San Diego Buries Davidson 63-14 Behind Four Nankil Touchdowns
Four interceptions and a lost fumble. Davidson gave the ball away five times, and San Diego turned the afternoon into a 63-14 runaway that never had a second of doubt. The Toreros scored on their first possession, led 21-0 after one quarter and 35-7 at the half, and the only question left was how high the number would climb.
Dom Nankil did most of the damage through the air: 24 of 33 for 321 yards and four touchdown passes, one to Christopher Hall (35 yards) and three to Cole Monach (28, 22 and 34). Adam Criter added two short rushing scores in the first quarter, Omar Mbakwe and Zamar Reese each punched one in, and CJ Castille took an interception back 42 yards for a touchdown in the fourth. That is seven different players in the end zone. Nobody was left out.
The yardage tells the same story, only louder. San Diego piled up 529 total yards (339 passing, 190 rushing on 30 carries) and threw no interceptions at all. Davidson managed 212, and just 29 of them on the ground from 23 rushing attempts. Casey Bullock did score both Davidson touchdowns, from 3 yards and 1 yard out, but he also threw all four of those picks on 24 of 46 passing. Take the pick-six away and it is still 56-14. I checked.
San Diego moves to 2-3 with a game that will look very nice in the points-for column. Davidson falls to 1-3 and has to turn the page quickly.
For fantasy purposes, this was a Monach day. Three touchdowns on eight catches got him a season high, and Nankil's night was his best of the year too. Bullock still got something out of it because the two rushing scores kept his floor up, but it was a long way from the week before.