Larry Jewell

You can get. Oh, absolutely. The way the Rebel defense has played two and a half, almost three quarters now, you'll, you'll take that three points anytime. And especially the way Nassau's defense is played. Anything you can get, you'll take. Long kick by Santora coming down. Taken by Hicks at his own 11 yard line. Kicks up to the 20 yard line or Hicks nailed at the 25 yard line as dog pile on Arthur Hicks at 25. I tell you, we have really seen some exciting return people this year. And gutsy performing Hicks is, he is fearless. He just goes after it. And very short. How tall is he, Larry? He's got to be probably around 5, 5, 5, 6, I'm guessing. It's hard to tell from up here. We don't have him, don't have him on the roster. That's the one that wasn't included on the roster. First down and 10 at the NASA 25 yard line. A 13 to nothing lead. Dixie and Nassau still looking for one more big break for Mitter. They'd like to have the big break for the score. Handoff goes to Mitter. Mitter right into the right side of that line, gets a couple of yards. When he hits that line, he hits it with force. You can see him move people. Yeah, and sometimes that's good and sometimes it's bad. Sometimes you gotta wait for the block. We talked about how he road blockers a lot of times. That's after he gets past the line of scrimmage. He's. Sometimes he's too quick for his own. Good running backs. Good running backs are as instinctive as any football player on the field. And you can see all of the markings for Mitter and also for fullback Willie Thomas. He is a good one. Also split the receivers on each side this time take the handoff back to pass. Lang throws a little screen pass as a complete to Thomas over the middle. Thomas still on his feet across the 45 down near the 47 yard line. And that's going to open up NASA. Well and that really helps Lang because Lang when he goes back for a seven step drop or a five step drop, he gets, he gets frustrated, gets flustered and he starts a happy feet that time. A three step drop, gets a receiver that goes out about five yards and he's able just to calmly pass that out there and picks up 20 yards. Two receivers to the left. Ken Colon, the leading receiver is yet to have a reception today. Phil Lange, first down and 10 at the 46. Make the handoff to the first man. Give it to Mitter and Mitter actually tackled forward for a couple of yards. Hit by Buzz Eckard right at the line of scrimmage. But the momentum was such that it spun him forward for a couple of yards down near the 48. Yeah, that's. And Dixie, this is where they'd like to be. I mean, second down and eight yards to go. That plays right into the Rebels hands. And now they're going to be looking for the pass right now. Second and eight at the 48 yard line. Three minutes left in the third quarter. Dixie with a narrow 13 to nothing lead over Nassau Community College High formation once again. Phil Lang starting to settle down at quarterback, fake the handoff, rolling to his right, rolling to his left, throwing back across the middle, thrown behind the tight end. Intended out there for number 88, Peter Cook, the leading receiver at the tight end position this year. Lang Lange seems to be, you know, aiming the ball rather than throwing the ball. And whenever you do that as a quarterback, it's. It just tightens your whole flow up. And he's having problems today. He has a pretty strong arm, really. His body motion is just not getting the ball there. The matchup is of freshman quarterbacks Jeff Lindstrom and Phil Lang. But Phil Lang has not had a situation where he played three games and then was injured in a previous year and then went on an LDS Church mission. He's not had that experience. Lange under pressure, steps up. Now he's in trouble. Lang gets to the 50 yard line and spun over at the 48 yard line of Dixie Lang. A little bit like the dervish, like some of those big jacks that they had on the field as Clovis West High School had huge jacks on the field. He looked like one of those arms spread eagle as he was spun down. He really gave it a great effort though. Punting situation. Volpita back to do the putting. Jimmy Sprague went high and up and over and the putt is going to be into the end zone. Good block that kept Vopita from being bothered. It'll be a touchback back to the 20 yard line. And Sprague I think is counting the shoulder blades. That was a great punt. I mean, he really skydived clear into the end zone. At least, you know, probably officially about a 45 yard punt, but it traveled 60 yards in the air. So the best punt of the day actually on either side is Volpita has not had as many good punts get away as he probably would like to have had. He liked to have not had to punt at all. First down and 10 for Dixie at their own 20 yard line with 2:14 left in the game in the third quarter. And Dixie playing a little bit of ball control. Now that's going to play on the Nassau defense. Wide receivers, each side eye formation on the running backs. Give the handoff, Fake the handoff. Jeff Lindstrom rolls, throws to the right side, complete to Chris Farrado right there at the 32 yard line. Prono has it and right inbound. Those hands of Piranho, I tell you, if you get him in the hands area and his knee doesn't get in the way or something, he's going to catch the ball. Not only did he have to concentrate on the ball, but he had to concentrate about the sideline. And Piranho really, really made a great catch. He doesn't hear footsteps. It doesn't seem like he hears footsteps. He's had a crowd around him anytime he's been about to receive the pass. Just short of the 32 yard line. First down and 10 for Dixie. High formation once again in motion. Kurt Stoddard right to left. Third quarter, Dixie with a 13 nothing lead. Handoff goes to Wilson Kovaca. Kovaca gets a couple of yards on a play down near the 34 yard line. Kovaca is okay. So those who may have been worried, Tyrann Tater who had the great draw play, you can relax even without Kawaka. They've been playing well. Robert Bass on the stop that time and I noticed after getting hit by Kovaca, he didn't raise his hands to heaven that time. Second down at eight yards to go. I was saying there was a little bit of bantering going back after one of the big tackles. Three or four of the Dixie ball players raised their hands to heaven that last series of downs against against Nassau. Minute 33 left in the third quarter. Second down and eight. Handoff goes to Kalin hall and he is wrapped up into a little bundle. Put a bow on it, say happy, Merry Christmas. Back at the 31 yard line. Big loss on the play and Bass got in there also. In there was. Well, Bass was right in the middle of things again. Yeah, he's a good player and he has a right to celebrate when he makes a good play. I guess all the offensive players do as well. So Bass is an Excellent, excellent player. Third down, 11 yards to go. Long yardage split the running backs behind quarterback Jeff Lindstrom and slant the running backs behind them also stagger them behind Lindstrom back to pass. Lindstrom under pressure, throws over the middle, has a complete no, incomplete, into and out of the hands. And Bass celebrates. He deserves it. Kurt Stoddard will be hearing bells for a little while as he caught that one over the middle. Kind of almost got there. But I think there's going to be a penalty on the. On roughing the quarterback up knee back up field. I didn't see it, but it'd be a big break for Dixie. And I tell you, Nassau, when they play good defense, they've made two or three mistakes that have really cost them today. And I think that the coach at Nassau may look back at these mistakes and say that it definitely didn't cost them the game, but it sure helped Dixie out a lot. First down and 10 at the 46 yard line. They've been bumping in to Lindstrom quite a bit. Lindstrom got jo. Jolted the previous play, but that time the officials took a good look at it and said, too much. Yeah, and that's a judgment call a lot of times. And the moment you got to look at the momentum of the defender. 46. Kurt Stoddard was a man who was leveled on that pass play. It's now at the 46 yard line after the penalty and 46 seconds left in the third quarter. Figure it. Jeff Lindstrom under pressure, throws on the run. Is it going to be intercepted? No. Into and out of the hands. Lindstrom went after the pass and threw it into and out of the hands of the defender, Kenny Gales. Gales dived for it, had it in his hands, lost it as he hit the ground. Well, obviously there was a miscommunication or. When Furano saw Lindstrom scrambling, trying to get out of the defender's way, he took off up field and the only person out there was Gales. And I mean, everybody in the crowd knew that it was going to be an incomplete interception. It looked like was pretty short. Second down, 10 yards to go at the 46 yard line of Dixie. 