FB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[RFB]

Redlands  25   3rd quarter
Chapman   7

[RFB]

Redlands  31  3rd quarter
Chapman   7

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Redlands   31  Final
Chapman  14

[scandihoovian]

Breaking news from Eagle Rock - Oxy is really good this year! 

I thought their offense was even more impressive than last year's, maybe the only part of their team that's not quite as strong is the defensive front - Cal Lu had more success running the ball this year than last.

I wish the Kingsmen hadn't committed so many key mistakes (several chances to turn the momentum early were lost because of turnovers, penalties, etc.), it might have been a closer game.  Regardless, the Tigers look good.  It will be interesting to see who can play them close this season.

[ChiTownOxyMoron]

Although I expected Oxy to win by a solid margin, I didn't expect quite the slaughter that it was. I would have expected the Cal Lu offense to do at least a little better, but I guess that the Oxy D has filled any holes that were left after last season. I just hope they don't get complacent. Like I posted Earlier, Josh Jones (3 TD's) and Ric Fukuchima had pretty darn solid games, and I even heard the Oxybroadcast guys talking about Jones as being considered an All American if he keeps this up. If he does, then look out SCIAC.

Maybe Cal Lu will finish up strong, but it would have helped their playoff chances considerably to have put forth a better showing in Eagle Rock. In the 2001 season when Oxy went 8-1 and won the conference, we didn't get the bid to the playoffs because we lost the first game of the season to Menlo in much the same way Cal Lu lost tonight (by a considerable margin, I mean). Of course that year was the last that the SCIAC didn't have an automatic bid to the playoffs. I don't know if the SCIAC is considered strong enough to have two playoff teams this year, even with the recent success of the conference. Personally I think it's as strong as any conference out there, but that doesn't matter because I don't vote for playoff teams.

[CarloRossiLep]

ULV puts its first complete game of the season together and gives UPS a HUMDINGER!   UPS had more passes intercepted than completed.  I know the air game isn't exactly their fortay but that is a ridiculous stat.  The Loggers tasted good this week but the Stags are going to be even tastier next.  CMS's DB's should be shaking in their boots because the Leps air assault is going to keep getting better and better.
Boomer you were so close to taking that pick to the house.  It's alright, I know your going to score tonight  .


Hail to the Orange!!!

[Lights On]

Obviously, CLU isn't that great. They have decent athletes, but played very sloppy and...well, stupid against Oxy. What was the deal with the clean playing CLU kids and the multiple personal fouls? I am not a strong believer in the Oxy defense, especially their secondary where I think they are extremely vulnerable. I thought the high powered CLU offense would be able to take advantage of this. Either a.) high powered really means over-rated or b.) Oxy defense is a lot better than I thought.  How do you not produce second half points? Even against Oxy's replacements? Cross them off the SCIAC contender list, huge disappointment last night. Joke.

The Oxy offense is unstoppable in the SCIAC. Too many weapons at the skilled positions.  Teams will have to try their best to slow the game into a turtle race or take their chances in a shootout.

[OxyFan21]

PC,
Thanks for the help!  OxyFan is officially 'back.'

[tigersports]

Saw some ugliness from a minority of Cal Lu fans last night.  One guy was ragging about the clock and came up to the scoreboard guys after the game and sarcastically "complimented" them on getting one play right.  Another popped his/her head in and talked about how the PA was the worst announcer she ever heard, and the guy was standing right there.  I know it's a small minority, but they did not represent the school well.

Oh, and another thing, please, CAL Lu, please please please, do away with the gold numbers.  So many of your players were denied on-air recognition because we couldn't read the numbers.

[OxyFan21]

Tigersports,

The archive of the Cal Lu game links back to Chapman.  Just letting you know...

[RFB]

Sounds like Cal Lu had a few chances but made too many mistakes. It's now up to Redlands and Laverne. Redlands has the talent if they play up to their potential. It should be interesting how the SCIAC plays out. I know Oxy is strong and should win conference but the games still have to be played and Redlands is my pick for the upset.

[scandihoovian]

You're right, RFB - if someone is going to beat Oxy there's no way they can make as many mistakes as the Kingsmen did.  Three uncharacteristic "unforced" interceptions, a fumble on 3rd and goal from the one, and 3rd down penalties that allow the other team to keep their drives alive will not help anyone trying to beat Oxy.  Those of us who are Cal Lu supporters can only hope we got it all out of our system last night.

Lights On - We had every reason to feel good about the chances of our offense going in to last night.  Cal Lu won it's previous seven games, and averaged nearly 40 points and over 400 yards total offense doing so.  All the more reason last night was a disappointment, but I'm confident the Kingsmen will once again hit their stride.

ChiTown-  Good analysis on the playoff picture, I was hoping for a second half rally that might help it look more like a contest...oh well.

Thanks Tigersports, for mentioning that it was only a minority of the CLU fans and not labeling the whole bunch. Your PA guy does a bang up job - although you can hear him maybe a little to clearly with your upgraded sound system 

I'm still fired up about the rest of the season.  Redlands and LaVerne look like they're improving, and then there's the Sagehens - nice win for them over Whittier last night.

[tigersports]

Thanks for that, Oxy fan.  I'll fix it tonight.

[rbaikie]

Does anyone know what is up with the SCIAC sports website? It seems that the front page has been maintained with some current stories but if you click on individual sports, you reach a page that says something like "upon commencement of the 2004-2005 season, items will be posted" - since this is now the 2005-2006 season for fall and winter sports, seems weird.

I know the SCIAC was looking for an SID but I thought they had hired someone......

[twoducks]

Just some thoughts on the Oxy team from last Sat's game with Cal Lu.  Collins made play after play when he got out of the pocket, he would get pressure and slide from inside out or just slide out, clearly Cal Lu did not contain.  Jones did a great job and is a real good player at WR, once he softened up the Cal Lu DB's deep he had his way underneath as they tried to prevent him on top and completed several plays underneath. Cal Lu will win more games this year and will compete, they just got an old fashion butt kicking from a better team Sat. night. Oxy will still have to beat a good Redlands team and a LaVerne team looking for more respect, a side note in my book the refs were probably as bad as any I have seen.  They did call a consistent game, just bad for both sides.