The College of West England Bullets continued on their streak of domination by way of the UK, handing the Birmingham Lions an 82-0 loss.
Whereas Birmingham opened up the sport doing one thing that SGS did not do final weekend in tackling Jason-Matthew Sharsh on a number of events, the Bullets rapidly asserted their dominance as Karekin Brooks went 60 yards untouched on an outdoor zone run to open scoring.
The Lions opened up their subsequent drive with a really well-run kick return to the 40-yard-line by Kevin Davies however have been unable to capitalize on this discipline place. A tackle-for-loss and muffed snap introduced up a third-and-long, the place quarterback Ethan Payne was picked off by Rashaun Hinds on a go meant for the again. The large man ran the interception again for UWE’s second rating earlier than British wideout Zay Amaechi introduced in a lofted fade ball over a defenders head for the conversion.
Regardless of some sturdy operating from the Lions’ backfield, they nonetheless discovered no success. A Ramari Bennett tackle-for-loss led the visiting aspect to punt to Sharsh, who returned the ball all the best way contained in the 10-yard-line. The Bullets took only one play to punch within the rating, as Brooks went in untouched up the center.
The next offensive drive for the Bullets was a brief one, as Jadrian Clark hit a wide-open AJ Mealing deep downfield for a 70-yard landing go.
A drive later, they confronted their first 4th down scenario; Clark discovered the dependable Sharsh by the primary down marker and the ex-Rainbow Warrior did the remaining, taking the ball one other 40 yards for a landing.
Picture: Andy Watts
Coach Maher put the offense within the fingers of KK Brooks for a drive of wildcat; it resulted in Brooks being caught within the backfield for what needs to be a tackle-for-loss, however driving an additional eight yards for his third rating of the primary half.
One other nice punt return from Sharsh during which he spammed the ‘spin transfer’ button till he discovered himself down contained in the 5 arrange the UWE offense on the purpose line. A fast slant to Amaechi gave the Bullets one other rating.
The ultimate moments of the primary half started with a muffed snap by the Lions recovered by Ramari Bennett, placing the ball again in Clark’s fingers with 55 seconds on the clock. Positive sufficient, Clark discovered the endzone once more, this time on a double-move to Max Hardy. AJ Mealing caught the conversion with 10-yards of house to make the rating 60-0 because the groups headed off for half time.
The second half was a lot of the identical, with the one distinction being a operating clock. Clark hit Sharsh deep for a landing and transformed the two-point try and open the half. Clark would go on to seek out Harry Buckland for his first landing of his freshman season on the next drive earlier than the tip of the third interval.
Picture: Andy Watts
UWE’s subsequent drive noticed them flip the ball over on downs for the primary time this 12 months, however not with out some controversy; Clark launched a deep ball to Jahmoy Stewart-Sinclair on third down, bouncing off the defenders limbs earlier than the ex-NFL Academy receiver impressively stored focus and introduced the ball in on the again of his leg within the endzone – sadly he had his first landing of the 12 months stripped off him because the officers referred to as the go incomplete. Stewart-Sinclair had an opportunity to rectify the error on fourth down, however dropped a wonderfully positioned ball within the endzone.
The ultimate rating got here by means of Victor Wright on the protection, as he picked off Birmingham’s backup quarterback within the flats and ran the ball in for the landing. One other profitable conversion made the rating 82-0 to the defending champions.
Picture: Andy Watts
The commentary crew on the day awarded the MVP award to KK Brooks for his three speeding touchdowns within the first half.
The Bullets are on the street subsequent Sunday as they head to Cardiff to face the winless Cobras, whereas the Lions have every week off earlier than heading again to Bristol to face SGS.
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