SWC75
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- This game proved that is a good team. We’d won eight prior games but only one of them was against a good team, (NC State in the Dome). Then came the embarrassing performance against Notre Dame. We seemed like a paper Tiger. But we just took it to a 7-4 BC team the whole game and beat them by three touchdowns, regaining a lot of lost respect.
- A year ago in the Dome, BC built a 28-14 lead on us, then closed it out with two more scores and a 42-14 rout. They gained 581 yards, 333 of that on the ground. A. J. Dillon ran for 193 of those and three scores. They just looked like a rougher, tougher football team than we were. Meanwhile we were without Dungey and other players and the guys playing were so beat up they were unable to put up much resistance. I wondered if the same thing might happen today but instead we lowered our shoulder pads and out-toughed them in their own place, building up a 28-14 halftime lead and winning 42-21 while gaining 559 yards, 362 of them in the air on a cold, windy day. Dungey played and accounted for 396 of those years and 6 touchdowns. We totally turned the tables on the BC Eagles.
- Eric finally got to play in a regular season finale. He’s got one more game- a bowl somewhere against somebody. It will give us one more chance to appreciate one of the greatest quarterbacks in SU history. I remember when he first came against Rhode Island when Terrell Hunt went down. I remember thinking in the first series, “Boy, this guy’s better than Hunt! He sure was.
- Fellow senior Dontae Strickland never got into the end zone but had his best career games, rushing for 129 yards on 20 carries, (He’d gained 127 in a losing effort vs. South Florida two years ago). He also picked up several blitzes, allowing Dungey time to make plays. Meanwhile our defense held Dillon to 56 yards on 12 carries, (A. J. didn’t play the second half.). Dontae’s average yards per carry each year of his career: 3.9, 3.5, 3.8 and now 4.7.
- Sean Riley, a junior, caught five balls for 115 yards and a 75 yard touchdown. His senior running mate, Jamal Custis, made 3 difficult catches for 68 yards and 34 yard score.
- The future reared it’s lovely head with freshmen Taj Harris catching three balls, including a 35 yarder and a beautiful fade for the final score and Sharod Johnson grabbing 3 more for 61 yards, including a 35 yarder. Sophomore Nykiem Johnson had 4 catches for 29 yards from the slot. (Although he did break off a route, hanging Dungey out to dry on an interception.)
- Another freshman, Andre Cisco, intercepted a pass to tie BC’s Hamp Cheevers for the national lead with 7.
- Sterling Hofrichter forced a fumble on one kick-off and recovered it- after kicking the ball to start the play. Then he made the tackle on his next kick off a few minutes late, thus producing the widest smile of Dino Baber’s presser.
9-3 with 1 to go.
LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
- A year ago in the Dome, BC built a 28-14 lead on us, then closed it out with two more scores and a 42-14 rout. They gained 581 yards, 333 of that on the ground. A. J. Dillon ran for 193 of those and three scores. They just looked like a rougher, tougher football team than we were. Meanwhile we were without Dungey and other players and the guys playing were so beat up they were unable to put up much resistance. I wondered if the same thing might happen today but instead we lowered our shoulder pads and out-toughed them in their own place, building up a 28-14 halftime lead and winning 42-21 while gaining 559 yards, 362 of them in the air on a cold, windy day. Dungey played and accounted for 396 of those years and 6 touchdowns. We totally turned the tables on the BC Eagles.
- Eric finally got to play in a regular season finale. He’s got one more game- a bowl somewhere against somebody. It will give us one more chance to appreciate one of the greatest quarterbacks in SU history. I remember when he first came against Rhode Island when Terrell Hunt went down. I remember thinking in the first series, “Boy, this guy’s better than Hunt! He sure was.
- Fellow senior Dontae Strickland never got into the end zone but had his best career games, rushing for 129 yards on 20 carries, (He’d gained 127 in a losing effort vs. South Florida two years ago). He also picked up several blitzes, allowing Dungey time to make plays. Meanwhile our defense held Dillon to 56 yards on 12 carries, (A. J. didn’t play the second half.). Dontae’s average yards per carry each year of his career: 3.9, 3.5, 3.8 and now 4.7.
- Sean Riley, a junior, caught five balls for 115 yards and a 75 yard touchdown. His senior running mate, Jamal Custis, made 3 difficult catches for 68 yards and 34 yard score.
- The future reared it’s lovely head with freshmen Taj Harris catching three balls, including a 35 yarder and a beautiful fade for the final score and Sharod Johnson grabbing 3 more for 61 yards, including a 35 yarder. Sophomore Nykiem Johnson had 4 catches for 29 yards from the slot. (Although he did break off a route, hanging Dungey out to dry on an interception.)
- Another freshman, Andre Cisco, intercepted a pass to tie BC’s Hamp Cheevers for the national lead with 7.
- Sterling Hofrichter forced a fumble on one kick-off and recovered it- after kicking the ball to start the play. Then he made the tackle on his next kick off a few minutes late, thus producing the widest smile of Dino Baber’s presser.
9-3 with 1 to go.
LET’S GO ORANGE!!!
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