Benton vs. Bryant Football - Salt Bowl 2024 Audio Only Broadcast

e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e good evening everyone and welcome to War Memorial Stadium for the start of the 2024 season for the Bryant Hornets I'm Michael Westbrook joined by Rex Carlton and we're bringing you the 50th edition of the Rivalry between the Brian Hornets and the Benton Panthers here tonight it's an audio only live broadcast we are recording with cameras and we'll post that to our YouTube channel over the weekend this Labor Day weekend and it is a happy Labor Day weekend to you we're just about ready for kickoff as the captains are on the field for Brian it's Carter Sims and Landon sahika all of the pregame festivities for the most part have taken place again as you're listening to us the field is lined with blue from the North End Zone all the way to about Midfield on the home side you can hear the Bryant crowd cheering and on the other side of the field from The End Zone up to the 50 yd line as well and Rex a fancy car there at Midfield just delivered to Midfield the bues mascot I guess is what you would call him as we just welcomed with a message from Governor Sarah Huckaby Sanders the newest business to Seline County an official announcement there that bies would be in the uh Benton Bryant area coming soon that's been the big news the last couple of years and yeah it's a gas station all those things but I think it is fitting in a sense we had the partnership for many years from Big Red no longer in business so maybe bues will be the next big sponsor one day I don't know but forget about that for now Rex let's talk football we're about three or four minutes away from kickoff looks like it'll probably be a little bit longer than that and check out the student section for the Hornets right now all standing you know how it goes Rex these students are faithful to show up to the games and when I got here at 4:15 there was already a line of uh students ready to come in when they couldn't even get in till about 5:30 5:45 so it's a huge Bryant crowd as we look down below us just a massive sea of blue you can tell I'm excited for the season what about you Rex well the other day when we had that pep rally we were in the gym and everybody's in there sophomores juniors seniors the band cheer dance everybody's in there and I left there with a migraine it was that bad I mean it was that L these seniors want it these Juniors want it everybody wants it I know this football team has a chip on their shoulder after last year go back to the playoffs against bville so I expect the whole team coaches everybody just have a chip on their shoulder this year just want to go out there want to win want to make it back here in December and get another state championship on their resume I see the Benton Panthers set to run through their tunnel here in just a moment have not seen the Hornets just yet and now here they come in those blue helmets with the white be they're wearing the blue tops and the blue pants as well and they are making their way through the Bryant Hornet tunnel that they will run out of in just a moment and so we're just about ready to get both of the two teams out on the field here two minutes before the scheduled kickoff we'll be a few minutes after that it would appear and as we told you a see of blue along the home side here tonight and the Benton Panthers making their way out right now a huge crowd the Benton faithful are here as well as they make their way out in the white uniforms those maroon helmets with the panther logo on the top top the maroon numbers the white pants our crew tonight as the hornets make their way out as well we'll wait just a second on that led by the RC the American flag the Bryant B flag and also the hornet logo flag as the cheerleaders and dance team also lead the way and the football players make their way out onto the field Chris Reed helping us out tonight from the field shop and uh and uh our cameras tonight we've got Justin Reynolds Gerard Barber Christian Kane will be doing Replay for us again it's an audio broadcast but we're going to post it to our YouTube channel over the weekend so we'll have that for you as well Rex it's always a huge game here Bryant has consistently won this game in our lifetimes Benton has not won since 2005 there was a tie in 2014 and in the 50th edition of this game Bryant has won 17 in a row if you don't don't include that tie there in 2014 briyan is going to kick off Benton will have the football first Grayson King will be kicking for the Hornets trying to make sure I can hear Rex here as we check our audio before we get this one going the Deep men back for the Benton Panthers are standing inside their 5 yd line they've got one at the two yd line expecting a deep kick from Grayson king with a lot of wind to work with as he's kicking with the wind and we've got a whistle and a flag on the kickoff here Rex so we talked uh before we went on the air about penalties we know we're going to see a lot of that in this first game as both teams are trying to get into the Rhythm early on this season well this is a Briant team who lost a lot of St go back to the offive line we only have two retur stars that is Kyro Terry at Left tackt Right tack pretty much the same offense from last year I mean you miss a couple big guys that play wide receiver I mean Miss sing Anda RW but I me next man upstem always still have aun back system which has been what Bri had in theast and you also get the Lu thir they're going to kick off again I'm not sure if we're getting Rex's microphone so we'll work on that this one should be returnable but it's fumbled right at the goal line and picked up in the end zone that will be a Touchback he will not be allowed to return it is om Marcus King who fumbled it at the one and it went into the end zone so now my audio is back there we go I guess that's the deal here so yeah okay so now I'm on four we got it somehow I'm on four now all right so you can hear me folks benon will have it first and 10 from their own 20 yd line moving left to right snaps back back to the quarterback and he throws low incomplete a little extracurricular downfield they won't call anything there as Drew Davis's first pass is incomplete well this is a uh a bent offense without their fourar we just had a little microphone XLR cable switched on us I think so we are all good now Rex say hello to the fans they can hear you now that makes me feel a little bit better because I've been talking this whole time but it happens Davis has a wide openen receiver the catches made across the 25 out past the 30 as he slips a tackle it's Maddox Davis who has a first down for the Benton Panthers to the own 39 yd line as that one goes for 19 yards this is a bent offense without their four-star running back Bray Russell committed Arkansas and played here last night so they're just kind of trying to find themselves after not having a a big old running back back there 19 yd pickup first and 10 from their own 39 Davis steps up in the pocket to run across the line of scrimmage outside to the 50 and will go out of bounds on his own in Bryant Hornet territory at the 49 yd line a big pickup on the ground he goes for 12 yards and it's first and 10 yet again for Benton this is a Bryant defense that lost a couple of big hitters last year I mean one one cornerback Bryson Ado and two safeties so it's kind of a younger core now Man in Motion right to left Davis on the called quarterback keep hits a wall after a two- y gain and he'll fall forward for an extra yard to give him three second and seven for Benton as they move into Bryant territory on the opening drive just underway here 1120 with the clock rolling in the first no scores Benton is on the Move early faced with a second and seven as Davis will go up to the line of scrimmage he'll shift his running back from the left to the right side that's Luther Tucker man goes in motion but they give to Tucker on the ground through the middle will take a tackler with him inside the 40 a couple of other Bryant Hornets there to finally bring him down and that appears to be Tristan Knox with the tackle this is going to be a long game if Bon keeps moving like they're moving right now this Bryant defense got to get a hold of them up front it's a first and 10 for the Panthers at the Hornets 38 yd line receiver in motion left to right empty back field for Davis looks to his right here comes the pressure near Midfield escapes the tackler Davis has time directs throws incomplete knocks on the coverage again this time the intended target was Ellas Payne and it brings up second and 10 for the Panthers uh Tristan Knox will be one of the the leaders on this defense after last year you get Nick Miller and Tristan Knox who had a lot of reps outside of their injuries and they played a lot with those seniors so I know they learned a lot and they're going to be the the big Minds on this defense this year Davis has Maddox Davis just lined up with him and now they'll shift those two receivers to the right side it's now going to be four receivers to the right side with one to the left Davis is looking that way the entire play and he throws it low down at the shoelaces of Ellas pay incomplete and now the Benton Panthers offense has stalled just a bit they're faced with a third and 10 from the Bryant 38 yd line well this is fourth down territory so no matter what Brian needs to stop and try to keep it to a longer distance but Bon loves their screen passes they always loved them and this year they you've already seen it they've ran three or four three receivers to the right one to the left a look back to the sidelines for the call it's Davis the quarterback Tucker is running back to his left four down lineman for the Hornets we'll see if they come after Davis anticipating a pass on Third and 10 they do little bit of a hold not called Davis throws low a yard in front of his intended target on the far side of the field which is Will Carter and that makes it fourth and 10 and you get a stop here and you'll get the football back or get the football for the first time and the Bryan offense is starting to get ready got to make a stop though Rex I I agree 100% but it's early you could take a shot if you're bent you could play the gamble they'll go three receivers two to the right one to the left ball is square in between the hash marks here fourth and 10 from the 38 yard line and now Davis will head up to the line for a moment shift a receiver and a timeout because play clock was running down and head coach Brad Harris for Benton will take a timeout we'll stay right here and talk through this first break 1029 to play in the first quarter it's the 50th edition of this rivalry between Benton and Bryant they've not dubbed at the salt bowl that many years but whatever we'll call it the 50th salt Bowl close close enough pregame festivities before the game we had uh representatives from Goodwill Industries down on the field and Bryant was the winner of the big campaign this year for most pounds donated is the way they did that so I guess if you brought in a bunch of clothes didn't weigh as much as a big heavy dresser or something so either way it was almost 200,000 pounds of donated items between the two schools that's impressive Rex yeah normally I remember them doing the peanut butter drive that's right I was always big on that cuz I wanted to win I've always even though it might have been something small but I love what they do here with Goodwill and everything and Goodwill made a donation to each school and also some gift cards available to some of the families in our communities here we go after the timeout an empty back field for Davis on Fourth and 10 and he'll punt it Brian didn't really see it coming or they weren't worried about it that's going to trickle into the End Zone after bouncing at around the seven yd line and it's a Touchback so they don't go for it they don't roll the die early Benton gives it to Bryant and we'll see the offense and third-year quarterback Jordan Walker for the first time here in 2024 this is the same Jordan Walker we saw last year and the year before I mean he he's a dual threat quarterback he can he can get you on the Deep Ball but he can also tuck it and run it the big struggle this year on the offensive line and the big question I guess is what I should say is the offensive line in general mean you have three new starters in their your interior offensive lineman so I'm curious to see how they're going to go this year Walker will work with Myron Thrash as the starting running back to his right Walker will throw on the first pass of his 224 campaign it's caught and up near the 30 yd line the catch is made by Bryant Zachariah Curtis Jones he was wrapped up around the neck in the lower part of the helmet as he was slung out of bounds causing the crowd to oo and awe a bit but there was no penalty and they're going to move quick here after picking up 10 on the completed pass snap back to Walker fakes to thrash looks to the middle throws Carter Ratcliff at the 40 makes the catch takes a tackler with him up near Midfield and Carter's to the 49 yd line a huge pickup two plays two first downs for Bryant and they're moving fast first and 10 from their own 49 three receivers to the right one to the left snap back to Walker gives on the ground to thrash he's met in the back field and will'll turn the legs back to the line of scrimmage no gain second and 10 for Bryant so you have a was Baptist backfield Jordan Walker and uh myin thrash have both committed to OBU that was pretty awesome to see a couple of weeks ago of course I Engineer the broadcast for wasal Baptist we'll get started next Thursday night at home at Cliff Harris Stadium second and 10 Walker throwing on the run will go high and incomplete two penalty Flags down and we see a couple of Bryant players throwing their hands up but is that going to be a hold I'm pretty sure even though I don't I don't think it should be a hold penalty flags on the field here at second and 10 so if it's a hold Bryant's going backwards and we've yet to see the call just from our official still waiting might have been a false start they just threw the flag I mean yeah the Benton players are clapping yeah I guess we're conferring over in the sidelines and the call may be from our referee so there was two penalties against Bryant one was for what an illegal man downfield it looked like and the other for a hold they declin the first they'll take the hold does give them the down back and it's now second and 20 so a couple of downs to work with thrash goes in motion from left to right Walker has him open but he'll throw instead a little bit deep er downfield a catch made around the 47 then out of bounds close to the 50 by kelen Latin who makes that catch there and gives him a little bit of the yardage back he'll pick up nine it's third and 11 well with Bryant they like oh there's another flag on the field yikes did they pick that one up I I think so yeah they picked it up so so completed play for 11 yards we're down to 923 to play in the first this is Bryant's opening drive after Benton had to punt the football faced with a third and 11 Walker will pump now he throws to the middle that's too high the outstretched arm of Carter Ratliff could not come up with that one and it brings up fourth an 11 for the Hornets I think it's a smart decision by Bryant here to punt don't risk anything too early where you can put yourself in a bad situation or go down early but this Brian offense likes to go fast and the Run game the past two years have just been the biggest factor to it and this year the Run game looked a little shaky but it was the first drive was that Grayson King out to punt it's kind of hard to see that number right there yep King King standing at his 35 yd line will boot it away and it takes a bounce inside the 20 picked up by Benton inside the 15 football pops free it looks like Benton is able to recover it at the 15 yd line but wait a second everybody from Bryant is pointing and bodies are being dragged out of the pile Benton has it wooo that could have been the big momentum shift early as Maddox Davis fielded it low and it popped up into the air he was able to go up and get it and get down to the turf before he lost it again that could have been a huge for Brian they could have put b in a really bad spot but I expect B to do the same thing they did last drive just screens and run plays 20 yards through two plays for them I expect the same bitten so bitton's opening drive 19 yards after an incomplete pass then they went for 12 they were moving the ball a couple of incomplete passes and they ended up having to punt it first and 10 from their own 15 yd line they go left to right on their second offensive Drive of quarter number one Davis throws out into the flat left side a receiver it's caught Ellas Payne turns it up field 2530 and Out of Bounds at the 32 yd line he picks up 17 y yards they are passing the ball successfully early on I mean it goes back to those screen plays the defens