Tweet feed: Live blog from Grambling’s win over Mississippi Valley State

Here is a repost of TheDerisoReport’s live tweets from Grambling’s homecoming win on Saturday against Mississippi Valley State at The Rob. Read from bottom up. Follow TDR on Twitter here — http://twitter.com/thederisoreport.

That’s your final: Grambling, 50 Valley 7. First time Grambling has scored 50 since beating Texas Southern in homecoming 2007, 57-9.
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Reyes hits Batiste to push Grambling to 49 points on the day. Ari Johnson adds an extra point: Grambling 50, Valley 7. 1:11 left in the game
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Another Batiste attempt goes nowhere; swing pass to Kiare Thompson to the 9. 1:46 remaining.
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Batiste fakes, and Valley’s defense whiffs badly. Grambling now at first-and-goal at MVSU 5.
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Danny Reyes takes the field as Grambling puts in a few more reserves in this blowout. Batiste still getting the bulk of the carries.
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Bad snap and Ivory gets pegged by Grambling’s Brandon George. That forces another Valley punt.
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Four times, Grambling failed to score a touchdown in the red zone. It missed on a two-point conversion, and gave up a late broken-play TD.
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Ari Johnson’s extra point makes it 43-7. And what’s befuddling is, it shouldn’t have been that close.
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Walker is in one play later. Grambling up 42-7, with less than 7 minutes left against Valley.
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Penalty is half the distance to the goal after a Valley facemask. Grambling first down at MVSU 8.
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Warren bursts out to inside the 10, but more flags rain down.
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Dillon takes it over the line of scrimmage himself, and it looks good.
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Grambling ends up with a fourth-and-two-chain links, and they are going for it — after failing on a first-and-goal from the 1 earlier.
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After Valley punt, Grambling takes over at MVSU 38.
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Grambling pins Valley down at the 1, after taking a delay of game call to get some more room for the punt.
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Grambling to punt. GSU 36-7, 11:40 left in the game.
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Grambling keeps pounding the ball in there: Walker over tackle; third down: Dillon is dragged down by Valley’s Chris Ivy.
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Zippy Batiste, getting some late touches, in open field to the MVSU 33.
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Blown assignment allows MVSU to belatedly score on 68-yard what-the-heck play. Garbage time, but delating nevertheless. Broadway is furious.
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Does Grambling lose to Prairie View with this Greg Dillon? I say: No.
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People questioned when Broadway complained about playing a BCS Top 25 team for the cash. But Dillon’s injury in that game was devastating.
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That ankle indelibly altered this attack: “Greg Dillon’s strength is putting pressure on people and getting on the corners,” Broadway said.
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He streaks in for a score from the 8, making it 35-0. Kick makes it 36-0, with 14:12 remaining.
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Though Grambling’s red zone problems have continued, you are seeing the Greg Dillon that so many enjoyed late last year.
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Dillon connects to the 10, as Damian Jefferson comes down with a high pitch. End of the third quarter, Grambling 29-0.
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Offsetting penalties. Another Grambling touchdown vaporizes.
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Dillon hits Allen in the northwest corner of the end zone for a score, but there is a flag.
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Valley punts, and Grambling gets the ball back all the way to the Valley 30.
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A No. 3-ranked Grambling defensive group surrendered just 1,983 total in 13 contests a season ago.
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Though ranked No. 4, Grambling had already surrendered 1,300 yards in the air through seven games.
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And a league-worst 27 total touchdowns, and a league-worst in opponent rushng and total yards so far in 2009
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Unit came in ranked last in total defense, giving up a league-worst 357 yards per game.
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This shut out is important for a Grambling defense that needed a boost.
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Field goal blocked. Score remains Grambling 29-0, with less than 1:30 left in the third. Valley gets ball back at MVSU 20.
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Pocket collapses all around Dillon, and Ari Johnson comes in again for a field goal. Four red zone tries now have not ended in touchdowns.
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Grambling 29-0, on back side of third quarter. Grambling again in the red zone, lined up at MVSU 13. Incomplete to Donnell.
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First-and-25, Dillon nearly earns it all back: Second-and-4 now. Dillon in better control of his center of gravity with his ankle healed up.
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Van Phillips can’t come down with the ball in the corner of the endzone; face mask call on the offense, too. Yikes.
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With 4 minutes left in the third quarter; fumble recovered by T.J. McCord on ensuing Valley possession.
