((HT: KFBB-TV Helena))
Caoch Mike Feminis was on the platform accepting the NAIA Football Championship trophy in his 24-20 win over Carroll College Saturday night and he finished with the catch phrase of the year:
"One goal... Achieved!"
And it was... first time there, and a win...
Now, what does he do for an encore...??? That's the question...
His offense, led by QB and MVP Jimmy Coy, seemed to give the Saints defense fits early. There was no in-between for the zone read draw of Coy combined with the dink-and-dunk way of keeping the other guy off the field. Changing from a three to a four-man front slowed their offense down by the mid-point of the second quarter.
The defense looked like they were going to have Dane Broadhead beat them in the air as they sold out to the run and wouldn't let NAIA player of the year, RB Chance Demarais, run all day.
In a game that moved faster than the 10-7 Carroll win last year, it took a red-zone stand by Saint X to get it that far...
Here's the recap from our friends up north...
And from our friends at KXLH-TV in Helena...
When you're on the sidelines, as the HQ was, you run into folks...
We ran into the father of Carroll WR Matt Ritter... and it was funny and somewhat excruiating a the same time... to talk to him during that last Carroll drive as they moved right in front of him. Ritter has been a pain in the butt for a lot of NAIA schools over his four years. He had one TD catch earlier in the game, but you also see the father's anguish when the ball goes through his hands in the corner of the endzone on that last set of four downs trying to score late in the game.
Oh, the two pass interference calls on the last drive...???
The HQ knew close to half of the TV crew so we asked...
First down...??? Good defense...
Fourth down...??? Well, it was fourth down in a title game...
Another good crowd for year four- bring on year five...
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