Colorado School of Mines vs. Kutztown: 2023 DII football semifinals | FULL REPLAY

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We had about seven new Ines of snow during the overnight hours 33° partly sunny the traditional Landing here in Golden Colorado they do it the unconventional way as we are underway division 2 semifinal mindes won the toss they want the football no surprise and a

Big return taking it out all the way to Midfield getting this crowd involved early huge huge return to start the game and that’s what you want to do you want to make sure you make plays right off the bat rilan Tate with a return of 49 yds

And now the highest scoring offense in the land all set up by this return from Tate yeah Tate was able to find the lane and get down the field effectively and he was tackled early enough but still able to gain more yards an offense coming in averaging 50 points

Per game are you kidding me top in all of college football and the main orchestrator will go to the air right away Mata hits Flynn Shey down the farest sideline first down gain as the Harland Hill winner from a year ago that is the Heisman equivalent in division 2

He’s a finalist again this year as well Maka does a very good job looking one way and then coming the other she was wide open on that side you have to guard the whole field against this ball Club 17 yards in the completion and now they will go to the ground game with

Noah roer rer the new addition the transfer in from Dartmouth yeah rer is a hard running guy a physical player he and Landon Walker really do a nice job of that combination in the running back and Conor mck Kelson also is another guy that you’ll see in the running back position as

Well so the big kick return the completion to Sheely just like that Minds in business Mata with all sorts of time he’ll take his shot toward the end zone touchdown sheing take a b wow and that was right over the top of one of the better Defenders back there Antoine LY number

Three he had a pick six last week thing is Minds comes out man and they know how to attack you you have to be prepared really nice job by Maka of letting this play develop you can see the Deep Over route and when you have guy trailing

Like that you know as a receiver catch the ball secure the ball score the [Applause] ball so that did not take long not even 90 seconds into this one mines goes 50 yds Mata with with his 40th touchdown pass of the season and a big start here on their home

Turf Colorado School of Minds nobody has thrown more touchdowns than John Mata he starts off the semifinals with a bang little bit of History to start this one Colorado School of Minds off to a quick 7even nothing lead John Mata with the touchdown pass is 159th touchdown pass of his career that

Now puts him into a tie all time with shephards Tyson bent bent with his remarkable career and remarkable Charles would be the word to describe John MATA in this time here in Golden man he has just played so well and and you saw the picture in the opening when you see him

Uh all throughout the game these guys they play hard they study hard but they have fun off the field those are things that they’ve taken those uh pictures to another level and I think it it just shows a different side of them but when they step between these white lines man

You better be ready to handle it couple of dangerous return men deep down for the Golden Bears but they will not have an opportunity as Hunter Pearson sends it through the end zone for the Touchback so this is not a Kutztown wanted a long way from home they give up

The quick touchdown following the explosive return and now an old school offense gets ready to go to work engineered by Jud Novak the red shirt freshman took over the starting Reigns back in week two on the road at California PA and all he has done is win football games over 2,000 passing yards

This senior this red shirt freshman out of Manheim Pennsylvania they start at the [Applause] 25 and he will throw the slant behind his intended target there is a number change Curtis ravenol the top receiver for Kutztown he has changed his uniform to 16 today yeah he had a little snafu

Didn’t bring the one number two with him but he’s 16 today I watched him in warm-ups really ready to play and uh you can’t have those passes behind you the other thing with this defense you get behind the change that’s one thing but they turn you over as well you have to

Protect the football against this mindes defense they load the Box Novak will try to soften it quick throw to mikai Gibson who makes the catch Gibson pushed out of bounds a gain of six up to the 31 Luke Zabo out there blocking but took a lot of that from Zimmerman Jackson Zimmerman

A young man that’s really started to step up for this defense number 29 really really good player in that secondary we may be calling his name quite a bit some big shoes to fill in the secondary when you talk about Zimmerman replacing the All-American Mason Pierce

Six ints on the year eight pass breakups always around the football doesn’t mind sticking his nose in in the Run game either couple of tight ends Golden Bears middle of the pack in the pack on third Downs they will roll nov back pressure comes he’ll float 50/50 ball nearly caught boy what an

Effort that should have been a pass interference Logan ray burn may have gotten away with one and Curtis Ravenel does this a outstanding job of going up to get the ball now you see the pull of the Jersey now they’re both battling each other and that might be why the

Official decided not to pull it but ravenol almost came up with the catch tremendous effort by ravenol and Jim Clemens watches his offense go three and out well you can see they’re going to try to take Ravel away they had a high low on him and still trying Jud

Novak almost completed that Nate Mard one of the best punters in the country this this is Conor Michelson and he cannot shake free stopped right there in his tracks at the 32 yd line if you are touchdown you want to make sure you don’t get too far in the

Hole this mind’s team when they get going Sean we watch them on tape and just talking to them and watching them on film all year long they put up some big numbers you don’t want to be on the other side of that and you have to stop them before they really get

Rolling touchdown pass on the last drive now puts him a top sharing that Mark with the gr Tyson beun we saw earlier this year get some reps with the Bears hot hand early has been Flynn Sheely his third Catch of the Day as he takes it

Ahead for four brought down by Anton lyd you know the one thing that Mata will do he gets the ball out quick and once he finds someone and they have found the area where they want to attack right now Lloyd is playing off so they’re going to

Keep going there until he steps up now you see Max McLoud come over in the slot number three there so you have to watch both of those guys now TOA back to the air dodging Defenders now A little unorthodox shovel up ahead and he finds his tight end Blake Smotherman how’s that for

Creativity he does this really well he’s always looking the pass the football he doesn’t mind running it but he would much rather to get it out to his receivers good blocking you got to find a way if you’re this Golden Bears defensive line you see that just flips

It over to him you have to find ways to get penetration and and pressure on Mata to force him off his Mark no not many teams have been able to do it but if you’re going to uh upset this mind scene that’s what you have to

Do they’ll try the ground game over that left side it’s tough to run on this Golden Bear defense that is one of the strengths of this team and when we talk to defense coordinator Eric Fargo they had a lot of new faces up front couple of veterans but they’ve had a young

Freshman step in and Freddy R are to really button down the hatch they only give up 101 rushing yards which is right at 26 in the division two but then you have another team on the other side that only gives up 61 that’s the mindes defense so both stingy defenses on the

Ground what do they say defense wins Championship all four remaining teams in the top 15 in scoring d boy mato kep Houdini gets out of trouble and then throws a strike to Nick stone at the 42 we are seeing some of the best from John Mata early on he should have been sacked

In the back field you should be celebrating great job by getting penetration Earl volz just missed him and then Maka finds a way he just gets out of there he doesn’t the thing that I like about him he never panics he stays calm and then he’ll just find a way and

Get back on on schedule for him as a quarterback that’s the demeanor they talked about this week in the meetings he’s one of those guys that teammates just kind of rally around he’s so naturally gifted as a leader of this team very easygoing and relaxed and you see that when he’s under

Duress well when he’s under duress and also a guy that he’s played with for a number of years they came in together you think about Levi Johnson the big left tackle who a right tackle excuse me who’s got a lot of attention from Pro Scouts as well they have they’re

Roommates and this offensive line play as well they all want to help Maka get be successful boy Maka has hit his first seven passes and they are making it look easy on the offensive end Nick stone with his second catch and the Golden Bears really reing right now yeah you

Know talking to the coaches especially on the offensive side Tim Brandon just said something that was interesting we try to get guys looks and we try to get them opportunities but when Maka is rolling he seems to find whoever the open guy is they do a lot of formational things and

You have to guard against a lot of things with this quarterback and this offense empty set five receivers designed draw he did a lot of this last week in the win against Central Washington Jaylen DeVos with a really nice tackle he’s been playing pretty well getting an opportunity to play more

Along with Wei and wolf if your cuts down here Charles what what are you looking for defensively to try to slow down this this Juggernaut that they’ve witnessed take advantage of opportunities when you had that sack opportunity you have to capitalize when you get hands on any football here

You’ve got to make sure you turn them over rer is the running back and he will go right up the gut behind the center and Right Guard looks like about a half a yard shy of the first down and I think that’s the other thing

If you can find a way to get a force of fumble or anything in this area of the field because this is where this team goes into overdrive they they are really effective in the red zone and this is a good red zone defense they were really

Good last week in the win against Slippery Rock third and short the jumbo package in and it will be a first down carry for Noah Roper as he slid through a little crevice and they are inside the Red Zone mines looking sharp in this first quarter yeah they they have they are

Going to have to find any way they can to stop this Minds team from scoring a touchdown maybe come out with the field goal here this drive has been methodical and it’s just been consistent of what I’ve seen from mind over the last few weeks TOA started this game seven for

Seven he’ll try to add to that has a clean pocket throws near the side caught again right on the button to the tight end Blake Smotherman who entering today had only four four catches All Season yeah L you’re giving him time and now he has a drag route coming across the field

And he’s able to find him on that other side where there’s no defense and he’s able to catch that and almost get a first down second and a yard they bring a blitz off the edge they run the opposite way and another first down carry it’s Roper again and mindes will have it

First and goal they have just done a really nice job again on this drive this offensive line you can’t say enough about them all those guys theyve got some sixe seniors and they’ve really done a nice job leaning on this defense they go Up Tempo they go with the slant in the first

Incomplete pass of the afternoon good job there by Lloyd as he got a hand in to break it up yeah Lloyd played that very well you know and Sean we talked about this before it doesn’t matter how far these these guys get back and I talked to Jim Clemens about that the

Head coach he said we are going to battle he said it may not always be pretty but we’re going to keep fighting and they did that a couple of weeks ago and anytime you see them In Harm’s Way they seem to get better as a team keep

