For those who kept up with the “Instant Analysis” all night, you might remember I put this game in the fridge after MV scored on its opening drive of the second half to take a 35-10 lead over the Tritons.

What you don’t realize is that was just an ode to the late Chick Hearn, and it was meant to motivate the Tritons to keep on going. Clearly some Triton fan out there read that post and text messaged somebody on the SC sideline and the Tritons accepted the challenge.

My master plan almost worked. Actually it did work because the MV defense must have heard about the reverse phsychology I was using on the Tritons and realized it was really double-reverse psychology for the Diablos.

You didn’t think of that did you. I can be a mad genius.

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I will never put a game in the refrigerator for as long as I shall live. Foreva eva? foreva eva!!!

SC QB Duke DeLancellotti opens the fourth quarter with 40-yard pass play to Steve Brandenburg to the MV 37-yard line.

A pass interference penalty moves it to the MV 14-yard line. SC pounds it inside the 5-yard line for a first-and-goal. David Espino scored on a tough 4-yard run to cut it to 42-31 with 9:16 left in the game.

It’s too late for SC to trade TDs with the Diablos. The Tritons need to get stops on defense to have any kind of shot.

SC’s William Tober made a great open field tackle on Kevin Chandler to prevent a first down and bring up and third-and-6. Then Joey Waters sacked Allan Bridgford for a 7-yard loss to force a punt.

That’s one of the stops SC will need. Now the Tritons have to score. Tritons take over at MV 37-yard line.

SC’s DeLancelotti averts near disaster and scrambles 8 yards on first down. David Espino is stuffed for a 1-yard loss on second down. Espino plows ahead to the 22-yard line for a first down.

You have to keep reading. You won’t regret it.

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The instant analysis after SC’s first possession of the second half is the eggs are cooling, the jello’s jiggling and the butter is getting hard. The refrigerator door is closed (R.I.P. Chick Hearn/The Greatest Announcer of All-Time).

SC picked up a couple of first downs. MV’s Troy Madden should have had an interception on one play where the ball hit him in the face mask. The MV crowd cheered, but D.C. was quick to point out you don’t cheer when the ball hits your player in the face mask.

But I’m not getting down on Madden because he more than made up for that play when he picked off Duke Lancellotti at midfield and returned it 50 yards for a TD. That gave MV a virtually insurmountable 35-10 lead with 8:45 left in the third.

I know it’s early, but SC has shown no ability to consistently stop MV on offense.

There is becoming less and less to analyze about this game. I might be forced to start writing Halloween leads for every game in the county even though Halloween leads have been banned from tomorrow’s O.C. Register by the Big Boss, a.k.a. Todd “The Man with The Plan” Harmonson.

SC drove to the MV 36-yard line before stalling. It looked like Aaron Jones, who hit a 50-yard FG earlier in the game, was lining up for a 53-yard FG, but then he punted. And it wasn’t a very good punt. MV’s high-powered offense took over at its own 23.

MV goes three-and-out, then SC shows some signs of life. It’s alive. IT’S ALIVE!!!

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It looked like the Diablos were in danger of blowing a prime opportunity after driving deep into SC territory at the end of the first quarter.

A illegal procedure penalty and a tackle for a loss brought up a third-and-15. Not a problem. Allan Bridgford found two-way star Alex Mascarenas for a 33-yard TD pass to push the Diablos lead to 14-3 with 11:04 left in the half. That capped a 6-play, 48-yard drive.

Key play: Marshall’s 20-yard run at the end of the first quarter.

Note: If the Tritons don’t get any pressure on Bridgford, they will be in serious trouble.

MV linemen Alex Stamos and Marc Millan sacked Duke DeLancellotti for a 6-yard loss to bring up a third-and-14 for SC. The Tritons were unable to convert on third down and were forced to punt.

MV proceeded to drive 64 yards in eight plays to take a 21-3 lead with 5:14 left in the half.

Alex Mascarenas made a spectacular 6-yard run on an end-around play. It looked like SC had sniffed out the play, but Mascarenas put on some nice moves to keep the Diablos moving in a positive direction.