39 seconds left in the third quarter. Pitch goes to Kalen. Hall has a hole. Hall will get the first down at the 43 yard line of Nassau and save the tackle by Jerome Yates who reached out there. Hall's gone. Yeah, he was. In fact, I thought he was gone and then all of a sudden he just the ground. But I can't. I can't even. I don't. I don't know where I've seen a running back that can. That has made these kind of Moves today. He is just. He is really juiced and he's making some cuts today. First down and 10 at the 43 yard line. Kalen hall having an outstanding day. Wilson Kovaca has the only touchdown though. Wide receivers on each side. Hughes right, Toronto left. In motion is the tight end, Kurt Stoddard. Yes, he's still in motion. Handoff goes to Kovaca. Kovaca stood up at the line of scrimmage. They're looking for him, keen off and Robert Bass got him. And even though they keyed on him, they get him every once in a while. End of third quarter, 13 to nothing. Dixie with a laid back in 60 seconds. Fourth quarter, about ready to get underway. How important was that third quarter field goal? It will take two scores to win. Yeah, and two touchdowns to win. Exactly. And very important. And Dixie with another score here can make it three scores. And the way that Dixie's been handling Nassau's offense, it's a long road up. Second down, 10 yards to go by 10 and a half long count at the line of scrimmage. No flags. Kalen hall nailed in his own backfield. Getting through There was number 85. That was Brian listed as Brian Wilson. Correction, 95. That was Madsen, Bradley. Madsen, Bradley getting through and hall on the tackle. So Madsen, Bradley, a tremendous effort right there. Loss on the play. Back to the 45 yard line and Dixie in reverse right now. Third down, about 12 yards to go. But it's in Nassau territory, so Dixie may be able to play the game of field position in this fourth quarter. Yeah, that would be beneficial for them. Watch for Bass to Keon Kovac. I'll talk about more, more of that in a minute in motion. Kurt Stoddard left or right, nobody going with him. Jeff Lindstrom back to pass. Lindstrom under pressure, throwing to the outside. Chris Morano deletes him. A little too much out there on the coverage is Kenny Gales. And you have to lead a little more with Gales out there because he's knocked away three key passes today. He's a star. He's. He's been all over the place today and he came up. He's just a great athlete and he's one of those guys that could probably play about any position and he's just an excellent cornerback. Couple of ball clubs that are used to scoring some points today. Nassau has been held scoreless and Dixie but 13, the rebels this year is the lowest point out put thus far. Jody Cox puts the toe into Curcio Is right there. The football almost touched by Hicks. Will be stopped at the one yard line. Hicks almost caught it, let it go. And Diggsy got right there. Mike Forsyth able to stop it at the one yard line. Beautiful punt, beautiful coverage. Yeah, Hicks really made the wrong decision. He should have called for the fair catch and caught it on about the 10 yard line, but. Well, that's a tough decision to make and you know, you think it's going to bounce into the end zone and when it hit, it just died. And Jody with the best punt of the day for him. First down and 10, put it at the Nassau one yard line with 13:59 left in the ball game. Dixie with a 13 to nothing lead. This has been as defensive oriented a game as we have ever seen for the Dixie Rotary Bowl. Exciting. Maybe not more dramatic this year than exciting. Handoff goes to the fullback trying to get some daylight and Dixie would like to stop Nassau right there. Mike Smith on the tackle. Not much gain by Willie Thomas, if any. Maybe a yard at most. Lang has to make that handoff in a hurry because the horses are coming for Dixie. A safety that puts you at 15 points and that then you're talking three scores once again. Well, at least a two point conversion and boy, I tell you, that would be a big two points right now in this game. The Dixie defense sensing the kill right now it looks like because Thomas, big rugged fullback, got nothing, nada, barely got to the line of scrimmage. Handoff goes to Mitter. Mitter breaks away. One tackle is going to be a safety. Mitter is going to be tackled in the end zone. The safety, Jimmy Sprague got there. Tony Tolo Ono. How are they going to say it is safety? No, they're going to say he got out of the. Got out of the end zone, but no gain. Actually a loss of a half yard. They aren't going to give him the safety. Yeah, and when you're down there, the referees give you a lot of benefit of the doubt and really he was stood up about the one yard line and pushed back and it kind of looked like it was the safety, but probably the correct call at the half yard line. Loss of a half yard, third down and very long yardage. Third down and 10, inside the Nassau one. Phil Lang quick pass, has it to the outside, complete, but again only out to the six yard line. There on the tackle was Chuck Porter. The man that took the shot was Kenny Colon. Colon, the leading receiver on the year, getting his first pass reception of the day. Got at least enough for the punter to have a little, little room. Fourth down and five yards to go. The rush, booting it away is Mopeda and he boots it out of bounds. So after a tremendous punt, Dixie will take over at the 27 yard line. Yeah, after a tremendous punt last time, he just changed it. And that was caused by the, the, the rush by Dixie. He hit it off the other side of his foot. And Dixie's really got to take advantage of having the ball now in the 26 yard line. First down and 10, just inside the 27, almost to the 26 yard line of Nassau. Dixie with the football. Dixie with a 13 to nothing lead and 12:16 left in the ball game. The Rebels the key not to make mistakes. The mistakes have been a little more Nassau's than Dixie's. And on a tight defensive day, you cannot afford to make the mistakes. Jeff Lindstrom. Nassau wants to stop the running game. Kalen hall breaks through. Kalin hall has the first down just away from the 10 yard line. Hall explodes, got the hole and got to the 11. Take that. He was sniffing six points. I'll tell you that time he ran very, very hard. He wants a, he wants a touchdown in this game and he probably deserves it with all the great runs he's had today. First down and 10 at the 11 yard line. That was a case little trap block and he was gone. Yeah, it was a simple play. And if you execute a play, every play is designed for a touchdown. That's what the coaches will say to you. Of course, that's one of those trap blocks that went 15 yards. Power against power, running game against running game. Handoff. Fake the handoff. Lindstrom over the middle. Touchdown. Kurt Stoddard. Lindstrom, beautiful fake and Stoddard gets the touchdown and gets a standing ovation. Jeff Lindstrom having an outstanding day in many ways. It's going to be tough to select some of the most valuable players on both sides. We've had some heroic victim. 190 with 11:42 left in the game and Jared Santora to do the kicking. And you can see the confidence rise. High snap. The kick by Santora. Is it good? No. Misses it, it'll stay 19 to nothing with 11:42 left. Back in 60. You need a break. You need to get away for a while. You need to relieve some stress. Here's the answer. 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They're looking for their 20th victory in two years. Dixie College going after their 19th in two years. 11:42 left in the ball game and Dixie now has a three score lead. It takes three scores to get the get the lead for Nassau now. It would really take a big turnaround for the offense of the Lions to come back with those three scores. The way that the Rebel defense had been dominating. The kick is up and deep. Taken in the end zone by Arthur Hicks. He's decided he wants to run. Hicks at the 10, at the 15 will be dragged down at the 17. Reaching out and grabbing him was Alfred Tuku Afu and Tuku Afu doing a little celebrating. A tight end who just seems to shine on those special teams. I tell you, reach out and touch someone. And Hicks got touched by the jersey and his battle got ripped off of him. And boy, that's just one of those things where you go by and just grab and hope you get something. And he got it. Hugo Fu, who is Jeff related to Jeff Capousi? There are cousins in there. Steph White, high formation on the running backs. Take the handoff. Lang jump pass over the middle. Is it complete or is it good? I think it is. Oh, Peter Cook thought that he got it, but all of the officials staring at it. The one that had the best shot never made a signal. Yeah, that was strange because the back judge on the left side of the field made the call. Really, he was the most emphatic about it. And the other ones kind of stood around looking at each other and I don't know, from my vantage point it looked like he caught the ball. But I, you know, like I said, my, his back was to me first down and 10 at the Nassau 18 yard line became second down and 10 after the incompleted pass. Second down, 10 yards to go at the Nassau 18. Nassau Community College trying to overcome a 19 to nothing deficit. Back to pass Bill Lang, Dixie's defensive secondary back and join pass over the head of Jeff Blackman. Blackman was out there and had Chuck Porter beaten. Try that one. Well, I don't know if he had him beaten or if Chuck thought it was an in an in pattern or an out pattern. Actually what happened was he. I think Chuck thought he was cutting to the sideline and all of a sudden he was four yards beyond Chuck Porter. And boy if Lang would have been there, connected. It was a touchdown. Six 1, 200 pound freshman Jeffrey Blackmon will be back next year for Nassau. Nassau came into this game third ranked in the nation. If you look over the decade, NASA is sixth in total rankings over the history of the 1980s. Back to pass. Bill Lang steps up, has his receiver there but under throws him and Lang the jittery feet again. Well, he's throwing with his upper body not. And a lot of quarterbacks, you'll watch them watch him on TV or watch him in person. You got to throw with your legs too for the accuracy part. And he's, he's just throwing all with his arm and his shoulders and you just can't get it there. 