This game was an example of why I love high school football. $5 for parking and $6 ticket. The game was a classic ending in a Jones Tigers OT victory 34-28. The Osceola Kowboys jumped out to what looked like a commanding lead only to have Jones tie it up late in the 4th.
The game was tied at 24 all late in the 4th. There was still time for the Kowboys to drive down to the 5 yard like with the clock running. There was a problem though. They were out of timeouts. Osceola had earlier in the 4th quarter burned two timeouts without running a single play. They had the ball on Jones’ 47 yd line. It was 4th and a long 1. The Kowboys coaches called a timeout to ponder whether to punt or go for it. They lined up to run a play instead of punt. Guess what they were trying to do? The old get the defense to jump offsides play. Jones did not take the bait so Osceola called the another timeout which was their last. What now? They decide to go for it. They ran the ball that resulted in the chain crew to measure. The suspense was building with just about the whole crowd on their feet. It was short by a hair so the Jones Tigers took over the ball.
Now back to that last drive in regulation. Remember the Kowboys have the ball with around 20 seconds to go with no timeouts. Tie ballgame. They run the ball and are short of the goal line with the last seconds ticking away. They run to the line to run the next play. They spike the ball leaving 2 seconds on the clock so they can try the winning field goal. There’s another problem that turned out to be major. The spiked ball play was 4th down. Jones took possession and ran off the 2 seconds.
Osceola has school today. I can’t imagine what everyone is talking about.
The game was tied at 24 all late in the 4th. There was still time for the Kowboys to drive down to the 5 yard like with the clock running. There was a problem though. They were out of timeouts. Osceola had earlier in the 4th quarter burned two timeouts without running a single play. They had the ball on Jones’ 47 yd line. It was 4th and a long 1. The Kowboys coaches called a timeout to ponder whether to punt or go for it. They lined up to run a play instead of punt. Guess what they were trying to do? The old get the defense to jump offsides play. Jones did not take the bait so Osceola called the another timeout which was their last. What now? They decide to go for it. They ran the ball that resulted in the chain crew to measure. The suspense was building with just about the whole crowd on their feet. It was short by a hair so the Jones Tigers took over the ball.
Now back to that last drive in regulation. Remember the Kowboys have the ball with around 20 seconds to go with no timeouts. Tie ballgame. They run the ball and are short of the goal line with the last seconds ticking away. They run to the line to run the next play. They spike the ball leaving 2 seconds on the clock so they can try the winning field goal. There’s another problem that turned out to be major. The spiked ball play was 4th down. Jones took possession and ran off the 2 seconds.
Osceola has school today. I can’t imagine what everyone is talking about.
