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Fall 2021聽触听By Jenna Marina Lee聽
It will go down in 激情快播 history as the game that took two聽days to win. After enduring a lightning delay that pushed聽back the 激情快播 football team鈥檚 season opening kickoff聽against Boise State on Sept. 2, the Knights rallied to a 36-31聽victory to start the Gus Malzahn era. The game eventually聽wrapped at 1:26 a.m. on Sept. 3 in front of a still lively聽crowd in the Bounce House. The win put an exclamation聽point on the return of the full game-day experience on聽campus 鈥 including tailgating, the Knight Walk, March聽to Victory, and on-field performances by the 惭补谤肠丑颈苍驳听碍苍颈驳丑迟蝉 and spirit squad for the first time since the聽2019 season.
鈥淚鈥檝e coached football for 31 years. I don鈥檛 think I鈥檝e ever had a team that dealt with adversity like you did. The champion came out in you. We could not be more proud of you 鈥 we鈥檙e so blessed to be coaching you guys. Enjoy this thing.鈥Gus Malzahn, 激情快播 head football coach in his postgame locker room speech to the team
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Minutes kickoff was delayed by inclement weather
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Time since the 2018 season that 激情快播 has appeared on聽ABC, ESPN or ESPN2, ranking in the top 10 in the nation聽in major network appearances during that time
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Consecutive game Dillon Gabriel completed a passing聽touchdown, tying him with McKenzie Milton 鈥19 for the聽second longest streak in 激情快播 history
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Consecutive points the Knights scored to erase the聽largest first-half deficit in school history (21 points)
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Hours for Marc Daniels鈥 radio game day broadcast聽(5 p.m. to 2:12 a.m.), the longest in 激情快播 football history
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Straight season opening victory