FINAL — Hamshire-Fannett 30 at Silsbee 31 — Discussion

[bullets13]

18 minutes ago, myrecordwashorrible said:

It was definitely an odd situation. Appeared to me to be a fumble. 

What made it strange was after the play... officials went to both coaches for quite a while. The white hat went to the Silsbee sideline which was quite odd as Silsbee maintained possession.  It left the umpire discussing with the HF coaches.  I assumed there was going to be an inadvertent wistle that would have given HF the ball but no advancing of it as the player recovering the ball was not down. Not sure if the officials deemed in was not a fumble or if there was a fumble but an inadvertent whistle before the recovery. 

The long discussion leads me to think an inadvertent whistle stopped the opportunity from a recovery of the fumble and Silsbee simply maintained possession. However, it may be that there was no fumble according to the officials. 

Again, the strange sequence after rhe play leaves me still not sure of the official call on the field other than Silsbee maintained pissession. 

 

Can confirm that an inadvertent whistle killed the play a split second before our dude with 4.5 speed and nobody between him and the Silsbee endzone recovered it. Silsbee took the lead the next play. What’s even wilder is we recovered a fumble in bounds the play before and it was ruled out. 

[myrecordwashorrible]

1 minute ago, bullets13 said:

Can confirm that an inadvertent whistle killed the play a split second before our dude with 4.5 speed and nobody between him and the Silsbee endzone recovered it. Silsbee took the lead the next play. 

Thanks for the info.  Tough break for sure. 

[Silsbee92]

5 hours ago, bullets13 said:

Can confirm that an inadvertent whistle killed the play a split second before our dude with 4.5 speed and nobody between him and the Silsbee endzone recovered it. Silsbee took the lead the next play. What’s even wilder is we recovered a fumble in bounds the play before and it was ruled out. 

Tough play.  Couldn't see that side from my vantage but it was obvious that play was stopped from a whistle.  

The fumble before was a good call.

It's not easy to strip Haegyn, much less twice in consecutive plays.

Tough runner but HF Defense showed out. I've never witnessed a 2 min disaster like what occurred before half.  Talk about opportunistic defensive plays! Broussard is a beast and made some throws under pressure that was impressive.

Side note: Several game altering calls. That particular play will be the one everyone talks about, not the blocked XP, 6 sacks, 2 TODs late in the game that the Silsbee defense needed to pull it out.

Great game.

[Silsbee92]

Rough Stats (Appx)

HF - Total Yards     222

Passing - 177 / Rushing - 45

Broussard (P) 14/20 177 / 2 TDs   (R) 10 car 11 YDs / 1 TD

Long (Rec) 4 / 93 Yds / 1 TD (There were prob more / couldnt be sure)

Defense: 16 PTS off Turnovers

 

Silsbee - Total Yards 335

Passing - 186 / Rushing - 149

Matthews (P) 12/19 186 Yds / 3 TDs / 1 Int (1st of the Year) 1 Fumble

Williamson (Rec) 3 - 56 YDs / 1 TD

Hud. Morris (Rec) 3 - 73 YDs / 1 TD

Hae. Morris (Rush) 18 / 88 YDs / 1 TD 

 

[Boogy1000]

8 hours ago, bullets13 said:

Can confirm that an inadvertent whistle killed the play a split second before our dude with 4.5 speed and nobody between him and the Silsbee endzone recovered it. Silsbee took the lead the next play. What’s even wilder is we recovered a fumble in bounds the play before and it was ruled out. 

He wasn't in bounds. He dove for the ball but possession wasn't maintained until he landed out. It was a heck of an attempt but he landed out. It was close. Could have went either way. Great game by both teams. Whichever team lost would have some complaints after this game. 

[Boogy1000]

Silsbee's defense had a great game for sure. All around great game for the Tigers! 

[bullets13]

3 hours ago, Silsbee92 said:

Tough play.  Couldn't see that side from my vantage but it was obvious that play was stopped from a whistle.  

The fumble before was a good call.

It's not easy to strip Haegyn, much less twice in consecutive plays.

Tough runner but HF Defense showed out. I've never witnessed a 2 min disaster like what occurred before half.  Talk about opportunistic defensive plays! Broussard is a beast and made some throws under pressure that was impressive.

Side note: Several game altering calls. That particular play will be the one everyone talks about, not the blocked XP, 6 sacks, 2 TODs late in the game that the Silsbee defense needed to pull it out.

Great game.

I’ll leave it at this: Silsbee played a fantastic game. They should be proud of how they performed. The defense bottled us up for most of the first half and the offense was on fire, jumping out to a big lead. At the end of the game the defense got some huge stops to put it away. On the flip side, HF showed incredible resilience. Opportunist defense and some huge plays by Broussard and company completely turned the game around. What looked like a Silsbee blowout turned into a game the horns were in a great position to win. They should be proud of how they bounced back. I consider myself to be pretty articulate, but I’m really struggling to find the right words to express just how much that blown call affected that game last night while still giving the tigers the huge amount of credit they deserve for a fantastic performance, so I’m going to quit trying. Congrats on the win, and good luck moving forward. Maybe we’ll get a chance to run it back in a few weeks. 

[Boogy1000]

I think the Top 3 teams in this district go at least 3 rounds deep. WOS has a chance to make it back to state. Id love to see a Silsbee vs WOS rematch. 

[bullets13]

4 minutes ago, Boogy1000 said:

I think the Top 3 teams in this district go at least 3 rounds deep. WOS has a chance to make it back to state. Id love to see a Silsbee vs WOS rematch. 

I think I agree with most of this, but would prefer the horns get a second shot at both teams.