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Post by coachorr on Dec 19, 2008 12:49:07 GMT -6
Will this game be televised nationally or online in a webcast?
If online, could someone please post the link?
I think it is Saturday, but I am not sure what time.
Thanks
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Post by tiger8387 on Dec 19, 2008 13:52:25 GMT -6
I don't know about how it will be televised but the start time in the local paper has it starting at Saturday 8 PM PST. It follows the Division III game (St. Bonaventure vs Santa Rosa) and Division II game (San Diego Cathedral vs. Stockton St. Mary's). Two other games for smaller schools are tonight.
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Post by coachorr on Dec 19, 2008 14:14:08 GMT -6
Thank you for the info.
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Post by tiger8387 on Dec 19, 2008 14:29:02 GMT -6
Welcome. I looked on my TV on-line guide and it says "FSNPT" for the channel. Fox Sports Network and I assume PT has something to do with pacific region??? Hope that helps.
Edit: Just remembered that PT stands for Prime Ticket!
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Post by goldenbear76 on Dec 19, 2008 17:22:37 GMT -6
In oregon we get the California High school championship on two channels...Comcast Sports Net Bay Area, and Fox Sports Pacific (SoCal fox). I know the first game starts tonight, I'm guessing the small schools Hamilton Union vs St Margarita or something. Starts at 4:30pst, 6:30cst, 7:30est.
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Post by tothehouse on Dec 19, 2008 20:44:29 GMT -6
I enjoy taking it to Grant! In 2005 our squad played them once in the regular season and once in the semi finals. First game 21-0. Second game 30-0. Still savoring those.
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Post by tothehouse on Dec 19, 2008 21:27:42 GMT -6
Should Grant have gone to the game? This has been a topic of much discussion. Why? Click this - www.fbf.com/film/gb1/Not saying Grant would have lost, but watcht that.
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Post by coachorr on Dec 19, 2008 22:06:41 GMT -6
I lost three games this year on plays like that. Each game lost by 2 points each. One game down to the ten yard line and called back to our 45 on a illegal formation call. We were in Ace, our most simple formation of all I looked right at the tight end and I saw him motion the ref. Funny thing was, the White hat made the call. Overrode the sideline official on a "momentum to carry my player out of bounds call" the play before. Actually came over and overrode the sideline official and said his momentum carried him out of bounds.
Another game, the clock wasn't working and the AD for the other school would not let the officials keep time on the field and said person would not come down on the field either. We lost by two points.
I commented to the kids about the clock, but I never said anything about the two calls in the other game. It wasn't that the calls were "bad" as much as the person making the call was out of position and was making a power play over the other officials.
Long story short, I didn't coach well enough and the kids didn't execute and play hard enough. BTW, I did not say the latter to the kids either and life goes on.
Thanks for the video, that was great. Any word about a possible online televising of the game?
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Post by tothehouse on Dec 19, 2008 23:02:41 GMT -6
Games on Comcast. FSN. Not sure what that would be in other states.
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Post by khalfie on Dec 19, 2008 23:08:56 GMT -6
What I saw...
Was #50 getting trucked, and the guy trucking him getting tangled in the guys feet.
However, I could see how a ref who saw it out of their peripheral, might have thought... (a) the kid doing the trucking was pulled down, or (b) that the guy doing the trucking was chopped...
However, it was a bad call...
But again... refs have tough gigs... and I couldn't blame them on that one.
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Post by tothehouse on Dec 19, 2008 23:39:38 GMT -6
How about this added drama. Ref who made the call.....WENT TO GRANT!
How would that make you feel if you were the other team?
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Post by coachorr on Dec 20, 2008 5:22:37 GMT -6
"WENT TO GRANT!" Wow, why did the ref take that game?
"How would that make you feel if you were the other team? " I would be ticked.
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Post by nickknx865 on Dec 20, 2008 8:00:10 GMT -6
For anyone that follows Poly close enough.
Does Snoop Dogg's son even sniff the field?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2008 18:54:04 GMT -6
For anyone that follows Poly close enough. Does Snoop Dogg's son even sniff the field? he's a quarterback on the freshman team, apparently. but he'd better in a couple years, though, as snoop's paying some big-time money for the private QB tutors and whatnot. not that its really necessary, poly throws about 7 times a game on average.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 20, 2008 19:25:23 GMT -6
"WENT TO GRANT!" Wow, why did the ref take that game? "How would that make you feel if you were the other team? " I would be ticked. Knowing Coach Cooper at Granite Bay, I'm sure he was pretty steamed, but turned it for a positive in the postgame. The guy's a pretty incredible HS coach and a heck of a guy. Pretty weak call, though. Shame to have that kind of controversy affecting any well-played game.
