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Friday Night Lights 2010: 11-9
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Game Of The Week:
OH OL Jack Miller and OH CB/S Greg Brown
Last Week: Miller's St. John's Jesuit defeated Brown's Fremont Ross 45-35. I was there, so enjoy some MGoBlog original video. You're watching #55 in blue (mostly early in the video) and #3 in white (mostly later in the video):
My apologies for less-than stellar filming at times, as I wasn't sure how to deal with filming guys on opposite teams. I managed to get most of the key plays, aside from a 35-yard reception from Brown.
I've seen Miller in person before, and my scouting report hasn't changed. On defense, he's a strong rusher off the edge. Ross used double- and even triple-teams in an attempt to slow him down, and usually ran their plays away from him. On offense, he's a vicious blocker who never seems satisfied unless his man is pancaked. His quickness in pass-blocking isn't the greatest, but Ross didn't have anyone who could make him pay for that (and he won't have to deal with it as much playing on the interior of the line in college). He could have an impact on either side of the ball in college, but he looks like a future David Molk(!), nasty streak and all.
Brown, on the other hand, wasn't nearly as impressive. He's a bit stocky, and played exclusively outside linebacker on defense for Fremont Ross. Even at a position closer to the ball, he rarely seemed to be in on any plays, despite having a chance on some of them. As a linebacker, he only covered tight ends from the slot in pass coverage, and did an adequate job staying with a guy half a foot taller than him. On offense, Brown was only in on every second or third play, partially because he was bringing in the plays from the coaching staff, but it seemed to me that it was also because he was expendable on a lot of offensive plays. His speed wasn't that impressive, and he was thoroughly outplayed on both sides of the ball by Cheatham Norrils of St. John's (#3 in blue), who scored three defensive touchdowns, including one on a pick-6 that went through Brown's hands. Brown did manage to get deep once or twice, but only came down with one of them, because Norrils was all over him. Brown also ran one play out of the Wildcat, and got decent yardage, but didn't blow anyone away with his athleticism.
There are also a few local media recaps of the game. I unofficially have Miller down for 2 tackles, 3 assists, 1 tackle for loss, 2 QB hurries, and one holding penalty drawn. Brown had a 43-yard kickoff return, 4 receptions for 61 yards, 1 rush for 9 yards, a tackle, and a pass breakup.
This week: Ross's season is over with a 9-2 record. Miller and his 10-1 St. John's Titans will face Medina (upset winners over Canton McKinley) next week in Round 2 of the State Playoffs.
FL QB Kevin Sousa
Last week: Lake Nona was crushed by Winter Haven 0-42. Sousa's coach tells Tom that Kevin finished 9/14 passing for 128 yards, in addition to 5 rushes for 29 yards.
| Kevin Sousa 2010 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||
| Opponent | Result | Comp | Att | % | Yds | Yds/Att | TD | Int | Rush | Yds | Yds/Att | TD |
| Harmony | L 17-50 | 17 | 39 | 43.59 | 256 | 6.56 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 184 | 12.27 | 0 |
| Oak Ridge | L 0-48 | 6 | 13 | 46.15 | 34 | 2.62 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 4.43 | 0 |
| University | L 21-59 | 9 | 24 | 37.50 | 151 | 6.29 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 67 | 7.44 | 1 |
| Sebring | L 7-41 | 8 | 17 | 47.06 | 126 | 7.41 | 1 | 4 | ? | 20 | 0 | |
| Lake Wales | L 6-42 | 14 | 21 | 66.67 | 199 | 9.48 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 64 | 4.92 | 1 |
| Auburndale | L 31-35 | 13 | 20 | 65.00 | 197 | 9.85 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 150 | 8.82 | 1 |
| Celebration | W 34-14 | 14 | 26 | 53.83 | 247 | 9.50 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 131 | 8.19 | 1 |
| Tenoroc | L 20-26 | 19 | 24 | 79.17 | 389 | 16.21 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 121 | 9.31 | 1 |
| Winter Haven | L 0-42 | 9 | 14 | 64.29 | 128 | 9.14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 |
| Totals | 1-8 | 109 | 198 | 55.05 | 1727 | 8.72 | 12 | 11 | 95 | 777 | 8.18 | 5 |
This week: Lake Nona visits East River on Friday at 7:30 in their season finale.
FL RB Demetrius Hart
Last Week: Hart entered the game 2 touchdowns shy of the all-time conference record. Game preview. Dr Phillips pasted Freedom 56-13. The Panthers clinched their district with the win, and set the Division's scoring record for a single season in the process:
The Panthers have scored 476 points, surpassing the Class 6A record of 473 held by Miami Northwestern. The Panthers (9-0, 5-0 in 6A-6) are within reach of the state regular-season record, of 526 points set by Jacksonville Trinity Christian in 1999.
