It turns out four quarters wasn’t enough time to settle a clash between two highly-functioning offenses in Ruston, LA.
Rice and Louisiana Tech both entered Saturday’s contest situated at 1-1 in conference play, clearly desperate to maintain their stature in a crowded C-USA race. But after an extra period was added, the Owls emerged as the victor. Juma Otoviano rushed in a 4-yard touchdown to initiate the scoring in overtime. Although Louisiana Tech answered, the Bulldogs elected to go for the win on a 2-point attempt, but Landry Lyddy’s fade route sailed into uncatchable territory out of bounds.