11:21 Left in a game. There is enough time, there's no question about that. But it's fourth down and 10 at the Nassau 18 yard line and Nassau being forced to the pass against their normal instincts. The instinct is to go. The instinct is to go to the run. Craig Mitter and Willie Thomas. Thomas has had some success today. Mitter has had some success there. Apparently there is an injury on the field and it may be the receiver who is down. I'm not sure if his fight's caught or not. Let's take a 60 second break. 19 to nothing Dixie with a lead with 11:21 left in the game. Back in 60. Color with personality. Hey. Goggles? Checked. Gloves? Checked. Overalls? Check. Helmet? Checked. Tom, you don't need all that to paint anymore. I just heard about Pratt and Lambert's new alkali paint with their special no splatter formula. No muss, no fuss, no splatter. Nope, not with Pratt and Lambert paint. Better go down to Jones painted glass on 596East Tabernacle and make life a little easier on ourselves. 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Dixie, the ballplayer is still down, so apparently is something more severe than we thought. Must have been a wide receiver out there. I'm not sure what took place. Yeah, I'm not either. I just. We were talking during the timeout a little bit about how cleanly this game has been played, and both teams just very aggressive. Both teams playing hard football, but very good sports and not many penalties. And. And that's one thing that really has hurt Nassau was the roughing, the punter penalty that time that gave Dixie a first down and also the roughing of the passer on Lindstrom, which led to a field goal. And with the exception of those two, it's been a very well played ball game by both teams, penalty wise. You almost worry that there might be a back injury of sorts. Although we've not seen the emergency vehicles be called forward yet. The medical assistants are there, but the emergency vehicles have not been called forward. And now he's up in a sitting position. So apparently it is not a back injury or a neck injury that is feared. And so that is a relief, but it may be something else. You wonder if the spikes got caught or some other situation. He is up now after all of this time. He is up and I'm not sure exactly what took place, but coming very slowly to the sidelines. Jeffrey Blackman, good young receiver. He's going to be a good one. He's been a good one already this year for NASA. Yeah. And it's good to see him get off. And he's. He's walking pretty well right now and may have got the. Who knows? We don't want to speculate on the injury. And if we Find out, we'll let you know. Peter, under pressure has the punt partially deflected by Dixie and it may be picked up by Nassau Community College. NASA might get it back because it was deflected by Dixie. Let's double check. Let's see if or they rule that it is Dixie's all the way. It will be ruled. Apparently there's a penalty against Nassau Community College or against Dixie. Brian, did you pick that one up? No, it's just going to be Dixie's ball. The marker that was down just marking where the ball was touched I think. And it's first down and 10 to go on the 33. This one is a tough one for Nassau because now they've had Back to back four punts. This one created by the Dixie defense. Dixie first down and 10 at the Nassau 33. Handoff goes to the fullback, Wilson Kovaca. Big hole at the 25, at the 20, Kawaka at the 15, at the 10, first and goal at the seven yard line. Kawaka that quick hitter once again and he is quick with that first couple of steps. He really is. And I'll tell you what, Perano, if he would have really got the block on that one, Kovaca would have been gone because there was no one And Furrano would like to have that block try over again. First down and goal at the Nassau 7 yard line in Wilson Kovaca. They drive the scoring touchdown scoring drive in the second quarter is when Kovaca first got unloose, when he first loosened up and Nassau was trying to key on Kawaka and you could tell it all day. They've had him bottled up much of the time. And off to Kalin Hall. Hall scrambling down near the five yard line and yes, a little bit smaller in terms of weight, about the same height as a young man by the name of Brown who was here a few years ago. Marcus Brown, who used to end up at on his stomach on the back of some of the offensive linemen and legs still kicking out in the air. I tell you, Robert Bass just could not believe that Kalen hall got two yards on the play. They stopped him. He just looked and said I can't. He threw his arms up in the air in disgust that time. Second down, goal to go at the five yard line. Dixie trying to pound it home, pitched back to Caitlin Hall. A loots one tackler still on his feet. Does he get the touchdown? Yes. The question was did his knee touchdown and apparently not. Kalen hall gets the touchdown. Davin Miles thought that he had taken his feet out from under him and brought the knee down. But hall with the official right there did not touch. That's right, the official was watching that all the way and boy he just got, barely got around the corner and that's all he needed to get the touchdown. 9:59 left and now Dixie's starting to make a route of it. 25 to nothing as Kalin hall has hit Jared Santor trying to make good on the point after the snap, the kick. This one is up and blocked. What can be picked up by NASA? No, they're going to stop it right there. That Dixie's going to pick it up and get in. Let's see how the officials rule it. I think they're going to say it's been down. Are they going to rule? A two point conversion. That is a strange one. Picked up by number 55 for Dixie, Mark Peterson as it was blocked. The point after was blocked and it was picked up by Peterson and run into the end zone. It's 27 to nothing. That is the weirdest. Back in 60 seconds, 27 to nothing. Mark Peterson gets two points. Amazing. The young man from North Pole, Alaska who made the trip down here, he is now playing for Dixie. And as we talked with Mark, North Pole is not at the North Pole, it's a suburb of Fairbanks. The kick by Santor drilled deep into and out of the hands of Hicks who will pick it up at the two yard line. Coming out on the run at the 10, the 15, the 20, the 25. Hicks down the sidelines. The 30, the 35 smothered near the 38 and 39 yard line that time Hicks finally drilled down by number 68, Travis Elliott. But it was a big run back by Hicks. But every time Hicks gets his hands on the ball, he thinks he should score. I mean that's the attitude you have to have as a return guy. He really, I mean if he ran 70 yards and got tackled, he'd think he should have got a touchdown. But that's a good attitude to have. First down and 10 at the Nassau 39 yard line and what has been a strange day, a two point conversion on a block kick into the hands of an offensive lineman who scrambles into the end zone. And now the fact, the timeout call by NASA with 9:49 left in the ball game. It's 27 to nothing. Dixie back in 60. You need a break, you need to get away for a while. You need to relieve some stress. Here's the answer. The St. George Travel center is Now offering special packages to Cancun, Hawaii, Rarotonga and Disney World. They're sending people on cruises and to other places to have fun. You should join them. You deserve it. Relieve some stress. The St. George Travel Center, 468 West 145 North. Call 628-4885 at the St. George Travel Center. Their business is relaxation. It's colder and getting harder to get out of that cozy, warm bed in the morning. 