An eye on McLoud number three he’s at the bottom of the screen they go the opposite way swing it to rer trying to will his way toward the front of the end zone and he is in touchdown CJ Brown Lost His lid rope across and mines comes out storming in this first quarter

Really nice play design also of getting a guy out in open space who can run and very effective catch the football in a spot where he has blockers in front of him and then he’s able to walk that in pretty easily that was a really nice job

Of getting the ball out Landon Walker with a nice block out there and the receiver as well little more than 6 minutes off the game clock 12 plays 64 yards Pearson with the point after and number one mines and this offense putting on a show early Mata with a couple of touchdown

Passes the new addition this year Noah rer find six for the or diggers quick start for John Maka and mines 14 nothing last week in the quarterfinal win against Central Washington Maka did not throw a touchdown pass he had a consecutive game streak 42 consecutive games with a touchdown pass that came to

An end well he has put that in the rear view mirror a couple of first quarter strikes and with those two touchdown passes a new division 2 alltime record 160 career touchdown throws with the senior from Magnolia Texas a lot of Texas kids remember the Denver area they’re recruiting for print is Denver

Houston Dallas you know they really get down in that area pretty well being a houstonian I I know the area well and I can understand why they would go down there and get some of that good football Talent sincere Thomas from inside is 10 he will try to change direction and he

Is tripped up excellent special team and play made flying downfield first was Josh Krauss yeah the way you get games to flip or in special teams or you defensively you have some field position Flip or turnovers if you’re offense you’ve got to find a way to run against

This defense which is very salty 61 yards that people average against him and then they only give up 11 points per game so you got to find ways to keep these chains moving and turn that around see what the Golden Bears do here they came out throwing on their opening

Drive see if they go back back to the ground game and they will and there is nothing cooking for Daryl Davis mcneel yeah then the other thing is maybe some Jet Sweep and some other things to get outside to get on the edge against these guys because if you’re going to have

Success it’s not up the middle and KY Banshee and Zack Hester and Jack Peterson on the on the interior and then you get that linebacking crew of ree Healey and Marino they just do a nice job of of of running and gun run fits effectively play clock approaching five Jud Novak to

Throw they bring a blitz SB back flush running for his life he’s going to tuck and just pick up anything he can he is a good runner and that’s what he’s brought to the offense this year and it’s a difference from what they’ve seen in previous season

Yeah they need that because when you have pressure coming especially from those linebackers he can see that and when he sees that flash of Jersey coming at him in particular that time Ben fuks able to come and see 43 coming and he gets out of Harm’s Way I think those are

Critical times for Jud Novak to kind of keep these chains moving and not give up a Sack came up empty earlier in this quarter on third down man aable one here third and fourth they love the quarterback draw and that’s what they’re going to do and nice moves here by Novak and that is all Jud Novak at the point of attack able to S step a defender in

The first first down and something positive for Kutztown Sean you’ve seen it in games like I have if you can stack first downs this is really critical that offensive line does a nice job getting up to the second level but J Novak effectively running against a defense that doesn’t

Give up a lot of yards on the ground fourth year offensive coordinator Marcel quarterman 10th year as an assistant He’s a Philly native talked a lot about the Run game being critical but also quick passing game RPO trying to stay ahead of the chains is what they need to do in order

To win today Davis mcneel in motion they go right back with Novak as he stretches ahead up near the 35 they’ll Mark him at the 34 gain of five situational football good football five yards on one play get as many yards as you can and I also

Think this too and this is this is for anyone that plays football you can’t look at that scoreboard you just got to say okay what can we do right now on this next play to make ourselves get in position so we can have a chance at the

End of this ball game and this is an offense all year that that doesn’t hit a lot of big explosive plays they’re going to get four or five yards a crack and they can’t change that up even though they’re in the early hole that they are quick throw far sideline one-on-one

Coverage and the catch is made oh what a grab by ravenol Jr the first team all pack he almost made that other one on that other drive but that that is a hard catch I’ll tell you why the sun is right in his eyes but he’s still able to go up

And climb the ladder and look what he does very effectively last minute put your hands up and go attack the football now Jackson Zimmerman almost pulls it away but Ravenel with a strong hands great job on that particular pass and catch 24 yds to ravital the team’s top

Receiver is 52nd catch of the season is he going to change his number now he made a big play he might stuck with 16 leave that number two behind on the plus side for the first time no back a play fake wanted to go deep nothing open and now he’ll just

Throw it away as Zack Hester closed in good defense by minds of not letting him have any place to throw the football this is a good drive for cown they they found some things now they’re trying to exploit against minds and I think they’re doing it effectively the one

Thing is protect the football protect the football I just say that because when you go against a team that’s plus 21 in the turnover margin this is where they start thinking we’re going to stop this drive by by turning the ball over keep in mind this drive started all

The way back at the Golden Bear 14 Gibson goes in motion they go right up the Middle With It Davis mcneel with a first down Gallop as he picks up 10 up to the 32 they’re getting their Rhythm now and also when he runs effectively he’s going to run over or run through

Someone and get to that second and third level good blocking on that interior by the offensive line but when he goes low like that he’s going to run and fall forward and get those first downs he is a downhill Runner he got dinged up late in the game last week but they handled

Him really gingerly this week in practice like a veteran I was shocked that he was even able to practice after watching him go down but he is so tough and physical in the Run game closing in on backto back 1,000 yd campaigns good looking drive here for

The Golden Bears and they go right back to that draw straight up the middle and Novak not going down he was be hugged by Kyle bonson and Noak just kept those legs churning Kyle bonson had him and you think he’s going to bring him down and

Novak just keeps the the legs moving the other thing is when they run that play they use Davis mcneel to be a lead blocker and he’s effective but bonson was like no I’m I’m trying to stop you from getting all these yards we don’t give up yards here

What a good looking drive for Jud Novak keep in mind he kept the drive alive on the third down run it it’s typical of how they play when you watch them play all year after starting 0 and2 this is why they’ve been on that winning streak that’s sincere

Thomas who goes in motion and we have a stoppage in the game’s first penalty flag they got the snap off in time Del game sometimes when you have a lot of shift motion and different things like that or Personnel groupings that have to come in

You have to speed that up in a game like this or any game so you don’t have those uh penalties that hurt you that five yards you can’t lose these are critical critical yards in this kind of game it’s a mid- America Intercollegiate Athletic Association officiating crew

With John Adams keep in mind there is instant review here replay part of these division 2 semifinals second down and 10 after the penalty throwing post rout double coverage and it’s intercepted in the front of the End Zone by Colin Romero a Novak would love to have that decision back yeah that this

Is what I was saying you cannot afford any turnovers and that was a bad interception by Novak I think he wants that back because he thought he had his receiver going across the middle once he lets the ball go you know Romero if he just makes the catch that turns it over

For School of Mines 30 second takeaway by mines in this defense Romero with his first pick of the Year mines with a 14 nothing lead late in this first quarter it looked like Kutztown had something cooking on this last drive but this defense like they have so many times

This year coming away with the take one yeah whenever ever they feel like they’re threatened this is what they do and that’s just not a good pass by uh Novak he’s going the rav nail but you cannot overthrow or make a mistake like that you have to continue to hold the

Ball because look at this defense they don’t give up points they don’t give up rushing yards they just they take you away talked about that if you get 30 or more that’s usually a good sign they’re at 32 on the year your diggers bring in an extra offensive lineman that’s Cole Johnson as

They line hip up on that left side and falling ahead for a couple on first down good look at Pete sturk his first year son of a high school cro the coach grew up in the midwest Bennington Nebraska moved around Glenwood Iowa ended up at De Moine Lincoln during his high school

Days he was a wide receiver for August Ana College and what a job he has done in his first season barbecue afficionado too we talked about some good places down in Dallas he says he hates losing that as his recruiting area cuz now he’s a head coach but he gave me some great

Recommendations so we’re hooked up for next weekend flag is thrown Maka comes back over the middle pass is caught but there is a flag down in the vicinity of a hold yeah that’s coming back offensive lineman and they’ll tell you too still Petty offense number 73 Yen yeah still Levi Johnson The Right

Guard the right tackle excuse me who is a Jee Upshaw winner which is the best offensive lineman you can see there when he’s trying to disengage the defender he you have to let him go and Levi holds on to him now Levi might get some opportunities at the next level he

Has picked up weight very well 230 lbs and he came in it’s 290 and area Scouts know these D2 schools they know all the other schools if you play football They Know Who You Are got a real good opportunity maybe to play at the next level one quarter in the books in the

March to mcken Texas and a date in the national championship next week Mata with a touchdown pass to Sheely this defense nobody’s been better in the country in taking the football away they’ve added one more through 15 minutes it has been a year a first when

You look at it for the Golden Bears tough start here on the row but what a year it has been plowing their way all the way into the semifinals for the first time in program history Jim clemenson year number nine nine consecutive winning seasons for him their sixth NCAA championship appearance

Six and five in the playoffs and we talked about it five ranked wins that’s a program record program record first appearance into these NCAA semis what a job he has done and you know it’s a recruiting hot bed when you look at the state of Pennsylvania plus he’s been

Able to expand a Delaware New Jersey Maryland good thing cooking pressure and they finally get to Mata back inside the 10 they’ve been close and for the first time they track him down well you’ve been waiting on that Freddy rer as a guy that gets after the quarterback three sack three and a

Half sacks on the year but this time Freddy doesn’t let it go he gets there and makes sure Maka don’t goes down and and the one thing you’re going to see is a opportunity with violent hands up front with their three down and that was a good job right there this defensive

Line lost a couple of All Conference players to graduation then one of their stars from a year ago Italiano Tores ACL so they have relied on some Youth and this will set up the first pun of the day as mines is unable to get anything going Lee Coleman the backup Corner in

