Rams will spend New Year’s in Frisco
Las Vegas – In a season in which nothing came easy for the Rams,
two bright young stars — quarterback Justin Holland and tailback
Jimmy Green — made the Rams’ come-from-behind victory at UNLV look
easy.
Holland, called upon to perform the quarterback duties when the
Rams’ starting signal caller Bradlee Van Pelt left the game with a
broken hand, led the Rams to a 24-23 victory Nov. 22 in Las
Vegas.
“I just came in and did my job,” Holland said. “Hopefully
Bradlee can come back for the bowl game, but if not I’ll be
ready.”
Green, who ran for 113 yards and a touchdown, was able to
consistently move the chains for the Rams and keep the Rebel
defense guessing all night.
“He really played well,” head coach Sonny Lubick said. “We
really have a good running back there.”
With the victory the Rams finish the regular season with a 7-5
record, 4-3 in the Mountain West Conference, and will play in the
second Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl. The Rams will face an
opponent from the Big East Conference on New Year’s Eve at 7:30
p.m. at Pacific Bell Park. With Big East teams Pittsburgh and
Virginia Tech accepting invitations to the Continental Tire and
Insight.com bowls, respectively, speculation is that the Rams will
face 7-5 Boston College. Regardless of whom they face, the Rams
believe they deserve the chance to prove their worth against a good
team from a conference affiliated with the Bowl Championship
Series.
“Do we deserve to play in a bowl game?” Rams’ receiver Chris
Pittman asked. “That’s like asking (defensive lineman) Patrick
Goodpaster if he is hungry. He is always hungry.”
In a season that looked like it could be a disappointment, the
Rams found the heart to come together as a team and send the
seniors off with a bowl game.
“A bowl game is a great thing,” senior defensive back Bennie
Mastropaolo said. “We deserve this.”
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