The early games are going and Ohio State can't put away Navy and the Midshipmen are driving on them down by 8 points. They just scored, but fail on the two, throwing an INT that leads to two for Ohio State. How can Ohio State think they will compete with USC if they are struggling with Navy at home. Good luck preparing for the Trojans.
Some interesting games this afternoon.
Georgia vs. Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State has so much potential on offense, but the questions are abuot their defense. Is this the year the Cowboys finally become a force in the Big 12 South with the press around Texas and Oklahoma.
Nevada vs. Notre Dame: After two bad seasons, Notre Dame is getting the publicity. Some, like Lou Holtz, claim they will make the national championship with all their offense returning and favorable schedule. Some analysts just don't believe that. Nevada should be a good test. We'll see if the Golden Domers will finally live up to their billing.
San Jose State vs. USC: San Jose State led by Dick Tomey, known for his years with Desert Swarm at the U of A, will try to bring in his team to upset the Trojans. He knows how to beat them from his year at Arizona. He will blitz and put pressure on the true freshman QB Matt Barkely. Most of the SC offense is returning with the exception of QB, a key injury to a receiver, Ron Johnson, and a lineman, though many have played in the past due to injuries. On defense, USC is trying to replace its LB corp and some new starters on defensive line. It's time for SC to put up or shut up and show they are worthy of their number four ranking.
Western Michigan vs. Michigan: With all the criticism surrounding the Michigan program over the practicing too many hours etc, the players are ready to get out and play some football. Some are being critical of Rich Rodriguez after the horrible season the Wolverines had last year, but it will take some time for his system to start working. He had to recruit his own players and to play the spread offense. You can expect to see up to three qb's playing today and see how the team is coming along with the system.
Illinois and Missouri: This annual game on Labor Day is always a battle. This year Mizzou is rebuilding after losing Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin. Meanwhile, the Fighting Illni will try to rebound after a bad season last year. They had gone to the Rose Bowl the year prior to that and many had expected Juice Williams to have a good year last year. It just didn't happen and he's hoping to make up for it this year.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Corruption Case Filed Against Refugio Chief
Many people were stunned to hear about the criminal indictment against Refugio Police Chief Chris Brock. He was indicted for theft by a public servant, misapplication of funds and abuse of official capacity stemming from his handling of the narcotics seizure fund for the Refugio Police Department.
Brock is accused of selling a storage building and a car to the police department at a higher price than what it was valued for and profiting from it. He's also accused of buying charity raffle tickets with the drug forfeiture fund, making false entries to get cash, using the fund to get items for himself and relatives and putting gas into his and his family's vehicles. The amount is more than $20,000 and under $100,000.
Some Refugio residents knew it was coming because the Texas Rangers and FBI investigating the case around the small town. Still, they were stunned and couldn't believe what happened. Brock, a pastor at a local Baptist church, is seen a positive person in the community and someone who would never hurt anybody.
Chief Brock said shortly before he turned himself in on Thursday to the Refugio County Jail "I am shocked and dismayed over the indictments. I believe this is politically motivated."
Michael Sheppherd, the 24th Judicial District Attorney, who presented the information to the Refugio County Grand Jury, denied that. He said it hurt him to indict Chief Brock and he never had a nasty exchange or anything with the chief, who has been top cop in Refugio since 2000.
Sheppherd said the Texas Rangers and FBI did a thorough investigation as they looked into the case for three years. They gathered evidence from bank records and people who witnessed the illegal wrongdoing by Chief Brock.
Shepperd said it's a strong case and the investigators wouldn't do anything politically motivated. He claimed the complaints about the misspending of money was filed with the Texas Rangers and he authorized the investigation.
From a legal perspective, it will be an interesting case as the laws for drug forfeiture funds aren't specific, other than to say the money must be used for law enforcement purposes or training. On some of these allegations, it becomes a he said she said as it's obvious these are people who were out to get Brock and filed the complaints.
One thing can be said about the FBI and Texas Rangers. They have a great batting average when it comes to prosecuting cases. Rarely, do they lose because they are so thorough in collecting evidence and information on their cases.
Time will tell and Brock is slated make his first court appearance later this month.
Brock is accused of selling a storage building and a car to the police department at a higher price than what it was valued for and profiting from it. He's also accused of buying charity raffle tickets with the drug forfeiture fund, making false entries to get cash, using the fund to get items for himself and relatives and putting gas into his and his family's vehicles. The amount is more than $20,000 and under $100,000.
Some Refugio residents knew it was coming because the Texas Rangers and FBI investigating the case around the small town. Still, they were stunned and couldn't believe what happened. Brock, a pastor at a local Baptist church, is seen a positive person in the community and someone who would never hurt anybody.
Chief Brock said shortly before he turned himself in on Thursday to the Refugio County Jail "I am shocked and dismayed over the indictments. I believe this is politically motivated."
Michael Sheppherd, the 24th Judicial District Attorney, who presented the information to the Refugio County Grand Jury, denied that. He said it hurt him to indict Chief Brock and he never had a nasty exchange or anything with the chief, who has been top cop in Refugio since 2000.
Sheppherd said the Texas Rangers and FBI did a thorough investigation as they looked into the case for three years. They gathered evidence from bank records and people who witnessed the illegal wrongdoing by Chief Brock.
Shepperd said it's a strong case and the investigators wouldn't do anything politically motivated. He claimed the complaints about the misspending of money was filed with the Texas Rangers and he authorized the investigation.
From a legal perspective, it will be an interesting case as the laws for drug forfeiture funds aren't specific, other than to say the money must be used for law enforcement purposes or training. On some of these allegations, it becomes a he said she said as it's obvious these are people who were out to get Brock and filed the complaints.