On the stop 28 the sophomore out of Salem talking about New Jersey one of those guys they brought in yeah I mean they they’ve just done a really nice job of recruiting and getting better and that’s one of the reasons why they have been able to play so well this this

Year take a look at that average for Dow hunting the football this year 46 yds a punt and there’s not a lot of win today there sometimes can be couple of return men back he will keep it away from both of them this will take a nice friendly Marv K Stadium roll

And it’s touch dead at the 33 yd line 58 yd punt good job like he has done all year from Mr Dow that was a nice punt you didn’t think so at first but then it took the bounce that it needed to have I just look at my board

And I think about trip Thomas and competing unapologetically you know and and this group of of students here they are you know football players they don’t mind being called nerds either you know they got some guys on their defense that that Embrace that on offense as well they

They they play with a high level of of relent relentlessness and passion third offensive series of the day for the Golden Bears and they will run the football into a pile Adrien Moreno one of the top tacklers in on the stop yeah I’m talking to Marsh quarterman he also talked about being

Able to do things with his quarterback now if you get ahead of the chains like they are here it gives you opportuni to do different things and you see trip Thomas there trying to take away those things he talked about Simon sing said the why said oh okay you’re dropping a

Little knowledge on those guys it was a lot of fun to talk to we asked him about the you know the violent approach they have defensively the tenacity that they play with and he says these guys are all bottled up in classes all week by the time they hit the

Football field they’re ready to let out some steam and this was a drop there dangerous play Kutztown as mines ended up on top of it that was Jaden Healey but it was a forward pass so just goes as an incompletion yeah maai Gibson had an opportunity couldn’t come away with

It had a good group of guys in front of him blocking for him but just couldn’t hold on to the football at the last second yeah you saw it too right little too quick freshman getting his first taste of the postseason six touchdowns on the Year by

Him he’s an explosive young player they really like his like like his [Applause] game here comes the blitz Novak in trouble and he’s dropped back at the 15 Nolan Reed Mr sack himself nobody has more sacks among active players than reath 42 and a half now in his career man he was

Able to just get on the outside by Adam Concklin Concklin couldn’t get to him he is so quick off the edge that gives him 42 and a half on the season on the on his career and 10 on the year for him what were we just talking about

Tenacity in that is what trip Thomas described Nolan ree when we talked about what what separates him from the pack he says he is Relentless with tenacity the active leader in college football with Sachs adds one more mines hits him the shut up Minds in this offense gets a lot of

Glitter and rightfully so because of the numbers that they put up but very quietly this defense has become one of the best in college football especially against the Run take a look at what they’ve done the last three games Fort Lewis minus 33 and then in the playoffs with both Augustana and Central

Washington a stout defensive front line and some very athletic linebackers and they’re one-on ones against their offense and defense makes them each better and I think that’s why they’re so effective on both sides of the [Applause] ball Noah rer gets three brought down by cam wolf first time we’ve talked about

The senior from reading Pennsylvania both he and Tyler weie two veteran linebackers we a graduate student pursuing his NBA 83 tackles this year one of the vocal leaders of this defense both Swag and shoe guys also got shoe game out the Wazoo empty set they move the pocket

Mata throws a strike near side Billy posel his first catch in a few games they haven’t looked his way the second year coming back from a serious injury a year ago transferred in from Washington State yeah they have so many different weapons that sometimes guys can got get

Forgotten but papel papil has had a really nice season just hasn’t had as many opportunities only played four games last year had his initial season here in Golden cut short because of injuries matela gets rid of it just as he was hit he finds Flynn Sheely she who has a

Touchdown catch in this one takes it on to the bear side to the 46 brought down by Kyrie Butler Shey has been the guy that he’s been looking for consistently and Maka again when you think you have him You’ got to ensure that you cover the receivers because he is going to

Find every opportunity to get out of Harm’s Way and get the ball to one of his weapons and they bring in that extra line along with the big tied end Preston Rose there’s a lot of strength to that side of the field arm strength there from Mata as he whipped it out little

Receiver screen this will be very close to a first down they’re going to say move the sticks Wolf The Tackle catch made by McLoud there’s been a lot of games played together by some of these fifth and sixth year seniors also that’s been the key after last year not winning

The championship they wanted another run at it and I don’t think they say it consistently or talk about it but they feel like they need to get back there and I think this is the group and a core nucleus of guys that have done such a

Good job for this program yeah that was a hunger that certainly drove them this off seon they bring warry off the edge on a blitz great job by Roper picking him up throw underneath on the drag route is caught but smothered immediately Jaylen DeVos again Zack Hoffman there a flag on the

Play I know maybe someone play that’s deos who was in on that last tackle he is slow to get up so here comes the medical staff to attend to the senior from Lansdale Pennsylvania M run some Tempo yeah he he’s he’s up he was shaking up just a little

Bit we’ll take a quick break back with more from Golden after these words one of the most scenic backdrops college football right here in Golden Colorado 1013 to go in the second quarter Mount Zion the big in they’re going to light that up in a little bit up there and that

Signals Colorado School of minds and what a job they have done you see the Overflow crowd here the big Christmas parade in downtown Golden earlier today you talk about a festive atmosphere and then you get this passionate fan base they had finals earlier today so all the

Students made the way down the hill uh a lot of stress to relieve on this Saturday afternoon As we move into the evening and they are jam-packed wherever they can get a good look at this top ranked team in the land yeah high high high academic standards here and you

Know all of those folks after they finish their finals they’re ready to celebrate and party hopefully the minds for them can win but kown has a a different thing in mind as well Jen DeVos able to walk off in his own power second down and eight Maka is

Tripped up as he is sacked a loss of a yard on the play good job that time by cam wolf we were talking about these linebackers yeah you have to when you Blitz or you come off the edge you have to make sure when you come back and you

Get after the quarterback you secure him cam wolf does a nice job Swiss army knife kind of player very versatile and all the things that he can do and he shows you rush and then make sure you secure the The Tackle yeah they can put him in a lot of different positions linebacker

Safety buta spreading the football today safety Blitz back foot throw near the side and it’s off the fingertips a rare drop for Max McLoud oame adoga with the coverage very rare I have not seen one drop by this kid this young man during watching film on him he is usually a secure catcher

One that’s one hard thing though when you’re catching and you’re going to the sideline and just securing that ball you could tell he couldn’t quite Pull It in would have been good enough for the first down instead they send out Dow he will try to pin puts to deep Lloyd gets away from

The ball special teams unit down there and they could not reel it in the ball Sid skipping all over and it will go for the Touchback hey don’t forget the NCAA Championship coverage continues next weekend with the D2 championship game next Saturday 1:00 Eastern on ESPNU for more information visit ncaa.com the home

For all 90 incaa championships new Champion Charles going to be crowned this year yeah I mean is exciting and you and I have a chance to call the semifinal and the final so we’ll be able to be a part of that Experience Harding earlier today really put it on Lenor Ryan 5514 the boys from Cersei Arkansas they move into the championship next weekend and who will it be mines for Kutztown and this defense for mines trying to prove that it’s going to be them nowhere to go for Davis mcneel

And this offense has been quiet so far for the Golden Bears they sold a little bit of something but then not able to that interception was not good the first drive wasn’t and each time you think they’re going to start getting things going M shuts him down it seems like

When they’ve been at their best and that was that second drive it was the running ability of Novak which softened up the or Digger defense yeah you’re going to have to get him involved in the Run game as much as possible six up on the line of scrimmage

They Rush four they swing it out making the catch is Thomas this guy is quick and he will pick up the first down out past the 30 escorted out by Jaden Healey he’s really strong in the return game so what you want to do is get him in space

And as soon as sincere Thomas catches the ball if you block what you see those two receivers out there doing that gives him a chance to get down the field Thomas the guy who did not play high school football had no games his junior year because because of Co a

Senior year was a critical one for him to really build a lot of film because he was labeled too small to play at the next level he’s proven those doubters wrong this year little option look here as Novak tries to escape to the boundary side good Pursuit Ben fuches who for the

Second straight week is starting at week side linebacker for the injured Hayden Greg they hope to get Greg back back next week if they Advance yeah fukes has done a really nice job the last few weeks of playing well Hayden Greg is a guy that you want to have in with his 36

Tackles on the year but the good thing for them is they have depth there see Marcel quarterman offensive coordinator really trying to get this offense going get guys to understand what they need to do tight end you got two tight ends now they go 12 personnel

With 87 and 41 they may have to take a timeout this mines was allowed to get their substitution onto the field but the late addition of the tight end as they try to stretch it with speed and a good job defending there nowhere to go that was Evie Alfred ibak senior from Nigeria

Coming back from not one but two Achilles injuries and he has been incredible to hear the story of how he had to come back from both of those injuries just the work ethic and the determination to fight through those Achilles injuries but again you’re in third and long how

Do you dial up something to keep the drive alive no back gets rid of it quick tunnel screen action and working hard trying to will his way up to the first down marker but they’re going to be a yard shy Tough Run there by Ravenel and now

An early decision if you’re Jim Clemens in this this offense a long way from home against an explosive offense down 14 do you dare go for it here it looks like they’re keeping their offense on the field right now and Ravenel with a very good effort

To put them in position to even try this now you’re going to go big Personnel jumbo they try to bully your way to this first down big play late in this first half fourth and a yard play clock down to one and they’re going to have to use a timeout to avoid the [Applause] penalty timeout in the action mines with 14 first quarter points still pitching the shut out here in Golden Colorado School of Minds The National runner up from a year ago 14 nothing 525 to go here in this second quarter Hiles of snow the fans in a sellout overflow

Crowd and a big play coming up after the timeout and it looks like Jim Clemens has thought long and hard and he’s changed his mind as he has sent out the punter Nate malar do you like this call your cuts down Charles yeah I do I I think if they

