Florida Atlantic Hangs 66 on Texas Southern in a Runaway
Two kickoff returns for touchdowns. Leonard Farrow ran back the opening kickoff 98 yards, and then did it again from 92 yards about six and a half minutes later. Florida Atlantic had 14 points and its offense had not yet had to do anything, and the game ended 66-10.
Texas Southern did get a field goal in between, a 44-yarder by Miguel Arana III at 8:32 of the first quarter, and for about 16 seconds it was a 7-3 game. By the middle of the second quarter it was 35-3. Kelby Valsin caught touchdown passes of 19 and 55 yards from Caden Veltkamp, and he added an 8-yarder with 32 seconds left in the half to make it 49-10 at the break. Athean Renfro Jr. had a lone Texas Southern touchdown in between, an 11-yard run with 1:17 to go before halftime.
The second half was only about the clock. Collin Rogers kicked a 47-yard field goal in the third quarter, Brady Tillman III ran 22 yards for a score, and Almari Brown ran in from a yard out early in the fourth. Florida Atlantic did not need to rush for much: 130 yards on 23 carries, with 323 through the air and 453 total, no turnovers and two sacks.
Florida Atlantic is 4-1. Texas Southern is 0-2.
For fantasy, this was a Valsin and Veltkamp afternoon. Valsin's three touchdowns on seven catches made him the top scorer of the day, and Veltkamp threw four touchdowns on only 16 attempts. A 56-point margin will do that. Nobody here is going to be asked to carry anything past the half.