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Page Three -- Blocked punt yielded safety, but almost a TD
Splat! Joel Armstrong zooms in and blocks UTEP punt....

...it's almost as if UTEP punter doesn't know what hit him...

...but Joel blocked it with so much force that the ball bounded straight backwards,
heading through the end zone toward the end line -- to Rice defenders, this scene took an
eternity...

...here comes Chris Douglas, nearest Owl to the ball...

...and it did come tantalizingly close, as Chris wraps up the pill just as
it hovers over the end line...

...while Andrew Sendejo grabs helmet in dismay in seeing how close this was to being a TD
(Photos by Paul T. Hlavinka) |