Did I see a reference that the Irish QB of the future and his team in Cali is on National TV Friday night at 8 Central time? Terry or JO'Co can you guys confirm?
I don't know about this Friday, but he was on last friday vs St. Bonaventure (Lo Booker, Bonnelli, and many more Div1 players). Oaks Christian destroyed them, Marc Tyler was a beast at TB. He reminded a little bit of D. J. Williams when he was at that No.Cal Cath School that won 135 straight games. Like Williams he is also a beast at LB. Clausen looked very good and that was good competition. One of the raps against him is that the league Oaks Christian plays in is not a top league. They don't play Amat, Mater Dei or those types of schools. But St. Bonaventure is big time. BTW during the game you could see the fires in Ventura county in the distant background. Terry
Thanks... <t>Terry as I will look to see what the upcoming schedule is. Marc Tyler, just what SC needs in light of the emerging Texas kid Moody who went wild versus Arizona. What a load of talent they have.</t>
Well I just saw that Clausen and Oaks Christian will be on Thursday night vs Venice on ESPN2. JO'Co will have to fill us in on wheter Venice is more than just a beach with muscle bound skateboarders and bikinis. Terry
Oaks Christian Delivers in Rout Clausen and Tyler lead an efficient offense in a 59-13 victory over top-ranked St. Bonaventure. By Martin Henderson, Times Staff Writer September 23, 2006 After a year of waiting, weeks of buildup and even the threat of postponement by the Day wildfire, Westlake Village Oaks Christian and Ventura St. Bonaventure finally got down to one of the most eagerly awaited high school football games in Southland history. Mega-hype, mega-blowout. Oaks Christian (3-0), ranked fifth in the Southland by The Times, scored on its first three possessions, and six of its first seven in the first half, in a 59-13 victory over No. 1-ranked St. Bonaventure (3-1). Marc Tyler and Jimmy Clausen delivered the way blue-chip prospects are supposed to deliver. USC-bound Tyler rushed 18 times for 274 and five touchdowns. Notre Dame-bound Clausen completed 16 of 26 passes for 227 yards — 180 in the first half — and two touchdowns. USC-bound Marshall Jones, Oregon-bound Anthony Gildon and Brett Vollert intercepted passes thrown by St. Bonaventure sophomore Tony Macarena. Oaks Christian's time of possession in the first half was only 8 minutes 14 seconds, but it led 38-7. Its most time-consuming scoring drive was 2:10, and two drives were clocked at 41 and 13 seconds. The first of those short drives was Oaks Christian's first of the game, ending in Clausen's 15-yard pass to Sean Wiser, who caught five passes for 79 yards. The latter was Tyler's 74-yard run for a 31-7 lead with 3:31 left in the half, enough time for the defense to get the ball back and the Lions' offense to score again, driving 62 yards in 1:32 for a 38-7 halftime lead. "Hopefully, now we can get some respect," said Tyler, who scored on runs of 13, 74, five and 25 yards and one yard. "Jimmy started it off with the passes, the lines opened some holes and I hit them." Over and over. Clausen used short passes early and was never pressured, and Tyler was unstoppable as the Lions got their skill players the ball in the open field as easily as they had against lesser opponents. With nine seniors probable Division I-A college prospects, Oaks Christian had gained national prominence without having played a team close to its equal. It went into its game Friday ranked ahead of St. Bonaventure nationally, No. 12 to No. 13 by Student Sports Magazine, No. 12 to No. 17 nationally by USA Today. But even Oaks Christian Coach Bill Redell didn't know how his team would react in its first, and biggest, test. "The question, is when we get hit in the mouth, how will we respond," Redell said this week. "They will hit us in the mouth. We've never played a team that is this physical." The Lions handled it just fine. Mike Lee rushed 26 times for 164 yards and a touchdown for St. Bonaventure, which trailed by as much as 45-7.
8) Oaks Christian Lions schedule: 09/01/2006 W (49 - 0) 07:30 PM @ Lompoc View Details 09/08/2006 W (60 - 6) 07:00 PM @ Muir View Details 09/22/2006 ( - ) 07:00 PM @ St. Bonaventure View Details 09/28/2006 ( - ) 07:00 PM @ Venice High School View Details 10/06/2006 ( - ) 07:30 PM vs.Diamond Ranch View Details 10/13/2006 ( - ) 07:30 PM vs.Carpinteria View Details 10/20/2006 ( - ) 07:30 PM @ Oak Park View Details 10/27/2006 ( - ) 07:30 PM vs.Grace Brethren View Details 11/03/2006 ( - ) 07:30 PM vs.Nordhoff View Details 11/09/2006 ( - ) 07:30 PM @ Santa Paula View Details This Thursday they play Venice, which is usually one of the better teams in the Los Angeles City Section of the CIF. The last time that I saw Venice was around 5-6 years ago, when they played my alma mater Damien High School. They had several supposed HSAA's, but we beat them pretty good and they tried to start a brawl after the game. The last I saw of them, their bus was being pelted with objects being thrown by our local hostile natives. My impression of them was that they were a talented, but undisciplined rabble who needed their butts kicked on and off the field. If they show up around here again, I just might throw something meself... Venice has produced some outstanding players over the years and is a traditional haven for unhappy transfers from other LA City schools. Current Buffalo Bills QB J.P. Losman played at Venice HS and still lives there. He was the kid who entered UCLA early and then got p!ssed off when they didn't immediately hand him the starting job and tranferred to Tulane. I would say that he is typical of what Oaks Christian will probably have to play against on Thursday. They're a bunch of beach punks... http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/jp_losman
Clausen looks very good, very accurate on rollouts he gets his shoulders square to the LOS. Delivers a nice spiral. They lead 28-3 at halftime. Terry
:shock: Oaks Christian is a scary operation. Nearly all of their assistant coaches are former NFL players and the head coach is in the Hall of Fame. That Marc Tyler sure looks like the new LenDale White, but with a better attitude...
I.... <t>Watched most of the game and you had to be impressed with JC as an athlete and the way he obviously has been coached. He throws a pretty ball and on the mark with a whole bunch of zip. Us Irish fans have to be excited plus the fact he will be in at mid-term is a plus unless I am confusing that issue with someone else.<br/> Sure hate to see SC get Tyler. In light of their freshmen backs this year will he be patient there?</t>
:roll: re: Tyler USC's cupboard is overflowing. The winners stick around and the ones who get beat out transfer to places like Nevada-Las Vegas...