27 to nothing. Dixby with a lead. It's first down and 10 at the 39 yard line for Nassau Community College. The New York team trying to get back in this. Two receivers on each side. Lang, under pressure, throws the pass incomplete. No. It is complete. Tipped by number seven, Wesselhoff into the hands of Cologne. And it is enough for a good gain down to the 47 yard line. So we're having another strange one. Weird times at the Dixie Rotary Bowl. Yeah, you know, that was, you know, a few years ago. That wouldn't be legal. Of course it is now. And Colon was just in the right place that time. So tip from 7 to 9. If you're looking at the numbers. Wesselhoff to Colon. It's second down and about two yards to go at the Nassau 47. Handoff to Craig Mitter. And Mitter has been stopped. Virtually no gain. Mitter has to be disappointed as Mike Smith is in the middle of things. Bringing Burr in there. Burr and Smith have to be considered his candidates for the player of the game. We. We're making all sorts of selections up here, Brian. Yeah, it's kind of fun to do that, you know, and you're right. Mitter, especially in the second half. The first half, he had the bulk of the offense. He had 63 yards. This half, only 10 yards. Third down, about a yard and a half to go. Mitter picked up a half a yard on that game. Wide receivers on each side. Phil Lang looking at the defense. And Dixie can play a little havoc in the defensive backfield. And off goes the Mitter. Mitter right into the middle of the line. Looks like he may be close to a first down. Brigham Burr met him head on and tried to bulldog him back. The question is, did he make it? And it looks like he did. Yeah, it looks like he crossed the plane of the. Of the marker. And I don't know if they're gonna measure. No, they're gonna call the fourth down. It looks like, Larry, that would be a tough call. It looks like it's enough for the first down. It would Surprise me. Now the officials are going to measure. That's a little more like it. 8:05, the clock stopped. 27 to nothing. And Nassau trying to get the offense started has never really gotten out of the blocks today because of Dixie's defense. Well, and what happened in the first half is that the Nassau couldn't establish a passing game. And so Dixie was able to key on Minner and also the fullback Thomas. And when you can do that and not be scared by the passing game, then you've got trouble. Whereas Dixie was able to do both. Actually in this game they established their running by passing the ball. The pass right off the bat to Hughes. Deferral back to Hughes again. And they had three complete passes early. Yeah, and that's unlike the Rebels of old, but it worked for him today. Two receivers to the left, two to the right. One setback in quarterback Phil Lang. First down and 10, back to pass. Lang sets up throwing deep to the left side back there. Chuck Porter intercepted at the 26 yard line. Porter waiting all the time. He saw it coming, set up camp and grabbed it. You know, Coach Croshaw always talks about Porter, his instincts are so incredible. And Porter, he read the play. You know, one thing Lang needs to learn as a freshman is kind of look off a receiver. And he didn't. He eyed him the whole way and he waited for him to go down the sidelines and so did Porter. And it just hung up. And Porter was able to get the int. I like that. Jason Duckworth had one earlier. Now Porter, two pass interceptions, 7:44 left in the game. Dixie with a 27 to nothing lead over Nassau Community College. High formation once again. Handoff goes to Zed Robinson who's back into the lineup. And Robinson who started out having a good year until he ran into the injury bug. And no gain on the play. In fact, maybe a half yard loss on the Play. Make it second down and closer to 11 yards to go. Put it just across the 25 yard line. 7:15 left in the game. Dixie trying to nurse this one home. 27 to nothing. High formation on the running backs once again. Handoff goes to the fullback, Kyran Tater, who's in there. And Wilson Kawaka getting a much better earned, much earned rest. And Tyrann Taylor getting his his chance. Gain of a couple of yards down to near the 28 yard line. Third down and about eight yards to go at the 28 yard line. 27 to nothing. Dixie with the lead as the Rebels are trying to nurse this one home. Looking for the blitz, we may have an offside. Jeff Lindstrom back to pass. Jeff Lindstrom about to get sacked. No, there's not going to be any flag on the plate. Maybe wisely. So the blitz was there and Lindstrom was sacked there. On the tackle was number 93 getting through Jerome Yates. Yates one of them. Yeah, I. One thing that was interesting is I really thought he was offside, at least in the neutral zone. They didn't call it. And one thing that I know Coach Croshaw wants, now that he's got six minutes left in the game, he wants that shutout. And now Nassau's gonna get the ball back with pretty good field position. 5:53 left in the game. Jody Cox standing back at his own two yard line. Nassau wants to block. They've got to come after him. No high kick coming down by Jody Cox driving Arthur Hicks back and then getting a Dixie bounce. COX Inside the 25, down to the 24 yard line, hit about the 40 and got an extra 16 yards on the ground. Oh, he's happy. I mean, it was a great punt, no matter if you would have just caught the ball on a fair catch. But after it, it took off another 15 yards down the field. And that puts a smile on everybody's face on the Rebel sideline. First down and 10 at the 24 yard line. And this would look like it was going to be the biggest, one of the biggest challenges for Dixie this year or in the history of this Rotary Bowl. And it has been the Northeastern Oklahoma's ball club last year, also a big challenge. Two receivers on each side lying quick down. And now pattern has it complete to Kenny Colon. Colon once again on the reception and Colon now is starting to pick up some receptions. Dixie giving the short yardage try to take away those long yardage. And that's just fine for Dixie. Yeah, and they're playing a position or the defense, kind of a soft defensive game right now. But believe me, if they get close to the goal line, they're going to tighten things up. Dixie has but one shutout this year, and that was on the road against Mesa Community College, the team that beat Nassau last year. They pass to the left side, incomplete as Drilling is. Chuck Porter drilled the receiver, Arthur Hicks, but there's a flag the other way. Craig Mitter moved before the snap trying to get in position for the block. And that's going to be a penalty against Nassau. You could see that one. Yeah, Mitter, you know, he's anxious. They've been frustrated all day. They come all the way out to New York or from New York to St. George. And they really wanted to make a good showing. And so far, no points. That's got to be very frustrating for a team that's nine and one. Good defensive show for three quarters. And then Dixie finally getting a little lead in the fourth quarter. Thirteen to nothing by the end of three quarters. And you have to give Nassau the credit on defense. They did an excellent job. The penalty declined. Third down and five again at the 29 yard line. Back to Pat Lang throwing, thrown behind his man and the happy feet again. He had his man open and the pressure was there. Thrown behind Colon. Chuck Porter and Ken Colon talking about something out there and I don't think it's the price of beans in Sheboygan. Well, after Porter made the interception last series, he came back across the field and he was talking to Colon again. And they've had a little thing going all day. The kick coming down. Fair catch called for by Tolo ono at the 38 yard line. Dixie just wanting to play a little possession now with 450 left in the game and the fans starting to sense the potential for a shutout. Nassau Community College, an outstanding ball club. The offense has just been shut down. The Dixie defense has just shut them down. And that's been the star all year long is the Rebel defense. The offense has kind of methodically done their thing, but really the defense will win you games. And it's won this game today. 4:50 left in a ball game. Dixie's trying to nurse this one home, 27 to nothing. Lindstrom. Handoff goes to Zed Robinson. Cuts to the outside, cuts back up field. And Robinson, his best run of the day. Close to a first down. And it looks like he may have it from a first down and 10 at the Dixie 30, not the 39. A gain of 10 yards and zed Robinson starting to show a little bit of what he could do. Had an outstanding year last year. Had an outstanding year last year. This year injury plagued. And that gave Kalen Hall a chance to shine. 4:27 Left in the ball game. Wide receivers on each side. Quarterback here's Jeff Lindstrom. Pitch goes to the tailback again, this time sweep to the left. Zed Robinson turns up field, gets across the 50 down near the 48 yard line. One thing Dixie has to be cautious of as the watch out for crashing right into the football. Swiping the football. Bruce Cherry on the tackle that time. Down to the Nassau 48 yard line. Gain of about 3 yards on the play, second down, 7 yards to go. 3:55 left in a game. Dixie has all but wrapped up the fifth annual Dixie Rotary Bowl. Some things still hanging the balance. The awards after whether Dixie can actually get the shutout. Wide to the right, Kyle Hughes. Wide to the left, Chris Toronto eye formation again. Handoff this time goes to Jan Brooks who's in at the tailback. Brooks actually getting helped forward a little bit by the tackling at Nassau Community College. So Brooks, who's seen but brief action on the day, makes it down to the 44 yard line. Gain of about four yards on the play. Third down and three. And Dixie just trying to keep the clock running. 