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… of keeping Grambling out of the endzone on these red zone trips. Even a kick, at this point, likely puts this one out of reach, however.
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4:29 left in the third quarter, first-and-10: Dirt Winston, defensive coordinator at Valley and former GSU assistant, has done a good job…
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Maxwell misses on a Dillon pass to the corner of the endzone; from the MVSU 40, Dillon runs to the 28 on fake handoff; Warren converts to 20
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and runs to the GSU 46.
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Quarterback by committee for Valley leads to come miscommuncation, though. Chris Anthony picks up a quarterback fumble …
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Eddie Ivory returns under center. Completes to the Grambling 17. He’s 1-1, with an interception last time.
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Valley will start at the GSU 33, with Tiger defense again pushed up against a wall. Grambling 22, Valley 0, 6:20 left in third.
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Valley, having stopped Grambling three times already in the half, will have great field position. Fabian Carter punts from back of endzone.
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A similar play, the delayed handoff, gains 3. Third down, 6:52 left in the third from the GSU 6: Dillon is forced to throw it away.
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Grambling draws yet another flag, is pushed back to the GSU 7. Valley fills the gap, pushes Tigers back to 3.
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Delete Pittman goes down under heavy pressure from Grambling defense. Another punt, this time from MVSU 35. Kiare pushed back to this own 10.
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8:45 left in third quarter, Anthony and Savage chase quarterback Pittman out of bounds to push Valley to third-and-9.
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Dillon picked off at MVSU 20 by Valley. Devils aren’t out of this.
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After starting with a first down for Grambling, from GSU 20, Warren makes nice run to midfield.
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Grambling defense pushes Valley to third down at the MVSU 30. Ball dropped.
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Grambling gets a couple of first downs, but is forced to punt at midfield, to start the third period.
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After one sequence with Ivory under center, Valley sends out Marvin Pittman for one play to end the half. Score Grambling 22, Valley 0.
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An inability to score TDs makes these games, at best, more interesting than they should be. At worst (SCSU, Prairie View), Grambling loses.
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Ari Johnson hits from 17 yards out. Grambling 22, Valley 0, with 13 seconds to go in half. This game should be sewn up by now.
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Seconds left to go in half, Grambling forced to kick when Dillon can’t complete. Another red zone failure for this offense.
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Third down, with inches to go for score: If Valley keeps Grambling from scoring, that’s a huge emotional swing back.
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Dillon sneak on first down, perhaps to half yard line; with :30 left, another stop by the Valley defense up the middle.
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Lenard tips ball back to himself, then streaks down to the Valley 1. Grambling gets another chance to score, then gets ball back in third.
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Grambling stops returner at GSU 26 with 55 seconds left before half. Eddie Ivory takes over and immediately tosses pick to Desmond Lenard.
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A big receiver like Donnell can climb the ladder for those kind of passes. With 1:11 left in half, Grambling 19, Valley 0.
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Donnell brings down a high pass in the middle back of the endzone. Grambling has 18 points now.
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Grambling converts, down inside the 5 now. Another red zone trip, with 1:17 left in the half.
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Delete Third down to be replayed; but officials haven’t updated sticks. Broadway calls time out.
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Dillon overthrows Donnell; then connects for 5 yards with Donnell. Third down: Dillon gets caught on a scramble, but offsetting flags.
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Walker zips down to the 30. Dillon then hits a swing pass to Kiare, but flags fly. Personal foul. First down, but back to midfield.
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Valley goes for it: Bowie’s pass fails. 3:09 in half; GSU gets ball back on downs. The second time MVSU has gone for it on fourth down.
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GSU’s Anthony pops Bowie on the next play; he misses on pass to Stargell; then gets run off the field on a roll out.
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Bowie scrambles on a broken play to the Grambling 30. Crowd goes silent.
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Valley, at its own 40, sees its first passing play break down, then converts on second down. That penalty smarts.
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Penalty on Grambling, as substitution comes in late. That erases a failed third down miss by Valley. New set of downs.
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Bowie forced to pass quickly by a collapsing pocket, led by Kendall Robinson, and the ball falls to the ground.
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We have a Bud Patterson sighting! The Bastrop product makes a gutty special teams tackle after slipping to the ground.
