GLIAC standing shift with Indy win
Liz Klimas
Issue date: 10/11/07 Section: Sports
The Charger football team's second loss of the season came down to the last moments again. With only 13 seconds left in the game University of Indianapolis snuck a touchdown by the Charger defense pulling a win over Hillsdale and a final score of 30-34.
Hillsdale's first loss came at Ferris State University in September when Ferris kicked a field goal in the final three seconds.
Hillsdale now resides in the GLIAC at 4-2, while the Greyhounds are 4-1.
Though the team now holds two losses, they still have sights on making the playoffs.
"There is still a lot of football to be played," head coach Keith Otterbein said. "I would never say never; you just keep playing."
Co-captain Tom Korte agreed but said the team is still focusing on playing one game at a time.
In the first three quarters the Chargers knocked out four turnovers from the Greyhounds, which aided in advancing them to an offensive scoring advantage and stopped Greyhound drives.
Heading into the fourth, the Greyhounds trailed Hillsdale with a score of 30-14 but the Chargers fell apart both defensively and offensively.
"It was a bad sequence of events," Otterbein said. "We kept playing and played hard but not perfectly by any means. The number one reason was execution; they executed better than we did."
Indianapolis scored three touchdowns with two extra points and kept Charger offense out of the end zone the entire fourth quarter.
"It was one of those things where the offense and defense weren't clicking at the same times," Korte, a junior and defensive lineman, said. "The defense couldn't get a stop and the offense couldn't get a first down."
Sophomore Kam Mueller, a defensive lineman, agreed.
"We made too many mistakes in the fourth," he said. "The quarterback didn't get the ball to his receiver effectively and defense didn't cover holes well."
Up to the fourth quarter, the Chargers played well Otterbein said but he included there is never a moment in a game, until the buzzer rings, that he feels comfortable.
An untimely penalty in the fourth quarter, Otterbein said, helped keep the Greyhound's
momentum going.
Ferris' homecoming crowd was also a factor. The crowds at away games generally give the home team an extra boost of confidence and fire, Otterbein said.
"One of the things that happened on both our road trips is they had really good crowds
and the crowd was getting their team juiced. We get the same effect when we play [at home]."
The Chargers anticipate Wayne State University Saturday at 2:30 for Parents Weekend.
"They have one of the best tailbacks in this conference," Otterbein said. "They have very special kids on their team and we are going to feel that on both sides of the ball this weekend."
Hillsdale's first loss came at Ferris State University in September when Ferris kicked a field goal in the final three seconds.
Hillsdale now resides in the GLIAC at 4-2, while the Greyhounds are 4-1.
Though the team now holds two losses, they still have sights on making the playoffs.
"There is still a lot of football to be played," head coach Keith Otterbein said. "I would never say never; you just keep playing."
Co-captain Tom Korte agreed but said the team is still focusing on playing one game at a time.
In the first three quarters the Chargers knocked out four turnovers from the Greyhounds, which aided in advancing them to an offensive scoring advantage and stopped Greyhound drives.
Heading into the fourth, the Greyhounds trailed Hillsdale with a score of 30-14 but the Chargers fell apart both defensively and offensively.
"It was a bad sequence of events," Otterbein said. "We kept playing and played hard but not perfectly by any means. The number one reason was execution; they executed better than we did."
Indianapolis scored three touchdowns with two extra points and kept Charger offense out of the end zone the entire fourth quarter.
"It was one of those things where the offense and defense weren't clicking at the same times," Korte, a junior and defensive lineman, said. "The defense couldn't get a stop and the offense couldn't get a first down."
Sophomore Kam Mueller, a defensive lineman, agreed.
"We made too many mistakes in the fourth," he said. "The quarterback didn't get the ball to his receiver effectively and defense didn't cover holes well."
Up to the fourth quarter, the Chargers played well Otterbein said but he included there is never a moment in a game, until the buzzer rings, that he feels comfortable.
An untimely penalty in the fourth quarter, Otterbein said, helped keep the Greyhound's
momentum going.
Ferris' homecoming crowd was also a factor. The crowds at away games generally give the home team an extra boost of confidence and fire, Otterbein said.
"One of the things that happened on both our road trips is they had really good crowds
and the crowd was getting their team juiced. We get the same effect when we play [at home]."
The Chargers anticipate Wayne State University Saturday at 2:30 for Parents Weekend.
"They have one of the best tailbacks in this conference," Otterbein said. "They have very special kids on their team and we are going to feel that on both sides of the ball this weekend."
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