Briar Cliff football vs Sioux Falls

6:15 Both Briar Cliff and Sioux Falls are warming up game time is scheduled for 7 o clock. The Number 2 defense in the GPAC is going to be tested today against the undefeated cougars.
----according to the depth chart Lehi Tonga seems to be first at the quarterback position
6:30- now the full briar cliff football team is out and running through stretches, from my position they do seem like that have a little hop in the step, or it just may be them trying to keep warm in todays cold weather game. The Lights are really starting to shine it kind of reminds me of the high school friday nights that everyone learns to love during their high school years.

6:50 we have about ten minutes until game time. the stands are filling up slowly but for a Thursday night i don't know if there will be a big crowd at all. As i look out at the home stands i would have to guess that the cougars fans out sit the Briar Cliff stands two to one.

6:55- The home team Briar Cliff Chargers have run on to the field followed by Sioux Falls and both teams seem hyped and ready to get this game going. The National Anthem just sung. The coin flip at the middle of the field and Briar Cliff wins the toss elected to defer and Sioux Falls chooses to receive. Charger will defend the west goal.

USF first position- Kick is returned to the 31 and the first position will Begin. First play Porter ran past the 40 for the first first down. The right guard has an infraction moving 5 yrds back. A pass to Porter on the left side breaking one tackle and on the 45. second and six with a pass off to the right then a run down for a gain of 45 yrds. Ryan with a slant pattern for the first touch down of the game. Sioux Falls takes about two minutes and four plays to score.

Chargers first position -- the chargers will start on the 39. Fiorst play run and a gain of two yards. second and eight a pass to Roder for a 15 yard pass and run. incomplete pass a little rushed but a short pass to the full back Shepard. second and ten with a no gain run. third and ten, with a scramble and a Tonga pushed out of bounce with a four yard run. Chargers will have to punt. The punt roles into the enzone.

USF- first down, in complete pass and it will be second and ten. a option up the middle for a four yard run. third and six for the cougars, pass caught by Ryan and has the first down for the cougars. first and ten run the option and stoped by the chargers second and ten. Sioux falls gets a flag for unsportsmen like conduct for number 27 lowmiller removied his helmet. second and long pass deep to wide open for a big gain. a 55 yard pass. a run that gets five yard. second and five a handoff up the middle inside the 15 for a gain of 4. 3rd and 1 at the 15 handoff to Lowmiller for a first down. first and goal from the ten with a touchdown but there is a flag, holding on Sioux Falls for a loss of five ont he 14 yard line. first and goal on the 14 pass cought but hit right away form smith for a short gain of four. second and goal, brown with a pass to Lowmiller and down to 3 yard line. third and goal, handoff to Lowmiller right up the middle but holding agian on Sioux Falls moved back to the 14 yard line. Time out USF. siouf falls leading 7 - 0 and were back with third and goal for the 13, pass brown thrown for a interception by christopherson BCU ball on the three.

BCU- first and 10 pass to colvin for a 9 yard pass. second down leavy crosses the 20 yard line dfor a charger first down with a 8 yard run. first down on the 21 quick pass complete for 3 yards. second and six, with a delay run hit in the back field Leavy with a 2 yard run. third and five pass cought by colvin with a 5 yard pass given to the chargers for a first down on the 32. first down a run up the middle by shepard with no gain, shepard down and the trainers are on the field, shepard being helped off the field limping off the field, second and nine, quarterback draw and tonga slips for no gain. third and eleven, and that is the end of the quarter.

The quarter fast and not bad at all both teams fighting out on the field and it seems like the chargers are finding a way to move the ball down the field. The score trailing by just a touchdown.


2nd quarter
third and ten, and flag with false start so it will be third and fifteen, with a pass it is intercepted by number 6 and USF will be on the 28.

USF-- first down thrown for a incomplete pass and it will be second and ten. playaction pass with the ball going straight threw andersons hands and it will be third and ten, starting with shot gun pass across the middle for a touchdown for brown, here is a extra point try and it is good to make it 14-0.

BCU--The kick to BCU short kick taking to the 25 yard line as the go back on offence. first down shot gun rushed and making Tonga running up the middle for a 14 yard run to the 39 for a first down. five wide shot gun, scrambles to the right side for no gain. second and ten, four wide rushed with a screne and a reception for Leavy losing half a yard, third and eleven, pass and it is tiped and intercepted by number 13 and USF will have it on the 35.

USF- long pass and it is droped because Milton puts a hand on it. second and tenhandoff up the middle down to the 20 with a 14 yard run. Lowmiller with the run, first down quick pass to Lowmiller goes down to the enzone for a touchdown extra point is good and it is 21-0.

