CMU-NIU on espn2

I have done this before with my July 4th weekend, also a few Tigers games and with my Chippewas playing on epsn2 last night on prime time, and my wonderful finace working the overnight, I thought what a great time to do a running diary of the game. So the following is my actual recorded thoughts at the time of the game last night, as it happened, I will just be typing fast as I listen back to what I recored last night, so I am sorry for any mis spellings or other problems, I just went with it. there were some ups and downs, so enjoy.

7:55pm- Just got my daughter hailey down for the night, and fatherhood is done for right now, and it is time for my fanhood to start. So I get a cold one and lay down ready to watch my alma mater on epsn2.
8:01pm- S King in the pregame- "ball state gets all the headlines, but you are the champs until someone beats you." amen shawn, I always liked you.
8:06pm- We start on defense, which I like, cause then we just need a stop, and our offense has been rolling. Plus we get the ball to start the second half. SO here we go.
8:08pm- Great tackel by Bellore on a 3rd and 4 to set up a 4th and one, puppies have to punt.
8:10pm- Dan is back in, 1st play from the 37 yard line, is about a 4 yard run by Sneed, not too bad.
8:12pm-It looks like Miller is back in, but at Gaurd and Joe is still at center, Greg doesn't look to be playing, but is dressed, but everyone else looks back.
8:14pm-Jeff Wilson catches his first catch of the year. I have no idea who that is, but he caught it for a first down, it was a nice catch, so nice job. After a bubble screen got away from Dan attended to AB, it is 2nd and ten
8:16pm- After a 10 play drive, it stalls a bit and Agulia hits a fg, 3-0 Chips.
8:23pm- Bellore makes another big tackel on 3rd down to force another punt for NIU, so far the defense is playing well.
8:25pm-A low kick to stay away from Brown, and it hits one of thier guys in the back, giving us good field postions.
8:27pm- As we begin our second drive with a run by Brain Schoner, I get a second beer.
8:29pm- Nothing like having a 2nd and 20 and having a called qb run and pick up 16 yards to set up a 3rd and short. As much as I love you Brain, our back up qb, it's nice to have you back Dan.
8:31pm- On 3rd and ten on the NIU 47 we get a sack, and will have to punt with 4:50 left in the 1st.
8:38pm-On 3rd and 6th, pass incomplete and NIU will have to punt again with 1:47 left in the 1st quarter. Still 3-0 Chipp-e-was.
8:39pm- Sneed nice run on 1st down, picked up 13 or 14 or so, even lowered his shouler a little, so nice job.
8:42pm-End of the 1st, 3-0 CMU, second quarter will start CMU ball and they have a second and 12
8:48pm-Beatiful, beatiful throw down the middle to Antonio Brown for about a 30 yard TD. Great pass inbetween two defenders, prefectally throw ball by Dan. 10-0 CMU
8:53pm- Taylor Bradly, ex high recruted wide out, turned DB makes a great play on a long pass setting up 3rd and 4. Very nice play. Maybe the switch from WR to DB was a good one.
8:54pm-With only a 4 man rush, qb tires to get ride of it, Hits off TK and Sam Williams gets a pick, Great field postion. Lets keep rolling.
8:55pm- well that took all of two plays. As Sneed scores on a beatiful set up screen, 27 yard tdass, Sneed does a nice job setting up his blocks, and then making a move, and then showing so speed. Sneed, I am sorry for doubting you, you are playing well, I take back half the mean things I have ever said about you.
8:59pm- On the kickoff Agulia makes the tackle, too bad it was on the 20. That might be the spark NIU needed, we have been playing really well, and a flag on the play moves the ball to the ten, so we need a big stop by our defense or they are right back in this game.
9:02pm-On 3rd and goal at around the 12, they put 3 guys in the backfield and run play action and get sacked by Zomo and some friends, so even though they started at the ten, they lose 12 yards, and are kicking a 39 yard fg. It's up and good, but a great hold by our defense. 17-3 good guys.
9:10pm- We are running the ball great. Sneed looks great, Dan is running well, close to 100%, we have a chance for both to get over 100 yards. And when Schorder gets a carry or two he has been running hard as well, so this is nice to see.
9:12pm-Cotton gets one carry around the 30 as we are driving and moving the ball great, and he fumbles, they review it, but it stands, NIU ball. Hold on to the ball Paris.
9:14pm-Nick Bellore tackling machine. 7:07 left in the half, 2nd and ten
9:17pm-Gordy misses a catchable pick, as Williams was applying pressure to the qb, and by catchable I mean it hit off his shoulder pads, catch the ball Josh, they do have to punt, so that's good at least.
9:20pm-2nd and 4, 3:30 to go. Dan goes for a deep ball, and even miss timed it, AB ran a wrong route or it just sailed on him. So we have a 3rd and 4, I expect a Dan run or Rockey Weaver to be wide open over the middle. It is a Dan run, and he picks up the first down, and a little more, beatiful.
9:22pm-2nd and 9, Hartline gets beat around the corner for a sack. 3rd and 14. It's time for a Brian Anderson catch. He has been quite with only one catch. Here we go... and it's going to be....Brain Anderson for a first down, ha, I'm awsome. Dan was getting pressured, rolled out to his right, and throws it along the sidelines. Basically just threw it up and BA mad a great catch, keeps both feet inbounds, very nice, 1st down Chippewas.
9:26pm- TD run by Dan on 1st and goal, he now has 93 yards and a TD... rushing, in the first half, plus well over 100 yards and 2 td's passing, it's nice to have him back, it's about to be 24-3 with about 38 seconds left to go in the first half
9:27pm-Agulia for the second game in a row misses a extra point, so it's 23-3, come on.
9:29pm- NIU just runs a qb draw, and we go to half time, it's 23-3 at halftime, thanks to Agulia missed extra point, god stop doing that, but other then that, it's been a good half, and we get the ball to start the second, lets keep rolling.
