Michael Vick has lived through plenty of big football moments in his lifetime, but Saturday at William “Dick” Price Stadium carried a different kind of weight. In his first year as head coach, Vick guided the Norfolk State Spartans to their first victory of the season, outlasting Virginia State in an overtime thriller that had fans gasping until the very last snap. The Spartans had to dig themselves out of trouble against their Division II rival, and the outcome nearly went the other way. Only a missed 48-yard field goal by rival Joshua Campbell at the end of regulation kept NSU alive, setting the stage for their breakthrough win. It wasn’t pretty, and it certainly wasn’t comfortable, but it was theirs.

And while the victory itself carried its own gravity, the emotion surrounding it st

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