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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Sunday News and Notes

From The Hanover Evening Sun:

Gettysburg conquers heavy rain, F&M to finish at .500
By CORY MULL Evening Sun Sports Writer
Article Launched: 11/16/2008 04:03:26 AM EST

When the cloud cover unleashed something the Bullets had never seen before on a football field, the Gettysburg College men's team wiped their faces, buckled their helmets and said, "Is that the best you got, Zeus?"

The Bullets ended their season on Saturday at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium with one of the most impressive wins in school history - playing through what can aptly be described as a monsoon - as it beat Franklin & Marshall, 54-21, to end the season at 5-5 after it had started with four straight losses.

"I didn't imagine 54 (points)," Bullets head coach Barry Streeter said. "I dreamed about it. I didn't imagine it. They're really good. They have a good defense. But we were on today. Our kids ran the ball. We blocked hard. Matt Flynn managed the game really well. I never imagined this."
The Bullets accrued 517 yards of total offense against the Diplomats (4-6), the Centennial Conference's top scoring defense entering the game, giving up 14.1 points per game, and had two 100-yard rushers.

Sophomore Jamel Mutunga had 148 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Senior Nick McConnell had 183 yards rushing and two touchdowns. His last carry went for 44 yards and set in motion one of his goals entering the season.

"The last carry of my high school career was for a touchdown," McConnell said. "My goal coming into my senior year was to have my last carry as a touchdown. So going out like that is pretty unbelievable."

Kicker Josh Huson, No. 4 in career kick scoring entering the game, moved up to No. 2 by the final whistle. With seven extra points, he had 204 points on the season and was only three shy of the record held by Brent Sandrock of McDaniel from 1997-2000.

The 434 total yards of rushing the Bullets amassed was the most since 2002. The 54 points Gettysburg scored was the most its totaled against F&M since 1905 and it was the most points the Diplomats had given up since 2002.

Most of the points came in waves, despite horrendous field conditions.

"We kept thinking that it was going to be an occasional shower," Streeter said. "But then the wind was crazy. We were able to score a couple touchdowns. When (the Diplomats) got it in their face was when it really started coming hard."

Quarterback Matt Flynn, who was 7-for-9 for 72 yards and a touchdown, said he could hardly see five yards past his helmet.

"A few points there you couldn't see very well," Flynn said. "The balls were slippery, so we just mixed the run game in and we did a great job of doing that. It worked well for us."

The turning point came early in the second quarter, with Gettysburg clinging to a 14-7 lead. It had just forced F&M to turnover on downs after the Diplomats had driven 44 yards on 11 plays.

From their own 16, the Bullets picked up action right as the rained reached its climax and visibility was at an all-time low. The Bullets called their zone play before Mutunga broked through the parting seas and scampered his way toward an 85-yard touchdown run.

The Bullets added a touchdown before the break and three more in the final two quarters.

"At the beginning of the season we went out in the first four games and lost," McConnell said.

"Nobody put their heads down. We just kept fighting. We didn't want to go out with a losing season. We just kept working hard, practicing and I think once we got over that hump we showed ourselves that we could do it.

Contact Cory Mull at cmull@eveningsun.com.


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