line has to keep their head on the swivel make sure that they don't overcommit where it can put them in a bad situation in the secondary can't run back too far or else they got to Sprint downfield and then take a block eventually it was Jaden Welch who was able to kind of help Usher him out of bounds Davis rolls to the near side right this time plenty of time throws man open near Midfield and that catch is made by Will Carter Carter is able to get the football to the Benton 49 yd line another 17 backto back plays go for 17 yards and Benton's near Midfield Benton's also playing with the chip on their shoulder this year I mean they were Conference champions in the 6A Division if I'm not mistaken and they've not been close to Bryant the last several years last year Bryant wins 356 year before was 3817 and 42-3 before that hand off on the ground this time to Tucker along the left hash inside the 45 yd line down to the 44 he'll pick up five before he's brought down and it's was that trying to see who was in there to get the tackle that time for Bryant I believe it was Daryl Moore Daryl Moore was a sophomore Bryant then went to Little Rock Southwest and now he's back at BR it is it Daryl mors we got two number 42s but I think that is him that throw is incomplete talk about that hit Jaden Welch just had on him I mean even though he didn't he didn't catch the ball he just yeah put his shoulder down right into his chest thises Brian defense the last several years has had that bend don't break mentality that give up some yardage from time to time but they stiffen up when you get the football in their territory short third down here third and three likely four down territory for Benton we'll see what happens here first they pitch it on the end round and that's going to be shy of the first down there looked as if uh Thomas Cornelius the linebacker was the first to shoot through there to stop him but he does pick up two and it's fourth and one I think they go for it I don't think they do a pooch punt like they did last Drive I think they just get those linemen to bury them their heads down and drive forward we don't see a lot of the quarterback going under Center these days but we've seen a a little bit of it not going to do that Davis will work out of that shotgun couple of receivers to each side Tucker in the back field with him big Play It's fourth and one and the quarterback will keep it and he has the first down to the 40 yd line he picked up two needed only one and it's first and 10 for Benton well this is a bitten team that's not really known for taking shots down field a lot I mean I've already said it enough screen plays and run plays and quarterback runs are I think one of the best plays you can have on a team TJ Williams a sophomore running back in the game for Benton now 725 left first quarter clock rolling no score Brian and Benton in the salt Bowl Davis quarterback keep goes up the left side to the 35 yd line and he picks up five yards this linebacking core is kind of the strong suit of this defense and they can't be getting pushed around like that it's all a leverage game in football whoever's lower wins pretty much so these these linebackers got to get down or just fill their Gap as fast as they can Nick Miller was around the tackle that time changing his number this year as Rex alluded me to alerted me of 42 down to number four now pass is thrown and intercepted and speaking of guess who that's Nick Miller with the interception and then he's tackled at the 41 yd line and there's your first game changer of this one it comes with six 43 to play in the first a turnover it's a Nick Miller interception I think I was more impressed with him Trucking the offensive player than he was actually intercepting the football I mean he just ran him right over he knocked his helmet off they're showing the replay on the video board inside War Memorial Stadium and from our view we could hear a little bit of a roar there and a quick switch as Bryant takes over on offense now Daniel Anderson in at running back Anderson suffering an injury last year and coming back late in the season and then uh not much there on that one he did come back and play that last game or did he not he was an option but IED you're suited out I think but he is a fourstar Notre Dame commit which is kind of Bryant's generated some big names and big players this these past couple years they sure have a loss of two on that play and they're going to lose even more here as that play is botched as well and the lose three I looked down for half second Rex and missed that one was that Anderson on the carry again yes the big thing with Ben is they like to blitz so when you want to run they're most likely blitzing and with the younger core at wide receiver not a lot of experience last year it's kind of iffy if you want to air it out or anything they'll stack the receivers along the hashar mark on the right side on Third and 15 Walker's got to get it downfield with time he does air it out it's a jump ball incomplete to Ratliff the bent player there making sure that everybody knows he was on the coverage but Rex I got to tell you that Ben player is much shorter than rat Li and it that ball been anywhere close R would have caught it yeah I'm not sure the defender there would have been able to do much if I stopped somebody that was 65 at doing something me like I'd be proud of myself too so om Marcus King I don't know if we've got a 57 he's list at 57 Bryant's going to have to punt again and it's a little bit of a wobbly one but they'll come up and field it at the 35 and immediately tackled out the 37 Brian's saying they came up with the football but Ben was already down going back to this uh Bryant linebacker core we've already seen them rotate through a couple guys you have Gavin mman who's actually a fourstar he's new to the the rivals ranking you also have Daryl Moore who came from Southwest Nick Miller and JT Allen JT Allen's back it's amazing how many players Brian has that are right there in the mix for some sort of big college scholarship while we're just at the start of the Season here yeah well that drive did not go well for the Hornets though the interception by Nick Miller wasted a bit and we're going to see Benton for the third time in this first quarter that run play for two yards met by the entire defensive line we get some of these names in we will didn't bring my binoculars tonight Rex rookie mistake for the veteran I'll do better next time if this Bryan defense can get a a three and out here it'd be huge for the confidence of the because they're already over them it would they've been out there a little bit they'll go on the end around on the reverse there to Ellas Payne and he is tracked down and tackled by Simeon Mitchell Mitchell's able to get him after what about two yards three yards maybe say two yards okay three yards actually excuse me so it's third down for Benton third and seven they're at their own 40 yd Line 440 to go in the first Bryant zero Benton zero snap is back to Davis looks left now rolls to his right trying to find somebody a lot of time he throws and this one's taken away as well at the 30 yd line Benton has yet another interception to the 40 out to the 45 in the 50 yd line as Matthew Ferguson takes one away and Brian has two interceptions you know what's funny is Matthew Ferguson used to be a quarterback he used to be a backup quarterback wow and he he's so athletic that they moved him out there to the secondary and say do I did it say it did them solid right there I would say so decent little return too and Bryant will have the football technically here in Benton territory just on the other side of the 50 yd line at the 421 Mark of the first quarter Bryant needs to capitalize and we've got a flag before the play it's encroachment against Benton now move Bryant forward five yards here got to take advantage of this now yeah I was going to say I feel really needs to score here it'd be a confidence booster for this whole team it give the defense after two interceptions just go out there and start over basically first and five from the Benton 44 Bryant in possession as they go on the ground a hard run from Zachariah Curtis Jones and now on three offensive series we've seen all three running backs for the Bryant Hornets as Jones is going to pick up almost five they get give him four and a half and it's second and very very short well we lose James Martin but we pick up Zachariah Curtis Jones so and he played last year too it's impressive called the name of James Martin quite a bit but there were other guys like thrash Curtis Jones that played a lot and even Anderson Zachariah Curtis Jones will break a tackle get the first down and more to the 31 yd line a nine yd gain on that run Hornets are moving now 345 to play in the first it's the third time to have the football and they're looking to find the end zone for the first time in 2024 first and 10 from the bent 31 on the ground and that's going to go right up the middle near the 20 yd line Myron thrash is back in the game at running back thrash will get it to the 20 and it's a first down guys getting knocked around after the whistle Rex you know nothing better than the first game of the year and you already getting dirty first and 10 from the Benton 21 Walker keeps it on the ground to thrash he has a lane through the middle to the 15 hits a tackler and we'll take it two more yards down to the 13 yd line it's a pickup of eight thrash is running hard solid gain there and it's second and two he reminds me a lot of James Martin from last year I mean when he gets his head down he'll run over anybody on this field he's aggressive inside three to play in the first snap back to Walker thanks to thrash throws Carter Ratliff catch at the five gain tackled but still on his feet he's still going he never went down but the whistle blew and they stopped it at the four yd line well we have hold on we have one referee saying at the one we have another one marking it at the four and they're going to basically split the difference and say the three first and goal for the Hornets hand off on the ground not there on the first effort second effort gets them down to about the 2 yd line maybe the one thrash takes it to the two yd line ball is placed just inside the two and we've got a timeout with 232 to play in the first we'll take a quick break here Bryant zero Benton Zero thanks for being with us tonight from War Memorial Stadium you're listening to Bryant Hornet football oh my gosh that's a long time to talk so I guess we had these switched and didn't realize it so I'm actually in this one I guess I didn't realize which one was plugged into which so I was I did welcome back to War Memorial Stadium 232 to play in the first Bryant Z Benton zero but the Hornets are knocking on the door of the end zone here they have second and goal from the two yd line and you got Carter Ratliff in the back field with Walker snap back to Walker give to thrash thrash hit goes to the one not in and it's third and goal now from the one Bryant took a timeout there and after the interception from Ferguson the Hornets have marched the football downfield they've got two chances to get this in the end Z can't imagine a field goal it's third and goal from the one Rex well they did just bring in Cooper Billingsley who's the backup tied end he kind of kind of resembles David pagin from last year just a big body just an extra blocker 15 on the play clock don't have to hurry too much just yet snap is back to Walker gives to Myron thrash skirts one defender in zone touchdown for the Brian Hornets and they're on the scoreboard for the first time in 2024 they take a 6 nothing lead lead on the bitt Panthers 150 to play in the first now that's the Brian Hornet team I remember from last year just run it down their throats until you score and I mean that's kind of what happened this drive we one throw for four or five yards and that was about it the rest was the running backs extra point is up and it is good off the leg of cook with Carter Sims holding and it's seven to nothing Brian 150 to play in the first back in a moment for the kickoff you're listening to Brian Hornet football e a seveny drive for the Bryant Hornets that takes about two and a half minutes off the clock after the interception from Matthew Ferguson set it all up it was Myron thrash on the ground carry after carry including a one-yard touchdown run credit to the offensive line for helping out there as well and after the extra point Bryant seven Benton nothing 150 to play in the first and here comes the kick from King it will be fielded at the three yd line by the Panthers om Marcus King King fumbles the football it is loose and we are waiting to see who has the football it is Bryant football the Hornets have come up with it fumbling is om Marcus King and it's going to be the Hornet offense out on the field in the Red Zone up seven to nothing and a chance to take a two-score lead if I was bran I'd take a shot here first down because it's Fourth down territory if not we could just kick it and get three points but take a shot then go back to the Bryant Basics just running it down their thr Daniel Anderson will be the running back for now the fourth offensive series of the first quarter for the Hornets see he was at the bottom of that pile for Bryant was it zachari Curtis Jones I think I think it might have been a flip to Anderson he has some Running Room he takes it to the 15 and then down to the 11 seven yd gain for Anderson a strong run on first down it brings up second and three I love how Bryant they never stick to just inside run plays they Bounce It Out they'll do pitch plays like you like we just did right there if not the screen is always available RPO another great opportunity for the Hornets two receivers left one to the right Walker wants to throw now he can run he's to the 10 down to the five wrapped up around the ankles at the four yd line so seven on the ground for Walker and it's first and goal from the four yd line I feel like we were just here Rex there's nothing wrong with that either one minute to play in the first seven to nothing Bryant first and goal from the four Walker to Anderson goes right Cuts left he takes the tackler with him down to the two yd line a touchdown saving tackle that time from Benton's J Alford senior whose name we've called a lot the last couple of years and they'll say to the three yd line did not get as much as I thought appears the markers are saying about the two or the three the board is saying the two either way it's second down heavy side to the left Walker gives on the ground to Anderson again Anderson is in the endone Zone touchdown for the briyan Hornets they've got a two-score lead in the first quarter when uh when we first started this game I thought things were going to be a little shaky but once we settled down I think got the nerves out of our system this is the Brian team I remember from the past couple years well it helps when you can get four offensive possessions in the first quarter extra point from Jackson cook is good and so that makes at 14 to nothing and just like that in a matter of about 2 minutes Bryant has two touchdowns we'll stay right here as we're about to hit the end of the quarter as well so a reminder for all of you listening that we will not be uh on the road next week to St Louis to the game against Christian Brothers but after that the Hornet Media Sports production class some of the news students helping as well will bring you the final eight regular season games with video on our YouTube channel and then playoff games as well which hopefully will lead all the way back to right here at the end of the year Rex your senior year that'd be nice wouldn't it you start your year you start your year here and might as well end it here it's my senior year as well it's my fourth year here how about that hey we're doing it together W had quite a few wins it's been a fun run so far that's for sure last year was the anomaly we'll get back to uh the state championship this year maybe uh it's a long way to go maybe we should shouldn't talk about that just yet well eight weeks it's got a little while but yeah our next broadcast will be right here at War Memorial Stadium as we take on Park viw and we know that's going to be a fun one because it has been a battle the last couple of years including Park viw getting the Hornets last year by a point they went on to win a state championship another good kickoff that has been in backpedaling fielded in the end zone and taken straight up the gut to the 1520 then hit at the 25 all the way way to the 30 yd line before he's brought down that's a decent return on a player who was backpedaling into the end zone to field it Ellas pay has bent just shy the 30 yd line his kicks never look like they're going to travel that far and then they just keep carrying he gets good distance on all of them be a Touchback if they just wouldn't touch it yeah B not afraid to field the football though we've uh we've seen that after two defensive