One thing can be said about the FBI and Texas Rangers. They have a great batting average when it comes to prosecuting cases. Rarely, do they lose because they are so thorough in collecting evidence and information on their cases.
Time will tell and Brock is slated make his first court appearance later this month.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Calallen Wins Game, But It was Ugly
The Calallen Wildcats beat the Gregory-Portland Wildcats 17-14 in what turned out to be a dramatic finish, but never should have happened. Calallen's defense shut down the GP in the fourth quarter, but errors by Calallen and bad coaching decison nearly pushed the game to overtime.
Calallen and GP fought back and forth in the first half. GP had a big run from their running back Joey Sanchez for 58 yards to jump out to an early lead. Then, Calallen behind many superb plays by quarterback Tanner Sparks passed and ran the ball, making GP's defense look bad. He put together two nice drives and Calallen scored two touchdowns, taking a 14-7 lead at half.
In the third quarter, GP came out on fire, running the ball down Calallen's throat and scoring on a big run to tie the score at 14-14. Calallen came back and drove the ball down to the four yard line. On third and goal, Sparks overthrew his target, so they had to settle for a field goal. GP came back, again, running the ball at will and driving down the five of Calallen. At that point, the defense clamped down, stopping GP on three downs. For some reason, GP decided to go for it on fourth and goal and failed to score.
Calallen drove down the in a methodical way. They had a mix of running plays and passes from Sparks. On a key play, Sparks scrambled and found a receiver wide open, but he had to lob the pass to get it over the secondary and the safety from GP made a nice interception.
Again, Calallen's defense stopped GP, pushing them back and putting pressure on their offense. GP punted the ball, but Calallen muffed the punt, fumbling around midfield. GP took over and got one first down. After that, Calallen started pressuring and containing the running game, pushing GP in reverse. They even stopped GP, forcing them to give it up on downs with about a little over a minute left in th game.
All Calallen had to do was kneel down as GP had only had one timeout left. They could have run out the clock, but on the first play, they decide to run the ball. Sparks got a nine yards and was covering up, then he got hit hard and coughed up the football.
GP took over around on their own 40. A couple of plays and they were getting pushed back again by the Calallen defense. Then they got a nice play for about 20 yards on a pass to the tight end. They drove the ball down to the 20 yard line. With :02 on the clock, the field goal tried a 37 yard field goal and missed it wide left. Game over and Calallen fans walked out breathing a sigh of relief.
The big questions for Calallen is why they didn't put away GP. They kept making mistakes, especially in the fourth, giving GP a chance to stay in the game. Those kind of mistakes will hurt them down the line and they should have won by a wider margin. Other than a few big plays from GP, they outplayed them and deserved to win easily.
For GP, why didn't Coach George Harris go for the touchdown at the end of third quarter and pass on the field goal after getting stuffed by Calallen's defense? It's fair to say he wanted to win the game against Calallen and not tie it. Maybe if this was a district game, he would have done things differently, but GP fans said this is Calallen and he should have played it, like a playoff game.
Calallen is off next week, while GP will travel to Buc Stadium in Corpus Christi to take on Carroll.
Calallen and GP fought back and forth in the first half. GP had a big run from their running back Joey Sanchez for 58 yards to jump out to an early lead. Then, Calallen behind many superb plays by quarterback Tanner Sparks passed and ran the ball, making GP's defense look bad. He put together two nice drives and Calallen scored two touchdowns, taking a 14-7 lead at half.
In the third quarter, GP came out on fire, running the ball down Calallen's throat and scoring on a big run to tie the score at 14-14. Calallen came back and drove the ball down to the four yard line. On third and goal, Sparks overthrew his target, so they had to settle for a field goal. GP came back, again, running the ball at will and driving down the five of Calallen. At that point, the defense clamped down, stopping GP on three downs. For some reason, GP decided to go for it on fourth and goal and failed to score.
Calallen drove down the in a methodical way. They had a mix of running plays and passes from Sparks. On a key play, Sparks scrambled and found a receiver wide open, but he had to lob the pass to get it over the secondary and the safety from GP made a nice interception.
Again, Calallen's defense stopped GP, pushing them back and putting pressure on their offense. GP punted the ball, but Calallen muffed the punt, fumbling around midfield. GP took over and got one first down. After that, Calallen started pressuring and containing the running game, pushing GP in reverse. They even stopped GP, forcing them to give it up on downs with about a little over a minute left in th game.
All Calallen had to do was kneel down as GP had only had one timeout left. They could have run out the clock, but on the first play, they decide to run the ball. Sparks got a nine yards and was covering up, then he got hit hard and coughed up the football.
GP took over around on their own 40. A couple of plays and they were getting pushed back again by the Calallen defense. Then they got a nice play for about 20 yards on a pass to the tight end. They drove the ball down to the 20 yard line. With :02 on the clock, the field goal tried a 37 yard field goal and missed it wide left. Game over and Calallen fans walked out breathing a sigh of relief.
The big questions for Calallen is why they didn't put away GP. They kept making mistakes, especially in the fourth, giving GP a chance to stay in the game. Those kind of mistakes will hurt them down the line and they should have won by a wider margin. Other than a few big plays from GP, they outplayed them and deserved to win easily.
For GP, why didn't Coach George Harris go for the touchdown at the end of third quarter and pass on the field goal after getting stuffed by Calallen's defense? It's fair to say he wanted to win the game against Calallen and not tie it. Maybe if this was a district game, he would have done things differently, but GP fans said this is Calallen and he should have played it, like a playoff game.
Calallen is off next week, while GP will travel to Buc Stadium in Corpus Christi to take on Carroll.
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