Photo 2 was ruled an incomplete pass. It was right in front of the Decatur bench, Horrible call. Bob Jones ends up scoring. Also had a flag waved off inside of the 10 that helped Bob Jones score, I hope they are able to take their officiating crew to Hoover with them. Other wise their season is over next Friday. Good Luck.

It's been a long time since I've been any prouder to be a Decatur alumnus than after watching this year's Red Raiders. Those guys had the biggest heart of any team I've ever seen. When playing teams from schools (and talent pools) over twice as big they just lined up and played their guts out on EVERY play. They seemed to be saying, "You may be bigger than us. You may be faster than us. You may be stronger than us. But if you want to beat us, you're going to have to earn it... every play of the game!" Only two teams (Bob Jones twice and Florence, two of the largest high schools in the state) were able to earn a win on these guys, and Decatur played all three games on the road. Even when behind by two scores late against Florence, they NEVER gave up, and came very close to putting themselves in position to pull off an amazing comeback. That run by #34 Desmond Lavelle in the fourth quarter last night was just amazing. He just refused to be brought down by the first 15 or 20 attempted tackles! If Ben Neill had two healthy legs last night, things might have ended differently.

By the way, how does a punter get his leg fractured getting sandwiched by two defenders without even drawing "roughing the kicker"? Even so, these guys came together, overcome it and posted one of the most impressive playoff wins I've seen in a long time. On the road at Oxford. And I've been around long enough to remember those playoff runs Perrin & company put on back in the late 70's.