DP needs "just" 50 points (3 below their season average) against West Orange to set the record. Dee rushed 23 times for 229 yards and three touchdowns, and notched a pair of receptions for 26 yards. Stats and image come from the Dr. Phillips Athletics website. Video:
| Demetrius Hart 2010 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | Rushing | Receiving | Returns | ||||||||||
| Opponent | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Avg | Rec | Yds | TD | Avg | Ret | Yds | TD | Avg |
| Edgewater | W 48-7 | 20 | 79 | 2 | 3.95 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 15.67 |
| Osceola | W 49-7 | 19 | 98 | 3 | 5.16 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 15.67 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 |
| Olympia | W 49-0 | 17 | 224 | 3 | 13.18 | 5 | 68 | 1 | 13.60 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Cypress Creek | W 52-0 | 14 | 168 | 4 | 12.00 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Boone | W 45-0 | 18 | 142 | 3 | 7.89 | 5 | 132 | 1 | 26.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Evans | W 62-6 | 8 | 178 | 3 | 22.25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 19.00 |
| Oak Ridge | W 56-28 | 21 | 126 | 3 | 6.00 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 9.25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Gateway | W 59-0 | 11 | 190 | 5 | 17.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 36 | 0 | 18.00 |
| Freedom | W 56-13 | 23 | 229 | 3 | 9.96 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 13.00 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 11.33 |
| Totals | 9-0 | 151 | 1434 | 29 | 9.50 | 22 | 330 | 2 | 15.00 | 20 | 246 | 0 | 12.30 |
This week: Dr. Phillips hosts West Orange on Friday at 7:30.
FL OL Tony Posada
Last week: Plant pasted Chamberlain 42-7, clinching the 5A-5 District championship.
Next week: Plant closes the regular season at Robinson on Friday.
OH DE Chris Rock
Last week: Preview for the area Game of the Week. DeSales falls to Bishop Watterson 7-14 in Round 1 of the State Playoffs.
This week: DeSales's season ends at 5-6 with a loss in the first round of the State Playoffs.
MI DE/LB Brennen Beyer
Last week: Fluff on Plymouth's receiving corps. Plymouth upset Canton 17-7 in Round 2 of the State playoffs.
“We were ready,” Plymouth senior linebacker/tight end Brennen Beyer said. “We came out and we played physical, we played our butts off, it was great. And the fans are great ... we have a crazy student section. Our fans are great, they helped us pull this out.”
Beyer (five solo tackles on defense; three receptions for 34 yards on offense) said Plymouth’s second-ever playoff win (the Wildcats defeated Saline on Oct. 30) was “so much sweeter” than the first one.
PlymouthCantonSports.com has more detail on Beyer's day, a forced fumble (pictured at right).
This week: The 9-2 Wildcats will travel to Detroit Catholic Central on Saturday at 1.
TX LB Kellen Jones
Last week: St. Pius X defeated St. Thomas 33-28. MGoMember gobluehtown took in the game live, and shared his thoughts on mgoboard:
Kellen was a beast. Had about 14 tackles by my count. 4 or 5 where he absolutely stuffed the A gap and stood up the tailback for no gain. He has great instincts and dropped into coverage and covered the flats really well. Almost blocked 2 field goals straight up. Took great angles and read the guards really well.
Jones tells Tom he notched 13 tackles (10 solo!), to go along with 3 QB hurries and 2 tackles for loss.
| Kellen Jones 2010 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Result | Tackles | TFL | Sack | FFum | |
| Trinity Christian | W 33-7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sealy | L 7-56 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Episcopal | W 31-27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Worthing | W 20-12 | DNP - ankle | ||||
| St. Thomas | W 28-10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kelly | W 28-0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Houston Christian | W 37-13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kelly | W 35-7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Houston Christian | W 49-7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1* | |
| St. Thomas | W 33-28 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 9-1 | 73 | 23 | 6 | 3 | |
* Blocked punt.
This week: 9-1 St. Pius hosts San Antonio Antonian on Saturday.
MI CB Delonte Hollowell
Last week: Cass Tech beat Dearborn Fordson 32-13. No mention of Hollowel.
Next Week: The 11-0 Technicians host Macomb Dakota in the Regional Finals of the State Playoffs on Saturday at 1.
Seasons Complete
MI WR Shawn Conway
Seaholm's season is over, with a 4-5 record. Conway finished the year with about 22 catches for 375 yards, and 11 kick/punt returns for 393 yards. Seaholm's coach resigned following the final game.
MI OL Jake Fisher
Traverse City West's season is over, with a 6-4 record and a loss in the first round of the State Playoffs.
November 9th, 2010 at 12:03 PM | 
That report on Greg Brown is
That report on Greg Brown is
November 9th, 2010 at 12:06 PM |
It sucks because he was our
It sucks because he was our
It sucks because he was our first commit of the class. He may get Barnes'd though.
or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
November 9th, 2010 at 12:56 PM |
I said early on that Brown
I said early on that Brown
I said early on that Brown isn't very impressive. I'll root for him in the meantime, but if Michigan can replace him with another defensive back, I wouldn't be totally heartbroken.
