In what was another close game in the Cardinal vs. Herald football rivalry, the Cardinal came out of Vilas Park Friday night with a decisive 42-35 victory, capped off by a game-winning interception by game MVP and Cardinal GameDay co-editor Josh Salm.
\As proud as I am to say that we won the game and beat the Herald, I'm more proud to say that it was a complete team effort, both on and off the field,"" Cardinal Sports Editor and co-captain Arvind Gopalratnam said.
The game began with Herald captain Drew Hansen losing the beer chug to Cardinal co-captain Cary ""Dominating"" Dohman, who carried on the legacy of former Sports Editor Brian ""Old School"" Lauvray's dominance in the ceremonial chug.
After a Herald score, Cardinal Campus News Editor Emily Winter was run over by a large Herald staffer, who knocked her flat off her feet. Yet Winter bounced back up and played that same series.
""I know I had to keep playing, even though it felt like brains were leaking out of my ears,"" Winter said. Though Winter's determination was helpful, the Herald put up two more scores before the half, making it a 21-14 game at halftime.
Tensions mounted throughout the game, but the boiling point came when Cardinal columnist Michael Jones dumped a beer on the Herald's former Editor-in-Chief Lars Russell after he tackled a Cardinal runner out of bounds. The beer dump was flagged as unnecessary roughness and forced the Cardinal to punt the ball.
To open the second half, Salm received the kickoff from the Herald and was mauled by the Herald's Roger Anderson on the play, resulting in his Terry Tate ""The Pain Train is Coming"" shirt being torn right off his body. On the subsequent drive, a shirtless Salm ran a hitch-and-go pattern on the Herald defense and sophomore quarterback Brad Rysz found Salm deep down the Cardinal sideline for the one-handed grab. Salm shook off the defender for the tying score in the game, making it 21-21.
After the Cardinal failed to get into the end zone on a quarterback sneak and turned the ball over on the one-yard line later in the game, Dohman intercepted the ensuing pass and put the Cardinal in position to score once again. Rysz dove over the center on a quarterback sneak, pushing the ball over the plane of the goal line.
With two minutes left in the game and the score showing a 42-35 Cardinal edge, the Herald began its drive with a series of sweeps and short passes. Before the Herald could reach the goal, Salm intercepted the Herald pass in the end zone to cap the victory for the Cardinal.
-Compiled from staff reports