314 left in the game. Nassau has not been able to solve the Dixie defense at all. No, they really haven't. And, and I don't know, you know, you could go a lot of times, a lot of games these two teams could play. And defensively Dixie is just so sound. Kevin Bunker to the left into the lineup. Jeff Lindstrom on the quarterback option, turns up field, has the first down inside the 35. He's going to get drilled, but he got the first down and then some running the little quarterback option. Yeah, and everybody defensively for Nassau thought he was going to flip the ball, but he saw a seam and he really showed some quickness there. Turned the ball up field and picks up a first down. And more importantly is you get that first down, you've taken a lot more, more time off the clock. And really in three or four plays, Dixie could run the clock out if they do things right here. 238 left in the game. First down and 10 inside the Nassau 33 yard line. Wide receivers on each side may be academic at this point. I formation again. Lindstrom, handoff to the fullback, Tyrann Taylor. Taylor inside the 30 down near the 28. Taylor, quick first step in fact at a 240 pounder ran out of the tailback position on occasion this year. Yeah, Taylor got the good move. But Nassau is a beaten team right now and you know, they're struggling just to just. They're just kind of walking slow back to their defensive positions. They know the game is over and looks like we have a new quarterback in the game there. Mark Brady, the 30 year old, the young man with four children living in Leeds. Businessman. He's getting a chance for a lifelong dream. And the 30 year old quarterback, Mark Brady in a quarterback now hand for Jeff Lindstrom. Brady pitches back to the tailback position. Robinson. Robinson turns to the outside. Robinson has the first down. So the pitch from Brady to Robinson. The clock continues to run. It's first down and 10 with a minute 32 left. And Dixie just keeps bringing running backs off the bench one after another. Yeah, this, this would be a real nice thing if the second team could go in there and score a touchdown. I'm sure they all want to do it because they work hard all year long in practice and they do as much as the first team and it'd be exciting for them, especially in a bowl game. Nice touch for Mark Brady to get a chance to play in a bowl game. Something he never thought would happen after he got out of High School 12 years ago. High formation on the running backs. Brady long count handoff to the fullback, Tyrann Taylor. Taylor down to the 18 yard line. Dixie, I don't think is going to be trying for this score. They're just going to let it go. A minute left in the football game. Second down, about 8 yards to go down is the Nassau ball player. And the defense has to be exhausted at this point. Getting up very slowly is Charlie Curcio or Michael Curcio, I should say. Curcio has had an outstanding today and might be a good candidate for the Nassau player of the game because he's been on a lot today. Yeah, he really has. And we, we handed in our little selections for the Rotary bowl players of the game from each squad. But we need to pick a KDXU players of the game will pick a little different way than we did for the Rotary Bowl. We'll see how the, the bowl selection goes and we'll make our own selections later. Madsen Bradley back in. Second down, eight yards to go. Start the clock. 50 seconds left. Dixie one maybe two plays left before they wrap up a victory in the fifth annual Dixie Rotary bowl against the third ranked team in the nation. Pitt goes to Zed. Robinson sweeps to the outside. Robinson looking for some running room. Herringer corner. Robinson touchdown and fights the ball. Robinson turned the corner. Touchdown. Robinson 18 yard touchdown run. Makes it 33 to nothing. And at the risk of you have to feel bad for Nassau, you didn't want to have any more scores against a third ranked team in the nation. Because this is a quality program with gentlemen who are quality football coaches running the program. But it's nice to see Zed Robinson, the sophomore playing in his last game predicts he'd get a touchdown. The snap, the kick. Santor puts it up. Is it good? Hits the goal post and goes through. And it's been one of Those days. Ricochets through, hits the left goal post, just skims through on the right side. 34 seconds left. It's 34 to nothing. Dixie back in 60. Yo, this is your nose and I'd like to talk to you about the. With 34 seconds left in the ball game. 34 to nothing with 34 seconds left. If you're a numerous, we've had some strange ones today. Even if you aren't a numerologist, we've had some strange ones today. It has been interesting. The most strange convergence. Arthur Hicks, one more shot, ricochets off his shoulder pads into the end zone. Touchback. So with 30 seconds left in the ball game, it'll be first down and 10 for Nassau from their own 20 yard line. Dixie just has to play out the string. And a Nassau Community College ball club with one of the top players in the country, Craig Mitter. The two ball clubs keyed on each other. Dixie keyed on Mitter. Nassau keed on Kovaca. And the break came late in the second quarter when Kovaca finally got loose. Yeah, and that's exactly what happened. They finally were able to get Kawaka loose and that really turn the game around. Mitter loose for 130 yard run. Otherwise he has been somewhat stymied today, averaging eight yards of carry. I think that's the only carry he's had longer than 8 yards today. High formation on the running back. Some substitutions in there. New quarterback Mingo I believe it is. Pass complete to number nine. Enough for the first down. Pass complete to Cologne. William Mingo into the lineup. Completes the pass to Cologne with 23 seconds left. Enough for a first down. Yes, clear up to the 35 yard line. First down and 10 at the 35 yard line. And Ken Colon who is picking up some yardage now. First down and 10 at the 35. 23 seconds left. Bad snap from center. And Diggsy may have recovered a fumble. Fumble on the play. And Diggs, he picks it up. The man with the fumble recovery, I believe was number 66. That was Paul Tomoe. So with 15 seconds left, Dixie takes over. First down and 10. Fumble recovered by Paul Tomoa. And that may be part of the tale today. Little control, but 3/4 it was a case of defensive struggle between two outstanding defensive teams. Mark Brady, the quarterback will start the clock. And that's about it. Probably fall on it. Nope. And off goes to Tyrann Tater. Tater muscling his way forward. Tater still on his feet. Tater close to a first down. So a first down and 10 from the Nassau 35. And that will be the final play of the game. Dixie fans with the applause as Dixie shuts out Nassau Community College 34 to nothing. As it was an outstanding, outstanding performance by the Dixie College Rebels that makes the Western States Football League 1&1 in bowl game play. And in the game that's going on right now in Phoenix, Arizona it'll be up to Glendale Community College to make it 2 to 1 for West Western States Football League teams as they're going against Walla Walla 34 to nothing. The final the players are shaking hands at midfield. There will be some awards, present presentations. Let's take a 90 second break. We'll be back and recap this ball game. Back in 90. Like a prison turning into sunlight. A diamond cast lighting off. 34 to nothing. And Brian, as you said it wasn't that close until the 4th. It wasn't that much of a runaway until the 4th quarter. Yeah but you know you got to give a hats off and it's too bad you can't give a whole team of most valuable player because Dixie really, really played an excellent game today and and defensively they held nassau with under 200 yards total offense and incredible performance by the Rebels and getting prepared for the game. You got to give some credit to the coaches who probably spent hours and hours and hours watching game fill and film and seeing the tendencies of the Lions and it's tough for the team to come. Almost 3,000 miles in plane ride and bus ride and lot of activities and. And I thought the Nassau team gave a good performance but with a 34 nothing victory. Larry, where does that put Dixie in the national rankings now? Very impressive win over a third ranked team. The guess is third. It. It seems like that's where they always go. It seems like that's where they always go. Nassau Community College had an outstanding shot at being number one. One or number two. We're going to have the most valuable player announcement now and let's see if we can. NASA and dixie college playing very well today. Let's check. Kenny Gales. Kenny Gales is the most valuable player for Nassau Island. Kenny Gales the defensive back and yes, we went with Kenny Gales also. Yeah, we voted for him and Wilson Kawaka. Hey, we hit it two for two. Amazing. It's amazing. So Kenny Gales outstanding performance today and the coaches will come forward. John Anselmo will be talking with coach Greg Croshaw. We're going to be making a selection of an Offensive and defensive player of the game also. And we have some plenty of choices on both sides today. Offensively, you have the offensive