Were a little bit closer they just don’t want to get too far in the hole but you got to cover yeah this could wipe that out if Nicholson could break one and he is tack SC at the 34 yd line some late pushing and shoving so Here Comes This

Offense and John Maka the Harland Hill winner from a year ago one of the Front Runners this season he has a tremendous armor but how about his feet yeah look how he keeps moving forward and he gets the feet in position to get the ball out

Of out of there he’s reading he’s he’s not panicked and then get his feet in position to throw the football again when he’s running it’s tough to stop him but this is a real nice job of staying alive and then getting your feet in position position to throw the football

Effectively these receivers have learned you never give up on a play his eyes always dialed in locked in downfield throws to Max McLoud who makes the catch and then he is hit hard from the backside avoid the coverage Coleman hit him as well a gain of two Sean the one

Thing that this Golden Bears defense has done really well not allowed a lot of yards after catch because that’s where they beat you sometimes short throws become very long runs and they’ve also not allowed them to take the top off you you have to guard against that with this

Offense saw Moka numbers a lot of that Damage Done behind the quick start four mines in the first quarter three-man Rush again that quick throw catches M Sheely just as you were describing good job there tackling not allowed anything after the catch Brandon H who’s had a

Career year went from 10 snaps a game a season ago to being one of the regulars at linebacker yeah he is another guy that really flies around the football he and Jaylen DeVos rotate a little bit at that position but you don’t lose much production with either one of those guys

In there Hil with 82 tackles coming into today’s ball game DeVos 50 on the year Landon Walker into the game and he will get the call the Rocky Mountain freshman of the year a season ago and he is not going to get anywhere close as defense

Standing tll Brandon Hy the first one to greet him got to be happy if you’re Eric Fargo this is another win for you against the offense that was starting to click and maybe your defense keeps you in it so your offense can try to find a

Way with 340 339 left to get some some points that was really nice defense and again those two catches that usually come for big yards they secured those guys didn’t give up huge chunk plays they come after the punt Dow gets it away kicking it away from Anton Lloyd

And this will make its way to the far sideline out of bounds let’s see where they’re going to mark it it’s like at the 26 yd line so with two timeouts the Golden Bears in this offense which has really had a tough time Finding Traction just the four first downs so far and

Team that relies on the rushing attack so far just the 24 yards but I would say they have to feel secure and comfortable that they’re not too far in the hole they’re just two scores down and their defense is starting to play well if your

Mind you got to find a way now to stop them from getting uh any of that momentum that they are trying to seize from you [Applause] Novak four of nine he was picked off in the end zone earlier straight drop pressure comes rolls right throws across

His body pass is caught up to the 41 yd line 15 yards and a first down yeah Makai Gibson one of those guys that just sits there and he knows when Novak scrambles out just sit in that little hole right there nice job of not running himself into Harms away but catch the

Ball turn up I’m going tell you these Golden Bears man they don’t quit so you got to put them away if you’re if you’re this mind’s team and this defense in this second quarter in particular giving them some hope now the young freshman Novak trying to get some points late in

This first half quarterback power right side there goes Novak makes a cut to the 40 Novak another cut still on his feet and he’s going to take it to the house 59 yds highlight run from from Jud Novak I’m telling you whenever they need a big play it comes from different

People and I talked to Jim Clemens before the game saying hey man it you guys get behind you look like you’re out of it he said Charles we just we just find ways Novak right there should have been stopped three or four times on that play and still got to the end

Zone I mean he has good blocking here up front but this is where you got to make tackles Miss tackle there another Miss tackle here here another one there that’s just determination and the desire to get to the end zone and this defense is usually sure tackling Jaden Williams

Missed one there were a couple other guys that missed them you cannot do that and give this team any hope and here you look at it 228 to go second quarter Novak with the touchdown run great kick out by Adam case is allc conference guard yeah his guard they

Pull there and you can see again very good job of fighting people off and not just refusing to go down Nate Suter had a chance at them Jaden Williams had a chance the thing is that they go at that end of the line of scrimmage and they

Finally found a run game a run play that gave them a huge chunk play and it was explosive against a defense that doesn’t give up yards like that when you’re in playoff football man you just you look at the record look at teams and you just say okay it becomes

You got to play to the end when I watched them play Charleston West Virginia they should have lost that game and Charleston West Virginia started coasting and I’m not saying mind is doing that but you got to put them away this is your offensive chance now to

Score another point and make it a two-point game sixth rushing touchdown this year for Novak two score game Mak a two point but two score you knew what I meant we knew itard puts the foot into it good deep kick four yds five yards into the end

Zone for the Touchback for Tate so mines now leading by a touchdown all three timeouts obviously time not a factor with this high-powered offense but you talked about resilience and that has been the word for the Golden Bears they could have folded it was a rough first

Quarter the game started with a long kick return two quick offensive touchdowns for the or diggers but there is no quit as you talked about from the boys from Pennsylvania well I mean the more I watch film I just I I look at what what is it that you do and how do

You perform when chips the the chips are against you and this team doesn’t quit TOA continues with this quick passing attack he sailed that one on McLoud my thought for Minds is you can run against this defense you need to run the football because that puts you in a

Position where you can use clock but you also can get your team back on the path that they need to it’s 28 yards in the ground for Colorado School of Mines Ropers carried the ball six times in this first half for 18 yds on second down they continue along

The near side passes caught by Sheely pushed out of bounds by Justin Harris but it’s hard when you have a young man like Mata who is what was nine to 10 at one point in the game who can makes good decisions with the football but you don’t need a three and

Out here with a team that has already shown you they can score points and they’re resilient don’t let them think they can get back in this [Applause] game five wide empty set third down down fourman rush picked up Maka will throw on the Run planted along the M sideline

And making the catch is Nick Stone that’ll move the sticks of first down adoga in on the tackle really good job by Maka of getting out of the pressure and then stepping up and finding his receiver and stone knew he was going to get hit the Richard freshman fought tried to get

More than he needed for that first down seven different receivers targeted here in this first half by Maka they go over the middle a rare time where they tried to hit a slant it goes for six up to the 46 yd line Second Catch of the Day for

Ppol ppol is just one of those effective interior guys along with mlau now who plays in the slot as well keep in mind mine still with three time outs wide open downfield making the catch tow dragging and getting a foot in was Sheely Sheely may have had one foot

Out when he caught that ball if they look at this just from the necked eye I was looking right down at that area his thought his left foot well maybe he got it he caught it before it went down that was a good catch look like he got that right one

That right toe in good job by Sheely six catches in this first half for 69 yards and you see how quickly Minds can move the football yeah they can play fake throw again the sideline again a catch and again it’s Sheely what’s working on these Sidelines so well well

They’re finding that area in that cover two where that safety has to stay high and the corner that’s down is being held by everything on the outside now they’re going to look at this one I think his foot was out of bounds it was really close to the

Sideline and remember again Replay in the semifinals in D2 and I think he is upset that he was down but you have to have EV video the player out ofs on the previous play the clock will start on the snap so they will go upstairs lines lined up ready to go so

The catch stand sheing and now they’re going to stop it think Kutztown trying to get the attention of the official for this one to go upstairs a further review so there we go they will go up and take a look at it Terry leaden our replay official is going to

Get his first look and you see the frustration from Pete sturing he wanted that snap off before they could take another look at it and it was interesting because we thought up here that they were going to stop it and take a look at it before it even took place come on

Go look at that left foot now it was called a catch on the field I think this is going to be our best view of it right here that is close that is super close and like you mentioned Charles the ruling on the field is a catch so from

Our Vantage Point our angles is there enough evidence to overturn the original call that is awful close you look at this first half for Flynn Sheely having a career year this year he already has a couple of 100 yard games if this catch sticks he’s already

Going to have 100 in this first half today young man who lost his senior year in high school because of Co Westlin High School in Oregon and there are a few Pacific Northwest players on this mines roster and Sheely is one of them they talked about the select selectivity of their

Recruiting I think this is going to be overturned they’re taking a lot of time now and it just looked like he it was so hard to tell that that foot get to the to the white took him a while to slow it down and I agree with you they were Starck

Wanted them to keep going fast let’s listen in they have reached their decision after further review the ruling on the field has been reversed it was an incomplete pass it’ll be second down and 10 at the 32 yd line so out the catch by to 1 minute

155 the clock will start on the snap this gives the Golden Bear defense I think some time to regroup as well that that stoppage well they have found a hole in that secondary especially with cover two and were able to tack that on multiple plays with Sheely So the ball goes back to the 32 two by two formation that’s now mlau breaking it as he goes in motion left or right second down and 10 they run a stun up front little dump off pass is caught the running back Roper tripped up just

As it looked like he was hoping to kick it to another gear a yard shy of the first down Wolf the stop mindes quickly lined up they still have all three of their timeouts third and less than a yard Mata will keep it faked an option pitch and he

Will move it into the Red Zone and a first down great ball skills there also because he fooled everybody on the defense and able to get out wide and be Contained four diggers lined up ready to go Mata looking for his third touchdown of the day and he has it front of the end zone Sheely has number two sely just going to work against Antoine Lloyd and very nice throw by Maka where only Sheely can come up with

It he gets that ball out so quick it makes it tough for a Defender but he puts it on him on that almost that back shoulder and Lloyd has no time to turn around great job on that drive by Maka and Sheil who needs timeouts if your minds

He put it on that left shoulder and only where his guy could come up with the play 75 yd drive dowed with the point after let’s go back to the touchdown well look where he puts this this is in the best possible position and and ly

Has no time to turn around on it the ball gets out quick this is slow motion folks and look how quick the ball gets to him now Maka isn’t a tall guy but he is able to throw effectively to points and you can see why he is so good and

