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2015-10-05
Ian Curtin went full Tecmo bowl on Kingswood
Listicles are great- but my weekly listicle is REALLY great. These are the Top 10 things of the week as voted on by the voices in my own head. Dave doesn’t get a vote in THIS power poll, either.
10. INTERLAKES/MOULTONBORUGH MAKES A STATEMENT
It’s tough to go to Claremont and win- the long drive, the tough Stevens opponent you always have to face, the Barnes Park fans that go crazy and give their team a home field advantage… but 42-0 Lakers was the final after all was said and done Friday night. Things don’t get easier for Stevens after the bye week when they take on undefeated rival Newport in two weeks.
9. IT WAS CURTAINS FOR KINGSWOOD
Ian Curtain of Merrimack Valley had a nice night eh? 15 of 20 for 434 and 6 TD’s for the Pride in a 49-20 win. Those are some Tecmo Super Bowl numbers (get an NES emulator and fire it up, kids). It was a win MV desperately needed to get to 2-3, the Pride will probably need to win out to have any shot at the playoffs.
8. THE STREAK IS OVER FOR DOVER
Going into Friday night’s rivalry game with Spaulding,Dover’s last win came on 10/5/13, a 27-21 at Nashua North. Jack Priester has been the starting QB since opening night of 2014, but had yet to taste victory as a starter until he hit Eric Stephens for a pair of TD’s in a 28-7 drubbing of their ancient rivals. You can see how much it meant to the Dover kids to get a win, and over their rival (yes, my Spaulding Fighting McIsaacs) on the NHSportspage.com video- congrats to Ken Osbon and his kids, on having their hard work pay off.
7. THERE’S SO MANY BAD NFL TEAMS
Greg Schiano once said “Bad football is like porn; you know what it is as soon as you see it.” When the Pats are on a bye week, you really get a chance to see the dregs of the NFL show their stuff. The Dolphins are trash, the Texans suck, San Francisco would struggle to beat Pinkerton… it’s rough out there. Be happy you get to root for a competent NFL organization.
6. REMEMBER THE TITANS?
They’re 3-2 now after a win over Central Friday night, and in the hunt for a playoff spot. There’s probably going to be just one team from D1 West making the playoffs, so if (BIG if!) North can get past Concord next week, they’ll face a Loser Leaves Town game with BG on 10/16.
5. EXTRA POINTS
Before this season, NFL kickers were making 99.6% of extra points, making it an exercise in futility for the defense to try and stop one. But this season (Thanks to Bill Belichick), the ball has been moved back, making a PAT a 33 yard FG try. The result? CHAOS. The Steelers are constantly going for 2, kickers are shanking PATS, which, in my opinion, is getting in their heads on FG attempts (kickers made just 80% of FG tries this week). We watch football because it’s insane (and, also, gambling), and the new PAT rule has made games even crazier.
4. THE STREAKER
Halftime of the Dover/Spauding game, at a drizzly Dunaway Field. The Spaulding band is out, when someone in starts running across the field. SHS will often have people in costume during their band performances, so I didn’t think much of it, until the figure got closer. “Is that a streaker?!?” I thought aloud, and indeed it was! Wearing nothing but a jock strap, socks, and a mask, whoever this crazy person was ran at full speed across the field, and out the exit.
I thought streakers were something that went out in the 80’s, like Morgana the Kissing Bandit, and Notre Dame winning National Championships? With the temperature dropping, I don’t expect this trend to continue.
3. PINKERTON GETS A SCARE
Give a ton of credit to Merrimack, who nearly threw a major monkey wrench into the Astros hopes of back to back undefeated season. The Tomahawks lead 19-7 at one point, and 26-21 at the half. I assume the Merrimack janitorial staff is re-painting the walls of the visiting locker room today, after what was probably a paint-peeling halftime talk from PA coach Brian O’Reilly. The Astros rallied to get the W, and will face a desperate WInnacunnet team next Friday night at home.
2. NICK LEAHY IS VERY EFFICIENT.
Nick Leahy ran 7 times for 209 yards and FIVE TD’s in the Bulldogs 47-3 win over Keene. I’m no mathematician, but I think that computes to a 71% TD rate. That’s good, right? 29.8 YPC seems pretty decent too. I KNEW I should’ve picked him up for my D1 Fantasy team…
1. GOODBYE TO DON ORSILLO
Listen, Don Orsillo isn’t dying, and he isn’t jobless- he’s going to San Diego, where he won’t have to deal with any 43 degree games in May. But it’s a bummer to see him booted out the door. Some people weren’t fans of the goofiness Orsillo and Remy brought to the booth (I was, you might not be surprised to learn), but when the team you cover sucks 3 out of the last 4 years, you need to give the audience SOMETHING to look forward to. Thanks for 15 great years Don, we know you’ll kill it on the west coast.
