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CFP CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RESULTS / ECU BOWL GAME RECAP!

Posted on November 3, 2019 at 05:09 PM.

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CFP CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
#1 VIRGINIA TECH VS. #3 ALABAMA

KIRK HERBSTREIT IS TAKING ALABAMA TO UPSET THE HOKIES AND WIN YET ANOTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! IN THE SECOND SEMIFINAL GAME, THE HOKIES LOST THEIR TE MITCHELL FOR THE SEASON, WHAT HEARTBREAK FOR THAT KID NOT BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND HELP HIS TEAM IN THE CFP CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THE THREE HEADED MONSTER FOR VTECH OF RYAN WILLIS, DESHAWN MCCLEASE, AND DAMON HAZLETON HOPE TO HAVE ENOUGH FIRE POWER TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AND KEEP UP WITH THE HIGH SCORING BAMA OFFENSE.

ALABAMA IS COMPLETELY HEALTHY AND TUA TAGAVAILOA HAS AMAZING STATS FOR THE YEAR WITH OVER 3,600 PASSING YARDS, 40 TD'S AND ONLY 5 INT'S. NAJEE HARRIS HAS ALSO ADDED 1600 YARDS ON THE GROUND AND 20 TD'S. THIS COULD BE ONE FOR THE AGES!

AND THE NATIONAL CHAMPION IS.....
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
FINISHING THE SEASON AT 14-1 AND A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE OVER THE PREVIOUSLY UNDEFEATED VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES!
FINAL SCORE - ALABAMA 38 - VIRGINIA TECH - 21

BELK BOWL VS. LOUISVILLE (7-5):

ITS THE END OF THE SEASON AND THAT MEANS CHRISTMAS, FAMILY PARTIES, PRESENTS, AND OF COURSE BOWL GAMES!

ITS TWO DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS, AND WHAT WAY TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SEASON THEN TO HUNKER DOWN WITH THE FAMILY, TURN ON THE TV AND CHECK OUT THE BELK BOWL FROM CHARLOTTE, NC AT 6 PM!

A BOWL GAME PITTING TWO FIRST YEAR COACHES AT THEIR RESPECTIVE PROGRAMS. BOTH WITH IDENTICAL RECORDS, 7-5 (5-4). THE LAST TIME YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE PIRATES WE HAVE GROWN TO LOVE THIS YEAR WITH 12 SENIORS DEPARTING THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

LOUISVILLE HAS HAD A TOUGH SEASON IN COACH SATTERFIELD'S FIRST YEAR. SOME CLOSE DEFEATS TO VERY TALENTED TEAMS. ENDING THE REGULAR SEASON ON A 3 GAME WIN STREAK, THE CARDINAL FAITHFUL WOULD LOVE A BOWL VICTORY HEADING INTO THE OFF SEASON.

COACH FALK'S PIRATES HAVE BEEN ON A SEE SAW THIS ENTIRE SEASON, ALTERNATING THE LAST 9 WEEKS WITH WINS AND LOSSES. HOPEFULLY THAT DOESNT MEAN THAT THIS BOWL GAME WILL BE A LOSS AS THE PIRATES FINISHED THE YEAR WITH A SHUTOUT ON THE ROAD AGAINST THE HUSKIES OF UCONN.

NO SIGNIFICANT SUSPENSIONS, HOWEVER REID HERRING WHO IS ACADEMICALLY INELIGIBLE FOR THE UPCOMING BOWL GAME, GOT INTO A SKIRMISH WITH TEAMMATES, HE IS OBVIOUSLY BOTHERED BY HIS STUDIES. WE ARE SETTING HIM UP TO WORK WITH A TEAM COUNSELOR TO GET HIM READY FOR NEXT SEASON AS COACH FALK EXPRESSED HOW MUCH THE TEAM NEEDS HIM.

ON TO THE GAME!

