Well, Cal Day was kept under gorgeous weather - some high clouds early, but sunny, warm and only a trace of a breeze. The Bears TOTALLY dominated the Aggies, and it looked like we were playing very few of our normal starters. We were faster and stronger, and although we had a few unforced errors that resulted in turnovers, the Davis players were unable to capitalize on some excellent field position. Two or three times the Aggies had the ball within our 5 meter line, and yet were unable to score a try once. They did convert a penalty kick late in the 2nd half, so we didn't achieve a shutout, but we put up 87 points by the end of the 1st half, and 141 points at the final whistle, so I'm not complaining. Christian Dyer put up our 1st three tries, and we got some additional tries from our forwards, Brian Joyce and Sam Golla. The best Cal try however, IMO, was scored by our forward Jack Iscaro - he's not really built for speed, but he rumbled over half the distance of the field to score his try.
We dominated in the scrums and I think we stole one or two of their lineouts. But Davis had a neat play on one of their lineouts - they threw the ball deep - not to one of the guys the tunnel, but rather to another played who started well behind the line and ran up just as the ball arrived - so he had some speed when he caught it. He didn't get really far, but it was a nice play nevertheless.
Next week we play at Witter Field the winner of today's Arizona/Central Washington match. We beat the Wildcats earlier this season (something like 55-13), so we should get past that obstacle fairly easily.
We dominated in the scrums and I think we stole one or two of their lineouts. But Davis had a neat play on one of their lineouts - they threw the ball deep - not to one of the guys the tunnel, but rather to another played who started well behind the line and ran up just as the ball arrived - so he had some speed when he caught it. He didn't get really far, but it was a nice play nevertheless.
Next week we play at Witter Field the winner of today's Arizona/Central Washington match. We beat the Wildcats earlier this season (something like 55-13), so we should get past that obstacle fairly easily.