They came back in a flash.
The Brooklyn Bolts scored three touchdowns in less than 30 seconds against the Florida Blacktips on Nov. 7 — a fourth-quarter comeback that sealed the hometown team’s 26–13 win and preserved their undefeated season.
“That was the greatest comeback I’ve ever seen,” said fan Byron Walsh.
The Blacktips were first on the board with a touchdown and an extra point, but the Bolts answered in the twilight of the first quarter to bring their score within one point of the ’Tips.
Then commenced two grueling quarters of truly developmental football, where marred snaps, deep sacks, and marginal gains might have lulled the crowd of 3,527 to sleep — were it not for a bracing 36-degree wind chill to keep the fans alert.
But the fans who stuck around got a treat late in the fourth quarter when the Bolts’ supercharged defense fried any hopes of a Blacktips victory.
The turnaround started when quarterback Kolton Browning fired a touchdown pass to receiver — and effervescent end-zone dancer — Quintin Payton with a little under six minutes on the clock.
One play after the kickoff to Florida, linebacker Korey Williams picked off a flubbed shovel from Blacktips quarterback Joe Clancy to running back Domenic Whaley and ran his prize 40 yards for the Bolts’ second touchdown in the blink-of-an-eye threefer.
A fumbled Blacktips kickoff reception was low-hanging fruit for defensive back Tevrin Brandon, who scooped up the loose ball and took it all the way home. After the special team’s touchdown, the Bolts rammed in a two-point conversion, and sealed the deal with 5:27 left to play.