takeaways here two interceptions this Brian defense has a lot of confidence they're playing with a lot of confidence right now check this out they had two guys in the back field with their quarterback they moved both of them to receiver they sent somebody else back in the back field now A Man in Motion lot to keep up with there pitch out into the flat to Tucker he makes the catch and he'll Scamper up field and then out of bounds to the 37 on his own a 7 yard gain a little scream pass they just keep going to it I mean what can you say every offens has their thing like Bryant's run RPO team and Ben's a screen team second and three could be the final play of the first quarter we'll see if he stays in bounds it's caught and a lot of running room up the sidelines near the 50 looks like he went out a couple of yards shy and the receiver made the catch is hobbling after all of that could not see who caught that Rex he's over on the Sid lines over there I think it might have been pain again 8 seconds left in the first Davis pumps in some trouble redirects from left to right now all sorts of Running Room here's Flags everywhere one two three four flags on the field and as I like to say it's like the dead canaries all fell down at once oh my goodness we got a hold and this one's coming back when I played football there was a PA announcer when we went down to El he said there's a lot of dirty Lacher on there you go there's a lot right there when you get a play like that the quarterback was heading left decided to go right and tripped up that offensive line let's see that happened at around the 30 around 42 so they're going to basically be back to the line of scrimmage I think I think they might replay the play too okay then go into the second quarter yeah we're at the end of the quarter I always thought it was was just if it was a defensive penalty I guess if it's even if it's an offensive penalty you get another no they realized it if it's a defensive penalty you play another play well okay we do have one more you're right okay they don't know what's going on either I don't think I thought I was right you think I'm right if it's a defensive penalty you replay it at the end of a quarter but offensive penalty no that should be the end of the first quarter the officials I think realized that and sent both teams to their sideline so it's 14 to nothing Bryant against Benton after one unless there was a timeout called there but I don't think so yeah now they've got the board reset to 12 minutes so we'll take a quick break we'll start the second quarter in just a moment you're listening to Brian Hornet football e then football as we start the second quarter here they'll have first and 10 from their own 49 yd line and they're going to go on the ground on this first play of the second quarter with a pretty decent run that time from Maddox Davis Davis has a first down he'll pick up 11 yards to take it down to the Bryant 41 this is a bent offense has a lot of weapons they might not be the biggest guys or the strongest guys but they're weapons and they utilize them we knew last year it was going to be all about the running game Bryant was ready for that and this year yeah we're seeing these wide receivers catch a few more passes than what we've seen in the past couple of years from the Panthers receivers spread out to the left one to the right on the ground though and a helmet goes flying for the Hornets but they'll keep the play going at least for a moment there and uh that was Gavin mman who's lost his helmet and Daryl Moore also in on the tackle seen four or five helmets already fly off we have yep first game of the year yeah tighten up that strap a little bit more they give him four it's second and six Benton has the football at the Bryant 37 they pitch it and then pitch it back again on the end round and there's some Running Room to the 30 down to the 20 to the 15 and out of bounds ellias Payne at the 11 yd line what a play it goes for 26 yards they use a little bit of trickeration as they like to say on that reverse and pay showed his footwork as well getting inside the 15 down to the 11 Benton is threatening here 1048 to play in the second it's 14 to nothing Bryant look at the down lineman for Bryant that time they're coming after the football and they knock it down how about that it worked Bryant Davis just out of nowhere I think Bryant had six or seven guys down on that defensive line on that play I don't blame them when your linebackers have speed and they're as strong as they are they can get down in the box and just fill as many gaps or take up as many linemen as they need to that one batted down stops the clock 1044 to play in the second Bryant 14 bent nothing Panthers have second and 10 from the Bryant 11 yd line look at this you got four down linan again but you got two more creeping in and they're going to be right there and the football comes loose the Hornets have it bran has come up with the fumble first the hit and then falling on the football for the recovery is JT Allen Brian has their third takeaway of this contest and we've just started the second quarter these small areas are killing bitten I mean two interceptions what two fumbles actually right fourth takeaway for Bryant we to see who got the initial hit here Rex we're getting to look at the replay I think it's Eli Davis landed TOA and Bryant Davis Brian Davis excuse me how about that well talk about the uh the adjustments of this Bryant defense hopefully we'll have a chance to do so depend on how fast the offense goes but they made adjustments they decided to come after the ball carrier and it worked on backto back play plays first a ball batted down and then a fumble and so Bryant has it first and 10 from their own 15 yd line Walker throws high and that one is intercepted at the 30 yd line the Panthers have it right back and they're moving downfield to the 20 to the 10 to the five just shy of the end zone down at the one yd line Cordell Payne the intercept ction and the momentum swings right back to the Benton Panthers so we got a takeway and then give the ball back but yep yeah well not what we wanted to see happen there and Bryant it's got to have some miracle of a defensive stand now it's first and goal from the one for Benton after after that 25 27 yd return or so after the interception 1027 to play in the second big momentum shift we've got whistles before the snap should be a fall start and the Benton uh student section is cheering I don't know if they heard the whistle I don't I guess I missed the flag I oh there's the flag way on the far side of the field they call encroachment against the Bryant defense which moves the ball a half yard closer don't need any more help from here it's not really what you want but I mean is it really going to make that big a difference yeah if anything you're trying to get any sort of Advantage down here at the goal line let's stock the line again Davis out of the shotgun Tucker to his left snap back to Davis to Tucker he has half his body across and he's in for the touchdown Benton scores 1019 to play in the second it's a fumble recovery from Bryant then an interception by the Hornets a penalty and one play later a Benton touchdown well if you're Bryant you just forget about the interception go back out there start over start from scratch I think run the ball a couple times then do some short passes like we did last year I mean they love their check Downs Jordan Walker gets the ball there in in a second half a second he's he's quick with it Garrett Honeycut on to attempt the extra point snaps down and the kick is up it's good 14-7 is now our score Bryant with the lead but only by a touchdown as the momentum switches back to the Benton Panthers in the 50th edition of this rivalry between Benton and Bryant you're listening to Bryant Hornet football e right has Leighton and frost back deep to receive for the Hornets after Benton scores 10 19 to play in the second quarter looked as if Bryant had the potential to go up three touchdowns they were up 14 to nothing with the football after a turnover but a Jordan Walker interception and Benton capitalizes and we've got a one-score contest low lining kick no return opportunity for frost as that one goes into the end zone and then out of bound Bryant will start at their own 20 yd Line This Bryant offense in general not even not just Jordan Walker the whole offense just needs to forget about last Drive don't even worry about it just move on from it it's like I said right before we went in break to start over start that run game back up let's see who the running back's going to be looks like it's going to be Zachariah Curtis Jones see if they can chew up some clock we've seen a couple of targets tonight to Carter ratl we've not seen too many others get involved yet on the ground to Curtis Jones he'll go along the left hash mark he's hit he doesn't go down spins off the tackler to the 25 where he is finally dropped five yd gain second and five I love how these Brian running backs they know when they're down and they know when they're not down you go back to last year Min thrash at a 70 yard screen reception for a touchdown CU they thought they tackled him but he never touched dubbed to the boot scoot I believe Zach Moss by the way gave him that uh that phrase and he texted me tonight said he's listening to the broadcast so one of our former students did all the highlights last year here's a highlight Walker on a big run to the 3540 across the 50 Walker down the sidelines 40 to the 35 No Flags well there's one that came in at the 50 wait a minute as Walker goes out of bounds all the way at the 30 yd line but it looks like some of it might be coming back I did see number 63 tremble for Bryant he fell over well so maybe it was against Benton it could be and it could add on but normally in these situations it's a block in the back or something normally blocking the back hold all the Benton players kind of just standing hands on their hips the Bryant players pointing as if to indicate that it's against Benton I think it is too it may be some murmuring among the crowd here as we wait for this call 934 to play in the second big impact call here personal foul against Benton how about that 15 yards to the end of that run officially the Run being marked at the 34 yd line so that that's going to take Brian inside the Red Zone and I mean go back to the actual play great awareness by Jordan Walker he realized he didn't want to force anything and he just took off as part of his dual threat capability and he outran the whole bit defense so a huge run from Jordan Walker plus the 15 yd penalty 933 to play in the second Bryant 14 Benton seven first and 10 for the Hornets inside the red zone at the 19 flipped to Zachariah Curtis Jones Running Room to the 15 undercut around the 12 and flies out of Bounds at the 10 that's a niney gain and there comes the late flag Rex you saw it oh yeah uh number four om Marcus King did a little bit of unnecessary roughness out of bounds against a defenseless Bryant player that's what I thought it's a long way from our Vantage Point here we're set up uh two spots over from that main TV Booth our vantage point about the 35 40 yard line on the home side that play occurring around the 10 yard line of the South End Zone to our right The Far Side of the field second personal foul against Benton on this drive and it sets up first and goal it goes back to those those small things are K Benton and multiple absolutely those are interceptions hug two major penalties that just gave us 30 extra yards wow so zachari Curtis Jones at running back Walker having a conversation with one of his receivers Leon and now Curtis Jones to the right side of Walker first and goal from the five snap is back quarterback keeps he throws rat Li a catch at the three he walks it in to the end zone touchdown for the Hornets it's 20 to7 extra point pending nine minutes to play until halftime that's just a great execution by Jordan Walker he made his read quick Snappy got it to Carter atler for six points you couldn't be more efficient right there extra point is up and good [Music] from uh cook and that makes it 21-7 on the Carter Ratliff touchdown from Jordan Walker we'll take a break it's 21-7 Brian over Benton you're listening to Brian horn football five playay drive for the Brian Hornets it goes 80 yards after starting at their own 20 aided by a couple of Benton penalties and with nine minutes to play until halftime it's Bryant 21 Benton s it was Carter Ratliff on a 5-yard touchdown catch from Jordan Walker and now for the Hornets out to send this one away be Grayson King two return men for Benton back at the five and this time a short Kick Kicking into the wind it'll bounce once High into the hands of the Return Man at the 15 out to the 25 spins off a tackler 35 to the 40 on the far side and out of bounds Davis on the return Maddox Davis and while they have had a fumble on a return here tonight that was a big play for Benton that sets them up at their own 40 if I'm not mistaken I think the kicker got in there on the tackle that's good and bad yeah not good for your special teams it's good that a kicker can make a play Benton has it first and 10 own 40 yd line 852 to play in the second Davis under a lot of pressure now will go out of the pocket to the right side throws guess what picked off the Hornets have it the coming back the other way from the 45 across the 50 downfield 40 to the 30 we got a flag down at the 20 and a second flag comes in interception from Jonathan Frost Bryant has the football third interception fourth defensive takeaway and we'll wait and see what the penalties are all about I think it it's still our Ball but I'm pretty sure it's going to come back about 15 yards how about Jonathan Frost playing here is sophomore year leaving coming back that ball was thrown through a lot of traffic he had to be able to see past white and blue jerseys and the football came right at him and he made the catch I'm more impressed that the ball never even got touched traveled 20 yards through I think six or seven people yeah through some serious traffic but it's nice having him back I mean his his senior year he came back to Brian he wants to state championship there's the holding call so we had two oh did they say a block in the back and a hold and you can only accept one of those penalties there so they put the ball at the 40 still great field position wait wait wait wait wait are they saying the penalties offset well if it was one against well no because then if it offset it would be down at the 20 okay yeah it should be our offense coming out there it is yeah their defense is out there what's the delay I guess we're we have all the officials still talking to each other hold on we're not set just yet Coach Sanders is on the sidelines talking to an official here comes the referee over to talk to him still do not no and Bryant does not have their offense on the field I'm pretty sure it stays Bryant's ball it's just all about where should it should be where the line up now the referee's over talking to the Benton head coach coach Harris and we are still sitting here waiting a long first half we have 836 to go in the second we have been on the air for an hour and a well an hour okay so we have a line judge marking this at the Benton 34 yd line and now they're going backwards we had to find the spot of the foul that would be right he almost went an extra yard okay kind of confused why they wouldn't take the block in the back it's 15 y I thought it might have been 15 but if I'm not mistaken either way Bryant does have the football as we thought 836 to play in the second Bryant has it first and 10 from the Benton 44 44 yds to the end zone and a chance to take a three touchdown lead they're up 217 three down linemen that's it for Benton the handoff goes on the ground running to the right side is myON thrash he'll have to hold on to the football tight and he does as four or five Panthers were there to bring him down at the 39 it's a 5 yard gain from thrash and Rex they run so hard as you've talked about that looked like maybe two yards and he somehow gets five out of it I remember from when I would play football with him he was one of the strongest people on the team and I I think he still is I believe it he stays in the game as Bryant has rotated through the running backs tonight they actually give him about four and a half so thrash will try to pick up the first down here straight forward right at the sticks very close and I would say it's going to be just short look third and just inches here so really about four and a half and five on the last two car to leave him about a half yard shy of a first down third and very short scoreboard marking it at the 34 which would be a first down but they're not quite there two receivers left one to the right right back to thrash again but he's hitting the back field he'll stay up for a moment and he loses a yard so Benton realizes the plan there on three consecutive runs from the Hornets he loses a full yard maybe two