Hey, all! Welcome to another season of high school football. You know what that means! It's time for me to fire up the Jimbo Says! blog once again! I was down at Frost Kalnow for the first game of the season and the Tiffin Columbian Tornadoes and Clyde Fliers did not disappoint in week 1. These teams have a history that dates way back and Clyde made fewer mistakes on their way to a 13-7 victory.
The scoring started when Alex Marshall intercepted a Stone Simmons pass (it looked like a miscommunication with the receiver on a timing route) and took it back for a 66-yard touchdown. After that, TC answered and knotted the game up at seven after a 13-play drive ended on a beautifully thrown ball that Simmons delivered to Hoyda in the right corner of the end-zone for an eight-yard touchdown.
Clyde eventually broke the stalemate when Clyde's senior receiver Derek Gray beat the Columbian defense on a 41-yard TD reception.
Columbian threatened late on a 44 yard pitch and catch from Simmons to freshmen Russ Yeast III, but Yeast couldn't quite get behind the Clyde secondary and the game ended on another Simmons' incomplete toss.
Quick reaction
- Although Simmons was a mere 9-22 passing, the kid showed that he has the ability to make just about any throw on the field. He also came into the game and did not seem rattled. A couple of mistakes that are typical of a sophomore starting quarterback were made, but Simmons has arm talent that reminds of another recent TC QB, Ryan Tittle.
- Spencer Franklin is the #2 RB. Coming into this game, I was unsure of the depth that TC had at tailback. Franklin actually finished the game with 50 yards on just 9 carries. He has the acceleration to get through the hole and with this TC line, he should have a fairly successful year.
- TC misses its suspended players. Having a wildcat/scrambling threat at the QB position has been a staple of Brian Colatruglio's offense during his last three years at the helm for Columbian and not having that tonight truly hurt the offense. It looked predictable at times. Credit must be given to the Clyde defensive coaching staff, as they were packing the box with 7 and 8 players and daring young sophomore QB Stone Simmons to beat them. The impressive part is that Simmons nearly did it.
- I truly believe that some of the drops made by receivers early in the game may have played a bit into hurting Simmons' confidence and thus hurt his production in the second half. He started the second half going 1-9 with an interception.
- Russ Yeast is going to be a talented player for years to come. Now, Colatruglio and his staff just need to find a way to get him more touches. Today he only ended with two catches.
- That's all for now, plenty more to be talked about though as Columbian's 17-game home winning streak under Colatruglio was snapped tonight,
Team Stats
Columbian:
Score: 7
Total Yards: 289
Pass Yards:171
Rush Yards:118
Turnovers: 2
Clyde:
Score: 13
Total Yards: 266
Pass Yards: 93
Rush Yards: 173
Turnovers: 1
Individual stats:
Columbian:
Passing- Stone Simmons (9-22, 40.9%, 171 yards, 1 TD 2 INT)
Rushing- Ryan Lynch 19 carries for 68 yards
Spencer Franklin 9 carries for 50 yards
Receiving- Nathan Hoyda 4 receptions for 76 yards, 1 TD, fumble
Russ Yeast III 3 receptions for 61 yards
Jeffrey Crawford 2 receptions for 15 yards
Cody Kimmet 1 reception for 19 yards
Other- Josh Briggs tallied an interception
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