8:41 PM - Jamal Jackson races through the SSU defense and dives across the goal line for an ASU touchdown with 2:11 left in the game. The PAT is good, and ASU leads 41-6. If ASU holds the Tigers under 10 points, it marks the first time since 1998 that the Mountaineers hold back-to-back opponents under 10 points. Eastern Kentucky and VMI were the victims during the '98 season.
8:23 PM -- Savannah State averts the shutout with a 7-play, 52-yard drive that consumed 1:57 on the clock. Backup QB Antonio Bostick scores from 10 yards out for a 34-6 margin. The extra point was blocked by the Mountaineers' Adam Scott, leaving the score 34-6 with 10:51 left in the ballgame.
8:19 PM -- Tonight's attendance of 24,917 marks the 36th consecutive game that Kidd Brewer Stadium has exceeded its normal capacity of fans. Mountaineers remain ahead by a 34-0 score with around 12 minutes left to play.
7:55 PM - The teams have traded possessions for much of the first half of the third period. An ASU punt has pinned SSU inside its own five-yard line for the second time this evening.
On the second play following the punt, SSU's backup quarterback throws an interception by Rodger Walker, which ASU has converted into a touchdown on a three-play drive covering 39 yards, all runs by Steven Miller. Mountaineers lead by a 34-0 score.
7:16 PM - Sam Martin blasts another 50-yard plus field goal, capping a five-play, 41-yard drive as time expires in the first half. Mountaineersa lead it 27-0 at the break.
7:07 PM - Quarterback Presley caps a nine-play, 83-yard drive with a two-yard keeper on fourth-and-goal to pad the Mountaineer advantage to 24-0 with 1:49 remaining in the first half.
6:55 PM -- ASU is back on the board with a 48-yard touchdown pass connection from Deandre Presley to Brian Quick. The play capped a four-play, 65-yard drive that elapsed 1:34 off the second quarter clock. It is the 24th TD of Quick's career, one shy of the ASU career touchdown receptions record.
6:50 PM The teams trade punts and ASU gets the football back. SSU quarterback Defilippis was rocked by two consecutive sacks on the previous possession, knocking out the quarterback with an apparent head injury. Since the injury the Tigers offense has become anemic.
6:40 PM -- One quarter in the books from Boone and the Mountaineers hold a 10-0 lead, but Savannah State is driving.
6:30 PM - ASU placekicker Sam Martin connects on a 41-yard field goal to cap a 4-play, six-yard drive. Mountaineers lead it 10-0 in the closing three minutes of the first quarter at chilly Kidd Brewer, where game-time temperature was a balmy 53 degrees.
6:11 PM -- Tarvaris Cadet scores on a 2-yard run on the opening drive of the game for the Mountaineers to take a 7-0 lead. The score capped a seven-play, 68-yard drive that elapsed 2:40 off the clock.
ASU receives the opening kickoff and we're underway. The Mountaineers look to move to 2-1 on the season. We'll be updating periodically throughout the contest.