BCU--kick to the Chargers a good kick gets run back by Chance Colvin to the 30. First down, giving it up the middle to Leavy for a 2 yard run and it will be 2nd and 8. another run up the middle with a gain of 3 to the 35. third and five, timeout...... sioux falls

third down with a quarterback draw run by Tonga and it will be the second punt for the chargers.

USF--punt down to the 35 being kicked out of bounce. first down on the 35 quick pass down to the 41. it will be second down and seven fake handoff roling and taking it himself, brown gaining 7 for a first down. brown has 2 touchdowns today throwning. firstdown Lowmiller running up the middle and it will be second and eight with a gain of 2. brown to pass and it is incomplete with a greeat play by schumacher batting the ball away. third and sever pass to Ryan and another first down with a pick up of 26 yards first and ten on the 24. handoff Lowmiller will get 4 and it will be second and 6. brown thrown an incomplete pass low to his wide reciever. Sioux Falls will have a third and six, pass to Ryan with a cut back and another touch down. that wil be the fourth touchdown by brown tonight. kick is good and it will be 28- o sioux falls.

BCU--kick off to the chargers and chance runs it back to about the 25. first down on the 25 and there is a flag with another false start on briar cliff moved back five yards first and 15 . handed off to leavy with no gain. BCu with only 4 first downs on the game. second down pass incomplete to Roder. third and long shotgun pass down field down to the 30 yard line to Chase Colvin with a great pass and a 50 yard pass. first and ten given up the middle to Eichelberger for a yard. second down witha look for a pass then a run Tonga for a loss and a timeout BCU.......
something that just happened that looked good Tonga throwing a 50 Yard pass gorgeous pass that we have not seen from any BCU quaterback.

back to the game and dit is on the 31 another pass caught way short of the first down gain of two. fourth down and the chargers will take another time out trailing 28-0. Tom Rethman has a decision to go for it or kick the field goal and it seem as if they are going for it on the 27. throwing on the run and it is incomplete.

USF-- pass on first down for 9. second and one pass to Lowmillerand another first down for Sioux Falls. back to pass and anderson with a great catch on the chargers on the 32 with a gain of 20 yrds. browns pass on first down falls incomplete and it will be second down and ten. brown passing caught on the side line and a late hit tacked on to the end with a roughing the passer marked around the ten. first and goal rown to passs caught to Lowmiller and down to the 7. gain of 2. brown to pass agian thrown in the enzone and the ball fallls for third down and goal. 1:10 to go in the half and sioux falls will call a timeout as the try to get in the enzone one more time before half. third and ten from the 7 yard line, pass that is almost intercepted and sioux falls will have to kick a field goal and the kick is good with 59 seconds to go.

BCU--kick off to the chargers and chase breaks a tackel to the 36 yard line. first down Tonga is thrown down and a loss of five one more snap till half with a handoff up the middle and that is the end of the first half.

Halftime -- if i may say so this is the best i have seen Briar CLiff play all year they are moving down the field and on the offenece side of the ball they are showing some signs of good football. for the half time show heelen will have there marching band play china for the half time show.


BCU-- with about 2 minutes BCU will be recieveing the ball at the top of the third. Briar Cliff is not playing a bad foot ball game but The Sioux Falls cougars are really playing that well it is 31-0 and that is where will start in the third. both teams are out on the field now and we will start the third quarter here shortly .

BCU--the kick off and Chance Colvin will run it back to the 25 yard line. Tonga is still out as a quarterback, first down and false start melvin burks. with a run up the middle and it goes no where. no gain and second and fifteen with a pass complete to colvin with a 7 yrd gain and it will be tird and eight. pass on third down and it will get to the 39 for a 12 yard pass good to prohaska, prohaska given the ball for a run and a gain of 1. second and nine Tonga off to the races a gain of six with his feet. third and three pass to Colvin complete with 4 yard s and another first down. Tonga really lookin smooth he is lookin comphy. first and ten mid field up the middle to leavy with a gain of 4 and it will be second and six. back to pass and the pass is deflected for a incomplete pass it is now third and six. out of shotgun Tonga trying to get away and is stoped and a loss of 9 with two unsportsmen like conduct fouls they will be ofset. chargers will have to punt with a short kick to the 18 yard line.

