The main board threads on the game are full of bad info like Trinity was 0-6 and the 53 yarder was just before the half and other such misinformation and ignorance.
Trinity was 0-5 because they cancelled the Moeller game in week 2 and the 53 yarder was in the 3rd quarter, not before half.
It was an emotionally draining game of multiple momentum shifts and 5 lead changes.
After the 45 yard FG the Shamrocks charged to their locker hootin' and hollerin' with a 13-10 halftime lead knowing the "upset win" was in reach.
The Bombers came out fired up for the 2nd half, kicked off, forced a 3 and out, blocked the punt, recovered it around the 20 yard line and 5 plays later McCaughey ran it in from 6 yards out.
The Bomber fans and sidelines were going nuts only to have the kickoff fielded at the 10 and returned 60 yards to the X 30 yard line.
Trinity's approximately 100 fans and sidelines are now going nuts.
The next series the Bombers dropped the RB for a 2 yard loss, broke up a pass attempt and sacked the QB for a 5 yard loss resulting in 4th and 17 from the X 37 yard line. The Bomber fans were now going nuts.
Enter Trinity's FG kicker who drills a 53 yarder. Trinity fans now going nuts as the Bomber lead is cut to 17-16.
That momentum led to a Trinity TD and another FG giving the Shamrocks all the momentum and a 2 score lead at 26-17.
A quick strike pass play to a wide open Kellom going for a 65 yard TD woke up the StX faithful as the score was now 26-24
The defense forced a punt and a methodical drive capped with a Kellom 1 yard plunge gave X the 30-26 lead.
A 2 point pass conversion with 3:32 left in the game stretched the lead to 32-26 and RDI stadium was rocking.
Enter the kickoff team and a weak pooch kick is fielded at the 20 and returned to the Trinity 40 and the Shamrocks were in business.
Everyone in the stadium knew the ball was going opposite Ryan Nolan and sure enough 2 passes for 19 and 35 yards were completed with the last one taking the ball to the X 5 yard line.
The defense made a tremendous goal line stand allowing 4 yards in the next 3 plays of straight ahead plunges.
During the stand the Bombers burned all their timeouts bringing up 4th and goal from the 1 and instead of straight ahead the QB pitched to the RB running to the right and for a second or 2 looked like X would drop him behind the line but he found a seam and scored.
X started from their own 20 with 57 seconds remaining and no timeouts and McCaughey complete 3 passes to Kellom who got out of bounds on each one to stop the clock and X was in Trinity territory with about 20 seconds left. Another completion and X would be in Mason's range but 2 uncharacteristic errant passes fell incomplete and the roller coaster ride came to a sudden halt.
Great back and forth slug fest with a crappy ending.