line, Mike Porch, the sophomore on that offensive line who's done such an outstanding job. Wilson. We are not going to give it to Wilson Kawaka because Wilson has already won the most valuable player award here. Kaitlin Hall, Jeff Lindstrom for his abilities today. Kyle Hughes had an outstanding pass receiving day and with his receptions that helped break things open. That has to be part of the story today. Jared Santor with his field goal that kept Nassau Bay. Yeah, Lindstrom, I think, had a real solid game today. He was in complete control all the time. He made much of the right decision. He's threw a couple of passes that were probably not what Coach Croshaw wanted. But I thought all in all, Lindstrom played a great game. Hall played a great game. It was very, you know, much a team effort today. Let's see if we can pick up Jim Coleman now. Who's making the announcement. Shaking hands with the team captains, Robert Bass, Joe Burgos. Afternoon. John Anselmo, the coach for Nessa, like to thank the Bish people for inviting us. They run a great ball and I promise football team. They're a great football team. Thank you. John Anselmo has to be heartbroken. Came in confident and he had reason to be confident. Coach Craig Croshaw. Now coming forward, Coach Greg Croshaw. Let's see if we have any words from Coach Croshaw. Little boy Jace is there. And his littler boy, who I can't remember right. No comments from Coach Craig Croshaw. We'll be hearing from Coach Craig Croshaw in just a few moments. Dixie Rotary bowl, which in all honesty was on the ragged edge a little bit this year, whether it actually take place, the Rotary Committee, the Rotary Club, deserves to have a big hand. There are a lot of sponsors led by Utah Power and Light, who have helped bring this about. And there is a whole list of sponsors. And I hesitate by saying Utah Power and Light because there are a whole bunch of others that I should remember. But the Rotary Committee deserves a real, real hand for putting this together. This may have been the finest total celebration in the history of the Rotary vault. Yeah, it's been a fun week for everybody involved. I was at the dance, doing the dance last night at the Burns arena where all the high school bands were there and kids from all over St. George and boy, they had a fun time and they were talking about the band competition last night and the stadium was filled and you went to the banquet and the parade this morning and, and it is, it's just a great event for St. George and it'd be a shame if ever we lose it. I heard your interview the other day with John Watcott and he was referring to the fact that the contract for the national championship game is going to be renegotiated and a few other things. And there was talk about maybe St. George hosting that in the future. But those things are up in the air of course. But it is recognized as one of the great junior college bowls in the United States and obviously disappointed. I think that's best way to place to put it. Nassau Community College team, an outstanding group of young men. Gentlemen. They were impressive. It was an impressive group of young men at the banquet the other night. And I think the best way to put it is disappointed. Not the draggle, not down and out. They have had an outstanding season. 92 record is nothing to sneeze at. Their goal of trying to get 20 victories over two seasons was not reached. It was derailed by Dixie 34 to nothing today. But it's a disappointed team, but a team that has played very well over the decade. Yeah, they don't, they don't need to be ashamed of anything. They played hard and I, I think that's what the coaches coaching staff is probably going to tell them right now. He's probably talking to him, says I'm very proud. I don't know what he's saying, but I would say guess he's saying how proud he is of them and for the, the gentlemen that they are and the way they played very, very hard today. Let's recap the scoring once again, 34 to nothing. Dixie with a victory. They scored first in the second quarter. It was a shutout first quarter and I think that kind of told what was going to take place at least for the next three next two quarters. Dixie finally got a score with 12:40, 52 left in the first half. A 36 yard field goal by Jarrett Santor after a missed field goal by Nassau. Dixie came right back with a three yard touchdown run by Wilson Kovaca with 336 left in the first half. Point after was good by Santor to make it 10 nothing. Then Dixie had to go a long ways and maybe the key, one of the key drives, one of the key drives began at their own 17 yard line. NASA shut down Dixie. The Jarrett Santor got the 37 yard field goal to make it 13 to nothing with 430 left in the third quarter. And from that point on it was Dixie as Dixie's defense just dominated the fourth and final quarter. Dixie got a touchdown on a five yard touchdown run from Kalin hall with 959 left. The blocked. Well a correction before we got to that. We had the the touchdown after Dixie got a short punt from Vopedia. The touchdown pass from Jeff Lindstrom to Kurt Stoddard from 11 yards out made it 19 to nothing. The point after was no good. The next the next series of downs. Dixie got the good field position again. A couple of bad punts helped set it up and helped break things open. Kalin hall with a five yard touchdown run. The point after Washington blocked but right into the hands of Mark Peterson who ran in for the two point conversion to make it 27 to nothing. And then the final touchdown coming with 34 seconds left. Zed Robinson from 18 yards out, appropriately so, an 18 yard touchdown run. Final point after was good by Jarrett Santor to make it 34 to nothing. And that was the final score as Dixie won 34 to nothing. Let's take a 90 second break. We have the championship trophy in our booth. We'll have the championship coach with us in just a moment. The Dixie rotary poll. Dixie 34 Nassau nothing. Back in 90 seconds. Credit card to be issued to all fans of Dixie College. This is a full use Visa at Hanson Stadium. 34 nothing. The final. And you were going to say, you were going to say 60 win. And your name is? Jace. Jace what? Kosha. You related to the coach? Yes. You happy? Yes. Yeah. What about your little brother? What's his name? Mark. Mark. Is he going to say anything ever? I don't know. You're not sure? Mark, are you ever going to say anything? He snickers a lot. Does he? I'm going to have to carry one of these microphones around the house. Maybe that because if he'd be that quiet at home, we'd all have a lot more rest. We were talking as you came up here and got a chance. That's a beautiful trophy by the way. You're glad to have another one. Oh, without any question. You know, the only trouble with this is as the string grows, my nerves become shorter. You know, that's a good football team. That score is. You know, I would not want to play them 10 times and, and try to have to duplicate that. That's a good football team. Had to travel a long way. But they need to be complimented because they're a class program and that's A fine football team. It's interesting to me. I think, I think this Nassau team is very comparable to an NEO that we play a different way. That NEO was a lot quicker and a little bit tough for us to handle because of the quickness. But this Nassau team was a team that was very similar to our football team and I think a quality team. They just kind of got caught in the log jam there as they rolled down the hill. But they're a good football team. There was some real hitting going on out there. Saying NEO is quicker than NASA is like saying Miss America is prettier than Miss Utah. There isn't much difference. Well, there really isn't. You know, like I say, I. But they are more in the mold that we are in that they're much bigger. You know, they line up on the offensive line 300, 285 very similar to what we do. And I guess what I'm. I guess what I'm trying to say is that, that an NEO team lines up with 220 pounders and they're all. It was hard to tell their DBs, linebackers and defensive line apart because they were all great looking athletes and Nassau's more like we big strong kids in the front lines and good athletes on the outside though. Running game versus running game. Craig Mitter was the man you had to key on. Wilson Kovaca was the man they keyed on. Well and I, you know, again, I think we talked a little bit in the pregame. I thought Jeff Lindstrom did an outstanding job throwing the football. Football. We couldn't move it much there early and he did an outstanding job. And to me that then opened our running game because we got stuffed a little bit. Wilson did a great job, but so did Kalen hall and so did our offensive lineman. That was as tough a defensive front as we've seen long time. We were going to make a selection of the KDXU player of the game and obviously we're not going to go with Wilson Kabaka because he's got this award on offense. It's a little tough to pick one. Jeff Lindstrom, Kalin Holmes, do you have any preference? Well, I really don't. I think the offensive linemen do a great job and don't get sometimes as much recognition as they