Couldn't ask for any better weather on a very special homecoming Saturday as the
14th ranked team in the country, your Samford Bulldogs are back home this
afternoon to play host to the visitors from Johnson City, Tennessee the Bucs of ETSU.
Hodges, out of the gun takes the snap
looking right. Throws. Caught at the 1 spinning in. Touchdown Samford! Great catch
by Montrell Washington. He and Hodges hook up on the touchdown grab as
Washington made the catch at the 1 and spun himself into the end zone to get
Samford on the board first.
Herink out of the gun throws over the middle intercepted
by Omari Williams who undercut the route at the 40 inside the 35 and slides down
at the ETSU 30-yard line. Great to have you back Omari
Williams and Samford's got another take away. Their 20th takeaway of the year!
Second down and goal. Hodges throwing, corner of the end zone. Caught! Wide open
Touchdown Clarke Miller! His second touchdown of the year and just like that
Samford's lead is two scores.
Hodges wants to take a shot deep down the field
he's got Creamer wide open. "I told Jai during warm ups, I was like, 'Hey I don't
know why I got a feeling, you're gonna make a big play, have a big day today."
He makes the catch the 35 to the 30 to the 20 to the 10
no one's gonna catch Creamer. Touchdown Samford. "He's had back to back weeks
for us and he's been a guy we've moved around a lot and you know he made some
big plays today and I'm really pleased with him."
Hodges claps for the football against the five man rush. Throws the slant
quickly caught by Harris. Harris spins to the five, throws the football over the
goal line and he's in. Touchdown Samford! "Offensively that group played about as
efficient as I've seen them play all season, especially in the first half."
Out of the pistol play-action, Herink rolling to his left
throws over the middle. Intercepted! That's Christian Stark who dropped into
zone coverage across the 20 with a convoy in front to the 10 to the 5 he'll
get into the end zone! Touchdown Samford! Their third defensive
touchdown of the year and it's Christian Stark with a pick six and Samford's blown
it wide open in the first half. "I caught that ball and I was like, 'I'm getting the
endzone.' I made one move on a tight end and I took it felt like forever trying to
get in the end zone, but I got in so it just felt awesome." Hodges "My boy Stark behind you
he got his first pick six. First touchdown so it's just huge. It's exciting to see
those guys make big plays like that."
On third and nine, trips to the far side of
the field as Herink claps for the football against the five man rush
rolling to his right and he's going down he fumbled knocked away from him and
picked up by the Bulldogs at the 50 another takeaway forced by this Samford defense
"Defensively those guys are ball hawking machines over there and it's really fun
to watch them play with the type of energy
that they play with each and every Saturday." Stark "Biggest thing about our defense
is it doesn't matter who put out there we got those 11 at that time that on the
field will dominate and we got so many guys who are just ball players."
Bulldogs knocking on the door once again the give to Paulk. Paulk cuts it up to the 2 to the 1
is he in? Yes he is. Touchdown! Samford. Trayvon Paulk with his first
touchdown of 2017 and he's got the icing on the cake for the Bulldogs tonight
Samford from beginning to end dominated this contest to pick up their
seventh win of 2017 by a final score of 42 to 7. The offense supplied the early
fireworks and the defense supplied the dominance.
"Great crowd today, great
atmosphere and homecoming is always you know most important thing for us is
homecoming getting that win and you know we did it today and now it's time to
celebrate." Hatcher "It's good to get back on that winning
track at home and and I'm just real proud of the football team and for what
they stand for. Today was a huge win for us."
How 'bout 'cha Bulldogs!
Great job today, dominating performance mighty happy for you right there, but
I would imagine
especially on homecoming weekend
that there ain't nothin' like
bein' a Samford Bulldog
on a Saturday night
after a big win!