2007 Offense-Defense All-American Bowl

[The Man]

It's only halftime but I believe he has 2 carries for 0 or 1 yard. This game is a clusterfu.......

 

[The Man]

Saine scored and had a 20+ yard run earlier.

 

[RB07OSU]

Generally the defenses shine in the All-American games.

 

[The Man]

Generally the defenses shine in the All-American games.

thanks Mr. Obvious.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

Saine scored and had a 20+ yard run earlier.

could you please briefly describe those for us? thanks.

 

[casey_buckeye]

James Scott just had an INT

 

[The Man]

could you please briefly describe those for us? thanks.

22 yarder was an option pitch where he got away from a would be tackler and the TD was an 8 yard run.

 

[RB07OSU]

thanks Mr. Obvious.

Thought I'd tell those who were new to this so nobody flips when our guys don't put up massive stats .

 

[crazybuckfan40]

Final score??

 

[SanAntonioBuck]

Final score??

East won 28-14.

Brandon Saine won O+D Player of the Year

 

[crazybuckfan40]

East won 28-14.

Brandon Saine won O+D Player of the Year

Thanks...

Overall some pretty poor coverage of the event from Rivals so far. I am sure there will be more up tonite, but really the only thing they had was a thread on their premium board full of a Gator vs GameCock pissing match with some updates in between. I mean there were verbals from some players and they are no where to be found on the recruiting page at Rivals. Also no game article. I did see where they said they will put video up on the site. I know this is their first time with a all star game like this, but Scout takes the cake in this department at this point in time.

So the only things I have gathered so far are Saine had a decent nite with a 20+ yd carry and an 8 yd td run, and Scott his a hitter and had an INT. Anyone have anything else form the game.

Also if anyone was wondering Cam Newton committed to the Gators was the MVP.

 

[wadc45]

Saine was named player of the year a few days ago...it had nothing to do with last night.

Rivals $

1/5

Brandon lead the East in rushing with 38 yards on 7 carries.

 

[wadc45]

Generally the defenses shine in the All-American games.

You think so? I would say the complete opposite is the case. Defenses are typically only allowed to run base man and cover 2 defenses, aren't allowed to blitz and generally are handcuffed the entire week. If the defenses dominate it is usually because of two things: 1) top-tier DL tend to be a touch further along in their development than top-tier OL and 2) offensive cohesion usually takes a bit longer to develop than it does for a defensive unit playing strictly responsibility football. I would say the defenses usually shine in the trenches in these all-star games, but overall the offenses are put in a position to dominate just because of the rules.