McNeese trails 28 to 27, and drives 95 yards for the go ahead score. Along the way is a curious four yard offside penalty from a missed spot from the SoCon officials, despite the helpful suggestions of the McNeese fans located right on the spot. Note that the play starts exactly on the 10 yard line and both field markers are in the correct spot. At the far end of the line of scrimmage, you can see an ASU defensive lineman jump offsides, yet somehow the ball winds up spotted just inside the six, instead of being a first down and goal.
After two qb sneaks, McNeese gets the first down.
Fourraux gets into the endzone for the go ahead TD for the Cowboys
Pendland and Babin celebrate the two point conersion...
which gives McNeese the lead at 35 to 28
but Appalachian State is not finished. Here Armanti Edwards makes a great pitch on the option, ASU scores to tie the game once again at 35 to 35 with just over two minutes left
Senior Derrick Fourraux runs to bring the Cowboys past midfield...
but a third down pass to Friddle is broken up by the ASU defense
on 4th down, with the game on the line, Fourraux throws a screen pass to Pendland for 11 yards and the first down.
in this two shot sequence, Corday Clark catches the long pass...
and the ball is spotted out at the one.
after a Pendland run is stopped for a yard loss, RIchard Conner takes the snap and sets the ball down for ...
Josh Lewis who kicks the game winning FG thru the uprights. McNeese leads 38 to 35 with 4 seconds left.
the Cowboys celebrate taking the lead, but there is one more play left...
with nothing to lose. the ASU kickoff team throws the ball around until
the ball ends up in the end zone with Butler making the last tackle. The Cowboys get a safety.
The scoreboard clock finally hits all zeros, and the Cowboys win 40 to 35.
The two teams kneel together for the post game prayer.
and then the Cowboys run over to celebrate with the McNeese fans.
McNeese wins on the road at Appalachian State in a great matchup of two storied FCS football programs.
That's all for the trip to Appalachian State. Now for the long drive home, but I suspect that it won't seem that long.
Congrats to the Cowboys!