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WEEK 12 GAME VS USF - SENIOR NIGHT!

Posted on October 24, 2019 at 06:54 PM.

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WELL ITS THE LAST HOME GAME OF THE SEASON FOR THE PIRATES, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS......SENIOR NIGHT!

LAST TIME THE SENIORS GET TO HEAR PURPLE HAZE AS THEY RUN THROUGH THE TUNNEL BEFORE THE GAME. LAST PIRATE WALK ON THE FIELD AND THEIR LAST PURPLE AND GOLD DAY AT SCHOOL THE FRIDAY BEFORE.

THIS SENIOR NIGHT IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO SEND THE SENIORS OFF THE RIGHT WAY, BUT THIS COULD ALSO BE THE GAME THAT THE PIRATES BECOME BOWL ELIGIBLE!

3:30 ON A SATURDAY, WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU WANT TO BE BESIDES DOWDY FICKLEN STADIUM!

AT KICKOFF THE CROWD WAS HYPE AS THE PIRATES WON THE TOSS AND CHOSE TO DEFER GIVING THE BALL TO BLAKE BARNETT AND THE BULLS OFFENSE. A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER HOWEVER, BLAKE WOULD REGRET HAVING THE BALL SO SOON, AS WARREN SABA JUMPED AN OUT ROUTE AND INTERCEPTED THE BALL RESULTING IN A PICK SIX GIVING THE PIRATES A 7-0 LEAD. WARREN SABA WOULD ALSO REGISTER A SACK IN THIS GAME BEFORE HAVING TO LEAVE IN THE SECOND QUARTER WITH A CONCUSSION (HE WILL ENTER CONCUSSION PROTOCOL GOING INTO NEXT WEEKS GAME @ UCF).

THE BULLS HOWEVER WOULD NOT BE DENIED TIEING THE GAME UP AT 7 AFTER A MISSED JAKE VERITY FG GAVE THE BULLS EXCELLENT STARTING FIELD POSITION. THE FIRST HALF WAS NOT LACKING ANY SCORING AS BOTH TEAMS TRADED BLOWS AND EAST CAROLINA TAKING A 21-14 LEAD EVEN AFTER A HORRIBLE START BY HOLTON AHLERS, BEGINNING THE GAME 3/12 MISSING THREE RECEIVERS FOR LARGE GAINS.

THE SECOND HALF STARTED OFF WITH A FIRST PLAY INTERCEPTION FOR HOLTON, GIVING THE BULLS THE BALL AROUND MIDFIELD. THE BULLS DROVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GOAL LINE, BUT WERE STOPPED ON 3RD AND GOAL, BRINGING OUT THE FG UNIT. THE 18 YARD FG HOWEVER WAS MISSED, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHY YOU NEVER GIVE AN INCH AND PLAY EVERY PLAY TO ITS FULLEST!

THE PIRATES NOW HAD A 28-14 LEAD AFTER A LATE ZECH BYRD TOUCHDOWN, THE OTHER TWO SENIOR TIGHT ENDS ALSO HAD A CATCH A PIECE TO FACTOR INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NIGHT. THE BULLS HOWEVER WERE DRIVING AND ENDED UP SCORING ON A BLAKE BARNETT RUSHING TOUCHDOWN (HIS SECOND OF THE DAY).

THE PIRATES WERE NOW UP 28-21 WITH 3 MINUTES LEFT, AND A COUPLE OF FIRST DOWNS WOULD SEAL THEIR 6TH WIN OF THE YEAR. THE PIRATES HAD A SECOND AND ONE AND TWO STRAIGHT NEGATIVE PLAYS RESULTED IN A 4TH AND 6 CAUSING THE PIRATES TO PUNT AND GIVE THE BALL BACK TO THE BULLS. WITH LESS THAN 2 MINUTES LEFT AND 0 TIMEOUTS, THE BULLS HAD TO GET TO WORK.

BLAKE DROVE THE BULLS DOWN THE FIELD AND SCORED A TOUCHDOWN ON A TYRE MCCANTS 13 YARD SCORE. THE GAME WAS TIED WITH 50 SECONDS LEFT. ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF, TRUE FRESHMAN JSI HATFIELD RECEIVED THE KICK AT ABOUT THE 26 YARD LINE, MADE THREE GUYS MISS AND TOOK IT TO THE HOUSE FOR THE GO AHEAD TOUCHDOWN, 35-28! A TRUE FRESHMAN SAVING SENIOR NIGHT FROM AN OVERTIME VISIT!

THIS SENIOR NIGHT WILL GO DOWN AS ONE FOR THE AGES! YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS GAME AS IT WAS AN ESPN CLASSIC AND WILL BE AIRED ON ESPN 2!

COACH FALK III COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF HIS TEAM! THE SENIORS GOT THE SEND OFF THEY DESERVE AND THE PIRATES ARE BOWL ELIGIBLE WITH TWO GAMES TO PLAY!