What a game!
By Ken Mauldin
October 29, 2007
After the back to back heartbreaking losses, Clyde has two incredible back to back wins. So if your sitting in Breckenridge thinking the Buckaroos should have won that one, trust me the Clyde Bulldogs and fans know the feeling.
It was a back and forth game all night long. The main difference was the Breckenridge was scoring on long touchdowns while Clyde was having to work their way down the field. Breckenridge QB Blaine Vick is an incredible football player, he really leaves it all on the field. The Bulldogs do the same. They simply will not give up, no matter the circumstance. Curtis Kevil gets better and better as the game goes on. I would hate to try to stop him when he gets ahead of steam going. I hope I get to watch him about 6 more times in a Clyde uniform.
It's not just Curtis though, Wes Liles makes plays all over the field on both sides of the ball and rarely gets a breather. Colby Smith goes 110 percent every play. Jeremy Gordon makes a huge play in every game.Our underrated QB Jacob Gonzales does so many little things well that don't get noticed. The list goes on and on so I shouldn't have started naming players.
It looks like a second place finish for our Bulldogs. Even if we lost to Comanche which isn't very likely I think we would win tie breakers over Sweetwater and Breckinridge. We will finish 1st in the Division II standings, meaning Wylie will go to Division 1 playoffs and the rest of the district is playing for Division II seeding. Being the #1 seed is important because you will probably get to play a 3rd place team instead of a second place team in the first round of the playoffs. Since we don't have much of a playoff history its easy to remember a few of our first round playoff game disasters like our game against South Lake Carroll who was ranked #1 in the state in 3A at the time. That was not a pretty game! Seeding is important!
I hope were ready to play Friday night, Comanche just about knocked us out of the playoffs last year. I know they are struggling but they have gotten better as the year has gone on.
Sweetwater vs Breckenridge in the last week of the season when we have our bye, should be a fun one for what I think will be the last playoff spot.
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