However, Tim's comment about him being "stocky" might have to do with the fact that the coaches are playing him at linebacker. Maybe they asked him to put on some weight. Or maybe he put on the weight, and thus they wanted him to change positions.
November 9th, 2010 at 12:03 PM |
On offense, he's a vicious
On offense, he's a vicious
On offense, he's a vicious blocker who never seems satisfied unless his man is pancaked. His quickness in pass-blocking isn't the greatest, but Ross didn't have anyone who could make him pay for that (and he won't have to deal with it as much playing on the interior of the line in college). He could have an impact on either side of the ball in college, but he looks like a future David Molk(!), nasty streak and all.
Yes please. That's what I like to hear.
“What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve and those who stay will be champions.” - Bo
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November 9th, 2010 at 12:23 PM |
Thanks for the video Tim,
Thanks for the video Tim,
Thanks for the video Tim, Miller looks good.
Dee Hart's statlines continue to be ridiculous and Kellen Jones had another great game. Looking forward to both of those guys.
November 9th, 2010 at 12:24 PM |
Non MI recruit question
Non MI recruit question
... exactly how long WAS that FG attempt that Dr. Phillips clanked off the bottom crossbar? Holy crap that looked long.
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
November 9th, 2010 at 2:59 PM |
kicking
kicking
I was going to ask the same thing; can we recruit Dr. Phillips kicker as well?
November 9th, 2010 at 8:08 PM |
His name is Shawn Moffitt and
His name is Shawn Moffitt and
His name is Shawn Moffitt and Michigan is looking at him.
November 9th, 2010 at 12:27 PM |
I wish Kellen Jones was an EE
I wish Kellen Jones was an EE
I wish Kellen Jones was an EE
All hail Hoke!
November 9th, 2010 at 12:53 PM |
Still looking for a kicker?
Still looking for a kicker?
http://www.aboehm.sasprospects.com/
He's hit 2 fg's now over 40 yards, 15 of his last 16 KOs for touchbacks.
November 9th, 2010 at 1:30 PM |
Damn. His points per carry
Damn. His points per carry
Damn. His points per carry dropped to 1.15 on the season. Should we even be recruiting this guy anymore?
November 10th, 2010 at 9:43 AM |
No...
No...
I say we get McGuffie back, Dee is just pitiful out there...lol.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:07 PM |
In Defense of Brown
In Defense of Brown
Norrils is a pretty good athlete. He's a fringe D1 basketball prospect IMO. Having Norrils shut Brown down doesn't really worry me because that's probably the best player Brown has come across in his career. I didn't watch the video, so I don't know how bad it really was, but I'm not completely discouraged. I never expected Brown to be great anyways, hopefully he can redshirt and spend a few years getting ready and challenge for a spot when he is an upperclassmen. Hopefully we will have the depth to do so.
For a' that, an' a' that,
Our toils obscure an' a' that,
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.
Our toils obscure an' a' that,
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.
November 9th, 2010 at 8:10 PM |
Honestly, I'd much rather
Honestly, I'd much rather
Honestly, I'd much rather have Norrils than Brown.
November 9th, 2010 at 2:11 PM |
Dee is so damn good.
Dee is so damn good.
Dee is so damn good.
November 9th, 2010 at 4:58 PM |
K. Jones total stat line
K. Jones total stat line
K. Jones total stat line does not appear to include his last two games. Adding up the individual games results in:
94 Tackles, 26 TFL, 7 Sacks and 4 FF's ... in 9 games played.
Sweet (Eric Cartman voice)
My only concern for Jones is the transition from small HS ball to BCS conference CFB. Will he be up to it?
We ARE Michigan....COME GET SOME!!!
November 10th, 2010 at 9:41 AM |
Oh, he'll be up for it...
Oh, he'll be up for it...
There's a small private school in Miami (St. Thomas Aquinas - 2A) that is ranked near, if not the top of the National High School ranks right now so don't let Jones' school (size, private vs. public) fool you. This kid will be putting smiles on our faces before we know it...he's an animal out there!
November 9th, 2010 at 8:12 PM |
... or you can redshirt him
... or you can redshirt him
... or you can redshirt him and have three years to learn the QB position before he has to see the field.
"I don't see what the deal with this Denard Robinson kid is. We'd better make him a corner."
November 9th, 2010 at 8:21 PM |
Well, you're probably not
Well, you're probably not
Well, you're probably not going to get a top-flight QB with Denard, Tate, and Devin in the two classes ahead. So if you're ever going to take a "project" QB, now is the time.
Also, Sousa's teams is really bad. That doesn't mean HE'S bad.
This report on Greg Brown is very disconcerting. If the kid can't shine on a HS football field why would he do so on a much larger stage (the Bighouse)? I'm not sure what's going on with this kid's recruitment but it may be time to cut and run...