Saturday Night Lights. This is our second nationally broadcasted game this season, and for an encore, we were not going to disappoint. After the kickoff to the Spartans, we forced them to punt. We had a rocky start on offense, after marching down the field, Gatewood would throw his only INT of the game, and it was returned for a 76-yard touchdown. Michigan State had a lead of 7-0. This would be their only lead of the game. We end the 1
st quarter with a Chapman touchdown to tie the game at 7 points.
After the first quarter, the floodgates opened. During a Spartan drive, the freshman cornerback Griffin caught a pick and took it to the house. After another stop on defense, Gatewood throws another TD pass, this time to the tight end Cohen. At this point, the stadium is rocking. When we defeated Michigan 2 years ago, it was at the Big House, so the North City fans haven’t had a chance to experience an upset yet in the 3 year history of the school. To end the first half, Rocky Felder took a slant route 73 yards to pay dirt to take a lead of 28-7 to halftime.
Last week we had difficulties in digging the dagger in the heart of Illinois. Not this week though. To start the second half, we decided to open up the playbook and run a fake motion screen vert. Felder was wiiide open for an 87-yard TD pass. The chants of “Rocky, Rocky, Rocky” took over the stadium. MSU would take the dagger out by running the ensuing kickoff back to the house, but the damage was done. We end the third quarter with another Gatewood-to-Felder TD pass, this time for 30 yards.
The 4
th quarter was all about driving the knife into MSU for a slow death. They would score their first offensive TD in the 4
th, but on another trick play the TE Cohen gets a 6-yard TD rush. The final score:
49-21. The students rushed the field in a frenzy celebrating this monumental win for the program. No injuries were reported after the rushing of the field. North City travels to Arkansas next week in search of the 6
th win and to become bowl eligible for the second time in 3 years.
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