TIGERS LOOSE SEASON OPENER
By Chuck Montana
September 4, 2006
What happened with the Tigers? That’s the word around town after the Tigers lost the season opener to Monahans 12 to 7. It’s been a long time since the Tigers fell in the season opener.
You had to be at the game to truly understand that this contest wasn’t as close as it sounded. For starters the game was 2 hours late getting started thanks to Mother Nature! Thunderstorms rolled in to La Grande Commutations stadium about an hour before kick off and the rain didn’t stop until late in the 3rd quarter.
As the game started things looked promising for the Tigers as Will Clay broke though the middle and ran for an 80-yard touchdown. Not to be outdone Monahans ran the exact same play and did the exact same thing, a 77-yard run to tie it up all within the first four minutes of the game.
As the game went on the BIG D for both Snyder and Monahans did a great job stopping the run and just killing the pass. At the end of the 4th, Snyder QB Lance Day was able to find the receivers to move them down field getting them into the red zone with seconds left on the clock. Day took them to the line in a split eye with two receivers at the top and one at the bottom. The receivers took off into the end zone, Day passed the ball to the bottom corner where it was tipped by Monahans but deflected into the arms if another Tiger, good for the touchdown… BUT WAIT… NO.. The ref said it hit the ground!
This was one of two bad calls the killed the Tigers. La Grande has a JUMBO screen that shows every replay and all the fans saw first hand that ball did not hit the ground but in fact was a good catch. The other “bad� call came when Lance Day tried to run for the 1st down and the refs called him short. Again the JUMBO screen says otherwise but what can you do? Monahans took the Tiger yet again in a game that will haunt the Tigers all year long.
So the 1st game is out of the way. The opening jitters should be gone and hopefully the boys can put behind them what happened last Thursday night.
The offence is still a little loose but I’m sure Coach Rogers will do what it takes to get them ready for this coming Friday when we welcome Hereford.
It’s tough to see the Tigers loose a game like this. It’s easy for me to say they got robbed but I’m just the guy on the radio calling what I see. I do wonder what the fans think when they see something like this and what the Coaches do to help the boys overcome something like this and get them re-focused on this weeks game.
Give me your two cents and I’ll talk to you all next week!
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lobo
September 8, 2006 10:03 PM
Now you know that the Big D wasnt stopping the lobo offence They had drives of 87, 74, 70, 65,and more i could name the Dline was getting mashed and couldnt make a play. But it was a good game none the less.