Comments on: East Bay Football Poll – 11/8

By: bulldogforever

bulldogforever — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:58:36 +0000

You’re right, loggerfaithful, it was the semi-final game last year I was referring to, not the championship game. (I’m still a little bit dizzy from last night)

By: bulldogforever

bulldogforever — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:54:19 +0000

Never count out the dogs, though.

By: Loggerfaithful

Loggerfaithful — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:50:52 +0000

Bulldog, I believe that Marin Catholic and Encinal were in the championship last year. Were you refering to the semi-round when Alhambra lost to Marin Catholic 21-28?
One thing is for certain DIII will be challenging.

By: eastbayfbfan

eastbayfbfan — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:43:39 +0000

bulldogforever. im pretty sure miramonte had one guy on davis the whole game. number 2 i believe. but their offense made it predictable and the other db’s pretty much knew where to be when the ball was in the air on several of those interceptions

By: bulldogforever

bulldogforever — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:16:42 +0000

Miramonte is a very good team. They tackle well, their offense is well thought out and balanced, and their quarterback has a good arm and plenty of time to throw, because of good play-calling by their coaches.

But the main problem for Alhambra, was that Miramonte’s coach plays chess on offense, and Alhambra’s coach plays checkers. Football is chess, not checkers. Alhambra’s QB Nesheim had no chance at success whatsoever with the plays that were called.

We have only two plays, Jared Leaf running up the middle, or a long pass to Trevor Davis up the right side. That’s it. No misdirection, no left or right, no screens, no playaction, no short passes, no end arounds, no nothing.(All of these Miramonte had and used against us)

It’s a tribute to the heart of our players that they almost pulled it off.

Our many long passes to Davis were so predictable that the cornerback stopped watching Davis and ran the routes himself (along with a couple of his buddies). Davis catching 9 passes for 185 yards while being double and tripled teamed was a sight to behold. The kid is a ring-tailed pass-catching wonder.

I predict that Miramonte could go all the way. Alhambra almost beat Marin Catholic last year in the championship game with the same bad playcalling that we’ve been plagued with this year. So Miramonte, being much more well-rounded on offense than us, has a very good shot at them, if that’s who they end up playing.

Congrats to Miramonte, and congrats to the Alhambra players for a hard fought game and a great year.

By: Scl alum

Scl alum — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:57:33 +0000

Alhambra ran into a solid team last night, no question

By: FB Guru

FB Guru — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:24:09 +0000

Funny how even all the Bulldog supports had Alhambra as an underdog last night to Miramonte yet the prep writers have had Alhambra ranked ahead of Miramonte all year long? It’s probably about 40-60 that they’ll finally switch their votes and go with Miramonte over the Bulldogs.

By: Bulldog Forever

Bulldog Forever — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:18:53 +0000

Scl Alum- I’ll be on twitter tonight updating scores, my nom de plume is “Alhambrabulldog”. Someone else already has “Bulldogforever” (I forgot to trademark it).

By: Yo Mama

Yo Mama — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:34:16 +0000

If Alhambra can stop the pass tonite Miramonte will have a hard time with the Bulldog’s offense.

By: Bulldog Forever

Bulldog Forever — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:07:19 +0000

Thanks Jimmy