and it brings up fourth and two that's not what you want there you don't want to go backwards you always want to progress in these situations but it is fourth down territory and Bryant's offense is staying out there I I almost would run the ball with Jordan here we'll see what they do fourth and two they might try a little bit of a hard count at first it's going to be an empty backfield for Walker so it could be a quarterback called run they are trying to draw Benton off sides for right now play Clocks down to n try to get him on the hard count didn't work down to five I think Bryant's going to call a timeout play clock's at two and Bryant does take a timeout with 640 to go in the second quarter a two touchdown lead trying to capitalize on yet another defensive takeaway for the Hornets we'll step away for just a second 217 Bryant you're listening to Bryant Hornet football e 640 to play until halftime Bryant 21 Benton seven Rex got a look at our scoreboard tonight the the biggest kind of upset I've kind of seen here is Conway's only up 14 to7 over Jonesboro and Jonesboro dropped down to 6A last year we'll keep an eye on Buck James and the Conway Wampus cats fourth and two for Bryant needing a first down the snap will go back to to Walker and he keeps it he's hit he gets to the 35 which is not enough they've got him around the 34 well wait but it looks like it's short might require a measurement they put it down inside the 35 yd [Music] line and I believe we are going to have time for a measurement to just add to this long second quarter and long first half they'll move the players back for a measurement that ball is to my right not the best angle don't have a good look down the line at it but I think he might come up short appears that he's short he needed the full 34 and they have that football but looks to be in between the 34 and the 35 was Walker on the quarterback keep they stretched the chains out I don't know yeah well short yep so Benton has it we were able to tell that from here after all that well Jonathan Frost interception we go thrash for five thrash for four it looks like you're going to have an easy first down but then minus two and then basically a yard or maybe no gain so turnover on Downs for Bryant and with 633 to go Benton back out on offense Bryant cannot go up by three scores for the second time in this game looked like they would have been up 21 nothing early but a mistake cost him that turned it to 14-7 in a hurry and then Bryant with the last touchdown on the Carter Ratliff touchdown that's where we're at 21-7 Benton first and 10 from their own 34 empty backfield five wide receivers three to the right two to the left Davis throws quick has his man Will Carter at the 40 and he'll turn it up to the 45 tackled there doing our best to get these defensive players mentioned Bryant Davis on the tackle for the Hornets I was talking about big number 99 Malachi McDonald he got downfield 10 yards and got the tackle too yeah so it is a first down first and 10 from the 45 for Benton they're taking a little different approach than what Brian has done on offense they're slowing this game down trying to eat up some clock not allow Bryant's offense back out on the field anytime soon Davis a long way off from the line of scrimmage rolling to his right will throw it out of bounds was under a lot of pressure a lot of times you'll see him roll to the right he rolled backwards he was line of scrimmage is the 45 he threw that ball from the 30 he went back 15 yards he was also getting chased from his backside yeah and never kind of set the set the stone back there but Benton does I do like what they're doing here and slowing it down they I feel like when they rushed these things up they ended up throwing interceptions fumbling the football so for them to slow it down here I think it could come out better for them it's turned out to be a pretty calm night here tonight good crowd little bit quiet right now second and 10 Davis fakes the handoff throws low and behind is Target pain incomplete third and 10 it kind of kind of feels like quarterbacks and receivers really haven't been on the same page outside of the screen game but these Bryant DBS have done pretty solid on the screen so far they they jamming them up left and right well the four turnovers and the uh additional passing this year from Benton has been part of the reason we've had a long first half 21-7 Davis has to throw it on Third and 10 rolls throws bobbled out of bounds incomplete so three consecutive incomplete passes leaves bent standing five yards shy of Midfield with a fourth and 10 and they'll send their punt team on quick stop from the Brian Hornets there gives you more hope in that defensive game and I mean look at the linebacker Nick Miller he great coverage on a wide receiver there the whole time he stay with him and stride no pass interference just got his hand in between player and the ball Brian has had some solid return men in the last few years especially since I've been here we'll see what Jonathan Frost does if he gets a chance he was standing at his 25 he'll back up couple of yards and B punter inside his 35 yd line to boot it away very short kick no opportunity for frost there it does take a good bounce for Benton from about the 33 or so all the way down inside the 20 at the 19 so gets a roll but it was not a good kick it's kind of weird looking back there in P return and not seeing Drake fower yeah that's true seen him so so frequently and this year it's different he graduated we' see Fowler with interceptions on defense and 35 40 50 yard punt returns as well yeah he'd also be punting the ball too that's right did a little bit of everything yeah a man of many talents is that what they say yeah basketball and track as well so 531 to play in the second Bryant 21 Benton 7 will this finally be the drive they go up three scores we'll see they start at their own 19 yd line heading left to right Brian those all blue uniforms tonight blue tops blue pants white numbers and hand off on the ground with a little bit of space this time out to the 25 and to the 26 yd line that's Daniel Anderson on the carry so Anderson had the football on the second offensive drive for Bryant and lost yards on his first two carries have not seen just too much of him tonight we'll see if he can carry the load on this drive before before halftime solid pickup of seven and it's second and three deep throw Ratliff can't catch that one he heard the crowd for just a moment there hoping he could come up with that one but he couldn't get it on the near Sidelines and coverage that time from Tyson Jordan I just don't think he saw it coming out of Jordan's hand he wasn't looking back communication wasn't there they weren't on the same page but you're you are you do have a third down yep and they've had a lot of short third down plays here got to get this one though got to keep this drive moving 458 to play until halftime receiver to the left two to the right they'll keep it on the ground Anderson stutters stretches and he's right at the 29 yd line goodness this one might require a measurement too I thought he reached for it and got it oh my goodness we're going to have to have another measurement uh well N I think he's short yeah here we go we're GNA we're going to measure it I'm gonna say he got this one Rex it's close we we have a great view of it from where the football is at it looks to me it's a little bit past that 29 yd line which be the first down marker but I don't know when he reached for it it looked that's what I thought yeah yeah I don't know where his knee was down at the time where they gave it spot here we go third and three is he have the first down are we looking at fourth down that is so close they got it he got it by the nose of the football and that is huge because if anything you run another minute or two off the clock you would think and yeah get the first down I wish we were kind of down on the field for that one just see how close it was from up here it would seemed maybe an inch or two yeah it was it was close Anderson staying in the game now we'll see if Walker throws it here on First and 10 they get the first down first and 10 got four down linan for Benton that jumped for a moment they're back now Bryant taking their time five on the play clock down to three down to two have to hurry down to one just barely got that playoff in time hand off to Anderson Anderson The Running Room outside 35 to the 39 that should be 10 and we're very close to a first down yet again and if the officials measure this one Rex just give it to him yeah okay there we go they do give him a full 10 and we can move the chains good thing it wasn't fourth down I'm about to say we don't need another measurement from the 3 n now this time in their own territory right back to Anderson they're just going to him he'll Escape one Defender stays up for a moment as he was kind of be crawling and he's out past the 45 to the 47 where he went down you got to give respect where respect is due number 23 jacobe Boone he's been down the field every play just blocking wow just giving these running backs just a chance if they can find some open field well that's 18 yards on the last two plays for Anderson so it's helped and it's second and two as they near Midfield ball at the 47 yd line 335 to play until halftime Bryant 21 Benton s snap back to Walker Curtis Jones in the game now takes the hand off turns it up to the 45 with a flag down he's tackled at the 42 that's at the line of scrimmage is where the flag is at so I believe we have a hold as we get a chance to see it on the video board inside the Stadium maybe not a whole looks like a Bryant player kind of ran over a Benton player well the bent play ilal block he was falling down yeah I think the angle of it is what caused the referee to throw that flag so quickly it looked as if the Bryant player just plowed him over but really the Benton player was falling down y a hit below the waist is that what he called he's an offensive lineman his job is to go hit people I don't agree with that call me let them play ball let them hit each other well that hurts you had the ball um moving in the right direction in Benton territory that moves it back to what second and 17 yeah after just you just had a second down and two also for the second year in a row of course everybody in the state knows but Razer backs played here last night so the end zone still painted in the Razer back red with Arkansas in one end zone Razer backs in the other the hog right in the middle of the field the SEC logo is down they've had that the last two years and uh that was new for me because the first couple of years it wasn't that way when I was calling a game here so we get the Razer back red down on the field again this year after the penalty second and 17 Walker forced to throw he'll find his Target in Leighton lak to the late to the 35 still going to the 40 near Sidelines 45 finally out of Bounds at the 46 that's a 14 yd gain recks exactly what you needed after a penalty you can make this manageable again here on third down well as youall seen in the past coach Julian Jones the offens coordinator he's honestly a mastermind on this offense with Jordan Walker for three years in a row he just knows what Jordan's good at and goes through strengths and works off of it was that game close last night by the the way I was watching the battle of the bowns I was watching Benton and Bryant volleyball all night isn't the same ballp part third three Walker watch out football is loose Benton has recovered it oh my goodness three minutes to play until halftime Walker gets caught in the air with his arm up they hit the arm ball comes loose and Benton's right there to fall on it making the entire play by himself walk Walter Hicks forces the fumble recovers the fumble Benton has a chance to yet again make it a onore game Davis steps up in the pocket rolls to his right open Target catch made that's his running back Tucker steps Out of Bounds at the 31 pick up of eight Ben's got all the momentum now and this game is lots of turnovers yes both sides yes I I'm not we have to get some of our Math teachers to help us figure out how many 253 to go quarterback keep for Davis along the right side to the 24 so he picks up seven has the first down he'll stop the clock while they reset the chains 249 to play until half Bryant 21 Benton seven you need another takeaway from briyan here do not let this be a one score game going to halftime two receivers left one to the right snap is back to Davis on the ground it's Tucker Tucker is stood up he goes backwards they'll give him his forward progress to the line of scrimmage and that is it you name a player for Brian they were in there to help with that one good job by number 94 Byron Allen and number 48 Matthew Nelson I mean they just wrapped him up from start to finish and Allen will charge off the field he's replaced on this play no gain second and 10 Benton from the Bryant 24 we're nearing two minutes to play until halftime Ben's been going so slow they might have to speed it up a little bit they pitch on the end round there's their big Play Breaking Free and going to the end zone Maddox Davis he scores from 24 yards out after the initial bump he was untouched the final 15 yards and we've got a onore game with 157 to play until after time I mean just a great end round play by bitten caught the Brian uh Brian defense sleeping there it's not what Bryant needed just with a minute and 57 left going into halftime up two possessions but now you're only up one possession game gets a little more tense Honeycut the extra point and the turnover leads to seven for Benton as that one is good Bryant 21 bent 14 Hornets cannot pull away yet 157 to play until halftime we're back in a moment you're listening to Brian Hornet football e the bands are getting ready to perform as we see the Benton and Bryant bands make their way down to the field from their spots in the stands and so 157 to play until halftime at War Memorial Stadium tonight normally this is the final game of the regular season in the state of Arkansas on a Saturday night but not this year everybody playing on Friday night Frost takes the kickoff he'll wait for some blockers to the 20 2 five he's already out of bounds and then pushed down sure looked like he was out to me no flag Frost is out of bounds around the uh 35 yard line let's see where they spot him here 35 yep was that just me did it look like he was out of bounds when he got hit I guess they let the play kind of continue yeah sometimes with those those guys they just close their eyes when they wrap up and they don't really know where they are they just try to get them down and I kind of respect the officials call there well okay never take your word on it to go against you here but that was yeah okay so briy let's see what they can do here a hard hit from myON thrash he levels the Benton player it's he's going to be slow to get up the near sideline thrash just you could hear the hit up here Isaac Hill took the brunt of that one four yd gain for thrash second and six he did go out of bounds we've got 146 to play clock stopped in the second scoring here would be huge for the Hornets yes it would 2114 our score Bryant leading by just a touchdown Walker gives thrash looking for a blocker breaks the tackle 40 to the 50 here goes thrash to the 40 far Sidelines 30 and he's out of bounds never really went down finally out of bounds not quite to the 30 line judge says he went out of bounds around the 33 that's a massive run for myin thrash Bryant's in business here so uh Matt Burke got taken out right there and Austin lead better his little brother Ethan Le better got in there and he held US own all right well Austin Leed better on the football field last night for the Razer backs now Ethan first and 10 for Bryant as they take it inside the 30 on the hand off not a lot there for thrash and looks like off the uh the bottom of the pile there for Benton ow and seals 115 to go in the second Brian has two timeouts left rant by seven hand off to thrash again got two blockers thrash to the outside 25 to the 20 thrash to the 15 lowers the shoulders down to the 10 he's tackled there 19 yards from minin thrash clock stops momentarily still two timeouts left for Bryant they don't have to use them yet 62 seconds to go until halftime and Bryant by seven they roll the clock if Bryant could score here they could go into halftime with a little more confidence and self-esteem Curtis Jones in the game now 54 seconds left hand off to Curtis Jones Goes left Cuts right to the nine to the eight two yards for Curtis Jones Bryant does not use a timeout 42 seconds clock rolling 35 seconds now until halftime Bryant 21 Benton 14 Brian has two timeouts left we're down to 30 seconds plenty of time on the play clock 25 seconds left in the game or here in the first half snap back to Walker to Curtis Jones he's going to go out of bounds around the line of scrimmage they might give him a yard we'll wait and see Brian has 16 seconds left so