I go along with the “manhandled” label, as far as it goes, with BC vs. VC and CCSF and understand what you mean by “manhandle” with MS. But in the MS game, BC had to take the win by wanting it just a bit more than MS did. MS does not give games away or come unprepared…..ever. Let’s take a look at MS’s two losses over their last umpteen wins in SoCal over the last several years. Both see-saw battles:
MS vs.RCC MS vs. BC
MS 12 RCC 0 1st Q MS 7 BC 0 1st Q
MS 12 RCC 7 Half MS 7 BC 3 2nd Q
RCC 14 MS 12 3rd BC 10 MS 7 2nd Q
MS 19 RCC 14 3rd MS 14 BC 10 2nd Q
RCC 22 MS 19 4th *Livingston 91 yd. pass BC 17 MS 14 2nd Q
RCC 29 MS 26 4th MS 21 BC 17 Half
MS onside kick….final. BC 23 MS 21 3rd Q
BC 30 MS 21 4th Q
I learned the beauty of the number 9 toward the end of the MS game. A 9 point lead was the only thing that would allow me to relax a bit in the last couple minutes of the game. MS’s quick strike power has been notorious in games with the Gades over the last several years. Just as MS took BC’s 17-14, end-of-the-2nd-quarter lead away in about 9 seconds (the time it took their kickoff returner to run 90+ yards). If either of these 2 games could be called a “manhandle” it’s because that’s the way you have to play to win a game against Mt SAC.
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