Incredible.
Simply incredible.
Steve Smith throws 19 passes, completes 11 for 214 yards and four touchdowns, two on fourth down, three to Sam Stringfellow, and then picked off a 2-point pass with 4:10 left to smack down the two-time defending champion–and FCIAC heavyweight–Staples 28-26.
Don’t think you’ll see a result like this in a long, long, looooooong time.
Best game of the night…
Best game of the day…
Best game of the playoffs…
Best game of the season.
It was simply Incredible to watch. If you weren’t there, we really feel sorry for you.
Bunnell 28, Staples 26
It still looks crazy just looking at the score.
The Dawgs were heavy, HEAVY underdogs, yet they nailed the Wreckers tonight. Smith tossed a pair of early TDs, had the Wreckers on their heels, hung tough on defense and came away with the biggest upset since in the state semifnals in a looooong time.
A looooong time.
Bunnell coach Craig Bruno has been all over the SWC’s slight 8-7 (or whatever it is) edge over the FCIAC the two-year crossover started. The biggest knock, I told him, was that the SWC hadn’t played the FCIACs large schools.
Now they have.
…and here’s the result:
Bunnell 28, Staples 26
I picked Staples to win 35-16. And, I’ll tell you, I got killed by the Bunnell people after the game.
But, honestly, I wasn’t the only one who thought so.
Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY said the same thing I said:
“Staples rolls ‘em.”
And, if the schools played tomorrow that’s what it could have been. But Smith dazzled from Bunnell’s first possesion until the final play, running head-first into Staples’ front line for yardage. Andrew Kennedy? Francois Auzerais?
Whutever.
He just didn’t care. He danced out of Kennedy’s tackles. He side-stepped Alex Cion. He uncorked long touchdown passes. He ran for first downs. Though those guys got their hands on him a few times, just not when it mattered most.
It got dicey in the second half, with Staples finally asserting itself toward the end of the game. But Smith picks off Marsilio on a 2-point play and then Bunnell’s defense just needed one stop. Lots of plays to go around.
Just an incredible, incredible result. I’m an FCIAC fan, but, honestly? The FCIAC can have all of your blogs and headlines. Bunnell just knocked off one of your heavyweights.
Wave that SWC banner, Bunnell.
You’re the state champions.
No fluke. You guys deserve it.
Wow. Wow. Wow.
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