you might pass the ball here no gain third and goal from the eight yeah I agree with you take a chance thr we haven't seen many throws many passing attempts today and even if it's incomplete you have another shot or yeah the thing is if you got to pass twice not that Ben would do much you likely are leaving them a couple of seconds you got pass twice and get in the end zone once Brian will take a time out they have one left so they could still run it one more time and then take a timeout for the fourth down play if they don't get in we'll just stay right here as we're coming up on halftime what would you do here Rex could you run it take your time out if you don't get in and try to pass it once or pass it twice I would run it all the way if you score great if you don't just run it down to like the two second marker and then just kick it get a field goal take three it should be a Chip Shot get back up by 10 yep that's what I way get some points I like that well we'll wait and see still one timeout left for Bryant third and goal from the eights where they will be as we said a little bit earlier our next um football broadcast will be uh December wow September 13th September 13th um couple of weeks from now against Parkview but the night before on September the 12th we will have Bryant volleyball for you on the Hornet media live stream so you can find that back home at building one gym instead of hornet Arena where they were last night I heard they did some remodeling there yeah at least on the outside part I don't know about the indoors all right so 16 seconds to go until halftime I've already said it a few times tonight been a long first half we're almost at the hour and a half maybe it's cuz I taught all day I taught fundamentals of Television to 100 students where we learned how to edit in Final Cut Pro here we go third and goal from the eight now what something to do every time we get on the field got take a player off the field is that our Center yep Garrett Patterson what's going on there had his helmet come off on the play before does he have have a issue right now that changes things a little bit got to be careful a Aldridge in thrashes in it running back man in motion left to right snap is back to Walker on Third and goal from the eight he has time to throw he looks he throws and batt it down incomplete n seconds until the break and they're going to send field goal team on I like the call I just kind of wish we ran the ball just a waste clock all the way down to the final second so then we don't have to sit through a kickoff yeah I don't think this uh field goal attempt is going to take nine seconds but even before that Benton takes a timeout wow so Benton will try to ice the kicker here Jackson cook it's kind of reminds me of my first year doing this my sophomore year when we were at North L Rock I think that game at three and a half hours yeah that one was while yeah big shout out tonight to Chris Reed from the field shop he's got brand new equipment that we're working with this year and he came to help us direct teach some of our students a few things and again we'll have a couple of weeks before our next game we'll sit in class day after day figure it all out and hopefully bring you another good year of U Hornet football Hornet volleyball we'll also have our first Hornet News Network show of the year coming out on September the 20th so look for that in about 3 weeks can't wait for the next uh game against Parkview just cuz we have a monitor up here yeah and we we get video this next next game yep it'll be fun it's nice having that replay screen yeah no doubt all right so here we go carter Sims to hold cook to kick the field goal a 25 yard attempt with nine seconds to play until halftime Brian attempts to go back up by 10 kick is up and it is good cook is there for the 25 yd field goal to make it 24- 14 and they leave all of five seconds on the clock so uh one more kickoff you know the band is down there just antsy they're waiting they've been down there a while now course both bands down there they'll play together same thing that happened last night with Pine Bluff and Arkansas the two bands on the field at halftime they did that I saw pictures of the two together I didn't see any video necessarily but I saw people posting pictures of both bands on the field at the same time we never have instate games and this year we had Arkansas uapb and uh who was it tomorrow is aate and UCA if that's right yeah I haven't quite got into the college football mode yet tomorrow's a good day start trying to start the school year and all of that so yeah tomorrow would be a good day to start week one you gota love it you gota love it make sure nothing crazy happens here on this kickoff get us to halftime course you know if they do the squip kick and Benton just falls on it well no time will come off the clock so you'd still have one more offensive play be nice if Ben just goes out there takes knee and goes in a halftime which I think that's what they would do you would think what a back and forth game where we've said multiple times we thought Bryant could potentially be up by three scores and that's never come to fruition in the first half they're up by 10 right now there's that short kick it will have to be fielded that's a live football Benton falls on it no time off the clock and so Benton has it at their own 32 they can come out and run one play or they can kneel it down either way we're 5 seconds away from halftime yeah I think Ben's just going to kneel it down here that would be ideal that would be ideal Benton received the opening kickoff so Bryant's going to have the football first to start the third quarter there's the Neel down that'll send us to halftime we're just going to take a break at halftime time here and regroup bring you the second half in a little bit it's Bryant 24 Benton 14 be back in about 20 minutes 30 minutes or so for the start of the second half and you are listening to Brian Hornet football e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e welcome back to War Memorial Stadium as it is 9:33 on a Friday night including the second week of school in the first football game of the year Bryant leads at halftime against Benton 24-4 Michael Westbrook along with Rex Carlton it's the 50th edition of this rivalry between Benton and Bryant we're ready to bring you the second half and Rex we're going to start the second half with a little bit of rain and uh not a great sign that the Benton players are walking to the sidelines what's this all about making sure we didn't have any sort of delays they're telling Bryant to get out on the football field so Benton received the opening kickoff Bryant is going to receive the second half kickoff and it will be Bryant starting with the football in the second half they lead 24-4 rain coming down here Rex we'll see if that factors in here in this second half might look a little worse from up here than it is down on the field actually might I mean crowds stay the same might not even be as bad as we think it is yeah it's starting to lighten up quite a bit now compared to what it was a few minutes ago so back and forth first half we'll recap that for you after this kickoff the big play to start the game was a Nick Miller interception Bryant wasn't able to capitalize on a score there they had several defensive takeaways in the first half here's the kickoff and we are now back to play in the second half so that's going to be a Touchback in the end zone and again Nick Miller interception 643 Mark of the first quarter but Briant was not able to capitalize then it was uh Matthew Ferguson on defense for Bryant with an interception a couple of minutes later Myron thrash scored the game's first touchdown a one-yard touchdown run with 15 to go in the first quarter and um then after that we had a fumble by Benton Anderson was able to score on a touchdown that made it 14 to nothing and after that another touchdown and a field goal from Bryant couple of touchdowns from Benton in that first half ready to start the third quarter and we've got a move the football they had it set up in between the hash marks but they'll move it all the way to the left side of that left hash the short side of the field to the left as Jordan Walker works out of the gun on the first possession of this third quarter myON thrash takes the hand off on the ground picks up two yards it's got a little dark in the stadium here as some of the lights have gone out there's four light poles really five light poles Along The Far Side the big light in the middle that has all of the lights double the amount of lights on the other polls just went out and it got a lot darker in the stadium but they're going to play on for right now I don't know if we lost any over the top of us those are the lights that went out on the visitor side hand off is to thrash he breaks through a couple of wouldbe tacklers all the way out to the 30 yd line on the near Sidelines to the 31 the 32 and he picks up nine yards to move the chains that's what's nice about having so many running backs on the on the team is when one gets tired you can filter them in and out but also having these running backs that have strong lower bodies and their hard to tackle they're hard to bring down even Jordan Walker included first and 10 for Bryant from the 33 yd line a little bit of play action Walker throwing off his back foot out of bounds tend to Target over on the near side right side of the field was kamore Austin he had no shot at that one it's second and 10 Bryan they're going left to right in this third quarter just underway 2414 is our score Bryant with a 10-point lead pass game today seemed a little shaky a little bit nothing but little check downs and even at that we haven't I haven't seen us throw much Carter rattl a 5 yard touchdown catch no real big plays through the passing game so far a pitch to thrash he is tracked down line of scrimmage no gain quick tackle from Walter Hicks called that name a couple of times tonight the linebacker position for Benton and that uh makes it third and 10 so also a Brian offense that doesn't have my toian Singleton it was a deep ball Threat all last year he had stretched the defense out make the secondaries go deep kind of kind of odd to not have that factor this year third down and 10 two receivers to the left three to the right empty backfield pass situation for Walker that'll bring a little bit of a blitz he has a wide open Target the catch is made at the 45 cross the 50 and down into Benton territory Keenan Len has the first down for the Hornets as he moves the ball to the Benton 47 yd Line This bent defense loves to run Zone they're not they're not heavy on manto man coverage so having zone defense really helps the passing game a lot and I hope after that big reception that kind of picks up for Brant first and 10 10 for Bryant on the hog near Midfield it's a Benton 47 yd line going left to right up by 10 10 minutes to play third quarter they pitch on the end round tackle broken by Curtis Jones at the 45 and he'll spin forward to the 44 player hobbling off the field for Benton that's om Marcus King it's a five yard gain they'll call it a foury gain brings up second and six don't think we had enough rain to really make the turf too slick down there but did rain for about 12 minutes 15 minutes or so of halftime we stack the receivers on each side oh Walker that looked a little bit wobbly there for a moment I thought it was designed but I don't think so that snap was way offline and Walker was able to pick it low and then throw it catch was made but only for about a yard maybe not even that they lose a yard in fact well after the snap the center goes over to the Right Guard Jersey to start wiping his hands off must be slippery enough that it's hard to grip for the center and the quarterback so they had third down a moment ago with an empty Back Field they'll do the same thing here on Third and eight Walker protected well now steps up to run near the sidelines throws dangerous pass incomplete knock down a hand on it for Benton Landon Jackson on the coverage almost had an interception but it does fall incomplete and it's Fourth and eight for Bryant just across Midfield with a 10-point lead and they're going to send the punt team on Lon Jackson was a backup quarterback behind Gideon Moz and Jordan Walker oh wow I want to say two years ago okay and realize that um Walker was on the sidelines and now he's out there he's going to be the one to punt the football I don't think he knew it could it be a fake would they do that against Benton first game of the year I don't think so Walker will indeed punt it away goes opposite of the Return Man far side of the field good punt from Walker end over in it bounces at around the seven is where it was touched player for Bryant backpedaling actually touched it it might have gone a couple of more yards had he not been there but still a good punt from Walker it pins Benton deep and Bryant doesn't score on their opening drive of the third 849 to play in this third quarter Bryant 24 Benton 14 I think people forget Bon's still a solid football team with losing briland Russell they are I mean it's not like they're just completely garbage they're they're holding their own here against a team that's a whole division above them this is certainly one of the better performances that I've seen in the games I've seen over the years could still get away from him though in the second half we'll wait and see hand off to Tucker takes his it to the 10 before he's dropped bottom of the pile you had Nick Miller Thomas Cornelius gets credit for the tackle B's going back to speeding it up got tired of slowing it down four yard gain second and six Davis with the snap rolls to the near side to his left and he'll throw incomplete he was under some pressure in the backfield there good job by uh Bryant's Eli Hill able to get to him and a name that we called a lot last year of course we're way up here tonight first game of the year I forgot my binoculars so not getting all the defensive tackles in but uh we'll get those names in best we can throughout the year and good pressure there from Eli Hill it's kind of like Bryant has three leaders in each section of the SEC of the defense and Eli Hill is one of them big name still a 10-point vantage for Bryant first offensive possession of the third quarter for Benton rolling out of the pocket and throwing a spiral downfield up for grabs it's caught at the 45 a foot race down the sidelines 40 to the 30 finally tackled at the 29 yd line catch made by Will Carter and it's Simeon Mitchell who brings him down but not before a massive gain for Benton they're out of the hole he was throwing from nearly his own End Zone and the ball ends up all the way at the Bryant 29 yd line I think if you went up with two hands that's his ball Bryant Defender but kind of got unlucky there yeah yikes this could be a three-point game soon Davis throws on a little wheel route there finds pay and turning inside who makes the catch to about the 26 only a three- yard game before he's tackled and he's hurt I think he's just cramping could be he's up now so hobbling off athletic trainers will meet him out but he's walking on his own as replacement comes in clock stops 739 left in the third Bryant 24 Benton 14 if you're a defense Lin excuse me if you're a defensive lineman or a linebacker and you see a skill guy running right across the middle you got to take your chance and hit him as hard as you can seen Brian do that a time or two four down lineman for Bryant Benton with an empty Back Field they're going to heave it to the end zone this one's up for grabs it is caught oh my goodness right over the top of three Bryant Hornets it's a touchdown for Benton and that was an unbelievable play Davis finds his Target in the end zone and that was Tucker making the catch the running back Luther Tucker gets past the defense and makes the catch 2420 Bryant extra point here here could make it a three-point game I mean what was that 70 yards in the air this drive and they started back on their own five yard line that's right yep wow extra points good it is game on 725 to play in the third Bryant 24 Benton 20 we're back in a moment you're listening to Brian Hornet football e Benton puts together a couple of huge plays they score a quick touchdown only a minute and 24 seconds to March down the field we've got a three-point game as honey Cut's kickoff goes a couple of yards Deep In The End Zone a Touchback Bryant started the third quarter with the football had to punt it away after Crossing Midfield a good punt by Jordan Walker but just a couple of plays later Benton was in the end zone so it's Bryant 24 Benton 21 and the Hornets need some offense here they got to put it together a good drive and I think that starts with just running the football just go back to the basics run the plays that you know will work it's myON thrash who will start this drive at running back again not just getting a whole lot from our passing game yet in this one but don't have to