Things were blue all right Saturday at S.B. Ballard Stadium —until they weren’t.
And then things got downright cruel.
Kyle Vantrease passed for 156 yards and a touchdown and Buffalo survived the wildest of comebacks in a 35-34 win over Old Dominion.
The Monarchs trailed 35-7 at halftime before scoring four straight touchdowns to reach the brink of tying it with 19 second left.
But Nick Rice’s PAT — turned into a 35-yard kick because of a post-touchdown celebration penalty — sailed wide right, ending one of the most thrilling games in the history of the venue.
The Monarchs might’ve looked their best in one sense and, for a while, their absolute worst in the sense that matters most. Wearing “Hudson Blue” uniforms — so named for longtime ODU sports information director Carol Hudson – for the first time, the Monarchs committed a seemingly endless string of mistakes to fall into a major hole.
David Hall, david.hall@pilotonline.com.