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Fury finally get a win

Posted on November 17, 2008 at 07:41 PM.

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Behind a monster 275-yard, three touchdown effort from Chrisitan Okoye, the Nashville Fury finally came out on the winning side, turning back the Goats in an Armchair QB's league game. Much-maligned Fury quarterback Derrick Bly was smart with the football, completing 3 of his 4 passes, including a 14-yard touchdown to his fullback in the second quarter.

The Fury's defense, which had been torched by Dan Marino in the teams' first outing, came to play today, with Roger Wehrli in particular having a strong game at corner. Dick Butkus and Jim Marshall each had a sack and the Fury forced Marino to throw a pair of interceptions.

Okoye found the sledding tough in the early stages of the game, but once he found his footing, the Goats had no answer. Okoye put an exclamation point on the game with a 91-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter.

The Goats tacked a couple of late touchdowns on the board, but were unable to get the ball back to try and score the tying touchdown.

With their record at 2-6 at the midway point, the Fury will need to practically win out the rest of the way to have a shot at the playoffs. But, at least this win gives the team something to hang its hat on after suffering through a half-dozen razor-thin defeats.