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Fury sweep Stallions

Posted on November 22, 2008 at 10:45 AM.

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Chrisitan Okoye was up to his old tricks, for a half, and that was more than enough to propel the Nashville Fury to a 34-17 win over the San Diego Stallions.

The game was really a tale of two halves. In the first, offense reigned. Okoye rumbled for over 200 yards in the half and scored a pair of touchdowns to stake the Fury to a 31-14 halftime advantage. The Stallions moved the ball consistently in the half and likely would've scored more than two touchdowns had it not been for a couple of early turnovers.

Bo Jackson had a good day on the ground for San Diego, running for 115 yards on 11 carries and scoring a touchdown. He wasn't a factor in the second half, though, as the Stallions primarily attacked through the air. Dawson was 16-of-22 for 192 yards with a touchdown, but three crucial interceptions turned the tide in the Fury's favor.

The Stallions did a great job in slowing Okoye in the second half, holding the "Nigerian Nightmare" to 31 yards on 14 carries.

"San Diego really got after it in the second half," said Fury quarterback Derrick Bly, who was 3-of-5 passing for 27 yards, including a 7-yard touchown to Charles Figueroa in the first half. "We couldn't move the ball at all, which surprised us a bit because in the first half we were able to do pretty much whatever we wanted."

Wasswa Edmonds had two of the Fury's three interceptions on the afternoon.

"I thought we did a good job of disguising our coverages," Edmonds said.

The constant pressure on Dawson didn't hurt the Fury's cause, either, as they recorded four sacks.

At 4-7, the Fury are a longshot to make the playoffs, but they are 3-1 in their last four games.

"We've definitely turned things around," Dante Lavelli said. "That losing streak early in the year really hurt us but the guys didn't quit and continued to fight and now we're starting to see things go our way."