That’s Antoine Lloyd who has three pick six in his career a fumble recovery in his career as a very very good player had a great interception last week to turn the game around he couldn’t even get his head around on that yeah these are two experienced Corners when you

Look at Lloyd and Harris and Maka in this first half 22 of 26 he orchestrates a real impressive twoin offense 75 yards to not use any of their timeouts and that is a big drive in this football game because keep in mind the Golden Bears are going to get the

Football first to start the second half that’s where you hope if you were Golden Bears that you didn’t give these guys opportunities like this what a first half for Flynn Shey eight catches for 103 yds couple of touchdowns as well they have so many weapons last week it was the running

Game that propelled them in the second half against Central Washington and now in this first half Sheely the main target for MATA back to their more traditional Air Attack well and and you’re not in a quick Strike Team cutdown but you better find a way to get some some offense

Here don’t turn the football over don’t give them a chance to have a pick six but find a way to get at least a field goal so you can make this a 21-10 game they have a strong leg in their kicker Nate Mard and with this thin air these kickers and

Punters Pittstown were excited for the opportunity to come out here and see what they can do in the air of Golden Colorado got here Thursday and had a chance to practice here and walk up had some time here as well they will hand the ball off with the two timeouts surging ahead for

Maybe two is Davis mcneel re The Tackle and the Bears are going to let this clock wind down second down and eight Novak a quick throw Far Side minimal gain and a late flag and it looked like some late contact by m so this will change things a little bit 15

Yds tacked on lack of discipline which is which is uncharacteristic For Hasty there and ring on the field is a completed catch after the play person foul necessary you don’t have down 29 as well the safety coming over so 15 yds after Hasty had made the catch it looked like kown was content to head to the locker

Room I don’t know if they still have the what we would call the explosiveness to get this but you now give them at least an opportunity to think they [Applause] Do so after the penalty now at the 45 yd line Novak looking for his running back he’ll just throw it away they had everybody covered 2 seconds to play Davis mcneel looked like maybe they were looking to free him and get him out of bounds and at least give Mard a shot and

It looked like mines understood that and didn’t him any T the ball made it pass the line of scrimage second down two seconds now mindes is in a nice job of getting as far back as they can only bringing two or three rushers final play of the first half

Barring a defensive penalty Novak trying to find a lane to step and throw hit as he threw it and it won’t make it down there as it falls incomplete Healey hit him just as he Let Her Fly and that’s how the first half will end an entertaining half of football here from Golden

Today had the mindes offense mines has been really effective in showing what they can do offensively and their defense has played really well let’s see what happens in this second half kown will get the ball to start the second half down 14 here on the road the winner to mckenny

Texas as we swing it down coach you look back at this first half take us through your thoughts as you head into the break after that quick start especially in the first quarter yeah great beginning and great ending but we’re real choppy in between and obviously got to play a lot

Better these guys are a good team and you know they’ve shown that so we just got to be more consistent on offense help our defense out we put them out there too quick a couple times coach on offense with Maka being able to really get going effectively in that last part

Of the half what is it about him that’s so special well he’s he’s not 6’4 so when he can see he’s he’s pretty dang effective he’s been able to scramble around and do some things but when he’s got Vision he’s going to be tough to

Stop um and he did a great job working the boundary side uh keeping us out of the Sun done which was going to be you know key on that cuz we we misplayed some balls because of that earlier so many different weapons we saw Flynn Sheely become his favorite Target talk

About that yeah if teams are going to take away Max and we we’ve got other guys to go to um Flynn’s very capable and has been all year and and sometimes that comes and goes because teams think they can handle Max one-on-one but they’re doing a great job with Max but

That’s opening up some of these other guys coach good luck in the second out awesome thanks a lot guys three touchdown passes for Mata couple of those to Sheely mines trying to get back into the finals for the second straight year cuts down into the semis for the first time

In program history or diggers by 14 here at the break alongside Charles Arbuckle Sean Kenny welcome you back to Golden C Golden Colorado it’s like a a pcture out of the Norman Rockwell collection I mean holy cow and you and picturers don’t do it justice I I went upstairs and just

Took a video of the whole areial and I’m still Blown Away by it just incredible scenery foothills of the Rockies tiny little old mining town of Golden Colorado and they have been playing football a long time but they haven’t been playing this well and this consistent in the 100 plus years of

Mindes football tradition and now they are half away from punching their ticket back into the finals for the second straight year but a long way to go and we’ll see what the Golden Bears can do all the way from Pennsylvania to start this second half and you could see that

Jim Clemens was irritated he thought some of the fundamentals that this football team relied on as they knocked off four straight ranked teams to get here weren’t quite there in the first half yeah they didn’t quite do the things necessary Jaden Stewart is down he was on the kick team a kick return

Team and he was slow to get up and I hope he’s okay but that that was the one thing he was upset with how some of the things they had and just didn’t take advantage of all the opportunities that they thought they had you’ll see Jaden

Stewart 25 in the middle of your screen go down right by the Numbers took it on the wrong end there from Blake Ramsey who was flying downfield with the coverage unit Stewart’s had a good year the sophomore out of New Jersey backup running back keep in mind this is an

Offense that’s without one of their main Runners and Jordan Davis the last couple of years that one-two punch of Davis mcneel and Davis they have been two of the best in the PAC and he is out we saw him one of the captains on a scooter here he had successful surgery

You ran into him in the hotel we were in the hotel uh going up going down the elevator together and I just asked him hey how you doing I I thought it was him but I wasn’t sure and we got to talking a little bit he said yeah slow slowly

Healing but I’m coming back and he was yeah good to talk to and said hey man get healthy he said thank you good young man that’s the thing when you talk to a lot of these kids that are playing that may not have opportunity to play at the

Next level but they’ve had a really nice college football career that’s the most exciting thing for me for those division 2 division three players guys that get a chance to still play football and get great educations first touch of the day on the first play of this second half

Trevor am moram he’s a sophomore out of North Lehigh good gain on first down of five yards and don’t get it twisted they can still play good football that was a good catch get outside and make some things happen and I think this is what you need to have uh when you’re coming

Out of half generally the the adjustments that you make are really critical that first drive what can we do and get some points out of that first drive is really critical Novak in the first half six of 11 throwing the football for 65 yds he also rushed for

65 including the long touchdown run and he’ll go to work here following his Lee blocker and in this case it was Davis McKinley trying to pave a little lane 56 was also out there Adam case with a real nice block again but he has the personal protector and then he has another

Protector and he has two guys that can help him get in open space it’s a numbers game when you have quarterback run really nice job and I think they’ll dial more of those up for J Novak in the second half the Novak f family big part of Kutztown history his older brother

Jake was part of some playoff football teams in the past he had aister Olivia who played soccer for the Golden Bears swings it out our sideline passes hold in by McKai Gibson who immediately turned it up field to the 46 Nolan reev shoved him out of bounds yeah the goty

Great Andre Reed who I got to see couple times a year when I played with Indian and he was with the bills a awesome really spectacular receiver for that Buffalo Bills offense that got to the Super Bowl four times couldn’t quite win it but they had some dominant

Players and he was one of them yeah their Stadium back home named after the Great Wide out long time NFL standout second down and short designed draw then run then throw he had all three options right there for Mr Novak and he ran right into Nolan Reed M Gibson did

The young guy tried to make a move and Nolan reev just said no I’m a beine on you I’mma catch you and I’m going stop you put some in third and short backto back plays made by Gibson and both times he’s run into Nolan Reef who is uh a very very good player

In his own right these are the situations where it’s nice to have a big down hill runner like Daryl Davis mcneel they give it to him but he could not get any momentum built penetration right from the GetGo by mines too many guys to count but that

Interior defensive line was so solid and not letting them get any yards that was a really nice play by min’s defense look at all those guys on the inside just not letting anything happen the first hand that gets back there is C Peter Payton Rose number 98

And then the rest of the guys show up as well the rose Brothers we talked to defensive coordinator trip Thomas about them pton on the defensive side Preston on the offensive side two hardnose brothers identical twins Fair cat signal for by Michelson some late pushing and shoving away from the

Action both of these teams know what’s at stake and gets a little chippy 39 yd punt m will open up their first drive of the second half inside their 20 yd line and it was a typical John Mata first half of action the more you watch him the more

You are impressed with what he has been able to accomplish throughout his career and this was a a first half where Pete sturk did not run the football a lot they relied on that short passing game and they put the offense in the keys with Mata they really understand if he

Has the ball in his hands and he can see the FI this is what he can do they go right back to it Hoffman coming back to the ball makes the catch tackled at the 21 yd line by CJ Brown and it feels like they want to attack on the outside and

Then they’ll come in a little bit with some Slants and some different things on the interior but they found those edges that they’re using and have been able to be effective today against cown with the sun was a factor in the first half it won’t be a factor in the

Second half that sun is going down down at about 3:30 you can already see it going behind the mountains empty set on second down they will get it out to the 25 yd line making the catch out of the back field is Noah Roper roer had a touchdown catch in the first

Half they’ have stayed in their quick game really getting the ball out quickly and I wouldn’t be shocked if if they start going to the ground game a little bit as well Golden Bears defense needs a stop here to get this turn back around so they can

Get the ball back for their offense Hy and warry both linebackers come on a blitz and that’s the right read if you’re Mata he saw those linebackers come you throw to where they are and another drop and a three and out I have not seen McLoud drop one not two and

That’s it’s just him you got to secure the ball I mean maka’s looking at him has him that’s a first down for you and it also gives this team a chance now the Golden Bears to get their offense back on the field kown sets up the return but they

