There were a lot of blank faces on the field at Turpin Stadium after the agonizing 20-17 loss to Texas State. The Bobcats got the game-winning field goal with one second left, and they earned the win.
The Demons, on the other hand, had two turnovers at the goalline, a touchdown called back and all sorts of hair-splitting miscues that twisted the game toward Texas State.
Coach Scott Stoker told the players on the field afterwards that everybody needed to take responsibility for what they didn't get done to help make the difference in NSU's favor. In a game that close, if the Demons made one more play, it would have been a happy homecoming evening in Natchitoches.
It was good to run into two Demon greats in the elevator going down to the field in the closing minutes of play. Top 100 roster picks Bobby Hebert and Darryl Toussaint, teammates in the late 1970s and early 1980s, were running buddies Saturday. Hebert and Toussaint were discussing the running ability of current Demon QB Germayne Edmond, and both were impressed. Toussaint kidded Hebert about his running ability, and Bobby reminded him that he had a couple of 100-yard rushing games in college.
"But that was only because the defense was looking for Joe D (Delaney) to get the ball," Bobby laughed.
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