USF--first down with a run by porter with a carry of four yards. second and six another handoff for porter with a carry of 6 for the first time. first and ten for the cougars brown shotgun pass scrambles and is sacked for a 10 yard loss by Ebner. seco0nd and twenty a screne pass and sioux falls will get about 6. it will be third and long of 15 pass is brown runs for about six but tht will have to be fourth down and will be kicking away. down to the 15 yard line but looks like a roughing a kicker and that will be first down for sioux falls. marked to the 46 first and ten brown to pass caught and there is another late flag. personal faul and that is 15 yards. first down and porter up the middle gaining a few yards. second and seven. fans are really getting into in as brown keeps the ball and runs to get to the 13 enough for the first. browns pass gets tipped the caught by himself he tries to run but loses yards. brown pass and is brought down after ganing 5 yards and it will be third down and 10. shotgun pass throws but dropped by ryan. witch brings up fourth down and will try for a field goal for 31 yards. and the kick is good.

BCU--chargers will recieve the ball. recieverd by Chance colvin breaking a tackle and he got to the 33 yard line. first down shoutgun split backs going deep to roder but it is short no catch. second and ten draw up the middle Leavy on the carry for 4 yards. third and six back to pass with an incomplete pass with a high pass. the chargers will have to kick it away and Mckean is down, the flag is roughing the kicker and Mckean is still down trainers on the fiels and he is slow to get up. he has to be helped off the field and this is not good for the chargers he is not putting any weight on to the left leg. first and ten for the chargers on the 50 back to pass and leavy cathces the ball but is hit immediatly and loses two yards. second down and 12 with a pass behind intended for Burks. third and twelve at mid field pass and he goes down and ruled down at the 40 9 yard lass. schumacher out to punt but that is the end of the third. schumacher a safty for the chargers will have to take the role of punting and this is the start of the fourth quarter.

USF -- first punt for schumacher and it is kicked straight up and ends up and the 41 yard line 17 yards. that was close almost blocked but was able to get it away. brown back to pass throws out to porter and it is droped which takes us to second and ten. ;handoff up the middle by porter and a fumble and sioux falls recovers and there is another charger down on the field. it is kasapovic he is still down now being helped up and being helped off the field not putting wight on the right leg. third down and eight brown in shotgun for a pass pass up the middle and it is enough for a first down now there is a sioux falls player down on the field. trainers are now helping ryan and he will have to sit out. first and ten sioux falls brown hands it off porter gains about eleven. pass out to the thirty yard line for a gain of 5 and it will be second and five. brown to pass to screne breaking a tackel and it is pushed out on the ten. gain of 15 first and goal USF and we here wistle with a false start and sioux falls will be on the 15. brown hands it to porter and he runs for 7 yards. brown passes to the back end of the enzone and that is another touchdown. kick the extra point is good 41 to 0

ten minutes to go and this football game is out of reach 41-0 the chargers are just playing for pride just looking for any kind of points with the kick off to prohaska to the 40 yard line. and tanga will come out to lead the chargers. frist down and offsides by sioux falls and it will be first and five a run by eichelberger to the right side of the line and gains ten. forst and ten play action good pass to burks and he drops the ball hit him in the numbers but it is droped. second down run up the middle for a three yard run. sioux falls brings up second string defence. third and eight and tonga throw a pick and taken back to the 44 yard line.

USF comes out with a new quarterback and a run with a five yard gain. it seems like sioux falls have brought out the second string offence and a run with a big hole and small will get to the 30 yard line and it will be first and ten. handoff to small again with a yard gain it will be second and nine. shotgun screne pass caught by crowl and got to the 25. a give up the middle to crowl and has no gain. a run out to the side and he is stoped and ball is given to the chargers.

BCU-- first down and a pass given up for roder and it will be second and ten. a run up the middle and he gains maybe 3 yards . third down and 8 tonga to pass a a pass to rodor and complete for 28 yards first down quick pass to gain nine yards and its second and 1 quick pass for a first down for chargers both passes to prohaska. back to pass caught by colvin and the chargers are at the 29 second and four. back to pass incomplete and that will e third and four. 2 minutes left in the game lets ee if the chargers can get inot the en zone tonga out to run slips and falls for no gain timeout BCU with 1:48 TO go. fourth and four for the cliff and they are out there to shooot for and the enzone the go for the enzone and it is a touch down for the chargers by colvin the pass was perfect and it was a great pass and the chargers have to go for two and sioux falls takes a time out. a 1:40 and there was a 27 yard touchdown pass officially. chargers have to go for two arain a play action runs it him self and he gets in as he bulled his way into the enzone and the score is 41 -8

USF schumacker off to kick and there is a squib kick and the chargers might get the ball no signal and sioux falls gets the ball. first down 1:31 wistel before the ball is snaped and this will be it sioux falls will just sit on it and sioux falls will improve to 6-0 and BCU fall to 1-5 the game will end the score 41-8.