free meal ticket to me. "I'm not going to use it, but you can have mine if you want it."

Great people there. Great place to cover eight-man football games.

 

[Chef]

How was the pregame show?

**** you.

 

[Chef]

It's never a bad idea to cover Team B at home. Last time I went there, the PA announcer offered up his free meal ticket to me. "I'm not going to use it, but you can have mine if you want it."

Great people there. Great place to cover eight-man football games.

Right on, ozzy.

AD is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.

We were actually in the visitors press box, which is better, being no more than 10 feet off the field, but about 35 feet straight up.......death to whoever falls off the ladder going up there.

 

[shotglass]

Man, would I love to see one of those games sometime.

 

[Chef]

Man, would I love to see one of those games sometime.

Fast, incredibly fast-paced game.


4 12-minute quarters + 15-minute halftime, overtime, 20 minute post-game......on-air at 7 cst, out of town by 10:00.

Great atmosphere with people parking their cars, basically bordering the track around the field......

 

[Chef]

Team B was involved in (I think) the longest game in Kansas history.........8 overtime victory that ended up 66-60.

 

[billikens]

That's too bad for Team A. Their coach is a great guy but it seemed like everytime I covered them, they lost a heartbreaker.

 

[kingcreole]

Eight man football is cool. There's been some great, great playoff games in the state in eight man ball.

Chef, bake up some cookies next time you invade that eight man stadium.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

As a former 8-man player I'm curious what teams you guys are talking about.

It's a blast to play. Sometimes you can have arena football scores but it's outdoors on an 80-yard field. A great athlete can really take over a game.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Covered a game last night in which my state's defending 3A champion was down to my local team 32-7 at the half. Second half the state champs line up in this seldom seen offensive set called the polecat spread. They used three linemen and everyone else at WR.

Local team couldn't stop it, and before they knew it, state champs were down 32-29. Local team scores on a 75-yard pass from star quarterback to up-and-coming WR, but the all-important PAT was missed.

State champs come right back with their own score, but miss the PAT to leave the score at 38-35 with 8 minutes to play. Champs get a FG with 4 minutes left to tie the game and send it to OT.

Champs stop local team on fourth down and score on third down to win 44-38.

Star quarterback threw for 377 yards and just passed 10,000 for his career.

 

[TrooperBari]

It's a blast to play. Sometimes you can have arena football scores but it's outdoors on an 80-yard field. A great athlete can really take over a game.

I've been wondering about this -- are 80-yard fields or 100-yard fields more common for 8-man? The last state I was in had 80-yard fields, but where I'm at now is the first place with 100-yard fields I've ever seen.

 

[Oz]

Nearly everyone in Kansas has 80-yard fields. Only Wichita Word of Life, which isn't seen as a state-recognized school for football, uses 100-yard fields. Predictably, they have some insane scores there.

 

[kingcreole]

As a former 8-man player I'm curious what teams you guys are talking about.

It's a blast to play. Sometimes you can have arena football scores but it's outdoors on an 80-yard field. A great athlete can really take over a game.

Jetmore, Macksville.

 

[TrooperBari]

Nearly everyone in Kansas has 80-yard fields. Only Wichita Word of Life, which isn't seen as a state-recognized school for football, uses 100-yard fields. Predictably, they have some insane scores there.

Nebraska does 80-yard fields, as well. You'd think there would be some kind of national standard.

 

[BYH]

I'm just impressed that so many people know exactly who Chef is referring to with Team A and Team B.

 

[Crimson Tide]

8-man is the ****. It's like the AFL, but on a full-sized field and the fans actually give a damn. I'm covering the one of the state's 8-man championships on Friday and can't wait.

My shop took a 90-60 something call-in. The box was four inches by itself.

 

[Chef]

Eight man football is cool. There's been some great, great playoff games in the state in eight man ball.

Chef, bake up some cookies next time you invade that eight man stadium.

Won't be there again this year..

May do something for them next week in Newton......(ps....why did they move state from Russell?)