LCC at Logansport

[Tippy]

LCC hasn't played Logansport since they played them in the rain on Halloween in 1969.  LCC won that game 30-20 and went 10-0 that year.  Pat Doyle's 75 kickoff return in the 2nd quarter put LCC up 22-6 in that game.  LCC leads the series 2-1.  LCC lost to Logansport in 1967, 14-12 after being up 12-0 in that game.

 

Logansport is a much better team this year than last year, but I think LCC wins this game by 10 points just like in 1969.

 

 

[BendNotBreak]

19 hours ago, Tippy said:

LCC hasn't played Logansport since they played them in the rain on Halloween in 1969.  LCC won that game 30-20 and went 10-0 that year.  Pat Doyle's 75 kickoff return in the 2nd quarter put LCC up 22-6 in that game.  LCC leads the series 2-1.  LCC lost to Logansport in 1967, 14-12 after being up 12-0 in that game.

 

Logansport is a much better team this year than last year, but I think LCC wins this game by 10 points just like in 1969.

 

 

Tippy ur great on stats... would u post em when its all said n done?  Thx

[Tippy]

31 minutes ago, BendNotBreak said:

Tippy ur great on stats... would u post em when its all said n done?  Thx

Thanks!  I will post everything when I'm done.  I just haven't had much time to work on them.

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59 minutes ago, Tippy said:

Thanks!  I will post everything when I'm done.  I just haven't had much time to work on them.

Good test for the D tonite.. thx!

[foxbat]

At times the D looked really good.  Several 3 and outs for the game.  Logansport's two offensive scores came on shorter fields and one came after a quick strike pass.  With that said, both offensive scores came on fast drives which should be a red flag for a defense.  LCC also gave up an early score on a blocked punt returned for a TD.  Special teams for LCC were an Achilles heel Friday.  Blocked punt for a returned for a TD, extra point bounced off the goal post, and FG blocked.  That's a net 11 points worth of pressure taken off of the Logansport offense which help keep them hanging around longer.  Yes, the regular punter was out in street clothes for the game, but that blocked punt wasn't on the punter.  At least one field goal hold and one extra point hold weren't clean either.  Those are going to end up costing a game later in the season if not addressed.

Offense was hot and cold.  To be fair, LCC was without its top receiver, but in the Ritter game that pitch-catch stat wasn't all that good downfield either.  The screens, however, were quite effective ... both in the Ritter game as well as the Logansport game.  Running game seemed hit and miss, but more so miss on the guard dives.  Off tackle provided more success, but for some reason it wasn't utilized as much.

Took LCC a couple of possessions early on in the game to finally settle down.  Halftime score was 17 - 7, but likely should have been 24-7 and, but for a blocked punt, 24-0.  Logansport did a nice job keeping the Knights to a single score in the second half and that lack of offensive performance put more pressure on LCC's defense.  The defense was able to stiffen up and, helped by several Logansport illegal shift calls, kept an upset from happening although Loganport had the ball three different times in the last seven minutes of the game.  LCC will be able to ill-afford giving teams like Andrean or Adams Central three possessions in the last 7 minutes of the game with no points to counter those possessions and survive post season.  I don't know the possession clock balance, but I would guess that time of possession favored Logansport.  In the past that hasn't been an issue for LCC because they've typically used a couple of minutes to score and then let the opponent burn 8 minutes before turning the ball back over to the Knights who would then take another couple of minutes to score again.  When the defense spends 8 minutes on the field, the offense has got to make their two minutes on the field count to let the defense have some flexibility before they head back on the field again for another 8-minute stint.

In the end, a win is a win and Logansport played a solid game.  The Berries could have come out in the second half and laid an egg, but they stayed in it the whole way, even when a late-game interception made it look like the game was done.  LCC stiffened up when they had to at the end to preserve the win.  I'll chalk LCC's performance up to the fact that they really didn't play a Week 2 game, had their top receiver and punter out, were on the road, and were playing a scrappy 4A team.  Former LCC head coach, Kevin O'Shea, and Twin Lakes visits LaRocca next week coming off a 14-7 win over Tipton.  O'Shea, even though he's been gone for a while, has seen a variation of this current LCC team before, so hopefully LCC will have tightened up the offense a bit by this weekend. 

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Sounds like they hav issues to work on in all 3 aspects. Tighten up on Spec Teams. Ball control on O. And Scoring D