Won’t have an opportunity here look at this kick by Blake Dow one of the best in the country drives Kutztown deep inside their own 20 special teams for the or diggers early stage here in Golden third quarter both of these teams like everybody impacted with family friends through cancer and the

Challenges that it brings and this is always an important week for all of us our family at ESPN Golden Bears from their own 17 and there has been nowhere to run today for Daryl Davis McNeil yeah Jaden Healey there Johnny on the spot and when you have a a team that

Makes adjustments to the Run game Healey comes off and just does a nice job of scraping making sure that he gets to the running back and securing The Tackle loss of three back at the 15 yd line Healey the first team all Rocky Mountain player at his star position two time all conference

[Applause] selection five man front they bring four Novak delivers a strike to the far side ravenol with the catch setting up a third and six for the Golden Bears early stages of this third quarter they’ve had some success getting it to Ravenel and also Maki Gibson but when you lose yardage on

First down and then now you have a nice gain on second you have opportunities and this is one of one of the things I keep talking about stacking those first downs until you can make a play and get into the end zone gson goes in motion two receivers

Right two left they keep a spy in no back dodging and he is sack brought down by Jack Peterson back inside the 10 Jack Peterson better go over and thank Nolan Reed for that sack because Nolan Reed was also there first watch 46 with a great rush and then right into the arms

Of Jack Peterson the violent hands that reev has and the ability to come off the edge so quickly man it is hard for anybody to stop him and Adam Concklin had no chance to block him Peterson one of the team captains his third sack of the Year

Raised in Fort Collins hunting from The End Zone and just getting the kick away is malar Line Drive bouncing kick and this one takes an angle out of bounds for 46 yds on the punt both defenses looking strong in the snow here in Golden the NCAA Championship coverage

Continues next weekend with the division 2 championship game next Saturday 1:00 Eastern on ESPNU for more information visit ncaa.com the home for all 90 NCAA championships so some of the scenery here surrounding Golden Colorado elevated at 5700 ft above sea level highest elevated location to host

A D2 semi Kutztown coming from 400 ft back home in Pennsylvania above sea level and this defense though they have come to fight nowhere on first down they are giving this team a chance a long way from home yeah they’ve done a really nice job especially in that second

Quarter and in the second half of you know offense that’s so explosive that gives that they score 50 or more every game they’re giving themselves a chance their offense just can’t seem to get anything going Bron pman the junior in on that last play second down and 10

Split backs they bring a blitz picked up getting rid of it making the catch out of the back field and falling ahead for good yardage is Conor mikkelson who they primarily use in the return game yeah Conor Mickelson you he doesn’t get a lot of touches in the Run game a really nice

Job there of catching the ball and getting close to that first down just the sixth catch of the year for Michelson the sophomore from Geneva Illinois big jumbo pack each comes in the extra guard extra tackle the tight end rows all lined up to that left side

Wildcat with Landon Walker and he will surge ahead for the first down Walker The Freshman of the year a season ago as a hybrid they used him as a running back tight end fullback he can do it all and they really like him in this particular position when you

Have guys like Caleb Marlatt Levi Johnson and you see still Petty on the inside being able to push that he can easily get that first down Walker stays in the game as a running back you know you look at this story for mines and they’re starting to get national attention last year into

The finals for the first time and program history and then what they’ve done this year in a state that has had a lot of news this year in college football pause that thought Mata double clutching now comes near side back to the ball it is Sheely with the catch and

A first down to the 37 yd line but you look at what prime was able to do early in the year in Boulder norell at Colorado State Air Force was unbeaten for a good chunk well the best story of Colorado here in December come from Tiny

Old golden well and they also have done a nice job of attaching themselves with Air Force so some players don’t end up going or students don’t go to Air Force they’re able to get here they they they they understand how to work together with the schools in this state but also

Getting really top talent outside of the state McLoud dropped a loss of a yard Drew Hiner just blowing up that play first he shredded a blocker and then he shredded Max McLoud yeah they they’ve really done a nice job of not allowing McLoud or Sheely on those short throws

To break big big tackles because when you watch them that’s what they normally do now Sheely on that last play did a nice job of running down the field and coming back to the quarterback and allowing Maka to find him for an open first down inside six minutes to go third quarter

Nothing’s changed since half they’ll take a shot Sheely juggles and catches at the 13 26 yds Flynn Sheely having himself a day yeah she is saying hey Max McLoud I know you taught me pretty well but I’m going to show you I’m learning from from one of the better ones this is

A nice job a throw to a bigger receiver go up and get it and Sheely does a nice job of using his body in his hand look at him attack the ball and come down and hold on to it yeah Hiner was in a position to make the play Maka is going

To keep it and he gets barreled into as he Dove up to the 6yd line good hit there by DeVos yeah but you talked about the attention that they’re getting Wall Street Journal did an article last week or a few weeks ago they they’re really starting to get a lot of publicity for

What they are able to do from a football standpoint and the one thing they all talked about is being able to be in a position to get back to mcken again this year both running backs in the game they have Walker lined up as an HB back

Left rooper the tail back Mata to throw or run he’s going to try to dive in and he finds his way for six we said it earlier John matula’s ability to pull that at the right time his ball skills look at the defense and he pulls

It and no one knows he’s there now he’s the guy that you have to secure against but he’s so good watch right there and then he’s able to take off there’s no containment for him and he sees it and knows it and is able to get in for

Six fifth straight game game now for John Mata that he has rushed for a touchdown he’s accounted for all four M scores today eight plays 60 yards Mata with three touchdown passes he says let’s do it with the feet into the snow pile a touchdown for Colorado School of

M a real uphill climb right now for the Golden Bears down 21 425 to go in this third third quarter is John Mata with the seveny rushing touchdown kapping offi long drive for the or diggers eight plays 60 yards Mata with the rushing touchdown we talked about it that’s now five straight

Games he has found the end zone with his legs Curtis ravenol awaiting the kick as Blake Dow and Hunter Pearson this terrific special teams combo ravenol from the 10 has some space if he can get to the corner ravenol trying to turn on the Jets slowed up at

The 35 and then pushed out of bounds past the 40 Charles when you come to mines in Golden Colorado in this offense you better have hands and you better be ready to catch it at all angles and at all elevations and Spencer our camera guy who’s up in the tower high above the

Field here yeah look at that look what he brought in well the fans were cheering and I was like he must have caught it yeah there you go it’s almost like Simba in The Lion King You spiked that ball don’t Spike Simba but you can spike it up there that was

Great Jud Novak in this offense now might have to open it up a little bit down 21 it will hand the ball off and again there is just nothing for Daryl Davis mcneel a frustrating day for the graduate student who’s been one of the better running backs to come through

This program well if you think about it Jordan Davis is out Jaden Stewart another backup was shaken up earlier I don’t know if he’s back so Daryl Davis mcneel and now Steven Burkhart have to be the two Runners but besides Jud Novak it has become I’m a theme with this defense for

Mines don’t plan on running against them they put Gibson in motion watch out Novak dumps it and a collision there Davis mcneel the hard nose back and he laid the punishment that time and an or Digger slow to get up Jackson Zimmerman was the one that was that came up that

Was 29 time for injury on and Daryl Davis mcneel I you know when you watch guys that are violent Runners downhill Runners he gets those shoulders down and you’re going to see it here he knows the run is coming he’s going to lower his head almost when you would

Think is that a a situation where you put your head down and you use that as a a means offensively you don’t see it called but that was a run where he was just able to run through Jackson Zimmerman let’s just hope he’s okay okay what a year it has been for Zimmerman

Who leads this team six interceptions this year for the red shirt sophomore from Highlands Ranch Colorado replacing the All-American Mason Pierce one of six players from Valor Christian who we know is one of the top high school programs in the country as we go take another look here at this Collision involving Zimmerman

And the 210 pounder Davis mcneel yeah they both go down and almost like Ram like with their helmets both of them and Jackson Zimmer Zimmerman took the worst of that but again you don’t see it call much offensively but I’ve had conversations with officials being a

Former offensive guy I know I have had to use my my helmet on people you don’t see targeting call that way because it’s generally not a defenseless player but it’s still the crown of the helmet that always intrigues me from an offens some standpoint that we’re that they can still do

That so we’ll keep an eye on Zimmerman you look at the other corners for mines Mikey Barker has had a good year the opposite side with Will droos and cam for look the way he’s holding his arm you hope this is not a shoulder injury it’s been a key weapon for that

Mind’s defense absolutely third down and seven third Downs of not been kind to kown one of six today Novak throws Gibson makes the catch and this is going to be real close it’ll be just short setting up fourth down good job there by Deon L and they

Thought about it in the second first half and didn’t do it but I think now they’re they have their offense there it’ll be interesting to see at this point of the field will they go for it on fourth down I think they [Applause] will the sellout crowd an opportunity to Make Some [Applause]

Noise Novak throws Davis mcneel the catch he stretches ahead oh it looked like he was dead to right off initial contact but he stretched that football at the last second and he moves the chains what an individual ual effort from darl Davis mcneel he barely got

That and the defense was on him so quick again he you look at it there’s a Miss block by Curtis ravenell he was blocking Colin romerio time out mines they first of the half mines is going to use a timeout Romero has been a busy safety today the fifth year senior

And Davis mcneel showing his physicality a couple of times in this particular Drive second put him in a position where he could get that first down but they’re going to take a look at it and mind is smart here to call the timeout because it allowed the official to think or or

Give them a chance to look from a up top position as to whether this is a first down or not line to gets the 49 he does a good job of keeping his knees from going down but did he go down like right there you see how he puts his hand

Down watch watch him put his hand down and then use that effectively the knee doesn’t go down because he’s on romerio man that that’s going to be hard to overturn it just from from that angle great second effort by Davis mcneel and if you’re K down this is a

