But in the thick of it, savor a thrilling Demon win and realize this: three first-year Demons and a redshirt freshman played the entire second half and some of the second quarter on the offensive line, along with graybeard senior Tim Henderson.
Some of the game ball has to go to true freshmen Zach Case at right tackle and Jesse Hernandez at center. Both came out of their redshirts last week at Baylor, and they grew up a bunch today. Case got 17 snaps last week and Hernandez only three. They played most of the day today as NSU ran for 170 yards against a defensive unit that Coach Scott Stoker said was better than Baylor's.
Credit too to sophomore transfer Michael Booker, who played most of the snaps at left guard, and redshirt freshman left tackle Jace Prescott, who battled Grambling's NFL-worthy defensive end, Christian Anthony, all day long. Anthony had 3 tackles.
I tried to start listing all the big plays while composing the website poll. There could have been a dozen or more candidates, easily. What a great game!
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