MVP: With the understanding that West Virginia State is not the
best competition the Aggies will face this season, the Aggies running game
looked most valuable. It appears the Aggies have a pretty effective three-man
rotation in the backfield with senior Mike Mayhew and juniors Dominique Drake
and Ricky Lewis. The three men combined for 231 yards rushing and six
touchdowns. Lewis led the way Saturday with 95 yards and a touchdown on 14
carries.
X-Factor: West Virginia State turned the ball
over five times, had one punt blocked and had a bad snap on another punt. All
of those errors led to 35 A&T points.
Defining Moment: During his postgame press conference, A&T head coach Rod
Broadway said one of the officials relayed a message to him from the Yellow
Jackets coaching staff. Essentially, the message was don't treat us like
victims. With more than 14 minutes remaining in the game, the Aggies started
taking a knee inside the WVSU 5-yard line. It was a sign of just how badly the
Aggies dominated the Yellow Jackets on Saturday. In the fourth quarter, the
Aggies took a knee 10 times.
A few notes here and there: Running back Mike Mayhew, who broke the school record for career
carries last week at Coastal Carolina, is now 42 yards shy of becoming the
Aggies all-time leading rusher... A&T
placekicker Zach Cimaglia's 10 extra points broke a school single-game record...For the
sixth straight home game, the Aggies have held their opponent to under 35 yards
rushing...The North Carolina A&T Sports Hall
of Fame presented the department of athletics with a $50,000 check...Eight new
Aggies were inducted into the Hall on Friday and were honored on Saturday...The
newest inductees are men's basketball players Thomas Griffis and James
Anderson, women's basketball players Marsha Simmons and Eva Patterson-Heath,
football players James and Demetrius Harrison, volleyball player Carmen
Barrantes-Santa Maria and baseball player Willie Morrison.