PHILADELPHIA, PA — Everything you need to know about the second round FCS playoff game this weekend between the Illinois State Redbirds and the Eastern Washington Eagles is right here.

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By David Coulson

Executive Editor

College Sports Journal

To the end we'll fight the sunrise

You're the light inside of me

And I can see the world in your eyes

I've been waiting far too long

For a night like this

Fight The Sunrise

Gareth Emery/Lucy Sanders

BOONE, N.C. — The sunrise came unexpectedly for Jerry Moore on Sunday morning after a 51-year football coaching career.

Following a heartbreaking, 38-37 overtime loss to Illinois State in the second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championships on Saturday afternoon — a defeat that Moore described as unlike any he had ever encountered in his iconic coaching run.

The frenetic crowd went forbodenly quiet as ASU senior kicker Sam Martin lined up for what seemed like a routine extra point that would send the game into a second overtime.

But a slightly high snap and a protection breakdown in the middle of the line resulted in a sudden, game-ending, blocked kick.

"I've never lost a game like that," Moore explained.

Illinois State players literally ran onto the field while the ball was still bouncing around, live behind the line of scrimmage.

Moore looked for a senior to hug and console on the Appalachian State sideline.

"If you were spectators it was a great game to watch," Moore said in his post-game press conference. "If your an Appalachian State Mountaineer it was a tough way to end your season."

None of us in the Mountaineer Room at Kidd Brewer Stadium, not even Moore, knew it was also the last game for this coaching legend.

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By David Coulson

Executive Editor

College Sports Journal

BOONE, N.C. — It turned out to be one of the more memorable weekends of this writer's 35-year career, though as I pulled out of my driveway with the rain and wind pounding on my car, I had little idea of what the next 30 hours would entail.

Tropical storm Hanna was pounding me and the east coast, but it didn't matter.

I was excited about my trip to Monmouth University to meet and watch a special young man named Jovan Belcher play football for the University of Maine.

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