deserve. But you know, anyway, I don't know what Jeff's numbers were, but I'll tell you what. I know he got hit as many times as any quarterback and he didn't get sacked very many times. But he Can. His reward may be that in about a week or two, he'll be healed up. He hit those key passes. I think Jeff Lindstrom would be an outstanding choice. Defensively. It's tough to pick out one man. You've had two interceptions today. A lot of tackles. Tyreeo pikens with a key sack, lots of. Lots of strong defensive effort. Well, there really was, you know, again, it all goes on so fast out there, but when you shut a team out like Nassau and. And really, I think I heard the halftime stats. I think as we came out 79 yards or something, that, you know, that's a great defensive effort. And you get a bowl game and put a shutout up, that's. That's a tremendous effort. And I, you know, I don't know who played extremely well. I think they all did. It'd be very difficult from where I was. I don't know if I could pick one. If I were to pick one, maybe Mike Smith, he sensed that he got a lot of tackles right in the middle of things, especially early. Well, I think he'd probably be a heck of a choice. I have, like I said, I have no problem with either way that we go, but that's, you know, a great defensive effort. This was the case. Defense versus defense. There's no question about that. None whatsoever. I think I said that in the pregame show. I think it really turned out to be kind of a good prediction on my behalf. I think the difference in the ball game was that we could throw the football. They didn't have much success throwing it early, and I think that enabled us really to zero in because they're fine running backs, the tailbacks and all American. I got fired up, you know, Kalen Hall, a few of our guys, but deservingly so. But I think the difference was, like I say, that we were able to throw the ball and loosen them up, and they really didn't get much going in the passing game, which didn't surprise me a great deal. But I was very pleased with the way we were able to contain our quarterback because he's a heck of an athlete. Had a tendency to be maybe a little bit nervous with his feet. Freshman experience. Yeah, he's a great athlete. You know, sometimes I guess the easy way out, start running around and our guy shut off his angles. I thought extremely well the entire ball game. He did get out a time or two, but overall, I thought, you know, it was an outstanding effort hitting in this ball game. You can hear it clear up here. Yeah, this is, you know, this is big time stuff. You get a couple of top ranked teams like that and they know how to play football and they weren't, you know, weren't pulling back on either side. What was the secret on controlling? He had one big burst and that was it. Otherwise every one of his gains was less than his 8 yard per game or 8 yard per carry average. What was the secret? Well, I think that's, you know, a tremendous amount of credit needs to go to Wayne Kittrell, our defensive line coach. And you know, Wade Roberts helped with the secondary. We were playing nine men on the line of scrimmage most of the time until we got ahead. I think the second half we started dropping some guys back when we knew they had to throw. But you know, I said in the pregame we're going to come up and we're going to keep adding guys to the line of scrimmage until they show they can throw the football. And that has to, you know, you can't block them all. And like I say, there's no question that's a fine running back. I think two things we just were able to overload and of course that credit needs to go to secondary guys that could cover. And I think we did that well in the first half and especially in the first quarter. And then, and then that enables you to load up and keep loading up guys on line of scrimmage and it's pretty tough to run. The break came in the drive. Wilson Kovaca gets a draw play. And the draw play worked for you today? Well, it really did. And again that goes back to being able to throw the ball. We came out, I think the first three plays in the ran were passes completed. Them all moved right down the field and you know, that gets them thinking pass and then all of a sudden you're hitting up with a fullback or doing some things and it really, it really was. Those are the things that enabled you to get in the flow of the game. And it all came about by our ability to throw the football 13 to nothing by the end of three quarters. What's your stomach telling you at that point? I felt pretty comfortable. I really did. I felt like, you know, when it was 10, I told our guys at halftime, you know, I can't imagine anybody spotting us 10 points for 30 minutes and that we can't win, you know, if we'll go out and execute and play it. And we were trying to play field position, we were trying to play, you know, we went for it early on fourth down, didn't I You know, I'm getting crazy as I get older. My hell, I. I think it was fourth and about five. I was wondering. I was booing the coach for trying out loud, but. But, you know, that's how we got here. And we tried to make something happen. Didn't work. And. And then. But we were, you know, like I say, 10 nothing. I felt pretty comfortable because I felt like we'd get some more points on the board, at least one touch. And, and, And I didn't think the way things were going, if we were playing hard enough that they could come back. And so really at that point, I felt much better in the third quarter than I did in the first when we got right down there and nothing happened and they got right down and we're very fortunate. I think they missed that field goal, but I felt much better as the game wore on. Your kicking game was interesting today. Jared Santor misses a field goal, misses a point after, ricochets in a point after, and then drills a couple of field goals. It really gave you the cushions, really did, you know, the big kicks early field goal, we missed it. You know, I don't know if they had. I have to look at the film. They got some big guys and they're getting good surge up the middle, you know, and then Mark Peterson runs one in for two on a block field goal. So, you know, some strange plays. But the kicking game, I think, you know, it was good to see the second one go through because that could be a momentum swinger there. We got that one three nothing, and then we got the one to make it 13. You know, I felt pretty good. I thought we, you know, we contained. I was really worried about their kick return guys, and I thought we did an excellent job picking the sides of the field there. In the fourth quarter, he was having to field the punts and kickoffs with the sun in his eyes, and that might have been a little home course advantage, the kicking game. Otherwise, punting wise, they get a booming punt away and then back to back four punts, one of which look like you got a hand on Jody Cox consistently. And he got stronger as the day went on. Well, Jody's in great for us for two years and second team all region guy, and Jared's been the first team Guy and Jim Sprague did block that one punt, but we were pressuring him all day and he was kicking kind of nervous. We were close early, caused a couple of bad punts, which gave us great field position, and then we were able to capitalize on. Was Fascinating to watch this one today and see Dixie just keep. Continue to grind it out. The kicking game, the two bad punch, you score on them immediately and that gives you the real cushion. Yeah. And that, you know, I think maybe the fans have heard me say before, you break a game down into three parts, kicking, offense, defense, you feel like you have to win at least two of those phases. And I think probably today we won all three. But defensively, you certainly can't argue because there's a shutout and a kicking game should merit one third of your time in practice. And it's something that plays that big a role. And we're fortunate that we were able to, you know, I thought our cover guys did well and, you know, we did a good job. We played a, I think, a near perfect football game. Have you had a chance to visit very much at all with John Anselmo after. No, not after. And he just said, you know, that's a heck of a football team. And I, you know, I told our guys, I. In my heart, I think this is a, you know, team that should have been a national championship or at least playing in one. Some of the things that happen, they continue to improve all year. They just deserve a tremendous amount of credit. And I can only tell you that, you know, there's a lot of class kids out there. It's unfortunate we get letters and different things happen, but, you know, I think it's, it's important that people realize the kind of character sometimes we had. We had a youngster find a wallet with $1700 in it and return it last week. And unfortunately, nobody cares about those kind of stories. You know, you won't see that in the paper, but that's the kind of kid, you know, that's the kind of kids we have in our program. I'm proud of them, you know, I'll stand up for them from now till who knows when. But, you know, you need to check