ALSO RECIVEING VOTES: There are already commercials with X-mas music, Timberlane with a huge W, A slobberknocker in Goffstown coming up, Birthday Cake Oreos are AMAZING, 4 more TD passes for Stephen Hedberg
Justin McIsaac is the Sports Director for WTSN AM 1270 in Dover. Follow him on twitter @Justin_McIsaac
10. INTERLAKES/MOULTONBORUGH MAKES A STATEMENT
It’s tough to go to Claremont and win- the long drive, the tough Stevens opponent you always have to face, the Barnes Park fans that go crazy and give their team a home field advantage… but 42-0 Lakers was the final after all was said and done Friday night. Things don’t get easier for Stevens after the bye week when they take on undefeated rival Newport in two weeks.
9. IT WAS CURTAINS FOR KINGSWOOD
Ian Curtain of Merrimack Valley had a nice night eh? 15 of 20 for 434 and 6 TD’s for the Pride in a 49-20 win. Those are some Tecmo Super Bowl numbers (get an NES emulator and fire it up, kids). It was a win MV desperately needed to get to 2-3, the Pride will probably need to win out to have any shot at the playoffs.
8. THE STREAK IS OVER FOR DOVER
Going into Friday night’s rivalry game with Spaulding,Dover’s last win came on 10/5/13, a 27-21 at Nashua North. Jack Priester has been the starting QB since opening night of 2014, but had yet to taste victory as a starter until he hit Eric Stephens for a pair of TD’s in a 28-7 drubbing of their ancient rivals. You can see how much it meant to the Dover kids to get a win, and over their rival (yes, my Spaulding Fighting McIsaacs) on the NHSportspage.com video- congrats to Ken Osbon and his kids, on having their hard work pay off.
7. THERE’S SO MANY BAD NFL TEAMS
Greg Schiano once said “Bad football is like porn; you know what it is as soon as you see it.” When the Pats are on a bye week, you really get a chance to see the dregs of the NFL show their stuff. The Dolphins are trash, the Texans suck, San Francisco would struggle to beat Pinkerton… it’s rough out there. Be happy you get to root for a competent NFL organization.
6. REMEMBER THE TITANS?
They’re 3-2 now after a win over Central Friday night, and in the hunt for a playoff spot. There’s probably going to be just one team from D1 West making the playoffs, so if (BIG if!) North can get past Concord next week, they’ll face a Loser Leaves Town game with BG on 10/16.
5. EXTRA POINTS
Before this season, NFL kickers were making 99.6% of extra points, making it an exercise in futility for the defense to try and stop one. But this season (Thanks to Bill Belichick), the ball has been moved back, making a PAT a 33 yard FG try. The result? CHAOS. The Steelers are constantly going for 2, kickers are shanking PATS, which, in my opinion, is getting in their heads on FG attempts (kickers made just 80% of FG tries this week). We watch football because it’s insane (and, also, gambling), and the new PAT rule has made games even crazier.
4. THE STREAKER
Halftime of the Dover/Spauding game, at a drizzly Dunaway Field. The Spaulding band is out, when someone in starts running across the field. SHS will often have people in costume during their band performances, so I didn’t think much of it, until the figure got closer. “Is that a streaker?!?” I thought aloud, and indeed it was! Wearing nothing but a jock strap, socks, and a mask, whoever this crazy person was ran at full speed across the field, and out the exit.
I thought streakers were something that went out in the 80’s, like Morgana the Kissing Bandit, and Notre Dame winning National Championships? With the temperature dropping, I don’t expect this trend to continue.
3. PINKERTON GETS A SCARE
Give a ton of credit to Merrimack, who nearly threw a major monkey wrench into the Astros hopes of back to back undefeated season. The Tomahawks lead 19-7 at one point, and 26-21 at the half. I assume the Merrimack janitorial staff is re-painting the walls of the visiting locker room today, after what was probably a paint-peeling halftime talk from PA coach Brian O’Reilly. The Astros rallied to get the W, and will face a desperate WInnacunnet team next Friday night at home.
2. NICK LEAHY IS VERY EFFICIENT.
Nick Leahy ran 7 times for 209 yards and FIVE TD’s in the Bulldogs 47-3 win over Keene. I’m no mathematician, but I think that computes to a 71% TD rate. That’s good, right? 29.8 YPC seems pretty decent too. I KNEW I should’ve picked him up for my D1 Fantasy team…
1. GOODBYE TO DON ORSILLO
Listen, Don Orsillo isn’t dying, and he isn’t jobless- he’s going to San Diego, where he won’t have to deal with any 43 degree games in May. But it’s a bummer to see him booted out the door. Some people weren’t fans of the goofiness Orsillo and Remy brought to the booth (I was, you might not be surprised to learn), but when the team you cover sucks 3 out of the last 4 years, you need to give the audience SOMETHING to look forward to. Thanks for 15 great years Don, we know you’ll kill it on the west coast.
ALSO RECIVEING VOTES: There are already commercials with X-mas music, Timberlane with a huge W, A slobberknocker in Goffstown coming up, Birthday Cake Oreos are AMAZING, 4 more TD passes for Stephen Hedberg
Justin McIsaac is the Sports Director for WTSN AM 1270 in Dover. Follow him on twitter @Justin_McIsaac