panic you're right keep the football on the ground you still have a lead thrash takes the first Carry for three yards Walkers had a fumble and an interception in this game oh my goodness CAU a cramp yeah Benton player just fell over at the 40 yard line holding the hamstring hope that's not worse but I think you're right I think it's the same dude from the last one Marcus King oh okay yeah I get it though it's a good game you want to play as long as the game's gone if he could have made it to the sideline I I think he would have tried I don't think he fell down on purpose by any means it's going to give uh Brian a chance for a little breather as well oh he is up and off the field 706 to play in the third Bryant 24 Benton 21 Hornets need something here second and seven going left to right at their own 23 yd line ball on the right hash mark looks like there's a some movement Benton jumped flag comes in now and I think that's encroachment against Benton it is that's the call the hard count pulls Benton off sides there and now it's going to be second and two that looks a lot better than second and seven yeah because Brian needs a first down just to gain some more confidence going into the rest of this drive it's good to hear the great Mark Scarlet on PA here inside of War Memorial Stadium hadn't seen him in a little over a year or so longtime PA announcer for the Brian Hornets who retired a couple years ago bring him out of retirement for the big game three-point Bryant lead and here comes the linebacker up through the middle Walker pumps watch out he's hit and dropped we've called this name a lot Walter Hicks yet again nobody saw him Walker is dropped and it's going to be third and seven so they lose those five yards they just got on the penalty yeah that's not what you want on a second and short uh don't really understand why we didn't just run the ball get the two yards you need now you're in more of a predicament with third and seven well that defensive play work cuz we saw it from up here nobody was going to stop him going to try to shoot the Gap the other way this time Walker throws diving for it we've got a catch on the sidelines and out of bounds right through all of the blue and that's Curtis Jones who makes the catch is that right or was it Brewster excuse me I think it was jacobe Boone oh Boone yes sorry sorry jacobe Boone with that catch got my numbers confused there and so Boone gives Bryant the first down we we get a few more wide receivers involved Walker on the quarterback keep will push his offensive line and as he goes forward to the 39 before he's tackled three- yard gain for Jordan Walker second and seven this offensive line has to clean it up a little bit the first half the Run game was kind of iffy but the pass protection was really good the whole first half and this second half it's been a little shaky to start well you mentioned that's going to be one of the keys this year how can the offensive line mesh together second and seven on the ground to thrash oh hard hit thrash took a hit there and he is going to be down at the 43 picks up a few and it's now third and three I say just run it stick to it yeah because you don't want to risk of them getting an interception and they end up on their Bryant's 20 here thrash takes a little while to get off the field he's off the field now and to Curtis Jones hand off he's got the first down keeps going into Benton territory far Sidelines Out of Bounds at the 43 yd line and he does have the first down to move the chains and that is huge you don't even have to worry about a fourth down right there and the third quarter is ticking away 433 to play in the third it's only the second time Bryant's offense has had the ball here in this second half they're clinging to a three-point lead back on the ground Curtis Jones and he will escape one tackler but then ends up out of bounds after that zachari Curtis Jones the junior running back getting a lot of carries in this one he'll go to the sidelines and that's Daniel Anderson's turn a five yard gain it's second and five let's say zachari Curtis Jones might be the most consistent running back today yeah see what they do here on second and five fresh legs and Anderson third r running back we've seen on the drive it is Anderson Anderson about a yard several Benton players there for the tackle Tai Matia giving credit for that one so Anderson gets one carry and thrashes back in I think they're just gonna keep running it I mean you're on side of the field after the completed pass five running plays in a row and this will make it six thrash breaks one tackle breaks two picks up a yard Benton stops him and now you have fourth and about three and a half let's see they're putting that at the 35 so that should be fourth and two all right what now I mean six running plays in a row yeah maybe you can get two more on a seventh running play the Benton crowd has gotten extremely out the student section all of a sudden has come to life here's the carry and oh no that is so close tripped up short of the first down depending on where this football is placed that's short they put it down that's short not close not close that's not what you wanted right there if you're Brant that is not what you wanted they it it's been a chance to take the lead for the first time timeball game a sack a completed pass then seven running plays in a row that result in a turnover on Downs 320 to go in the third as Rex said massive drive up coming here a chance for Benton to take the lead for the first time they Trail 14 to nothing trailed 21-7 Trail 244 and now they have it down three 24-21 with the football snap to Davis running Lane through the middle to the 40 he's to the 41 seven yards for Davis on first down if you're Bryant you need another one of those takeaways the interception fumble just something to get the ball back get the momentum back on your side CU I think Ben's had the momentum this whole time this whole half they have Ryan did not come out of the locker room ready it doesn't appear seven yard gain second and three four down lineman for Bryant snap back to Davis protected well wide open Target incomplete out of the back field Tucker the receiver just a little too far out in front of him but he was open yeah that's just a a Miss throw there by the quarterback Drew Davis he needed that if he has it that's a whole new set of downs but now it's third and three on your own half so this isn't fourth down territory and that's you're bold Brian needs to stop here and a three-point game they don't get it here they'd probably punt it you're right never know though so Tucker at receiver then they move him back over at running back three receivers to the right though they pitched to Tucker he has it and a first down with a couple of more yards before he's out of bounds needed three picked up about five that option read right there really there was really no option they were going to pitch it to him all the way I mean there's a lot of green grass on that side and he he was smart he got what he needed he stepped out of bounds playing smart Benton first and 10 on 47 yd line going right to left as the third quarter winds down 245 left to play in the third clock stopped Davis will look to the [Music] sidelines Bryant Band is loud Benton band loud as well and it's the energy has picked up in here the rain has stopped and that run play goes for nothing good stop did they lose a yard spotting it just a little bit behind the sticks and's see who made the stop there Matthew Nelson again I mean we've called his name a lot he's been all over the field he's fast too so he's flying around head on a swivel he was in my class last year he came by open house night he's about 6'5 now he shot up over the summer second and 10 for Benton time again for Davis he has a Target caught 45 yd line to the 40 and out of bounds Maddox Davis has a first down sent to the sidelines by Matthew Ferguson but not before the chains move watch out everybody I in my memory of my four years of calling this game I don't know if Benton has ever even had the lead in the four years that I've called this game maybe three nothing back in 2021 I not sure but I don't think they have they're trying to do that before the close of the third quarter on the ground Tucker and he was wrapped up from behind at the 35 yd line so only about a one yard gain landed sahika sahika makes the tackle he's going to have to play a bigger role this year with all the defensive lineman we lost last year and so far so good I mean he even played against Conway last year and that was a biggest game we played all year yeah that's right I remember him being out there defensive line needs to stand up here make a play Four turnovers from the Benton offense and they're right in this game throw on the Run once again Maddox Davis from The Far Side of the field the crowd is roaring he makes the catch goes out of bounds it's first down Benton at the Bryant 26 nyd pickup we this secondary kind is looking helpless right now Davis throwing the ball wherever he wants has his man again and the receiver will hurdle over the defender to the 10 to the five to the end zone pain is a pain right now for Bryant my goodness 46 seconds to play in the third Elias Payne hurdles over Jonathan Frost goes for the touchdown Benton 27 Bryant 24 coaches are arguing a flag call that they didn't they didn't get on the far side of the field coach quick not Coach quick excuse me coach Sanders about 20 yards on the field right there wow extra points good what a turn of events here in the third it is Benton 28 Bryant 24 we're about back in a moment you are listening to Brian Hornet football Benton has outscored Bryant 28- 24 14 to nothing in this third quarter and so with 46 seconds to play in the third still a decent amount of cheering on the Bryant side they're far from out of this thing but certainly the momentum back in favor of Benton kickoff fielded at the two Frost chance to make up for it takes a hit at the 20 to the 25 keeps the pile going out to the 30 yd line a good return from frost and Brian will have 70 yards to try to retake the lead somebody's got to step up here for the Hornets somebody's got to be the leader and I it starts with Jordan Walker and if he can get going you know he can throw this ball 50 60 yards down the field he can we've seen it takes a little while to get in rhythm with some of these new receivers been running the football a lot seven straight running plays before the last Drive ended Anderson is the running back this time to start this drive can Daniel Anderson show some magic he breaks a tackle to the 30 and he's down at the 3 six yd line so that's six yards he'll take six on every play he just can't get into that third and two third and three where you can't pick up those yardage those yards and it's like Bryan hasn't had a perception over 30 40 yards all game we just done little check down routes feel like it's okay to take a shot every now and then and really we know Jordan can run too we've not seen Jordan run just a whole lot tonight but he has had a couple of big runs he's going to heave it downfield they're going for the big shot this time and the catch is made at the 30 and a tackle with a flag Kamari Austin makes the catch dropped immediately but that's pass interference and he caught it anyways I mean just goes back right to what we to right what we were saying right there take a shot you have the opportunity you're not even in the fourth quarter yet and when we took a shot we got a penalty with it and it's a great catch from the 64 wide receiver absolutely of anything make them make a play or they're going to make a mistake and they did both there they did not make a play they made a mistake Brian will decline the penalty cuz the catch was made that's the end of the quarter so Bryant gets out scored 14 nothing in the third but they are threatening as we start the fourth and it's 28-24 Benton we're back in a moment you're listening to Bryant Hornet football e e as we start the fourth quarter from War Memorial Stadium Michael Westbrook along with Rex Carlton D Barber and Justin Reynolds on cameras tonight Christian Kane is running replay and Chris Reed from the field chop is directing for us tonight teaching some of our students so they'll be ready to go for the year 2824 Benton leads Bryant it's been 17 in a row if you don't count that tie in 2014 that Bryant has won 2005 was the last time Benton won this game we've got a good fourth quarter ahead for you Brian has the football after a huge catch from Kamari Austin first and 10 from the Benton 28 and the play clock's down to five you got to come out the fourth quarter and run a play it's down to two oh my goodness it's at zero they do get the play away Walker throws open Target catch made at the three and he goes to the house Kamar atin two big plays on this drive and Brian is back on top I mean that's exactly what you needed we set in back toback plays we just need to take a shot it's okay to take a shot every now and then and gives Jordan confidence too knowing that hey I can do this well Rex I would say we were right then yeah it kind of lulled them to sleep on all those running plays even though Benton was able to stop them on the drive before they were not ready to stop the passing game that time extra point is good and it's Bryant Back on Top by three we'll hang right here for this one as Kamari Austin has a huge catch to end the third quarter setting up the Bryant touchdown on the very next play and so 3128 is our score with Bryant now leading growing up around Sports watching sports my dad used to tell me the good old Mo has switched old moment right hopefully that could be the case for bry right here that rain went away and uh so the crowd still here and it's appearing at least it's going to you know the last few years it's going to be one of the best games we've seen in quite some time read off some of those scores earlier Bryant won last year 356 before that three touchdown win and then some just absolute blowouts 42-3 487 4214 much needed touchdown there as you said it's a huge momentum boost for Walker he's got two touchdown passes in the game now short pass to Ratliff a deep pass to Austin showing he can do both Grayson King to kick goes with the low liner this time that's going to skip away from The Return Man pay and into the end zone for a Touchback chance at a return there Brian's defense need to follow its leaders and I'd say Tristan KNX when after they gave up that touchdown he was just yelling at his teammates tell him to wake up and that's exactly what Brian's defense needs to do right here they need to wake up and figure it out hopefully get a stop here and get the ball back put a little momentum back on their side and get the offense the ball quickly seems like Benton is going to run the clock as best they can but passing game has really been going as of late for Drew Davis got to look for that inside Target Maddox Davis a couple of big catches sent Tucker in motion for a bit then back into the backfield he takes the hand off he's running all over the place has the first down out past the 30 to the 33 he'll go for 13 yards that all starts with the defensive line they got to put their their foot down say like enough is enough we got to stop moving them you got to stay strong Hold Your Position Venton electing to hurry it up here three down lineman for Bryant and now they slow it down first and 10 from their own 33 going left to right their lead did not last long they Trail by three again they fake the handoff throw it's intercepted there's a running Lane to the 40 to the 30 Matthew Ferguson Ferguson to the 25 Matthew Ferguson yet another Bryant takeaway and the Hornets are back in business safe to say they woke up yes safe to say they woke up great play there escapes a tackler on his way back for an extra 15 yards or so I think if he hit the left side of the field he would have gotten us down inside the 10 if not scored but hopefully here Jordan get another couple completions get us in the end zone put us up two possessions is that the fourth interception plus a fumble recovery two fumbles okay six turnovers from Benton see what Bryant does does on the first play on the ground to Curtis Jones will try to cut it to the outside tackler dragging him down from behind there a Oney gain second and nine this is fourth down territory but yeah in your position that you're in a field goal if needed might not be the worst play worst idea that would help player down for Benton Landing Jackson not the Razer backs Landing Jackson is he on the defensive oh yeah yeah that's a big dude this Landon Jackson is over on the sidelines now and might have a timeout by Benton we do they want to see if they can slow Bryant down we'll take it 11:04 to play in the fourth it's Briant 31 Benton 28 back in a moment you're listening to Brian Hornet football e e 1104 left in the fourth Rex to we can start our Labor Day weekend I hope it's with a Bryant win that would be ideal that would be ideal Bryant by three 3128 I keep looking