your whole car to see if you turn back 1700 bucks. And that's a real compliment to him and I think to the class of kid that we deal with. And I just couldn't be prouder. End of another tough year. You finish with a 9 and 2 record. Have to be pleased. Even though disappointed about the two losses. Have to be pleased. Another excellent see. What do you do for an encore? Don't look back. They may be gaining on you. Yeah, you know, it's just, you just can't worry about it. I think now it's time to enjoy. I guess as long as I Can. I've got about 40 recruits here for dinner tonight. You just have to reload. And I, you know, that seemed like we've been able to do that. And the work starts now. Really. The more time is spent from now until January on a recruiting trail and trying to make sure if we're going to be successful next year, that will come as a direct result of recruiting. Right now, you know, we got kids, a lot of kids going on missions. We got sophomores leaving, but we got kids coming off missions, and we have to recruit now. So it's the same old thing. And we got a good nucleus to build with. You know, I don't feel bad about building with Kalyn Hall, Jan Brooks, Jeff Lindstrom, Chris Parano, you know, Mark Peters, right on down the line. There's some pretty good freshmen there. You know, I'll be ready to go. I'm going to tell everybody we're ten and one. I don't give a dang what anybody says. We're ten and one in my eyes. And that's what I'm telling everybody. So, you know, good year. Great year. I think I told our kids, I think, and we've talked about it. I think the things they've had to go through and handle this year, they hold as special a spot in my memory as any team I've coached. Maybe as many victories off the field as I. Yeah, really, you know, and that's what it's all about. I really believe. I think, you know, Rulon said that at the banquet. I think if people have an opportunity to ever have been involved in athletics, they can tell you, if we could have the atmosphere that occur in huddles, we wouldn't have to be worrying about Iraq and Iran. And nobody cares what religion, what color, what your financial situation is. It's amazing the things that happen in huddles. You all pull together. If we could just bottle that some way, I'll guarantee you we'd have solved a lot of problems. And that's what makes it worthwhile to me. Talked about the head coach and we talked about the assistants on the defensive side. Wayne Kittrell, former player here, and Wade Roberts, who did an outstanding job. That offensive side also did a great job for you this year. Well, like every year. I mean, it's easy. I told him when I came here nine years ago, hey, you guys score 40, I'll find a way to hold them under that as a defensive coach. And you take, you know, I think one of the keys, and I think John Anselmo Said it, you know, they've got guys, 20, 22, 18 year assistants. We've been very fortunate to have some continuity in our program. I don't even mess with the offense. One of the officials said, what play is this? We call the play. And it sounded a little tricky. And he asked me what play. I said, I'm not going to lie to you, I don't have a clue where it's going. And that's right. I turn it over to Gordon and Kelly and Pete and they do their thing and they do a tremendous job and boy, you just can't. I think that's as good a coaching job as I've been involved with. All those freshmen on that offense and from where we started September, whenever down in Thatcher to where we are today, that's an incredible coaching job. I know Gordon Jolly lost a little hair, added a few more grades when he looked at all those freshmen on the offensive line at the beginning of the year. Well, without a question. And he just does such a super job. And I say it all the time and I truly mean it. There's not a better, I don't think offensive line line coach in the country at this level and I don't think there's a heck of a lot of them around the country. He's very knowledgeable, he works extremely hard, the kids respect him and you just. He's as loyal as the day is long and you just can't, you just can't find a better guy. I keep thinking every year that's the last year he'll be here, somebody's going to hire him. But you know, a selfish standpoint. I hope that doesn't happen right away, but what a great job he does. And then Kelly comes in. I think this is, he's, I don't know how many. Third year, maybe second, I don't know. And Pete's been here one more than Gordon and I'm not even sure how long I've been here, but I'm thankful to be here. I thought it was a great crowd, a great show again by the Rotary Club and you know, what a great way for me to end because now I'll remember this one all the way through until next September. Would you like to try it again? Yeah, you bet. You know, I appreciate you guys, the station, Larry and you in particular, sponsors and everybody involved. I'll tell you, it's. It's been a real great feeling for me to know the, you know, the support and the kind of job you people do. And I'm Ready? I'll take. I'm not quite. I'm gonna enjoy this one now for a while. I'm not quite ready yet, but I think by the time it rolls around again, I'll be ready to go. How do you want to celebrate, Mark? What about you, Lacy? Come here. This is Lacy Croshaw, the artist of the family. How are you going to celebrate today? Tonight? I don't know. Oh, okay. Well, milkshakes all around, right, Coach? Pies. Pies. Okay. Pies all around tonight. The victory pies tonight. Maybe even put a little candle in it, right? La. Yeah. Okay. Coach Greg Croshaw, this has been a delightful year in many ways, even though there's some heartbreak with it. Great to see the kids respond to this. Congratulations on a 34 to nothing victory over one of the finest teams in the country. Well, thank you, Larry. Like I say, a tremendous thanks goes to you and all the hard work. I'm not sure the people, again, understand what you go through. I mean, they ought to come sit on that bus one time down to Thatcher or Yuma or wherever it is and, you know, head back the road with you reading off your stats, giving me stats and eating cold cheeseburgers by the time we get through with the, you know, the interviews. But, you know, personally, I wouldn't change a thing and I really appreciate all the hard work and the efforts and, you know, good luck to Dave Rose now and the basketball team. I think he's got an exciting group and people need to get out and support him. And thanks to everybody involved. And, hey, we'll give her a try next year. Victorious Coach Craig Croshaw, congratulations once again. Dixie Rotary Bowl, 5th annual has come to an end. Brian Benware, some comments. Less than 100 yards allowed by Nassau allowed to Nassau in the first half. Although they were doing a great job on Dixie, that's a little tough to overcome. Yeah, and I'm sure they were just totally frustrated the whole game. And that's what you could see on their faces after the game. They just, they just knew that they'd been up against a great team. And the Rebels dominated the whole game defensively. And that's really where they won the game today. 34 nothing. The final. We appreciate. Wow, it's been quite a game. We appreciate Jerry Morrison has kept us on the airbag of the station. A reminder, we still have more action tonight on our sister station, Sunny 93. 6:30 tonight we'll have BYU versus Utah State in basketball action on KDXU coming up in just a little while. 6:15 tonight. It's actually a half an hour earlier than we were talking before they'd moved up the game. 615 tonight, nickname College versus Midland. And after that heartbreaking loss last night to Odessa, this is going to be a time when the running Rebels basketball team is going to want to come together. 6:15 tonight. And then at 9:30 tonight. Be listening. Pregame show, BYU at Hawaii. Sherry, I don't know if you have any messages back at the station. Has the Heisman Trophy been announced yet? No, not that I'm aware of. I keep watching out for it. Okay. We may have Ty Detmer, Heisman Trophy winner or at least finalist will be tonight. 9:30 tonight, BYU versus Hawaii, right here on KDXView. Our next Dixie College football game next season. So stay tuned. It's going to be fun. Dixie finishes officially with a 92 record on the year. Nassau Community College finishes officially with a 9 and 2 record on the year. The final polls will be coming out after tomorrow's game when Coffeyville takes on Montgomery College of Maryland for the national championship in the Mid American Bowl. How Dixie will finish, speculation maybe is another third place finish and Nassau deserves to be ranked in the top 10 in spite of the 34 nothing loss today. Outstanding team that just came up against a tough defensive squad today. We appreciate our sponsors for their support of Dixie College football and for the fifth annual Dixie Rotary bowl this day. We appreciate you for listening. Thank you for being with us. Remember, we have the action later tonight right here on kdxu. Till we hear from each other again. Take care now you Hear final score, 34 nothing. Larry Jewell saying by. It.