G.W. Graham Grizzlies vs Carson Graham Eagles

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The best teams never believe they're out of a game, no matter how bad things look. The G.W. Graham Grizzlies rallied together and showed how, with mental toughness and perhaps a bit of delusion, anything is possible with their 36-32 victory over the Carson Graham Eagles. 

The first quarter and a half of this game belonged to the Eagles. Their offense drove up and down the field effortlessly. Quarterback Jack Shih led the Eagle's air raid attack to three scores on the team's first four possessions and had his team-leading 20-0 in the first quarter.

With the score 26-7 late in the second quarter, the Grizzlies finally came out of hibernation. First quarterback Lincoln Boyd drove the team downfield before the half. Boyd completed passes to his targets, showing poise in the pocket and precision accuracy on his throws before the Grizzlies ran the ball in from a yard out, cutting the lead to 26-14 Eagles at the half. 

Coming out of the half, the Grizzlies changed their mentality on both sides of the ball. On offense, they started pounding the rock and utilizing jet sweeps to attack the outside of the Eagles' defense. The Grizzlies would then fake those sweeps and hand the ball inside to running back Denver Adam for tough yards. 

On defense, the Grizzlies started bringing heat. Likely feeling like Shih had far too much time to get the ball to his targets, the Grizzlies started blitzing an extra linebacker, sometimes two and affected Shih's timing in the process. 

After Michael Blair made a ridiculous catch in double coverage to cut the lead to 26-21, the Eagles responded right back and led 32-21. With time running out, the Grizzlies didn't panic. 

They pressured Shih, got the stop they needed on fourth down, and pounded the ball on consecutive drives, and as Ridley Mastin took a jet sweep into the endzone and the Grizzly's sideline erupted, the team had its first lead of the game with just 47 seconds to go. 

With one last chance to avoid an epic collapse, the ball was back in Shih's hands. The quarterback threw four strikes in a row and had the Eagles on the Grizzly's fifteen-yard line for the game's final play.

Shih dropped back to pass and faced immediate pressure. He escaped the pocket and sprinted to his right. Shih delivered a ball on the money to an open receiver at the five-yard line. As the ball was corralled near the endzone, multiple Grizzly defenders swarmed and kept the Eagles out of the endzone, and the comeback was complete. 

The Grizzlies showed what's possible when a team has belief, relentlessness, and the utmost mental toughness and fortitude. This group will never forget this surreal comeback from a twenty-point deficit against a very strong Eagles team.