up think of the rain started again but I think it's those uh moths and cicas that are flying around this time of year there's a ton of them up there Walker takes the snap he's going to throw in the end zone you better believe it guess who Camari Austin again a touchdown for the Hornets and just like that we're up we're up nine points I mean Jordan Walker great throw great catch their connections just going to build off of today and Jordan finding another op option besides Carter ATL will be huge for this offense to go on down through the rest of the year 1058 to play in the fourth Bryant taking over again extra point is up and good yet again from Jackson cook and Bryant is leading by 10 yet again 38-28 wow it can turn that quickly trying to go back and look to see when Benton took the lead it was just at the tail end of the third quarter so in all of about a minute and 15 seconds of play Bryant has scored twice and retaken the lead how about that I was like me and you said off air that if Brian gets an interception or a fumble or something it can help us yep and as you see right there 10 quick points or excuse me 14 quick points and we're up 10 points now looking back through this the Miller interception early on Ferguson had his first interception in that first quarter there was a fumble recovery by Bryant to get close to the end of the corner and U another fumble right in the second yep it was on a kickoff return yep um then we had the Jonathan Frost interception that was those first half turnovers by the defense and then we had the Ferguson second interception just a little while ago 30 seconds of game time ago that changed very quickly Bryant 38 Benton 28 the low lining kick yet again it's fielded at the one yard line Payne is going to try to return it to the 10 breaks the tackle 20 still going up to the 30 a stiff arm to the 35 watch out here got a helmet that goes flying from Bryant and now we've got a scuffle ensuing and oh my goodness the Bryant player whose helmet went flying off he had a little bit of an extra push but then he did back off he did put his hands up and it was the Bryant player who backed off and then the Benton player approached him again mouthing a little bit and saw the Bryant teammates on their sideline stepped in and cleared him out of the way a little bit these seniors have been going at it since ninth grade yeah yeah even even in a fifth grade ball they played against each other and it kind of fits the line of the Rivalry right coach is jumping up and down there they don't have the Personnel on the field they put the 11th player on then a 12th tried to run on they pulled him back and we're set now Benton first and 10 from their own 34 they'll sling it over on the right side caught pay tackled by two three four Bryant players they're wrapping up quickly that time got a Target on these receivers now to not let them get deep or get away that goes for about five yards he's Bryant linebackers are starting to fly around the field more and that's what you want to see out if you're linebacking Court people that aren't scared to get hit or hit anyone well Bri again is having to run a player off the field last second at 12 on the field pitch forward hit ball loose on the turf I believe Bryant has this one it sure looked like it at first no call yet and we still well we have a BRI player coming out of the pile but no call yet Eli Hill is the one running with the football have we seen any signal from the officials it have to be all I mean he clearly muffed it up before he even got down to the ground yeah the defense coming out for Benton I never saw a signal from the official there it is Eli Hill with the recovery and Bryant has it goes right back to what we just said one interception one fumble cover recovery can just change this game and that was all Tristan Knox right there he flew down from the 50 yard line ran all the way in messed up the the whole play in general and boy did we get lucky yeah I say we put him away here Rex what do you say I'm all in for it a pitch to Daniel Anderson to the right side they'll run the ball after the big passing plays resulted in the touch touchdowns right now with that 10-point lead you want to run this clock again so the the plan just keeps shifting back and forth if you're Bryant run the ball then you got to show that you can pass now you're back up again so keep it on the ground a little bit I'm all for taking a shot though yeah that'd be okay second and seven not here we got a flag down and that's going nowhere Anderson hit at the line of scrimmage no gain Anderson will come out of the game thrash is in did they pick up that flag nope the referee just taken a little while to get over here for the call might be approachment because they threw it so fast they would have canel the play if was a FSE well Bryant's backing up illegal formation against Bryan they say third down he did say third down but that's not right I thought he' just replay second down yep he said it he corrected it there yep I was going to say that's just that's worse for us been like a double whammy yeah you lose five yards and you lose a down well so you don't lose the down it's second and 12 Bryant going right to left in this fourth quarter heading towards the North End Zone the one painted with Arkansas on the end zone in white lettering and Walker has time he throws deep spiral downfield at the five here comes the flag that's pass interference there was no chance for Leighton to catch that one because his Defender was all over it them under thrown balls can be the death of a team are the best thing for a team and right there is the best thing for Bryant right under throw it gets picked off or a Defender trying to go back to make a play ends up running over the offensive player we're getting to look at it again on the replay inside the stadium didn't do a good enough job tonight Rex to bring three monitors so we don't have a replay of our actual feed good they're quick with it here do what they're quick with it here though they are y but again uh if you're listening live right now we'll be posting it this weekend on the YouTube channel so you can watch the highlights as well carries to thrash he doesn't have much although they're going to give him some forward progress to the 20 so a pick up of three for thrash clock will roll under 10 minutes to play in the fourth Brian and no hurry right now this is this a good drive for Bryant I mean got knocked back a little bit off a penalty but then you got a 15 yard penalty and now you can just kill the clock and miss a fourth down territory up 10 to two possessions second and seven and snap is back to Walker he is looking to throw to the middle of the field now Ratliff he catches Walks Into The End Zone his second touchdown of the game Carter Ratliff the senior season is off to a strong start 44-28 our score Bryant 936 to play in the fourth feel like we're getting a little repetitive here but crazy how things have just changed so drastically they took the lead then we just CLA back and now look at it it might be right it's just three touchdown since incredible extra point good yep I mean I would have been okay with 21 nothing early on that's fine too but this is fine this works 4528 our score Bryant and Bon had the lead for all of about one minute and that's been erased almost demolished in fact we're back in a moment you're listening to Bryant Hornet football e 936 to play in the fourth quarter and it's Bryant 45 Benton 28 next week Bryant goes to St Louis Missouri to take on Christian Brothers a team that came to Stadium last year in Bryant Hornets took care of business pretty easily in that one low lining kick again yeah yeah we got a flag I think Bryant was off sides before the kickoff we going to have to do it again I don't remember the all of the official numbers there Rex but remember that Christian Brothers team they had won two state championships in a row I think it was or three of the last five or something like that and uh of course Bryant was on their streak of State championships so we thought well this will be a really good matchup between the two but I do think that long drive factor in so we hope the doesn't happen to Bryant next week when they go up there but I had heard somebody said that they were going to drive up that night the night before okay but then I was kind of thinking about it what are you going to do during the day well they may let him practice somewhere they might yeah yeah yeah let them practice somewhere get a good meal in watch some film some teams travel up to Northwest Arkansas Central Arkansas and stay of the night so that's true yeah there's no telling what we'll do it'll be a good little trip for the football team ball fumbled again at the 5 yard line on the kickoff and then picked up out to the 15 breaks the tackle to the 20 hard hit at the 30 shoulder tackle there knocks pay down believe that hit came from frost and so all the way out to let's see about the 33 I think is where they'll put this yep so you've got pay out there lobbying the officials I guess to call something I don't know well there's no targeting in high school right he got shoulder hit him spun him backwards is all it was he kind of just fell after he got hit like he didn't even try to fight for anything else he just kind of look like he just collapsed can't believe they're really letting him stay out there he looks a little shaking up yeah he's lined up a receiver on the right side and again it's yeah he's out there they're looking to him Davis will tuck and throw out of bounds incomplete he's also a little bit shaken up and the Benton players are coming over to help him I guess he's outside of the pockets they can't call intentional grounding there did he get it past the line of scrimmage is my question I guess he just barely did do you think there should have been flag I I mean there wasn't a receiver in general area where he threw and it was last second yeah I'd have to see a replay and just see if the ball was out of bounds after the first down Mark or not so Davis is back up he's going to stay in the game second and 10 after the incomplete pass 921 to play in the fourth quarter they'll fake the handoff throw incomplete through the hands of Will Carter boy he had it and he could have been on the move he dropped it yeah but uh Matthew Ferguson almost had Trifecta trick of interceptions right there well that third one that would have been awesome that have been his stat to keep Alon McDonald will run off the field for a moment he's replaced three receivers on that left side Davis is looking that way he's being chased they can't bring him down he throws it's caught at the 45 yd line once again Elias pay makes the catch and he goes backwards a bit but they give him the first down right at the 33 yd line no excuse me the 43 yard line so he picks up 10 if you're Bryant you needed that stop right there that would have been crucial get the ball back put up another score and really just throw this game away just came up short still got time to make a stop score one more time really get the score out of hand Bryan's got a player down watch out here about a three- yard run Landon sahika is down he'll get up hobble off the field hopefully something where he'll be able to come back in they're checking on him he's a big part of this defensive line this year so we'll need him to stay healthy as long as he can they stop the clock there because he was down I guess they did now they're running it again they'll pitch it to uh Maddox again forward pitch to Maddox so those count of was passing yards when it's like that the touch handoff yeah yeah yeah touch hand off you barely throw it just forward a little bit it does count as a passing stat didn't go for much they're able to sniff out that play pretty quickly and it's third and seven got to give credit to Daryl Moore in that last play he threw Eli Hill into the the ball carry just to make the initial stop and then they came and supported him third down and seven for Benton they're near Midfield going left to right Davis will throw and that is caught by Will Carter over on the far side across the 50 wrapped up an out of bounds around the 47 yd line both teams just look tired and sluggish now they do after that just drive where Bryant kept scoring things have definitely slowed down well and even Benton I think they've realized they're not going to win I think they're just working on their offense for the year at this point take it slow that is high and incomplete here comes a late flag we had a player down for Benton it's Payne yet again who's really been shaking up throughout this one if I'm bitten I just SLP him out you'll need him for the rest of the Year this is just week one and he's already shaking up well there he goes he's going to go to the side lines what's this flag all about it's what I'm wondering want to say pass interference on Bryant you think for when they knocked pay when P I thought pay fell over on his own was it somewhere else or was it right there holding okay that's what caused pain I guess to fall down maybe it was somebody else I'm not sure the thing is if been scores yeah I mean they're not that far out of it manageable at least down 17 right now got to have three scores Davis empty backfield fires caught here's a penalty flag back in the back field so hold on he's down Benton wants to hurry they're not going to be able to we've got a flag and that's at the line of scrimmage so this could come back was a wide receiver offside you wonder it came from the line judge well from where the flag was that blocking the back holding something along those lines it's on the Bryant Sidelines from that line judge and it's just taking a long time tonight to get the calls from these officials they're over talking to the head coach for Benton so they're bringing it back I guess they're trying to explain to him why they're bringing it back I'd like it that would explain it to us did you catch that Rex now I feel like his mic cut out right call something with the receiver I knew that much just a five yard penalty I think they said false start pretty sure five yard penalty I think they said false start on Benton so I think they had a wide when it comes from the line judge like that it's usually a wide receiver who is not lined up in the right spot that wipes out a huge play from Benton they have first and 15 and instead back at the Bryant 43 now they try that try that little pitch pass forward again to Maddox Davis he goes to the right and gets absolutely nothing it might have gotten away with the false start there maybe the rest figured hey we called one a minute ago yeah won't call it again maybe they just want to go home 4528 our score and Davis will throw that's caught tied up for just a moment thought we might have end up with an interception not the case caught by pay he's been one of the main targets it's good coverage Howard by Matthew Ferguson who does have two interceptions in this one maybe it just feels like a long day Rex because we were at school all day but we're 3 hours into this now that's a that's a long game for a high school game Davis throws again incomplete here comes another flag and they're going to call pass interference I don't agree with that some contact right as the ball came in to the receiver and it's going to be pass interference against Brian all of a sudden this third and Seven's going to end up being first down for Benton that's a rough call I I mean that's a 50-50 ball they both challenged for it it wow kind of resembled the Super Bowl 2018 SE Hawks and Patriots where they threw it on that three yard line and they just ran into each other and Patriots who caught it it's exactly the same play yep oh we're not keeping penalties tonight up here in the booth but there's been a lot of them we knew there would be first game of the year figuring out how to make fewer mistakes as the season goes on that's what it's all about make fewer mistakes 707 to play here comes some pressure you got three guys coming at the quarterback and he'll just try to get rid of that quickly incomplete there a running back screen play to the left side of the field but just developed too slow and too poorly especially when you have a guy like Eli Hill who can run a 46 40 yard dash and plays defensive line something like that y he's going to get to a heartbeat so the clock stops again because of the incomplete pass that's the other thing You' got a quarterback who's throwing it basically every time now the third quarter went by pretty fast even with the two Benton scores 702 to go Davis winds it up throws it to the far side of the field caught in zone touchdown Benton scores again Maddox Davis not sure I'd stand over that Defender for too long still down by 11 but but he made his point known that he made a good catch and a score and Davis will go over to the sidelines it's Bryant 45 Benton 34 657 to play in the fourth it just keeps on going here and some degree I'm kind of happy they scored just so Brian gets the ball and they can hopefully