JoePa's REAL Week 12 Picks

[RahStahMan]

BOL this weekend JoePa!

[Q-Unit]

LOL poking fun at me eh?

I mistakenly posted week 12 last week, and rightly so, had a horrible week 11. janxed myself lol

anyways GL bro!

nice start

[joepa66]

Originally Posted by Q-Unit

LOL poking fun at me eh? I mistakenly posted week 12 last week, and rightly so, had a horrible week 11. janxed myself

LMFAO

And here I thought you were yanking my chain.....I did the same thing....posted my plays as week 12 last week so my thread this is the "REAL Week 12 Picks....." Guess our biorhythms, charts, stars, were are fouled up last week.......

[joepa66]

Last ditch effort by Kent to save their season and possibly become bowl eligible....and I'm perfect this week on MAC games so far so why not make another pick?! Added Kent @ Temple at the top of this thread.....

[Oracle]

With you on Kent St. against you on Northwestern. Good luck today. Bet against your Lions so throw that one for me coach.

[FlyersFan]

RollRedRoll.......

see that's what Dover gets for ****canning you on the broadcast.....****ty karma......you go.......28-14...looks like it was at least somewhat competitive....can't find a write up on it, though or any stats.

GL!....

[joepa66]

Steubenville downs Dover in regional final
By Roger Metzger
The Times-Reporter
Posted Nov 21, 2009 @ 12:49 AM
CANTON, OH —

Dover did not go down without a fight.

But on this night, Steubenville was the better team.

No. 2-ranked Steubenville outgained Dover in every category en route to a 28-14 win and the Division III Region 11 championship played before 12,127 at Fawcett Stadium on Friday night.

Still, it took a long, sustained fourth-quarter drive capped by a touchdown by the Big Red with just under two minutes remaining to put away the Tornadoes.

Steubenville improved to 12-1 on the season will play Youngstown Cardinal Mooney next Friday night in the Final Four at a site to be determined.

Dover ended a stellar season with an 11-2 record.

Dover coach Dan Ifft said the better team won.

“What are you gonna do?,” questioned Ifft. “They were the better team. There’s no shame in losing to the better team. I just wish we would have had more success offensively.”

Steubenville outgained Dover 374-113 in total yardage, plays (76-36), first downs (21-7) and time of possession (32:28-15:32).

Steubenville coach Reno Saccoccia said his team played just a little better than the Tornadoes.

“Both teams made big plays, but tonight we were the better team,” said Saccoccia. “I think our defensive and offensive lines dominated the game and our linebackers and secondary cleaned things up. Our offensive did a great job as well.”

Dover’s Marcus Mamarella, one of the four co-captains of the 2009 squad, said his team gave it everything they had.

“They’re a heck of a football team,” said Mamarella as he received well wishes from his assistant coaches in the locker room. “They had a lot of good players all around. It was tough to stop them and their defense was doing a heck of a job against us. It was frustrating.”

Teammate Ricky Maz, who returned a kickoff for a touchdown and also had an interception on defense, said it was tough to see the Tornadoes fall short of their goal of getting to the Final Four.

“They’re a heck of a team,” said Maz. We gave it our all and they gave it their all, but they came out on top.”

Leading 20-14 in the fourth quarter, Steubenville put together a 84-yard drive that was capped with a touchdown as Jamey DeVaul recovered a fumble by quarterback Dwight Macon in the end zone with 1:52 left. Macon’s two-point conversion run gave the Big Red a 28-14 lead and they were on their way to the regional championship.

The drive was sustained as Saccoccia did his best Bill Belichick imitation by going for it on a fourth-and-one at his own 38.

Unlike Belichick, the gamble paid off as Shaquille Petteway rambled two yards for the first down to keep the drive alive.

They also converted on a fourth-and-three at the Dover 27 with 3:33 left as Macon raced 10 yards.

Saccoccia said the drive to put the Tornadoes away was big.

“That was an awesome effort by both teams,” said Saccoccia. “We just were able to convert.”

Even after the Big Red scored, the Tornadoes put together a drive that resulted in an interception by Jordan Meyer, his second of the game, in the end zone with under 30 seconds to play.

Ifft noted that his kids never gave up.

“I thought our kids fought really hard,” said Ifft. “We were just on the field too long. Our defense hung in there. We gave it a hell of shot.”

Ifft felt the Big Red would be trouble.

“I knew their defense was going to be the best we played all season,” said Ifft. “I told him (Saccoccia) that defense was better than he had in 2006 (when Dover lost 33-30 to the Big Red in the regional final). They were quick up front and their linebackers ran so well to the ball.”

Steubenville outgained Dover 221-9 in the first half, led in time of possession (17:02-6:58) and in total plays (43-11) as the Big Red controlled the lines of scrimmage.

But Dover only trailed 14-7 at the half.

Steubenville took the opening kickoff and drove down the field to paydirt.

Jo Jo Pierro capped an 11-play, 65-yard drive in 5:46 with a 2-yard scoring run. The extra point failed, but the Big Red still led 6-0 at the 6:14 mark of the opening frame.

The lead was short-lived as Maz fielded the ensuing kickoff at his own 10 and 12 seconds later he crossed the goal line for a 90-yard kickoff return — the first for the Tornadoes this season.

Zach Rafter’s conversion kick gave Dover a 7-6 lead with 6:02 left in the first.

Steubenville threatened to take the lead early in the second quarter, but Maz intercepted Macon on a fourth-and-11 play to snuff out the scoring bid.

Dover had to punt after just three plays and Steubenville took control at its own 33 with 9:40 left in the half. The Big Red marched the ball down field, but the Dover defense stiffened and Steubenville turned the ball over on downs at the Tornado 3.

Again, Dover had to punt after three plays and Steubenville took advantage.

The Big Red completed a nine-play, 60-yard drive in 1:05 as Macon scored on a 2-yard keeper on a fourth-and-one play with just seven seconds left before halftime. Macon’s two-point conversion run gave Steubenville a 14-7 advantage.

Dover’s Ian Drapcho returned the ensuing kickoff to the Steubenville 40 to give Dover one last shot at scoring.

Mamarella was hurt momentarily on an incomplete pass with three kicks left and had to leave the game. Derek Swinderman’s last second-heave to the end zone was intercepted by Meyer as time expired.

Macon hit Petteway with a 9-yard scoring pass in the third quarter to go up 20-7, but Dover countered as Mamarella hit Ian Murphy with a 10-yard touchdown strike with 19 seconds left in the third quarter to draw within one score.

Macon was 15 of 24 passing for 195 yards and the touchdown and added 76 yards rushing on 19 carries. Pierro added 71 yards rushing on 25 carries.

Mamarella was 8 of 18 passing for just 55 yards and added 52 yards rushing on 13 carries.
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[joepa66]

Oh well, I had a rare Friday night off.....did some Modelo Especiale and watched football.....now a couple more Fridays until we start basketball.....

[joepa66]

JOEPA'S UPDATED YTD: 47 - 41 - 1
UNITS: -.25
11/21: 8 - 1 - 1
MAC: 21 - 18 (5 - 1)

Finally got it right in the 12th week of the season!


OVEN MITT YTD: 6 - 4 - 2

Ducks got hunted down in the second half.....

[akatdrake]

Good work today Coach!!!

[Oracle]

Nice Job Joe Pa.