5th Annual OTBCS Game Updates - THE GRAND FINALS!!!!

[EagerBeaver]

12:46 AM, July 12

- TCOG Jerusalem Acres just beat TCOG North Carolina 23-17 in Overtime, after being down 17-3 early on in the game. Jerusalem Acres almost had a touchdown on an interception return at the halftime horn, but Harry Elder chased down Grady Kent and punched the ball out at the goal line to preserve a 17-10 lead. Kent scored in the 4th quarter, and Samuel Doffee blocked a punt and returned it with 1:15 left in OT for a 23-17 win.

[EagerBeaver]

12:58 AM - Cedar Ridge moves to 2-0 with a win over TCOGIDO, 35-28. Danny Page with 134 yards on the ground, and Ron Hamm with 257 passing yards and three touchdowns. Recaps tomorrow!

[EagerBeaver]

RECAPS OF GAME 2, WHAT TO WATCH FOR IN GAME 3

12:30 PM CST, July 12 - Game 2 saw some interesting turnarounds. Let's get to the Big Board below.

Game 2 Official Scores
TCOG Nabors 28 - 31 TCOG Carter
COG 6 - 20 TCOG With Signs Following
COGOP 56 - 23 Zion Assembly COG
TCOG North Carolina 17 - 23 TCOG Jerusalem Acres (in OT)
Cedar Ridge 35 - 28 TCOG In Divine Order

Offensive player of the day
Randy Howard, QB, COGOP: 241 pass yards, 4 touchdowns - 3 of which were to Marvin Eskew. He did not throw an interception.

Defensive player of the day
Samuel Doffee, TCOGJA: He recovered a fumble off a punt that he blocked in overtime, running it back 62 yards for a win.

Records at this point
Remember that three points are awarded for a win, and one for a loss in overtime.

Cedar Ridge Church 2-0, 6 pts
TCOG Jerusalem Acres 2-0, 6 pts
TCOG Carter 2-0, 6 pts
TCOG In Divine Order 1-1, 3 pts
TCOG Nabors 1-1, 3 pts
COGOP 1-1, 3 pts
TCOG With Signs Following 1-1, 3 pts
TCOG North Carolina 0-2, 1 pt
TCOG Nabors 0-2, 0 pts
COG 0-2, 0 pts

Hints, allegations and things left unsaid
- Many watching and listening to the TCOG Nabors vs. TCOG Carter game were hoping for an on-field skirmish...but nothing really materialized. Cary Ryan kept jawing away but that was about it as far as the players went. As for the fans, it was a different story -- the Watchman Supercommittee had to eject 45 TCOG Carter fans after a rowdy display on the 50-yard line in which they tried to drive a railroad spike in the center of the logo.

- There was no bounty on Juan Bonilla after all, as many had thought.

- COGOP's 56 points beat their old team record for scoring in an OTBCS game by 5 points, as their previous high was 51. Randy Howard set a team record with four passing touchdowns, and Marvin Eskew now has 50 receiving touchdowns in his illustrious OTBCS career.

- COG fans are growing disillusioned with their team's performances, so much in fact that many are boycotting the games until the organization puts new players on the field. About 120 COG adherents attended last night's sorry loss to Signs Following.

Game 3 matchups
TCOGIDO vs. TCOGC
TCOGWSF vs. CRC
COG vs. TCOGN
ZACOG vs. TCOGJA
COGOP vs. TCOGNC

[EagerBeaver]

6:32 PM CST - Games Commencing now:

TCOGIDO vs. TCOGC
TCOGWSF vs. CRC
COG vs. TCOGN
ZACOG vs. TCOGJA
COGOP vs. TCOGNC

TCOGIDO vs. TCOGC underway, no score in the first quarter.

COGOP vs. TCOGNC will be broadcast tonight on OTBCS Radio as the Game of the Day.