FB John Akiba capped the drive with a 9-yard run up the middle. RT Richard Sandoval had another huge block to creat a massive hole for Akiba, who went virtually untouched into the end zone.

Key play: Allan Bridgford let go of a pass as he was getting hit. It tipped off the hands of MV RB Dallas Kessman and into the hands of sure-handed WR Kevin Chandler for a 13-yard gain to the SC 11-yard line.

Note: This game is in danger of being put in the refrigerator if SC has no response.

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Mission Viejo struck quickly on its first possession with an 8-play, 80-yard scoring drive to take a 7-0 lead with 9:02 left in the first quarter.

Jake Marshall had runs of 14 and 13 yards to start the game. Kevin Chandler had catches of 22 and 15 yards from Allan Bridgford to move the Diablos into San Clemente territory.

Marshall capped the drive with an 8-yard TD run off tackle.

Key play: Marshall’s TD run was facilitated by a crushing block from 6-2, 300-pound right tackle Richard Sandoval.

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Damian Calhoun, a.k.a. D.C. of “The Calhoun Six” fame/notoriety, and myself, a.k.a. Los Blogger, who are also known as the OCVarsity Entertainment Unit, are out at Mission Viejo High tonight for the South Coast League donneybrook between No. 6 Mission Viejo and No. 8 San Clemente.

I’ve seen Mission Viejo a number of times this season and I caught San Clemente’s narrow defeat to Tesoro last week. I’m expecting a great game over here.

Two of the top QBs in the county with Mission Viejo’s Allan Bridgford and San Clemente’s Duke DeLancellotti (That’s two Ls and two Ts, according to D.C. who asked Duke himself even though San Clemente has misspelled his name all season in its own program).

Both teams have tough defenses.

I’m guessing this game is going to come down to turnovers (Duh!) and who makes the best adjustments at halftime.

D.C. just inspired me to come up with the “Five Scariest Places to be on Fright Night!” Muuh Huuhh Aaaaahaaah! Be very afraid.

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I wanna be like Mike.

I’m not talking about Michael Jordan, even though I loved the Gatorade slogan from the ’90s that featured M.J.

I’m not talking about former SNL alum and Austin Powers superstar Mike Myers.

You know who I am talking about. I’m talking about the one and only slasher flick icon, Michael Myers.

Usually I don’t advocate using a psychotic mass murderer as a role model, but let’s look at Michael Myers’ good qualities, especially, on Halloween.

Let’s not dwell on his horrible character flaws. I mean he did dress up like a clown and stab his sister to death as a 6-year-old. That landed him a stay in an insane asylum. He escaped and terrorized Haddonfield, Ill., with numerous murder sprees.

Forget all that stuff. Let’s get to his good qualities that football players throughout the county can use as inspiration to make themselves into better players. Dare we say great players?

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OK, let the great OC Football No. 1 debate begin.

A lot of you OCVarsity-maniacs follow your team religiously, but as a writer/blogger for OCVarsity I have to get out there and see as many teams as I possibly can.

I voted for Tesoro to be No. 1 in this past week’s poll after they crushed then-No. 1 Mission Viejo, 31-14, last week. Dan Albano and Steve Fryer also went with Tesoro at No. 1, but the rest of Team OCVarsity went with Edison.

This week, I got to see the two biggest games involving top-10 teams that will effect next week’s new poll. I saw No. 4 Los Alamitos knock off No. 1 Edison, 23-19, on Thursday night and I saw No. 2 Tesoro beat No. 8 San Clemente, 28-25, tonight.

The Griffins are undefeated and have victories over La Habra, Narbonne of Harbor City (No. 1 in LA City Section) and Edison (No. 1 in OC).

Tesoro is undefeated and has victories over Fountain Valley (just beat No. 9 Newport Harbor), Mission Viejo (then-No. 1 in OC) and No. 8 San Clemente.

No matter what a Barnes (Brian at Tesoro and his dad, John, at Los Al) will be the coach of the fifth No. 1 team in the county this season when the new poll comes out on OCVarsity on Monday afternoon.

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