Week 8 Scores

[TheRealBleacherCoach]

Bob Landis is not that kind of coach though. Even though I would lobe to have seen them put up 60 I know he won't do that. He gets a safe lead and puts on cruise control. Thats a gentlemen. And if anyone's pissed about a one armed stull running the ball in from the six and also schooling FH all night why didn't their defense just stop him? That's a thought.

[El-Moldo]

You guys are missing the whole point. Again, one team does NOT have to reciprocate if another chooses to get his subs in. That is a coaches decision. If he wants to get his second stringers some game experience, so be it. He has the luxury to do so. But the coach of the team that is losing may see some benefit in playing his starters a little longer. Many times over the years FH has subbed when their opponent hasn't. Maybe that's why FH has been so good for so long. Now, FH is in a position where it sees a value in keeping their starters on the field. What's wrong with that???? My feeling though, is that Somerset did not need to try to score that last TD. The game was over. Do the victory formation and call it a day. How would anyone feel if Stull would have been hurt on that last TD run??? And really, what purpose did it serve? Does Somerset think they can move up in the polls, like college teams, if they win by bigger margins?? What difference does that make when Pennsylvania high school football has a playoff system. Make the playoffs and go from there. The announcer after the game stated that "Tonight's victory ended a 30 year drought against Forest Hills". Too bad Somerset's coach spoiled the evening by not being a gentleman on the field.

[konjo78]

So um mm I guess Somerset coach was just giving more opportunities to the defense to stop him right?

[TheRealBleacherCoach]

No your missing the point. Bailey should have taken out his starters. That's part of the "gentlemens" way of coaching you speak do highly of. Its something everyone close to high school football knows. Congrats to big Don. Glad he can score on our 2nd string defense. Kudos to him. Maybe he can sleep a little better tonight. Coach Landis did the right thing by pulling his starters and I personally think he should have gone for another score at the end. Yes its been 30 years but that's not the reason it happened. If Bailey was a class act he would have put his back ups in. I don't even think young Bailey would have pulled a stunt like that. Like I said I think FH should just be glad that somerset played the worst game they have played all year. That score could have 10 times worse.

[El-Moldo]

So Somerset played it's worse game of the season??. What a cop-out. Let me tell you this. I have seen a million cases where a winning coach substitutes his second-stringers into his line-up when he has a big lead, and the team on the short end of the score doesn't. There is NO written law. Afterall, that's why they have a JV game, right? If Somerset's coach misjudged the game and substituted too early, that's his fault. Where does it say that the coach of the winning team gets to DICTATE when the JV players should enter the game? But I'll tell you this, Somerset's coach should have done the RIGHT thing and gone into the victory formation and ended it with 95 seconds left in a game he wasn't gonna lose. There is an old saying, "Act like you've been there before". Now that I think of it, maybe that's why he ran it in.

[Corky McRib]

BC 47
Jtown 35

Jtown was up 22-7 at half

Johnstown's defense has been a complete joke all season. I think they're giving up an average of about 33 points a game. Inexcusable for a AAA school playing AA and A schools.

[spike98]

I think you're both right. There is definitely not any "unwritten rule" on when you should or shouldn't sub players. Besides, that is why they play JV games. I mean the score wasn't 56-0 or anything. Let the kids play.

[Skippy]

Why do you complain about everything? Anyone remember Mike Myers Scottish character who used to say "if its not Scottish it's crap!". It like its the same with you only with FH.

[12HankQB]

Why do you complain about everything? Anyone remember Mike Myers Scottish character who used to say "if its not Scottish it's crap!". It like its the same with you only with FH.

"There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch."

[Manfred]

Somerset 25, FH 8. 4 minutes + left in the game. FH has been playing ALL YEAR LONG, with the exception of a couple guys, with 2nd stringers. Give us a break. The ball is at midfield, and nobody, really, expects Shareef Blough -at that point- to break off a 49 yard, all-over-the-field run, faking out nearly every Eagle on the run. Def. the play of the game! That made it 25-16 with the 2 pt. conversion. These same group of almost all second stringers, then were 6 inches from pulling off a successful onside kick attempt, which is perfectly legal or acceptable for a losing team in the closing minutes of ANY game. I guess the Rangers at that point are SUPPOSED to kick it deep, let the Eagles continue to run all over them, and go home. The real story here is, Somerset was WORRIED at this point of the game, that somehow, some way, the young Rangers were going to pull off a miracle, and continue 30 years of Somerset FUTILITY against FH. So, of course, put your studs back in with a minute and a half to run out the game. And score another TD along the way for good measure. Pad the stats. BTW, as a distant cousin of Tanner Stull, I pull and hope for his continued success in this and any sport. I can't fault him for being so talented. Next year week 2, FH will cover the spread by at least 3 TD's. Mark it down. Then you all can cry about Don 'running it up'.