WE'VE ALL HEARD THE
PHRASE. DO YOU BELIEVE IN
MIRACLES?
I'M NATHAN EPSTEIN AND
TONIGHT, ALL OF MONARCH
NATION BELIEVES.
LEFT FOR DEAD, 0 AND 3 ON
THE SEASON, OLD DOMINION
WELCOMED A 2 AND 0
VIRGINAI TECH
TEAM, RANKED 13TH IN THE
NATION.
MONARCHS WERE 27 AND A
HALF POINT
UNDERDOGS---WITH THAT,
LETS' GO BACK TO
SB BALLARD STADIUM.
A SOLD OUT HOME FIELD FOR
ODU---20 THOUSAND 500 ON
HAND---SECOND QUARTER,
GAME IS TIED
AT 7 ALL----JOSH JACKSON
AND THE HOKEIS GO TO WORK
AND GO TOT HE
AIR---SEAN SAVOY--28 YARD
TOUCHDOWN CATCH---HOKIES
TAKE THE LEAD 14-7, BUT
ODU
WOULD RESPOND TO EVERY
HOKIE PUNCH---THIRD
QUARTER--MONARCHS
DOWN 21-14---BLAKE
LARUSSA---THE BACKUP WITH
A HISTORIC NIGHT, WALKS
IT IN, AND WE'RE
TIED AT 21----START OF
THE FOURTH QUARTER---ODU
AGAIN TRAILS 28 TO
21----ON
THIRD DOWN AND
ONE--LARUSSA LOCKS IN FOR
TRAVIS FULGHAM--25 YARD
TOUCHDOWN---188 YARDS
RECEIVING FOR FULGHAM
TONIGHT---UNDER 10
MINUTES LEFT TO
PLAY---THE GIVE GOES TOT
HE BIG BACK JEREMY
COX----RUMBLES
RIGHT THORUH THE LUNCH
PAIL DEFENSE----IT'S
35-27 OLD DOINION---BUT
THE
HOKIES AREN'T DONE--WITH
BACKUP
QUARTERBACK---WILLIS ON
FOURTH DOWN---HITS
HITS CUNNINGHAM FOR THE
GAME-TYING SCORE WITH
JUST OVER 5 MINUTES LEFT
TO
PLAY---AGAIN THE MONARCHS
WOULD NOT BE
DENIED----LARUSSA---TH
E LAST OF HIS FOUR
TOUCHDOWN
PASSES---JONATHAN DUHART
WITH THE
CATCH IN TRAFFIC---3
TOCUDHWON CATHCES FOR
DUHART---LARUSSA THROWS
FOR 495
YARDS-----AND HERE'S YOUR
CLINCHER----JEREMY
COX---40 YARDS---GAME,
SET, HISTORY-----THE
BIGGEST WIN IN BOBBY
WILDER'S CAREER---49-35.
OLDD OMINION YOUR
WINNER----
"THIS WAS A LIFE-CHANGING
MOMENT. I THINK, GETTING
MARRIED, HAVING TWO SONS
AND BEATING VIRGINIA
TECH, PROBABLY IN THAT
ORDER. THIS IS JUST AN
INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE. I'M
SPEECHLESS. I'M GLAD MY
TEAM NEVER GAVE UP. WE
DIDN'T STOP GRINDING
AFTER 0-3, WE
CAME OUT HERE, WE HAD A
BELIEF AND WE DID IT. I'M
SPEECHLESS. I HAD SOME
TEARS COME OUT, I JUST
GOT
SWALLOWED UP BY FANS
AFTER THAT. I WAS ON THE
GROUND CRYING LAYING DOWN
FLAT ON MY FACE,
JUST THANKING GOD, JUST
GOING CRAZY. IT'S UNREAL.
ESPECIALLY IT BEING
VIRGINIA TECH AND THE
BATTLES WE
WENT THROUGH AT THE
BEGINNING OF OUR SEASON.
IT'S FUN.I REMNDED THEM,
NOBOBY WILL EVER FORGET
THEM. THEY'LL ALWAYS BE
REMEMBERED. EVERYBODY WHO
WASN'T HERE WILL SAY THEY
WERE HERE. THAT THEY
WERE PART OF THIS. THAT'S
A SPECIAL MOMENT, AND FOR
ALL OUR PLAYERS AND
COACHES I'M REALLY HAPPY
FOR THEM."
AND WHAT MORE CNA YOU SAY
ABOUT LARUSSA---THE
BACKUP QUARTERBACK THROWS
FOR 495 YARDS, THREE
YARDS SHY OF A RECORD
AGAINST A BUD FOSTER
DEFENSE.
HE GIVES ODU ITS FIRST
EVER WIN OVER A POWER
FIVE TEAM--AND ISYOUR
STARTER
MOVING FORARDS.
"IT'S A FUN NIGHT. I'LL
NEVER FORGET IT. IT'S
BEEN A LONG
JOURNEY, BUT JUST KEEP
WORKING EVERY DAY AND
KEEP BELIEVING THAT GOD
HAS ME HERE FOR A
PURPOSE.
NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE
GOING THROUGH NO MATTER
WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING,
IT'S JUST BEEN FUN.
TONIGHT'S BEEN FUN. WHEN
YOU HAVE A PERFORMANCE
LIKE THAT, THAT BECOMES
THE LEADER OF YOUR
OFFENS.E BECAUSE
EVERYBODY ON THE
SIDELINE, EVERBODY IN THE
LOCKER ROOM, EVERYBODY IN
THE
STANDS NOW LOOKS AT BLAKE
LARUSSA DIFFERENTLY
OLD DOMINION HITS THE
ROAD FOR A TRIP AT EAST
CAROLIAN NEXT WEEKEND.
SO, NOW HOW WILL EVERYONE
LOOK AT VIRGINIA TECH. A
TEAM THAT BEGAN THE
SEASON WITH AN IMPRESSIVE
WIN AT FLORIDA STATE AND
THEN BARRELLED
THROUGH WILLIAM AND MARY.
THIS WAS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE
OF THE WORST DEFENSIVE
OUTTINGS IN BUD
FOSTER'S HISTORY AS THE
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.
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