Backing The Pack · Sep 13, 2015
EKU: The Morning after with Omega
He is looking for the ball! - Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY SportsAfter a questionable pass interference call, Eastern Kentucky was two yards from making it a 14-7 ballgame late in the second quarter, but the Colonels, thanks to a blistering hit from Hakim Jones and a sack from Mike Rose, just went backwards. Kudos to Colonels' coach Dean Hood for playing to win and going for it on fourth down—he surely knew his team wouldn't have many chances to put points on the board—but when the fourth and goal try failed the fight went with it. After a lackluster, penalty and turnover plagued early going, N.C. State pulled away for a 35-0 shutout in its final nonconference home tilt.
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