If you’re a football fan and offense is your thing, you missed out on a treat last night. If you’re a football fan and defense is your thing, you would have hated last night.
The GMAC Bowl was filled with huge performances on the offensive side of the ball.
Central Michigan quaterback Dan LeFevour threw the ball 55 times, completing 33 of those attempts, and rang up 395 passing yards. Of those 33 completions, 13 went to wide receiver Antonio Brown for a total of 178 yards. Brown didn’t just catch passes. He also ran the ball 4 times for 22 yards and a score. And just for good measure he added a 95 yard kick-off return for a touchdown. All told, Brown had 403 all purpose yards (he had a total of 203 on kick-off returns for the night).
Troy wasn’t going to let Central Michigan steal the offensive highlights. Their quarterback, Levi Brown, threw the ball 56 times, completing 31 of those attempts, for 386 yards. His favorite target of the night, Jerrel Jernigan, caught 9 passes for 154 yards. Running back DuJuan Harris also ran for 112 yards on just 14 carries.
At the end of the night the total yards for each team looked like this:
Central Michigan – 504
Troy – 572
To add to the entertainment, these two teams decided that there wasn’t enough time in regulation to decide this game and treated the fans to overtime…and then double overtime.
Eventually Central Michigan came out on top 44-41. To the players, coaches, and fans of each team, the outcome mattered. To the rest of us, we should just say thank you. That was fun.