Must GI if you have any shot at getting back into this football game this is one that you hope does not get overturned and I agree with you Charles I don’t think there’s enough evidence from what we’re seeing to overturn the spot ruling on the field well he was able to stay on

The body of romerio and just reach out before going down now the elbow does go down there man that is so close Davis mcneel graduated last spring sports management pursuing his Masters in public administration thousand yard rusher a year ago so close this season closing in on

3,000 career rushing yards and what a career it has been after further review the ruling on the field has been [Applause] Overturned well how about that they overturn it and mines comes up with the stop to the Delight of thousands here we can’t hear what the official said but did he hit did he hit his did his elbow hit down before he went there and was able to stretch out that was a huge

Turnover on Downs for [Applause] mines and that that type of day for this offense normally a really reliable ground game was tough when they take the ground game away from you and they can put so much pressure on the quarterback it just makes it difficult see if mines goes for

The Knockout punt gaping hole into the secondary goes Noah Roper not touched until about 15 20 yds down field moving the pile all the way to the 11 37 yds how about the whole from the offensive line man in the interior between the center guard area man that was a huge

Hole and Noah rer took advantage of it watch on the interior there just great blocking inside and Noah see his eyes get big as soon as he sees that hole opening up on the inside steel Petty the center first year in the center position he’s replacing a Remington Award winner this time

Kutztown doesn’t much better job swarming the football that was Jones Devon Jones the first one in there sixe senior still Petty natural leader out of the woodlands right outside of Houston real smart guy ID’s things helps John Maka who is also really really good student in his own right two

Guys work very well together from that Center quarterback combination this is an offensive line when you look at the five linemen in there with over two decades of combined experience they have played a lot of football Maka with time throws just shy of the goal line and a

Big time hit put by CJ Brown that jred the ball free Roper unable to reel it in nice job by CJ Brown been banged up some this year but when he’s been healthy he’s done this no Roper going across the field thinks he has a catch and then CJ Brown

Sizes him up does a nice job of form tackling and knocking that ball out it’s the only thing for this Golden Bears defense is not being able to turn the ball over and stop them from scoring which this one here you can’t have they move the pocket Mata patient now he runs

Out of time and he is sacked by cam wolf loss of seven back to the 18 great job by cam wolf jumps up and stops him and then comes com down and still is able to tackle no no sto and no quitting he and we and this rest of this defense this

Defense has played as as well as you can expect against this tough offense mines will let the third quarter clock run out cam wolf CJ Brown was Golden Bear defense trying to put a last second stop together but the fans here delighted through three quarters all Minds as we March to the fourth

Mines leading Kutztown 28-7 is a fourth down coming up for the or diggers this is a program that Embraces the term nerd and this is where nerds win that’s the athletic Department’s motto and you see on the back of their helmets they list their Majors electrical engineering computer

Science just to let the opponents know who they’re dealing with each and every week I love it I love it fourth and 16 they can still pick up a first down Mata with a wobbler knuckle baller and it falls incomplete shy of Max McLoud now why go for it on fourth

Down well a developing situation as you start thinking maybe toward next week Hunter Pearson the starting kicker came up lame earlier in this game their backup Jacob click not in uniform so they actually had the third string and why receiver Shawn Roberts loosening up yeah he was on the sideline kicking

Warming up Nigel Wilson is also the reason why that ball didn’t get there he was able to hit maka’s hand or arm before he could throw it so how about that stop for the Golden Bears again battling to the end and they’re going to get it to sincere

Thomas his second catch Thomas is pushed Out of Bounds at the 21 yd line well when you looked at him against two weeks ago against Charleston they were in a position where they shouldn’t have been in the game and then late they started making a run this is another nice catch

By ravell but they’ve got to do this earlier you’re so so much further behind than they were in that game just not much offensively for Jud Novak he had a long run in that in that first half also that added to the 140 yards 59 of those yards coming on his

Touchdown run they try to Spring ravenol off the screen he’ll pick up the first down Logan Rayburn fifth year senior from the aforementioned Dallas Texas Houston and Dallas two hot recruiting beds for mines Denver is their starting and they use that as a real key area for them to get their [Applause] kids

Adrien Moreno in this defense trying to bring it home as a sun sets pressure comes Novak pivots out of harm now throws directing traffic and right near the sticks ravenol makes the catch I’ll tell you what he kind of had some John Maka in him right there well

Evan Alexander should have had him down he couldn’t get to him and Novak did a nice job of spinning out watch you see 31 beating the running back on the edge of the tight end and he gets around and Novak’s calling I think Novak that was

Kind of cool he said go deep but he knew he had him right there on the edge yeah it looked like he wanted ravenol to take off again but I think it was also to set up the defense to make he was going deep and then just finding him right

There these coaches raved about Jud Novak when he’s not playing football he’s a confident young leader is finding some room with Steven Burkhart he plows on to the plus side right at Midfield Burk har and sincere Tomas had big returns against Charleston they that’s a key run you got to sign Bart

Will see a lot more of him in this fourth quarter another injury for mines this time it’s Evan Alexander Who’s down on the turf slow to get up so we saw Zimmerman get hurt earlier in the game and now it is Alexander injury timeout mines with the

Lead when mines head coach Brandon Moore left for San Diego this off season everybody around this campus knew that Pete sturk was going to be the guy he had been the offensive coordinator for four years stur taking the head position and interestingly enough for this program that’s now three coaches in

Three years Greg Brandon retired back in 21 Brandon Moore did a great job last last year he goes to the West Coast and now it’s sturc running the show Novak hop skips into a hole off the right side for eight yards and you know it’s interesting when you look at this

Program for mines from 1929 to 99 they only had 10 winning seasons and a lot of the credit for the turnaround goes to Bob stick yeah he was able to get this program really on track and all of the you know when you talk about the program

And the tra tradition it starts with Bob s and now you can see these guys all putting their own spin on it but still you got to get credit to where it started and what was St famous for his offensive Innovation yeah fly and Jet Sweep and just doing some so many

Different things he was able to do in the game of football Novak running now at the last second finds huster the big tied end the more you watch Jud Novak you see why these coaches are excited about the future and when you see why his player is like playing with

Him and understanding how he can just he stays alive and huster right there that was a really nice one the offensive production with stur 1921 and 22 keep in mind no season in 2020 because of Co and they just keep getting better and better and even with the high volume of numbers

In previous years this is the best they’ve showed offensively it doesn’t hurt having Maka either it does not lot of good sleep if you’re the OC with maka’s quarterback could be some good sleep with Novak as well in the future as this young man continues to grow

Before our eyes yeah he is he’s not fearful and I think that’s what you’re going to get out of him he’s going to keep fighting and battling we getting back to Mata and stur you you gota your system is one thing but your players make your system and I like the fact

That you can have a identity of what you want to do and both of these programs understand that you got to allow your big players to make those plays when it comes time second down and short second and three Bunch formation up the middle it is Burkhart and he is swallowed up a

Yard shy of the first down it almost feels like this defense knows when they have a team that is trying to encroach on their turf they just get much much more [Applause] tougher herard the red shirt freshman he was given a medical red shirt last year due to injuries a three- sport athlete

Almost played college basketball but decided to go with football and he’s had a couple of good ones to learn behind with Davis McNeil and [Applause] Davis Novak will keep it and he will keep the drive alive first down run for Jud Novak taking it to the 20 and

Another Red Zone trip Hester The Tackle yeah good job also by the the left right side of that offensive line and also Burkhart see they come off the ball well and get to the second level really nice job by Gino ca he was able to start the The Tackle posted he was able

To knock the defender off and they could all climb to that second Lev it they love their two tight ends on those short yardage situations with Ling GFF and compa burkart the running back they Tred to swing it out to him and that was a forward pass incomplete Jaden Healey was

With him and Novak wants that ball back cuz he just didn’t give Bard a chance make play that second down he had been so good at getting that out to Daryl Davis mcneel on a few occasions even the one where they did pick up the fourth down but

That one just did not didn’t come out come out his hand smoothly let’s give you a quick injury update Jackson Zimmerman back out there the corner for mines Evan Alexander being attended to on the bench as we speak second down and [Applause] 10 Novak running into some trouble spins

Out of an arm tackle now throws ball batted up in the air incomplete and that’s Jackson Zimmerman knocking the ball in the air he he is a guy that just plays at a different level six picks like you said eight pass breakups coming in and this is a nice job by Novak could

Just staying alive I don’t know how he didn’t go down by Josh Pard but again Jackson Zimmerman with that length look at that long arm and gets it out there at the last second to knock it up in the air trying to allow one of his Defenders to come and pick that

Off shook off the big bear claw of Josh Pard Moreno had a chance at him as well third down and 10 obviously four down territory here low throw diving catch is made Zabo with his first catch didn’t give him really a chance to catch and do much after that and you

Know they’ve got to go for it on fourth down at this point [Applause] Using a lot of clock Marcel quarterman trying to find that right play these fans having a blast and what’s turned out to be a real chilly late afternoon there’s to be any Mile High magic for kown they need a score here looking for ravenol some contact and

Here comes the flag a lot of contact Joel Diaz trying to slow him down that was smart play by Raven ravenal tried to slow down and make him run through and that’s what Diaz is saying but this is a really good job by a veteran receiver of understanding now yeah

There’s pull you can see him getting pulled there by Nate stutter stutter excuse me see Nate is pulling on him and that and then Ravenel is able to get him off but that’s enough to impede his his progress pass interference defense hey the fans don’t like it but

You can see it they want to say the ball was thr over his head but it was going over his head because he was being pulled but he did a good job as I was saying earlier of slowing down just enough to force Sutter to do that been a pretty clean football game