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6:55 left in the first half, with an impressive homecoming crowd at The Rob. Cars were still pulling into the stadium during that last drive
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Dillon, playing like the guy who brought home consecutive MVP trophies to end 2008, con’t convert on 2-point try. Grambling 12-0.
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One play later, Van Phillips pulls down a touchdown pass on a roll out by Dillon.
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Thompson takes it at the 39 and returns it to the Valley 9. Kiare was in position to score, but Michael Higgins makes a tremendous play.
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Anthony almost catches the quarterback on a roll out, but Bowie slings it downfield before going out of bounds at the 3. Another punt.
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Great defensive play by Desmond Lenard on a long pass down the sidelines. Third down for the Devils.
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Carter punts the other way to the 1, putting the Devils in a deep well. Anthony’s got to be licking his chops.
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Dillon runs well, but can’t convert.
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And it’ll take them a while to get there. The offense walks back 70 yards, now facing third-and-20-something.
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Dillon finds Bakari Maxwell on a score — but there is a flag. Holding. Bring it back.
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An offsides penalty on Valley is given right back on a deep sack of Dillon by a delayed blitz, pushing Grambling back past its own 30.
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Wild-tiger play is sniffed out by the Valley defense. Small and quick, MVSU has clearly studied that wrinkle in the GSU attack.
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His second run of the possession earns a first down at the GSU 40.
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Dillon looks as fluid running the ball as we’ve seen in at least a month.
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Two stuffs put Valley and backup Bowie in a third-down hole. Shotgun fourth-down try is nearly picked off by T.J. McCord. Another punt.
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Another nice return from Valley, as Dennis Miller runs to the 40.
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Ari Johnson makes his second field goal of the day from 33 yards out. With 13:30 to play in the half, its Grambling 6-0.
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Dillon then sacked on a third-down passing play, as the pocket collapses up the middle.
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Pippen almost gets back to the line of scrimmage on a wild-tiger play.
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In a run-dominated game so far, Grambling instead splits wide. Dillon chased down and sacked at 15.
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Grambling at the Valley 10 yard line, as first quarter winds down.
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He’s been hampered by an ankle injury suffered at Oklahoma State, and we haven’t seen that kind of mobility since.
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A throwback play by Dillon, who slips past a defender, rolls out and then hits Dezmond Spivey wideopen in the flat.
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Rodale Pippen picks up the first down, but then Grambling jumps offsides.
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Cornelius Walker almost shakes loose from a shoulder tackle, guts out 6 along the way.
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Punt goes out of bounds at the MVSU 45 yard line. 1:30 left in the first, Grambling up 3-0.
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Exama and a group of Grambling defenders swarms over an inside run on third-and-1. Valley punts.
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Valley starter Paul Roberts left the game, and has not returned.
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The idea, going into this game, was that the offense might have an opportunity to get well against a lesser opponent. That hasn’t happened.
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Another punt.
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Grambling takes over, but is again sitting at third down against a surprisingly quick Devils defense.
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Chris Anthony chases Valley passer out of his comfort zone, and he misses. Fourth down; the Devils are going for it.
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Big hit by Cliff Exama plugs up an inside run, pushing Valley to a third-and-three.
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Another too-high, short kickoff gives Valley the ball inside Grambling territory after the score.
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That stumble, of course, has all but ended GSU’s chances to return to the SWAC Championship Game in 2009.
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Two trips into Prairie View territory ended in field goals, too, in an eventual three-point loss at Dallas.
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… where it twice had to settle for a field-goal attempt (one was missed) after driving into Bulldogs territory.
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Grambling opened the season with 31-34 loss against South Carolina State …
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GSU has had similar problems putting touchdowns on the scoreboard all year, with predictable results
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That includes getting stopped at the Hornets’ 14 on a fourth-and-1 rush attempt.
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Last time, over its first five trips into Alabama State territory, Grambling scored just seven points.
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Back 10- or 15-yards further out, and the numbers nosedive
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GSU has scored touchdowns on 13 of 24 trips inside the 20 this season, settling for field goals 9 times, and turning the ball over twice
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That follows a trend for this Grambling offense so far in 2009.
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Johnson makes it from 22 yards. 8:10 left in the first quarter, Grambling 3, Valley 0.
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Dillon over throws Larry Donnell, and Ari Johnson comes in for the field goal try.
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Grambling takes its first possession against Valley this afternoon into the red zone, but is quickly facing third and goal at the 5.
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