[EagerBeaver]

7:06 PM CST - We have our first major upset of the tournament. TCOG In Divine Order crawled back from down 13-3 to win 24-20 in the final minute of the game. Evangelist Glenn Baker ran for 116 yards, 53 of them on the final drive to stun TCOG Carter, who had the game well in hand in the second half but let it slip away.

[EagerBeaver]

7:43 PM CST - What a brilliant comeback by Cedar Ridge over Signs Following. Down 21-7 after the first quarter, Ron Hamm deferred to Danny Page and kept on handing him the ball -- the result was three touchdowns, and then the sealing fumble recovery to win the game 35-21. CRC is now 3-0 as a newcomer to the tourney.

[EagerBeaver]

10:42 PM CST - COG cannot catch a break. Down 28-24 with 18 seconds left, McGuire passed to a seemingly wide-open Orville Hagan at the Nabors 23 yard line before Scott Hatton broke in front of the ball to pick it off and return it for a TD with no time left. 35-24, Nabors wins and COG has yet another loss. 0-3 already, yeesh.

[EagerBeaver]

11:05 PM CST - ZACOG has just beaten TCOG Jerusalem Acres 27-7. This is a nice bounce-back win for a team that surrendered 56 points to COGOP last game. Defense buckled down and held Kent and Doffee in check.

The COGOP game will be played tomorrow, as everyone else has the mandatory Sunday off. Sound off about your thoughts on the tournament!

[KBevangelist]

Man you need the player of the year award just for doing this

KB

[EagerBeaver]

1:10 PM CST - COGOP vs TCOGNC underway in the only game of the afternoon here on OTBCS football. Sunday is a mandatory rest day with only the Game of the Day being showcased. I am broadcasting this on OTBCS Radio Network.

[EagerBeaver]

2:00 PM CST - COGOP has scored fifty for the second straight game as TCOGNC kept coughing the ball up in a 52-21 COGOP victory. Endecott ran for 180 yards and 3 touchdowns (this is the year of the running back, folks) and David Bryan recovered two fumbles.

I am uploading the game audio of this match so you all can enjoy!

[EagerBeaver]

2:22 PM CST - Enjoy the OTBCS Game 3 audio of COGOP vs TCOGNC below:

Please note we had transmission troubles so a couple parts of the first half are missing. The entire second half is intact, however, and that's the most exciting part.

http://www.chris-brewer.com/otbcs-audio ... tcognc.mp3

[EagerBeaver]

6:55 PM CST - Article below is very interesting.

Infighting among TCOGNC teammates rankles membership
Myers calls out Foster over two turnovers that led to COGOP scores

CLEVELAND, Tennessee (OTBCS News Service) - An already bad start for The Church of God of North Carolina in this year's OTBCS season took a turn for the worse, with several media members reporting a verbal spat between quarterback David Myers and running back Hillard Foster after a 52-21 loss to the Church of God of Prophecy.

Myers had just taken the podium for a postgame press conference and began blasting Foster over his two fumbles in the third quarter that were returned for easy touchdowns by David Bryan of the COGOP, resulting in a 45-21 deficit.

"Gotta buckle down, our running back hasn't done jack for us all year and he ain't showin' signs of improvement," Myers blurted during an impassioned press conference. "He's outta here, that no good old man, if he continues this way."

Foster then overtook the podium and began shouting Biblical epithets such as "anathema, maranatha" and others at Myers. Foster then blasted Myers for trying to take too much credit for what has gone right thus far, and also claimed Myers "has it in for me."

It has been reported that members of the Watchman Supercommittee had to remain in the locker room area after the game to ensure no more words were exchanged between Myers and Foster.

Comparatively, Myers and Foster's stats have been like night and day for TCOGNC in the tournament. Myers has 650 yards passing through three games with five touchdowns, while Foster, once a very reliable running back, has been easy for defenses to figure out, rushing for only 122 yards through three games. He gained 33 against the COGOP -- just seven of those came after the halftime horn.

More on this story as it develops.

[Full Quiver]

I am hot right now.

[Linda]

I am hot right now.

You go Danny...oops, sorry wrong church!