10:21pm- For 38 minutes I was just talking to Phil, my college roomate at CMU for 4 of my 5 years there, so there is only abnout 3 and a half left in the 3rd. NIU started the half with an onside kick. they recover. We stop them on a three and out, then they run a trick punt, that was actually pretty nice, which they get, and go down, and finially kick a fg. 23-6 we then have a nice drive and move down the field where Dan runs his second rushing td, so now he has two of each, and is over 100 yards on the ground and 200 in the air. Best play was when he fumbled the snap and just calmy picked it up and threw a deep pass to BA, and even though their was pass interfernece so it was a 1st down, it went right though his hands, so Anderson should have caught it. It would have been one of the best plays ever. He has great hands, just for some reason, he choose not to use them there. NIU calls a timeout before a 4th and one to pick what play to run. It is still 23-6, but they are driving.
10:31pm- SO then Stephanie, my beatiful finace calls, so I talk to her for awhile, as I am talking to her, NIU scores, and gets the two point conversaion. so it is 23-14. They run another onside kick, and they get it again. So they have the ball again. We get a sack, and set up a 3rd down play, hopefully we can stop them, and then be ready for any kind of trickeration that they run and get the ball back and go down and score again.
10:40pm- They go down and score, miss the two point conversion, it's 30-20, and we have a ball game, thanks to the onside kicks. So we nee onside kick coverage everytime, since as long as we have the ball they can't stop us. But we are in a battle, this is good for us, nice test. We haven't won at NIU in like 33 years, so they are going to make us work for it.
10:47pm-Harline gets beat again. Really a entire Larry English series, he is a stud, we need to punt again. 10 point game, this is not good, I am not very happy right now, and I am actually very very worried right now, our second punt of the game. Good punt, we get a nice roll, real nice roll, to about the ten, so great punt. But Larry English is killing us. Hartline is my boy, but he needs to step up. We need a stop and a score, cause this is getting close.
10:52pm-1st half our defense played great, 2nd half they are playing like our defense. NIU is moving the ball at will right now, they are at our 15. 9:20 left, 10 point game, we need to pick it up, now.
10:56pm-Fraser gets hurt on a 3rd and one they sets up a 1st and goal. It looks like his right leg. While laying on the ground he looks like he thinks he is done, it looked bad. He puts no pressure on it at all, as they two person buddy carry him off the feild. I hope Eric is alright, but first things first, we need to win this f*cking ball game.
10:58pm-They score again, it's 30-27, yeah 30-27, CMU is still up, but only by 3. We need to score, now, we need a TD, there is still lots of time left. Here we go Dan, show us what's up.
11:07pm- we take about 4 and a half off the clock, get in to NIU's territory, but BA drops a pass on a 3rd down with a lot of help from 33 on NIU, maybe getting there just in time, maybe he was a little early, but we got to punt, and they have lots of time, and a TD beats us, come on guys, here we go.
11:11pm- TK will a big sack. It's 3rd and 18 with a 1:03 to go, just got to hold on, come on baby, one big play, lets go.
11:12pm-OK, here's the game, 48 seconds left, 4th and 18, here it is, right now, please, find a way, they just had a long pass they went through one of their guys hands that should have been caught, so here we go 4th and 18, get a stop, one play, make it happen.
11:15pm-They pick it up, cause you rush 3 and drop everyone back, qb has time to run around, keep the play going, find someone open. NIU has one timeout left, they are at the 30 or so. 30-27, and they are really close to fg range.
11:18pm-They have the ball at the ten with 31 seconds to go, they used their last time out, but now we will be lucky to go to OT. We have to make sure they don't score a touchdown and win, and this would be the biggest callapce and worst game in CMU's football history, Hold the F*cking rope, make a F*cking play.
11:19pm- They throw to the end zone, and it is incomplete, Josh Gordy, kind of made a play, he had converage, no, give him credit it was a great play, but now they are kicking the fg to try to tie the game
11:21pm- And after being up 30-6, it's now 30-30 with 19 seconds left to go in the game
11:23pm-We have the ball on the 30, and just take a knee and play OT. So here we go.
11:26pm-We won the toss, nice job picking Brain, we are on defense first so we know what we need, here we go, OT number one
11:27pm- Passes in the air, and intercepted by Josh Gordy, BIG play by Gordy, defense steps up when they need to, now the offense just needs to score, Josh left his man, and jumped the route, nice play, now we just need to score, come on.
11:30pm-I really don't like the conservative play calling. 3 runs in a row by Dan, don't want to get a turnover, but that was a big chance to win the game, and we didn't even try to move the ball. 40 yard fg is not a chip shot, especailly for Aguila who already missed a extra point. They use their one timeout to ice him.
11:31pm-Perfect kick, right up the middle, way to go Aguila, my boy, 33-30 is all that matters, it's a win, it wasn't pretty, but it's a win and that is all that matters, now we move on the ball state.



Now we can start to look at Ball State, and what will be the biggest game in K/s history, wining goes to the MAC title game, and will win, no question about it, this game is for the MAC title. Can we win our 3rd in a row, or will BSU keep thier undefeated season alieve. Wednesday, espn2, 7pm, at always sunny, ha, it will be cold, windy and maybe even some rain and snow, Kelly Shorts Stadium. D.O.T...defend our title... again. I'm right, you're wrong.