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Post by Coach Huey on Dec 20, 2008 19:48:18 GMT -6
so, it was a conspiracy? the ref wanted to negate the play? the call was made before the catch was made ... flag is already in view as qb releases the ball ... must be good prognosticating by the official to know based on the fact the qb was about to throw the ball that it was going to be a crucial play in the game. now, was a bad call ... conspiracy? really?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2008 22:33:18 GMT -6
back to the topic, if anyones still around here is the stream to the poly-grant game www.justin.tv/kostaz007california state championship, at this point it's a 13-0 grant game, grant is looking really good, havent really driven but got one big TD reception although poly has trailed in every playoff game so far personally, having faced LB poly this season, i dont think that team is the best team in southern california - if you ask me, de la salle vs centennial in the open division championship game, i didnt get to see that D-I game last night but i heard centennial looked really impressive last night as well as their CIF game
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Post by coachorr on Dec 20, 2008 23:15:55 GMT -6
Thanks a million. That's what I was looking for.
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Post by phantom on Dec 20, 2008 23:20:36 GMT -6
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Post by coachbigelow on Dec 20, 2008 23:24:52 GMT -6
I am so confused what is the open division championship?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2008 23:42:35 GMT -6
california doesnt have playoffs, we have the BCS-lite with 5 bowl games, each has a northern california team vs a southern cal team.
open division is the best from norcal vs best from socal regardless of enrollment theres divisions I, II, III and then small schools
basically open division is the state championship...or if youre thinking BCS open division is the BCS national championship.
we even have BCS controversy, many thought de la salle was headed to the open div game but they were placed in the D-I game (think of it like USC thinking they shouldve been in the national title game and being placed in the rose bowl instead).
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Post by coachorr on Dec 20, 2008 23:48:10 GMT -6
Kostaz is crack smoker.
I think the open division is a special invite only championship game between Northern and Southern Cali teams.
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Post by coachbigelow on Dec 21, 2008 0:10:19 GMT -6
Interesting concept totally was confused by all the championship games. Only team I know to have played Grant this year was Alta the 5A champ in Utah. They lost 35-28 at Grant turning the ball over 6 times.
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Post by coachorr on Dec 21, 2008 0:16:15 GMT -6
Grant beat Alta right? I was at the BYU 7on7 Camp and was impressed by Alta's team. Even their Bteam was pretty good.
Grant beat our 5A State Champs as well, Highland High School out of Pocatello Idaho.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2008 0:23:17 GMT -6
yeah, i believe the reason grant was selected for the open div game was they beat the idaho and utah state champs, while de la salle lost to don bosco which i believe won the new jersey state title, so they cited strength of schedule as the reason.
even though they have computer rankings out here as well, and grant's SOS was like half of what de la salle had - according to the computers alta and highland were only rated as high as the mid-level teams de la salle plays in its league (which is one of the toughest leagues in northern california).
opposite of the BCS, they listened to the humans and not the computers, and judging by the game it looks like they made a good choice
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Post by coachbigelow on Dec 21, 2008 0:24:12 GMT -6
Yeah they beat Alta, close game though even with Alta having to go to Grant and turning the ball over 6 times.
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Post by tothehouse on Dec 21, 2008 1:40:55 GMT -6
Grant showed what Sacramento area football is about.....and I would have said that if they lost. Great job by the Pacers tonight. A lot of talk this week about how Grant shouldn't have been in the Open game, but I'm guessing that will quiet down.
California needs to figure out a way to get a Norcal and Socal playoff system and then play these "bowl games". The new controversy? Centennial beats DLS and is 15-0. Grant beats Poly and is 14-0. Who is the "best" in CA? The CIF will say Grant....because of the Open division win. But that is obviously debateable.
As far as the Grant/Granite Bay controversy....the ref that went to Grant made mention to that fact DURING THE GAME...to Granite Bay players. I am not implying one thing. This is how I heard it from the Granite Bay guys. I think the call is bad....did he throw it on purpose....I don't know. I'm just saying it's a horrible call.
Again, Congrats to the Pacers tonight. That was fun to watch.
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Post by aztec on Dec 21, 2008 11:12:58 GMT -6
Centennial of Corona is better than Poly and I think better than Grant. Grant's lack of kicking game is an embarrassment. Grant had the best skill kids on the field. This Poly group was not in the same realm of other years. I have coached against Poly 4 times including this year and they are not as strong as past years. We held them to 17 and I don't have anything close to the talent that Grant has but #4 was hurt against us. Grant did a good job of fighting though the Poly surge and took the game back. I really though Grant was going to implode after the blocked kick but they gathered themselves and did a great job at the end of pounding the ball. Grant's #5 is unbelievable.
The CA system sucks and really just needs to look at the best teams not the North South Format. The South is 9-2 vs the North. The best teams need to play each other in each game regardless of location. Grant was the best team from the north and CIF did get it right.
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Post by tothehouse on Dec 21, 2008 11:25:48 GMT -6
Aztec - I agree with you that Centennial looks better than Poly. I thought Poly didn't adjust to anything Grant was doing. After coaching against Grant for 10 years I couldn't believe how Poly didn't stop some things Grant was doing...or go after them offensively with some of the plays that worked in the 1st half.
Athletically....Centennial and Poly look the same. Coaching wise...Centennial has the edge. Kudos to Grant for winning a big one for Northern CA.
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Post by aztec on Dec 21, 2008 11:31:26 GMT -6
I didn't realize that Sac Town had such a huge Polynesian population. That QB looked about 30 and #50 was a stud an only a 10th grader. I wanted Poly to win because it makes us look better but it is nice to have another team from the North win.
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