STA 16 Manatee 13

[gatorman001]

Some tuff brakes along the way, caused Manatee to end up with the short end of the stick on this one. Some might say it was the INT that led to STA's only TD... for me it was aapparent 1st down QB sneak up the middle by Manatee that appeared to be a 1st down by a number of yards in STA territory. Only have the back judge throw a flag after the play was over, to erase the 1st down and put Manatee in a 3rd and long situation which Manatee was unable to convert. My question is this, what was the penalty for, because it appeared the refs only marched off 5 yards and why did the back judge wait till the play was blown dead to call this mystery penalty it????? That penaly changed everything for Manatee at that point. If not for that penalty, Manatee was in a position to at worst, kick a FG to tie the game up at 16....very unfortunate time for a penalty.
Update: had to go back and listen to the radio broadcast on the mystery penalty call. It was actually 2 flags, 1 - a sideline warning call 2- illegal formation or movement call.

Play of the game for me was watching the Manatee guard pull, and just completely destroy the STA defender to free Smith up his long TD run......... While others were running up to Smith after crossing the goalline to congratulate him...I'd been the one seeking out the guard to high five him forthat for block....it was a thing of beauty! I believe it was the transfer lineman from Lakewood Ranch, that made the block.

 

[MarkECannon]

Attended the game with Gatorman and except for the result I’m glad we went. I agree with all the points he made. The STA 4th quarter interception was just the type of play they make late in a game to get the victory. The quarterback sneak penalty against Manatee was strange. The flag came VERY late to be an illegal formation call. We thought it must be holding. I was thinking what a mistake for a Manatee player to hold on a play like that. We did not see the ref’s explanation so it really left us wondering what the call was for.

I was very impressed with Manatee overall. I’m going to the state finals this week. It won’t surprise me if after the 5A game I will think we were at what could be thought of as the state final game last night. We sat in front of the Manatee student section. The blood curdling screams of the female Hurricane students are still ringing in my ears this morning lol.

 

[gatorman001]

The penalty that denied Manatee a 1st and 10 at the STA 15. The flag was very late coming, in this clip you can hear someone saying "They weren't SET" I've watched this play a number of times, keep in mind the ref waited until the play was over to throw the flag, I'm just not seeing it, in as far as the offense no being set....(unless it's the WR that went out of range of the video and you cant see him) I've time stamp the video for the play in question:

 

[Fla2014]

That is unfortunate. I was rooting for Manatee. I would have liked to see Manatee vs Niceville in state championship game. Manatee's defensive front is very good. They controlled the game the whole time and they played a solid game as a team.