Khamran Laborn ran for two touchdowns and East Tennessee State beat The Citadel 34-17 Saturday night in a game that was pushed back three hours after the Buccaneers spent several hours of a marathon bus trip to The Citadel stranded by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. What was to be a six-hour bus trip for ETSU that began in Johnson City, Tenn.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Khamran Laborn ran for two touchdowns and East Tennessee State beat The Citadel 34-17 Saturday night in a game that was pushed back three hours after the Buccaneers spent several hours of a marathon bus trip to The Citadel stranded by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene.
After departing their campus, the team learned that I-40 was closed in both directions and I-26 South was also closed, leaving the buses stranded and without cell service or internet. The buses eventually moved to higher ground and parked for six hours.Then the Buccaneers waited until the fourth quarter to score 21 points to pull away.
“I can’t be more proud of them after what we’ve gone through in the last 24 hours,” said Tre Lamb, in his first year as ETSU’s head coach. “It’s pretty remarkable. But, you know, I told the team we’re not going to make excuses in this program ever. I don’t care what the situation, we’re not making excuses. We’re playing to win. We’re going to expect to win.”Manning leads No.
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