1 October 2010 - Inside American Football

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returned the ball down to the Jets’ two.
A touchdown pass from Boyle to Rod
Bradley was wiped off the board by
a holding penalty and Morgan came
back out for a 32 yard field goal try but
missed wide to the left.
Pope blazed past his defender for a 65
yard touchdown from Sam and Steel’s
kick tied the score at 14 with 3:20 to
play in the first half. Boyle completed
some key passes to have the Blitz
knocking on the door late in the half
as the rain continued to pour down in
Worcester. Costly penalties made it
all too easy for the Blitz to score, a 12
man on the field flag was inexcusable
after a Jets time-out and David Saul’s
late hit gave London a new set of
downs. Boyle found Palumbo and
Morgan’s extra point put the reigning
champs back into a seven point lead.
Taking over with just 18 seconds to
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go, Sam hit Cohen over the middle to
get into Blitz territory and made it to
the line to spike the ball and stop the
clock. A deep pass to Dervan Alleyne
bounced off the receivers hands but
did afford Coventry one more play as
the clock stopped. Coventry would’ve
preferred there wasn’t though as Edson
Bras broke down the Jets’ pocket
and sacked Sam to end the half with
London leading 21-14.
Tony Perkins returned out to the Jets’
35 to start the second half and Kofi
Campbell broke Coventry’s longest run
play with seven yards as he dragged
tacklers out to the 42. Alleyne broke
several tackles to get down to the
Blitz four on a huge pass play from
Sam. Two plays later Sam found Pope
for the second time to pull Coventry
within one. Steel’s kick was blocked
as the rain continued to lash down and
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