Recommend everyone rewatch 5A #10 Warsaw vs #1 Concord

[NLCTigerFan07]

Truly - a remarkable high school football game last Friday night. These conference rivals played in Week 5 on the same field, a game in which Warsaw got out to a 17-0 halftime lead, only to see Concord escape with an epic comeback 28-24 on a last second touchdown. That led to the Minutemen winning the NLC, having an undefeated regular season, and earn the #1 ranking in class 5A.

Concord's athletes are no joke. People might look at the box score and think "wow - Warsaw dominated the time of possession 40:31 to 7:47" but... that doesn't do Concord justice. Darn near every time they touched the ball, they scored immediatedly. They only snapped the ball 20 times on offense on Friday night! And 4 of those snaps were as follows below:

1 snap was a QB kneel down before halftime
1 snap was a holding penalty
1 snap was a punt
1 snap was the desperation, final play of the game.

Concord 1st drive - 5 plays, INT
Concord 2nd drive - 2 plays, 79 yard TD run
Concord 3rd drive - 0 plays, 93 yard kickoff return TD
Concord 4th drive - 1 play, 73 yard TD run
Concord 5th drive - 3 plays, fumble
Concord 6th drive - 1 play, QB kneel down
Concord 7th drive - 3 plays, punt
Concord 8th drive - 2 plays, 54 yard TD run
Concord 9th drive - 1 play, final play of the game

Meanwhile - Warsaw almost perfectly executed "Bart Ball" with the exception of 1 fumble and I think 1 offensive penalty. They converted a handful of 4th downs to extend LONG drives, including the first drive of the second half that ate up over 10 minutes and then their final drive of the game to score the go ahead touchdown that ate up 9 minutes. People can complain about how boring that type of offense can be, but I disagree. When it is run nearly flawlessly, it is a joy to watch. The Tigers took advantage of a huge Concord turnover right before halftime that allowed them to only be down 21-17, when the Minutemen easily could have made it a 28-10 lead instead.

Do yourself a favor and rewatch this classic. Sports Michiana, with northern Indiana legends Chuck Freeby, Bo Hundt, and Ang Di Carlo, called an excellent game.

https://www.ihsaatv.org/?B=1543571

[BTF]

Thanks for the link.