1ST QUARTER
LOUISVILLE WON THE TOSS AMD ELECTED TO DEFER GIVING THE PIRATES THE BALL TO START THE GAME. BOTH TEAMS WOULD EXCHANGE PUNTS AND THE PIRATES THEN OPENED UP THE SCORING WITH A LONG DRIVE RESULTING IN A ZECH BYRD TOUCHDOWN TO GIVE THE PIRATES A 7-0 LEAD WITH 10 SECONDS LEFT IN THE 1ST QUARTER. LOUISVILLE WOULD WASTE NO TIME ANSWERING SCORING ON THE NEXT PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE WITH A HASSAN HALL LONG TD RUN TIEING THE GAME AT 7-7.

2ND QUARTER
ON THE ENSUING KICKOFF, JSI HATFIELD WOULD RECEIVE THE KICK AND DO WHAT HE DOES BEST TAKING IT TO THE HOUSE, GIVING THE LEAD RIGHT BACK TO EAST CAROLINA 14-7! IN A MATTER OF TWENTY SECONDS, THE FANS AT THE BELK BOWL WOULD SEE THREE TOUCHDOWNS! THE PIRATE DEFENSE WOULD STIFFEN NOT ALLOWING A SCORE BY THE CARDINALS IN THE SECOND QUARTER WHILE THE OFFENSE WOULD ADD ANOTHER TD, THIS TIME TO BLAKE PROEHL, GIVING THE PIRATES A 21-7 LEAD AT HALFTIME.

3RD QUARTER
I AM NOT SURE WHAT COACH SATTERFIELD TOLD HIS TEAM AT HALFTIME BUT THEY CAME OUT GUNS A BLAZING AND TOOK THE FIRST PLAY FROM THE SCRIMMAGE TO THE HOUSE ON YET ANOTHER LONG TD RUN BY HASSAN HALL. HASSAN WOULD FINISH WITH OVER 200 YARDS ON THE GROUND. THE PIRATES DROVE DOWN AND WOULD CONNECT ON A 50 YARD FIELD GOAL MAKING IT A 10 POINT GAME HEADING INTO THE 4TH QUARTER.

4TH QUARTER
JAWON PASS FINALLY MADE A NICE PASS AND THREW A TD TO DAWKINS TO CUT THE LEAD TO 3. THE PIRATES RECEIVED THE BALL BACK BUT HAD TO PUNT GIVING THE BALL BACK TO THE CARDINALS WITH 6 MINUTES TO GO IN THE BELK BOWL. THE CARDINALS DROVE DOWN THE FIELD GOAL BUT JAWON MADE A MISTAKE AND THREW AN INT RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF COLBY GORE (WHO WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAVE THE GAME WITH A CONCUSSION), HOWEVER A QUESTIONABLE CALL BY THE REFEREE SAID COLBY CAUGHT THE BALL, MAINTAINED POSSESSION, WAS TACKLED IN THE END ZONE AND IT WAS CALLED A SAFETY. AFTER BEING CHALLENGED, THE CALL WOULD STAND, AND NOW THE CARDINALS WERE DOWN ONLY 1 POINT. THE CARDINALS WOULD MAKE MULTIPLE THIRD AND FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS SETTING UP A 44 YARD FG FOR THE LEAD THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL. NOW THE PIRATES WERE DOWN 2 WITH 2 TIMEOUTS AND A MINUTE AND A HALF TO GO. HOLTON MOVED THE PIRATES DOWN THE FIELD AND WITH ABOUT 40 SECONDS LEFT, WHEEL ROUTES WERE CALLED, AND HOLTON MADE A THROW THAT HE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE BACK AS IT WAS PICKED OFF BY STURGHILL ENDING THE PIRATES SEASON.

THIS ONE IS GOING TO LEAVE A BITTER TASTE IN THE MOUTHS OF THE PLAYERS, COACHES, AND PIRATE FAITHFUL. THE DEFEAT WILL BE USED FOR MOTIVATION HEADING INTO THE OFF SEASON, COACH FALK JUST WISHED THAT THE SENIORS WOULD GO OUT ON A WINNING NOTE.