Football falls to 5-6 with disappointing loss at BSU
Jason Mack
Issue date: 11/15/07 Section: Sports
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An even tougher loss for the team could be the loss of sophomore quarterback Aaron Opelt, who appeared to reinjure his left ankle on a first-down scramble at the start of the fourth quarter.
"It's real frustrating when your starting quarterback gets hurt," said sophomore wide receiver Stephen Williams.
Opelt finished the game 20-23 for 203 yards and a touchdown. Williams had nine catches for 135 yards, marking the sixth time on the year and the fourth time in the past five games he's had more than 100-yards receiving.
UT received the ball to start the game and opened the scoring just 28 seconds into the game on a three-play, 74-yard drive. Opelt started the drive with a 13-yard rush and was hit late out of bounds for an extra 15 yards. Senior running back Jalen Parmele rushed for 40-yards on his first carry and capped off the drive with a six-yard touchdown run.
Parmele rushed 24 times for 123 yards and a touchdown in the game, extending his streak of consecutive 100-yard games to seven.
The lead was gone as quick as it came as BSU generated a four-play, 68-yard drive in just 46 seconds. Wide receiver Darius Hill caught three passes on the drive, including the 27-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Nate Davis.
Hill caught five passes for 80 yards and a score in the game. Davis completed 13-18 passes for 254 yards and three touchdowns and also rushed seven times for 17 yards and two touchdowns.
"[Davis is] definitely how we thought he was and how we saw on film," said sophomore safety Lester Richmond. "Everything he did we saw in practice. We just have to execute. We got beat deep when we weren't supposed to. We just have to make more plays."
UT regained the lead with 8:15 remaining in the first quarter when senior wide receiver Nick Moore caught a nine-yard touchdown pass from Opelt on a corner route.
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