Dumbest football game ending, a breakdown
What Happened
In a back-and-forth college football matchup, the Norfolk State Spartans are trailing the Virginia State Spartans by 3 points late in the game. With the score 27-24 Virginia State, the Spartans have the ball on their own 15-yard line and are desperately trying to tie the game. Norfolk State attempts a reverse play, with wide receiver Jamal Hines taking the handoff and running down the sideline. Hines eludes several defenders and reaches the Virginia State 15-yard line, putting the Spartans in field goal range to potentially tie the game. However, instead of attempting the field goal, Norfolk State decides to go for the win. On 4th and 1, quarterback Juwan Carter keeps the ball and tries to run for the first down, but the Virginia State defense stuffs the play. With the game seemingly over, the Norfolk State players begin celebrating prematurely, waving goodbye to the crowd as if they have secured the victory. Unfortunately for the Spartans, Virginia State takes over on downs with just a few seconds remaining. The Virginian State players, sensing an opportunity, quickly run a play to run out the clock and secure the 27-24 win. "We had it the whole time," says Virginia State head coach Reggie Barlow, grinning from ear to ear after the victory. Norfolk State's Long Snapper, dejected, understands now why the coaching staff did not trust him to attempt the game-tying field goal earlier. "I get it now," he says solemnly, "I get why you didn't want me in the game." Despite the heartbreaking loss, the Norfolk State Spartans had shown tremendous fight throughout the contest, nearly pulling off an improbable comeback victory. The Virginia State Spartans, on the other hand, managed to keep their composure and capitalize on their opponent's premature celebration to emerge victorious in this sloppy but thrilling finish to the game.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentsloppy college football is back Norfolk
State's down three to Virginia state
they do the old reverse to the wide
receiver I'm blocking I'm blocking
actually I have the ball and I'm running
it all the way to the 15 yd line a field
goal ties the game they can't lose
possession they're trying to score to
win the game that's that's how it works
that's the game plan this breakdown is
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get your $2 off the QB does not keep
that they gain a little bit of yardage
and now it's third third and five and I
think the QB is going to keep it here on
Third and five and they get I don't know
a little closer and now are they going
to kick to tie the game or they going to
go for it fourth and one they decide to
go for it on fourth and one and they run
basically the same exact play Virginia
says seen it seen
it knew how to stop it you showed it to
us literally a minute ago so they're
excited now they're waving to the crowd
goodbye goodbye should have kicked the
field goal tied the game dummies stupid
idiots bye see you now all we got to do
is run out the clock just bump our
little butts forward a little bit wait
around cause timeouts at the right time
second and 10 just a little bit forward
okay and we're going to run this clock
way down we're going to keep it going
the win is theirs imagine being Lil
State not us we would have kicked that
field goal tied it up we wouldn't have
been dumb about it imagine being being L
State we're big state we're big state
okay so now they run the clock
successfully down to the five second
Mark all they need to do is run the play
they're waving to the crowd goodbye
goodbye thanks for watching us play
thanks for watching us we're big you're
little we're smart you're dumb here we
go just got to run 7 Seconds off rolls
out running running running oh out
of bounds with two seconds left fourth
down turn turn over on Downs Northfolk
State now has they don't even know yet
they don't even know now they know now
they're like
oh no now they have a field goal they
didn't want to kick the field goal but
now they can kick the field goal to tie
the game we did the whole thing where we
wave goodbye to everybody we were kind
of getting a little cocky coach is like
this is a bad look no way that just
happened are you me I started
waving goodbye too like I was one of
them I got ahead of myself Norfolk State
the kicker who they just didn't trust at
all the Long Snapper and the and the
kicker they just didn't trust at all now
get a chance to redeem thems in their
coach's eyes yeah you should have used
us coach oh that's why you didn't they
blow it Virginia state picks it up I
wish this dude fumbled and then they ran
it back how amazing would that have been
it doesn't happen 27 gets his runs it
all the way into the end zone to finish
it off Virginia State wins coach says
had it the whole time had it the whole
time Norfolk State Long Snapper kind of
understands oh I get it I get why you
didn't want me in the game now here's
the coach's reaction
h ah look at that smile that's kind of
cute in a way huh look at that big old
smile he's getting his
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