Junior World Championship (Canton, Jun 27-July 5)

[Electron Boy]

Ruiz is now my favorite non-US player in the tourney, that teeny little dude has got some serious moxie

[Jaxbuck]

Originally Posted by JBaney45

Does anyone have any idea what's going on on the field right now? (Halftime entertainment!?)

The French brought mimes with them.

[Electron Boy]

i don't really know what else to say about this, 71-0 with about 7 minutes left. i know the US coach much be trying to come up with some way to stop his team from scoring without getting someone injured, but if he has the team throw then it's one missed tackle away from a TD, and the RBs basically need to fall down on their own to be stopped. at this point it's a little depressing

[osugrad21]

France got beaten into submission...par.

Only shocking part of the night is that someone didn't come rescue them.

[Jaxbuck]

Originally Posted by Electron Boy

i don't really know what else to say about this,

They didn't surrender, they've got that going for them.

[buckeyemania11]

Net Yards- USA 610 France 7

[Jaxbuck]

Originally Posted by buckeyemania11

Net Yards- USA 610 France 7

Thats 667 meters to 8

[DaddyBigBucks]

Rushing Yards

USA - 405
France - negative 31

They actually didn't retreat as far as their opponent advanced. That's a first.

[Electron Boy]

Originally Posted by Jaxbuck

They didn't surrender, they've got that going for them.

french jokes aside, i hope those dudes can rebound. that's a tough thing for a high school kid to have to experience a beatdown of that magnitude, and hopefully it doesn't sully their experience in canton.

also ruiz got the MVP for france, well deserved for his special teams work. AND he somehow didn't accumulate negative yards on the ground.

also also i wanna see storm klein at RB at some point, i'm really curious to see how he runs.

[DaddyBigBucks]

Originally Posted by Jaxbuck

The French brought mimes with them.

clearly


But what was the half-time entertainment?

[Jaxbuck]

Originally Posted by Electron Boy

french jokes aside, i hope those dudes can rebound. that's a tough thing for a high school kid to have to experience a beatdown of that magnitude, and hopefully it doesn't sully their experience in canton.

also ruiz got the MVP for france, well deserved for his special teams work. AND he somehow didn't accumulate negative yards on the ground.

also also i wanna see storm klein at RB at some point, i'm really curious to see how he runs.

71-0 prison raping = sullied experience. Sorry, no way around that one.

[Electron Boy]

Originally Posted by Jaxbuck

78-0 prison raping = sullied experience. Sorry, no way around that one.

fixed. but yeah, i see your point.

[DaddyBigBucks]

Originally Posted by Jaxbuck

71-0 prison raping = sullied experience. Sorry, no way around that one.

It was 78-0. I won't argue with the rest of the description.

[Jaxbuck]

Originally Posted by DaddyBigBucks

It was 78-0. I won't argue with the rest of the description.

78-0 my bad. My adding machine broke just after halftime.

[DaddyBigBucks]

Originally Posted by Electron Boy

fixed. but yeah, i see your point.

Originally Posted by DaddyBigBucks

It was 78-0. I won't argue with the rest of the description.

So I type slow...


Seriously though:

0-12 on 3rd down? They didn't fly 3933 miles (Paris to Canton) thinking that it would be a hopeless, pointless exercise in futility.

But they gave up 28 points in the 4th quarter (more than in any other quarter), when the USA team was trying to take it easy on them. That is a thoroughly beaten team.

And it was 12-minute quarters.