TIGERS CRUISE IT
Glasgow Tigers cruised to the BCAFL Scottish Conference title winning a unique double header clash against the Stirling Clansmen, clocking up 43 points in total without reply. The 2006/2007 season has been one to forget for the Clansmen who had been plagued with endless call offs due to problems with their home field and when they did get their games underway, paid the price for lack of activity, not being able to score a point. So with the regular season entering its final week, it was important for the Clansmen to try and end their season on a positive note and for the Tigers to pick up the momentum following the previous week’s defeat by Teeside Cougars as well as their prospective placings in the upcoming playoffs And with the Scottish Conference title set to go down to the wire, it was important that the Glasgow sides were able to fulfil their full regular season calendar. So instead of playing four full quarters, it was decided that this fixture would be two games in one, with the first half counting as one game and the second half as another. Even though there was no news as to what was happening between Cally Roughriders and Edinburgh Timberwolves, the Tigers went on to the field knowing that they needed avoided defeat on “both games” to make sure that they finished top of the BCAFL Scottish Conference standings. The lack of game time for the Clansmen became evident during the early stages of the first period of the “first game” when they fumbled away possession on their opening drive. Later on their troubles continued when Richie Lennon was intercepted by Paul Kirkland and were promptly punished when Matt McCusker delivered a precision pass to Dan Seltzer for the opening touchdown. The Tigers almost blew it on the conversion attempt, when McCusker fumbled the ball o the snap, but was quickly recovered by Gregor Hollerin, who took the ball in for the two point conversion attempt. Stirling made little headway on their next drive and were soon punished again, when Grant McAuslan weaved through the haphazard Stirling defense to run in a comfortable six points, which soon made it eight with a catch in the endzone to give the Tigers a 16-0 lead.
Unfortunately the Clansmen continued to lack ideas in attack and had to surrender possession again. And they soon found
themselves back under pressure when Hollerin burned the astro turf gaining
major yardage, only to be stopped at the Stirling 10 yard line. Minutes later the Tigers increased their lead when McCusker picked off Matt Norton for another touchdown, with Hollerin successfully splitting the uprights on the conversion attempt to give the Glasgow side make it a 23-0 victory in the “first game”. |
Whilst
the Clansmen continued to struggle in attack at the star of the next period,
they were given a boost when the burst the Tiger’s offensive bubble
after McCusker was intercepted by Graham “Wonder Boy” Scott,
who pulled off an excellent diving catch.
