Halftime: CGB 8, Kittson 7
Posted on November 15th, 2008 – 8:54 AMBy Jon Marthaler
Entering this weekend, Kittson County Central was the story of the year in Nine-Man, having dethroned perennial powerhouse Stephen-Argyle in the section finals - but the Bearcats have been far from dominant in this game. Three KCC turnovers haven’t helped their cause, either. One was an interception, the second a fumbled punt return, the latter a wild play on which the Bearcat returner broke down the sideline, appeared to have one man to beat for the touchdown, but instead ran into that final tackler and fumbled the football. (The third came on the final play of the half, a desperation bomb into triple coverage in the end zone.)
On the other side, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley’s offense could best be described as “methodical.” They appear to be averaging about 2.50001 yards per play; their touchdown drive covered only 47 yards, but took 14 plays and ran almost seven minutes off the clock. Nate Vogt plunged over from two yards for the score.
It’s shaping up to be a heck of a second half this morning…
3 Responses to "Halftime: CGB 8, Kittson 7"
KCC has been pretty turnover-prone in big games over the years. But if they can overcome three first half turnovers and a 200-plus deficit in total yards against Stephen-Argyle, something tells me they can pull this one out, and maybe even pull away.
I just read Jon’s Strib blog where he wrote: “On the other side, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley’s offense could best be described as ‘methodical.’ They appear to be averaging about 2.50001 yards per play; their touchdown drive covered only 47 yards, but took 14 plays and ran almost seven minutes off the clock.”
I was relieved to see that he was only estimating average yards-per-play down to one 100,000th of a yard. Had he been estimating average yards-per-play down to a millionth (or a ten millionth) of a yard, I am confident concluding that his use of the word “about” would clearly not have been in harmony with what he was actually describing.
On the other hand, his reference to “almost seven minutes” would appear to be far too imprecise of a description…leaving his readers confused about what actually took place on the field. Consistent with his yards-per-play estimate, I would have expected something akin to: “…almost 7.039252 minutes off the clock”.
CGB ended up averaging 2.508 yards per play, so I was a little off.
