Mon, Nov. 15 - The Pigskin Hooligans lost a close one in the first overtime game in franchise history, falling by a score of 30-27. Both teams were short-manned to start the game, and to conserve daylight decided to play 4-on-4 to begin on time. Adam Rutz caught a TD pass to open the scoring and the Ninety-Fives led 8-0 after the 2pt score. The Hooligans responded, however, as Josh Ulm scored his first of 2 TDs on the day and the score stood at 8-6. The manpower advantage then shifted to the Hooligans as several late arrivals made it 7-on-5 on their favor. The dangerous Ben Gau hauled in a deep TD pass to make it a 15-6 game, but the Hooligans again had an answer has Zach Milner broke a huge run with his speed to make the score 15-12. Adam Rutz struck again for his 2nd TD of the day to make the score 21-12, but Zach Milner made another huge play by intercepting the Ninety-Fives' conversion attempt and returning it all the way for 2pts. The points proved critical as Josh Ulm caught another TD pass to knot the score at 21-21, and after a defensive battle the game headed to overtime.
Controversy ensued to start the overtime session. Upon winning the coin flip, Captain Russell elected to play defense first. The officials at first believed that the overtime format was sudden death, but upon further review of the rules it was recognized that a college-style overtime is called for. The Ninety-Fives still made the most of their opening possession on offense, though, as Rachael Quinlan barely slid one foot in bounds for a huge 9-pt score to open up a 30-21 lead. After preventing the conversion, the Hooligans needed either a 9-pt girl TD or a 6-pt male TD plus a 3-pt conversion. Max Joseph caught a short dumpoff and tried to stay out of the endzone, but due to poor visibility accidentally went in for the score. The Hooligans were forced to try for 3 to tie the game, but after a number of crazy laterals Paul Neumeyer came up with the clutch flag grab to stop Joseph from reaching the endzone and the game ended. Ryan Noack subbed in at QB in Zach Johnston's absence today and filled in nicely. Captain Mike Russell had one reception which almost went for a TD as well as a flag grab. Thuy Phan had several key flag grabs in the game, and Steve Lestock had a few receptions on the day. Ali Diallo had a few receptions and near TDs, and also was solid grabbing flags. As noted before, Josh Ulm paced the Hooligans with 2 touchdowns on the day as well as hauling in several other key receptions. The Hooligans drop to 4-3 on the season and will look to bounce back tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5pm in a rematch versus the Gamecocks. Last time these two teams met they played a wild offensive shootout and the Gamecocks came away with the 50-41 victory. ROLL HOOLIGANS!
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