just run out the clock under at least three minutes yeah at least uh pick up some first downs run the clock a little bit just try to keep the ball moving forward I guess yeah I'll tell you man it can change in a hurry though we'll take a quick break here 657 to play in the fourth 4535 our score Bryant by 10 you're listening to Bryant Hornet football e 657 to play in the fourth from War Memorial Stadium it's the salt bowl and it's the 50th meeting all time between Benton and Bryant Bryant 45 Benton 35 before the kickoff here just want to give a quick little shout out to my man sea shuttleworth and his dad and of course Sean's brother Aaron did the games for a long time about 20 years and got to work with him for one season my first year at Bryant which feels like so long ago now and so uh Sean Aaron and your dad hope you are doing okay and hope things are looking up here soon so uh Sean cuts my hair every three weeks by the way Rex it's something you could consider I'm just saying wow we're taking shots I know a guy going I know a guy if you need a haircut wow I'm just saying it's cool West I'm just saying I know a guy okay but uh no if you want to grow your hair out too that's cool you just do a little trim you just go in there and get a trim you do that I get a cut every three weeks I already got my next appointment set it's been over three weeks because school started so I'll be in there Tuesday taking Strays West all right well it was more it was more a shout out to Shawn and how good he is at his job not yeah yeah all right nothing happened on the kickoff I got to talk all the way through that so Brian has the ball at the 20 and the running game is in trouble watch out Zachariah Curtis Jones is sent backwards way back now forward progress is going to spot him just after a loss of a yard to the 19 but he ended up Landing at about the 15 so yes you can run the ball and yes you can run some clock but you got to get a first down out of this deal as the clock is now at 6:30 to play in the fourth what you do here keep it on the ground again second and 11 they do of course Benton knows Benton knows that's what's happening can't play too conservative but now you've set yourself up in a passing down Carter Ratliff is going to come out onto the field so you got to have him your main target in a position like that it's hard to do a slow developing Run play like a counter yeah it's just not the right situation for that now you got to throw the ball at 13 yards on a third down and if you don't get it you have to punt it right if anything you need to complete it to run another 30 seconds off or so even if you don't get the first got to do a lot here they might call timeout they might play clock is down to four yep bran takes the time out so we'll take it as well 536 to play in the fourth Bryant needs a big play they're faced with a third and 13 when we come back you're listening to Bryant Hornet football e third down and 13 for Bryant they're at their own 17 yd line going right to left here 536 to play in the fourth they do have a double digit lead 4535 Walker's going to throw downfield it's up for grabs Austin again goes up and huls it in for the first down across Midfield and then tackled at the 45 found our Target in this game it appears Walker to Austin on a huge connection one more time what do they call it throwing up on a Prayer is that what that is y third and 13 inside your own 20 and you throw it all the way to the opponent's 40 yard line get a catch and now you're back in business timeout well spent there first and 10 for Bryant play action they want to throw again wide open at the 25 nobody there to the 15 to the 10 to the five inzone touchdown for the Brian Hornets it's Jonathan Frost and Bryant with 506 to play in the fourth goes back up by three scores I love the aggression right there by Bryant not being scared of the moment staying calm cool and collected back inside your own 20 and look at that you score in two plays less than 10 seconds so much for running and running the clock out right Rex I'll take six instead any day hey last year was a big run heavy team this year might open up a little bit more to the pass passing game cook with another extra point and Bryant they've hung half aund on Benton 5235 our score back up by 17 we'll take yet another break here you're listening to Brian Hornet football e well we had about a 2hour and 20 minute volleyball match last night from Hornet Arena against Benton Benton Panthers got that one I think it's 1511 in the fifth set great match on the air for more than three hours here tonight so uh yeah we're back underway for the fall Sports season Bryant scores again here comes the kickoff and it's fielded by Elias Payne to the 2530 31 yd line excuse me 26 decent returns but when you're kicking it to the end zone every time it's not exactly like Benton's got great field position so with exactly five minutes to play Rex Bryant has 52 on the board only difference of the last several years is that Benton has 35 they've been in this game they even had the lead once right now Bryant they make one stop should just about do it and if Ben's offense is as good all year just imagine what they're going to do the 68 conference yeah yeah that's true I mean I you know again they haven't won this game since 2005 but they've had some great years they know this is not everything it's going to be the quarterback keep who will run out past the 30 and then go down about the 33 yd line about a seven yard gain Davis Davis starting quarterback y yeah they blow the whistles and so Davis is going to have to come out of the game since they stopped play for him he might be cramping up as well at some point you just gotta you just gotta give up the White Flag s sit your starters don't let him get hurt before next week oh yeah you hate to see that 446 to play in the fourth your quarterback's been out there slinging it around all game and hadn't really run much then all of a sudden he runs and gets hurt Bon doesn't play next week they might be have their by we yeah yeah they probably do Bryant is after Park View yeah so really take us a little while to get into some momentum here yeah we got a while till we have a some some home football games yep yep yeah it's uh interesting schedule this year I think U I don't have it right off hand but 27th is our first home game a month away yeah that's wild there's a handoff on the ground and some decent yardage there for Luther Tucker out past the 40 to the 41 so that's another first down the Benton crowd is certainly filed out there are not nearly as many in Maroon over there on the far side and Bryant's crowd has thinned but there's still a lot here first and 10 for Benton they fumble the exchange between the quarterback and the running back but quarterback falls back on it of course this is the backup quarterback in the game now Grayson Ross oh excuse me Chase Cobb double numbers offensive and defensive player wearing the same number shouldn't happen like numbers go to Infinity people put somebody out there in Jersey 101 if you have to sorry you know how it is Rex when we're up 17 I get on my Soap Box deep throw down the left side and incomplete it was kind of was it caught but out of bounds by Bryant incomplete great catch though it was and made by jayen Welch I think madx Davis or bitton caught it but it didn't matter because it was out of bounds got it which I don't know why you talk some smack after you caught the ball but it didn't even count as a catch like you went out of bounds 344 to go it has gotten awfully quiet here inside of the stadium back toback nights with football here as the Razer backs played here last night third and 13 again the backup quarterback he's backpedaling in trouble escapes one tackler he'll have to run oh takes a hard hit he's out of bounds just shy of the 40 yd line only a twoy gain after all of that and Benton not even at Midfield will be punting the football you would think well I guess not down 17 keep your backup quarterback out there they don't have much to lose nope sometimes the quarterback will punt it too though and they'll go and go for it fourth and 12 at least it looks like it 335 to go and the pass is dropped oh might have had a first down there it was Bronson couis name we've not called tonight who was the target but he drops it and that turnover on Downs Bryant will get it back you don't even hear much cheering right now from Bryant this one has been in hand since that last score I'm okay with it clear now it helps with the traffic yeah yeah getting out of here will be a lot easier yep so if you are still with us just a reminder coming up uh in two weeks the Parkview game we'll have our entire pregame coverage for you we'll start about 6:35 highlights game recaps our conference report coaches show with Coach Sanders all those things will be coming up you want to make sure you tune in a little bit earlier in a couple of weeks we got the backup quarterback in the game for the Hornets as well so we'll try to mention a couple of these backups as we go and this is a sophomore Kyler Shelby who is getting some game time here in the salt bow still about 3 minutes to play and that's always important when you can get those younger players in there what Brian did a lot last year yep first year on the high school campus as a sophomore and so seeing some action in the first game of the season Jordan Walker out of the game ended up having a pretty big day throwing for three touchdowns actually four right he throw for four I think so I believe so I'll keep this one on the ground this time after a loss of a couple on that first down play and the carry is from Zachariah Curtis Jones appears he's going to get most of the remaining carries and now they will bring in Brendan Murdoch Murdoch is the fourth string running back he'll see a carry here well I Rex I'm just letting you know Sean has said your first haircut is free if you do come in I'm still taking Strays man I that's what I do I I put people in places to succeed and get stuff for free sometimes you're humble very humble thank you look it's the end of the game it's going to end up on a good note and we've got about two minutes to play on that carry that goes back to the line of scrimmage will give him even one more so fourth and nine upcoming on a four yd gain really appreciate everybody helping us out tonight it's always a quick start to the year and yeah yeah we're I've got 100 fundamental students a year that we're teaching at the beginning of the year we've got our news team going so in two weeks a lot is being accomplished and a big shout out to Colton Croy as well our newspaper teacher assistant yearbook adviser he helped us out last minute with some gear tonight couldn't have done it without him quarterback in trouble going backwards a long ways escapes a couple of tacklers and eventually will fall down releases the football at the last second are they going to call that incomplete I mean there was a receiver in the general area so one referee's pointing as if it was like a fumble that went forward but yeah he was pointing to say Mark the ball out up around the 45 either way it's turnover on downs but it's just a matter of where is Benton going to get the football now there's the flag okay that's probably the right call there I think intentional grounding is is coming come on referee well so they lose fourth down it's only a 5 yard penalty right but from the spot of where it happened so Ben should have the football around the 40 I don't really understand why these bitten players are still talking stuff and doing unnecessary things it's just like come on guys there's a minute left yeah let's see who this running back is I can get a number they got a backup in the game now the starter is back in at quarterback Drew Davis okay what is the delay now we have 70 seconds left in this game I think I think coach Harris is arguing that maybe they didn't actually spot the five yards on the foul on the penalty cuz really they've got it marked at the 41 right now and I think he was back a little bit farther than that what a delay any other scores Rex to pass along to us while we're waiting last I check Conway started to pull away from okay who was it is that Jonesboro yeah Jonesboro who moved to sixa let's see I'm sure whatever that was was important there but that was a long delay go ahead Rex anything else let's see let's see let's see hand off on the ground backup running back is in the game now pretty strong carry to the 30 uh Bronson kulis with the carry and he picks up a full 10 they've got to stop the clock for a second while they reset the chains but we're down to 59 seconds left Lakeside beat Lake Hamilton 34- 29 well there you go Chris Reed was interested in that one tonight pass that is incomplete wow that looked like it was in slow motion for a second ball got tipped receiver still had a chance on it had a Defender over his back there and it falls incomplete with 51 seconds left last score I have here is Greenwood won 70 to 35 over Bentonville West wow that's a 7A versus 6A match up right there yeah big score tonight yeah all right again Davis back in he went out of the game with an injury earlier so that's good to see he will throw and that's complete tackle made inbounds and so they're going to keep the clock running for right now but you got to stop it because he got a first down that takes a couple more seconds and we're down to 40 seconds to play they're inside the red zone at the 19 yd line clock's rolling 38 seconds left Brian is going to win for the 18th time in a row with that tie in there in 2014 pass too far out of bounds incomplete intended for Maddox DAV us 28 seconds left what would you do for a running play here Rex run the clock out give up a touchdown let them score again just six well add six if you run the ball here yeah and stay in bounds I love the drama but I like it when it's in the books too and this one's in the books folks we just got to get the last 24 seconds off the clock there's the running play down to the 14 and that is going to do it 18 seconds left clock rolling Benton might try one more play I don't think they will I'd love they're going to try one more eight seconds love for this game not to end at 11 o' I'll probably throw one to the end zone here well white will throw out into the flat at the 15 the 10 it's caught oh my goodness he's into the end zone for a touchdown as the clock hit zero oh they won't make him kick the extra point will they is that a they will but I don't think kickoff will count right it should be over uh Maddox Davis with the touchdown by the way the clock H zero well I can tell you this coaches probably won't be happy about that score um it's not going to matter extra point to get within 10 that's good and the game is over the Brian Hornets win the salt Bowl the 50th edition of this rivalry between Benton and Bryant our final score Bryant 52 Benton 42 in a wild night where 94 points were put up on the board Bryant has enough to get past Benton and they move to 1 and0 on the 2024 season both teams have a lot of things to clean up on going into next week Bryant mainly the defense has to settle down and kind of get more comfortable on the offensive side Bon just take away those turnovers they might they probably win this game is it wild to think that Bryant's defense had what they for six seven turnovers at least six still gave up 42 points now that last one okay but even with that you give up 35 points tonight before that final score when your defense really played so well all the interceptions and the fumble recoveries one of the fumble recoveries on a kickoff of course but um a lot to look at there to be positive about two especially the way the secondary started to play late get those interceptions and the offense got rolling with Jordan Walker in the fourth quarter so you definitely like to see that you get your backup in the game and get Walker a little bit of rest all right Rex well we're going to wrap it up here pretty quickly your final thoughts where they go into that long road trip next week against Christian Brothers I think if they clean up the small things we could go into St Louis win and come back home and prepare for Park viw yeah Justin Reynolds and gerro Barb on camera tonight christianne Kane ran Replay for us and a huge shout out to Chris Reed from the field shop and we've got some great new gear to work with this year hopefully have a few less issues than we had last season and he came in to show some of our students how to do the job tonight and it's just been awesome to help us uh get going here so we won't be on the air next week we're not making the trip to St Louis as we got to focus on the classroom on this uh short week with labor day coming up and then we'll be back against Parkview on the 13th but even the night before we'll have volleyball for you on September the 12th so for Rex Carlton I'm Michael Westbrook the final score here tonight Bryant 52 Benton 42 Holt as always daddy's coming home and we'll talk to you soon everybody e