All in all that’s just the third penalty on mindes Golden Bears with just one penalty in this football game I’ll just say this you better put these Golden Bears away that’s the only thing I know from watching film the last few weeks burkard is the running back he flanks Novak to the left

And some confusion the ball put on the turf mine says they have it and they do the recovery for the or diggers Zack Hester you got to Value the football there and when you try to make a lot of things happen on the inside and I know

They’re trying to do a lot of different things but you cannot do that and I tell you J Jud Novak did a nice job on that drive but Zack Hester came up big he can put on that hat and so that he got the turnover couple of turnovers for the Golden

Bears near The End Zone it cost them some scoring opportunities the fumble recovery just a few moments ago and now the mines offense back to work led by this offensive line Levi Johnson the winner of the genan Upshaw award given to the best senior lineman in division 2

Historical moment for mines he’s the first or Digger to win the award the the third time there’s been a nominee big anchor on that right side they will go to work a steady dose right now you can expect of Noah Rober but Charles you go to this offensive

Front you have so many weapons in the skill spots but a lot of times these guys get forgotten about but boy they have built a relationship with their quarterback they really have I mean you think about Levi Johnson being his roommate and then all the other guys we

Talked about hey you know has to take care of him right does he feed him what does he do for him and I’m sure they’re they they love hanging out with him and they understand uh how valuable John Mata is but he understands how valuable this offensive line is a line that has

Been able to stay healthy as you see the cut the plant foot from roer and what an addition he has been he’s Blended in with this offensive line started his career at dmouth spent four years with the ivy School earned his degree and then he came back home to his state of

Colorado well look what they were able to do that left that right side of the line of scrimmage of Marlett and and being able to just effectively get in there and that offensive line is the value of what they’re able to do and how they’re able to get those yards and

Not allow John Maka to get sacked double move wide open Sheely has to wait for it but he high points it beautifully and makes the catch at the 32 yeah John wants that back cuz if he throws it out there that’s six that was a great job by she of slowing down and

Going up and get him cely has had himself a day good protection again that pump fake slant go and he’s able to go up and get [Applause] it 42 yards to Flynn Sheely who is having a career day coming into to this semifinal couple of 100 yd efforts it’s

Pau in New Mexico Highlands and he is surpass those totals today 11 catches 181 yards Mata dodgy missile somehow stays on his feet picks up positive yards up to the 28 it didn’t really look like he wanted to do that the play was not ever smoothly run from the beginning

And then Moga said okay let me just try to go get some yards and he’s able to pick up almost six yards on that play I think he was expecting his running back to go the other way and and work with him and then he saw hey I

Don’t have anybody I’m just going to take off 2 this drive started back at the mines five Hoffman in motion low snap dug out Mata gets it to the aforementioned Zach Hoffman who tries to weave his way up near the first down pushed out by Drew henser the red shirt Jr first year

Starter coming off his best game of the season last week in the quarterfinal win yeah you know it’s it’s just been interesting you know when you look at this cutdown team what they were able to do in this run it looks like this game if it goes the way it’s going now will

Be the end for him but man I tell you they battled every single week that you watch them on tape third down and short this will be Walker stiff arms a Defender gets to the corner AAS to the pylon he’s in touchdown Walker Walker and it all comes off of that

Blocking up front and allowing Landon Walker to just easily work his way into the end zone me really nice blocking doesn’t even need the the block of Noah rer got in for six 95 yd drive and now the third string kicker gets into the score column Shawn Roberts Boots the point after

Through oh there’s going to be quite a party in the town of Golden Colorado tonight some airplane tickets heading to Texas to be purchased in the next 12 hours 357 Colorado School of Mines out in front of Kutztown first time these two teams have ever met and it comes

Here in the National semifinals and lot of different offensive Stars today the band plays on and 24hour stretch where we saw the the band has hard hats on they do I just noticed yeah I just noticed that is that in honor of the or Digger would have say guing take a look

At this combination we started this broadcast with Dynamic Duos and it was Maka and McLoud well Maka today has found a new favor Target in Flynn Sheely and they just can beat you in so many different ways look at the afternoon for Sheely yeah and I don’t think it’s new

But this is more we’re starting to see more of them 54 catches coming into today’s game 774 yards eight touch downs but he added two more and look at the amount of yards 16.5 yards per catch he’s been outstanding today and a lot of those catches for Sheely have been

Contested I agree going up and high pointing it and having to fight for the football Little Squid kick and the Golden Bears will have it let’s go back to the connection Mata and she and they got it going early in this one yeah they did and right away you’re going to see

14 come over on that deep over Maka says okay if if you’re going to cover McLoud and you don’t cover him I’m going to get it out to different guys and make plays with different folks but when I know I need him I know he’ll be there Sheely again Antoine

Antoine Lloyd right there but couldn’t cover that one she’s been one of those days for those two the combination has been well advertised with McLoud now you got another one to add to the mix and Sheil third 100 yd plus receiving effort this season for Shey this defense has been all as

Avertised as well they’ve had a few scares from Novak but man they have just been salty they want to set up the screen and a low throw he just couldn’t get anything behind it I think that was call it was pressuring yeah well the pressure didn’t let him get really

Comfortable just to give a nice easy screen pass he has not been in a situation where it’s been comfortable all day I think the mind’s defense likes it like that [Applause] y gets rid of it quickly and tackled immediately before ravenol could get the engine ignited nothing there a good tackle by Nolan

Reed but he’s coming off holding the shoulder coming into this semifinal for reev he has been on a roll he’s been involved in three straight games as far as impact strip sack against Fort Lewis he had a scoop and score against Augustana then another strip sack against Central Washington last week he

Is that type of disruptor he has a sack already today as well well stat stuffer you know every stat you can think of he has it third down and 10 Novak let’s see if he takes off keeps his eyes downfield now throws looked like there was an

Opportunity he might have been able to run for it early on in that play but he wanted to make the throw and a fourth down coming up looking for Zabo well the pursuit and the pressure got to him he had no chance to slow down and I think

What trip Thomas talks about what this defense comes to form they play hard they play fast and he said hey find your seat at the table I thought I like I like that if you find your seat at the table we’ll continue to give you opportunities to make plays did

You see that last p on the shoulder on the communication with Clemens and his young coach Novak that is why Jim Clemens has been so successful these players talk about it the open door policy and the Comm Comm unication that he has with these players and the

Respect they have and you see some frustrations mounting and you know this is an emotional time especially when you have these experienced players maybe putting on the cleats for the final time both these teams with so many fifth sixth year guys yeah and that’s part of the frustration because they know they

Want to keep playing another opportunity to play number 92 be a 5y from the previous SP fourth down so running and not roughing as we expected so it still is going to be fourth down the golden Mays it’ll be another opportunity for them to try to

Pin mind’s offense back as deep as they can and bway getting a piece of them not a lot of contact but enough to put malard down and now following the penalty they will send the offense out here comes Novak fourth and five need to get it to the 44 yd line

Fourman mindes defensive front Novak and they knew it was coming ibak again so after he ran into the punter he makes amends able to get the tfl bway James H and a couple of other guys right there Johnny on the spot they knew that play was coming and they blew it Up mckenny Texas next week on ESPNU a 1:00 kickoff Harding earlier today 5514 mines in a lopsided game here in Golden Colorado so minds and Harding two teams with a lot of momentum both teams with some skill we talked about the common denominator with these

Top 10 D’s it’s going to be a lot of fun yeah it will be I think if you’re touchdown you would think we had a chance and there were a couple of opportunities where we hurt ourselves to at least try to score that one that we

Saw in this quarter late when you turn the ball over and then also the interception you know you you start thinking what if from the Golden Bears perspective but if your minds you got to be happy with how your team has played defensively and how they played offensively brayan Tate has checked in

As the running back east of the right of Maka Tate with the carry spinning his way showed some patience there the hole wasn’t opened up initially but he waited good job by the young red shirt freshman from McD Georgia Legacy High School scout team player of the year a season to go for

Months he’s going to get his chance and the other thing we didn’t get much into today is that D2 this year finally decided to give the opportunity for freshman to play three games without burning a red shirt at the upper level it’s more four games but this is a great

Opportunity for for young men to get in and play and get get some experience Walker up the middle and he has tripped up inside the 20 so the Wildcat formation has worked in this fourth quarter land him Walker inside the Red Zone and yeah Charles that’s a

Really good point solid move by the NCAA and these coaches appreciate it it does because it gives you a chance to get young players to play and if you don’t want to red shirt them you still get them an opportunity to get some experience they still red shirt and they

Come back the next year and able to know that they’ve had some game EXP experience Blake Ramsey into the game Josh Krauss checking in as a receiver first down and 10 they hand the ball off Michelson zigzagging his way up to the six 13 more yards and a first down Jaylen Hill The

Tackle well this is the part of the game where your offensive line is in love with the Run game because they know it’s getting close to ending ending the game look at this offensive line with bigraph Heckman who’s coming back following backto back years cut short by

Injury at left guard talked about Petty at Center marad at Right Guard and then the Upshaw winner Johnson at right tackle bouncing off Johnson at that right tackle position was nichelson and he is drugged down by by cam Wolf really nice tackle on the outside there Mickelson I thought he had a chance to easily walk in but the defense closed on him pretty quickly inside a minute to go and this sellout crowd inside Mar Stadium showing their appreciation as they come to their feet they are happy about today but if

You talk to anyone around this program they know what’s not going to the D2 Championship but the winning the division 2 Championship the victory formation they won’t have to take another snap John Mata and mines 18 seconds away from a trip for the second straight year to McKenna

Texas you got to be happy where with what has happened this season it’s hard enough to win ball games with the go 14 and0 and you had a game Golden Bears team in front of you this week Harding next week but you got to celebrate this

Victory and look to the next and that’s an opportunity to play for the championship