Player tackles his own teammate, a breakdown
What Happened
The Cure Bowl between Northern Illinois and Coastal Carolina is a nail-biter, with Northern Illinois leading 41-39 in the fourth quarter. Coastal Carolina's running back number 2 gets "absolutely ragdolled" but manages to convert the two-point attempt, putting Coastal Carolina up by one point with just over 3 minutes remaining. Northern Illinois needs to score to retake the lead. On third and 14, their quarterback decides to tuck the ball and run it himself, but the pass falls incomplete. Northern Illinois player number 19 scoops up the loose ball, but he is then tackled by his own teammate, number 10. The collision between Northern Illinois players number 58 and number 70 adds a comical touch to the sequence. The commentator wonders if number 10 had opted to block the Coastal Carolina player instead of tackling his own teammate, number 19 may have had a chance to reach the sideline and potentially score. With just over 3 minutes left, possession is crucial, but the commentator notes that the announcers did not mention or analyze number 10's questionable decision. Coastal Carolina's number 29 then comes up big, realizing he needs to blitz the quarterback. He puts his head on the ball, causing the quarterback to fumble. Number 10 goes for the foot, which the commentator believes helped loosen the ball. Number 29 is hailed as the "real hero," receiving the jacket, sword, and a Gatorade shower from his elated teammates. Coastal Carolina's players are visibly excited by the play, with one coming up to number 29 and saying, "You just did that shit, let's go!" Number 29 takes a moment to collect himself, clearly exhausted from the whirlwind sequence. The commentator wonders if number 10's decision to tackle his own teammate was the right call, and speculates that had he blocked instead, number 19 may have had a chance to score, potentially impacting the game's outcome for those who bet on Coastal Carolina to cover the spread.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentit's the tail greeter cure bowl the tail
greeter cure ball rolls right off the
tongue northern illinois up
41-39 against coastal carolina who i
believe has never won a bowl game before
they came out last year they were super
fun with their mullets and all that so
the fake handoff then the option and
that's gonna put them up in the fourth
number one goes down the sidelines high
stepping it celebrating says hi to the
camera guys what's up dude been watching
i love your stuff and now they're gonna
go for two and the running back number
two is gonna get absolutely ragdolled
but it doesn't matter because they get
the two points they convert and now
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john boy when you do northern illinois
there's three minutes and 36 seconds
left on the clock northern illinois
needs to score they need to counter it's
third and 14 in the qb
ditches the route says i'll get it
myself almost does but the ball hits the
ground number 19 scoops it up and then
he gets tackled
by his own teammate
number 10. and while that happens number
58 and number 70 on illinois just bounce
off each other like just like
comedic effect almost boop
boop almost too perfect and my question
is
if number 10
decides early on to pick up this guy
right to pick up this guy instead of
tackling his own teammate
would number 19 have had a lane
because as the play continues everyone
blocks these guys
and then i think he would have been able
to get to the sidelines also number 10
tackles his own teammate but there's
three minutes and 20 seconds left
you know getting good field position and
keeping the ball is important i know he
doesn't want to fumble it again because
they just want possession but they went
three and out northern illinois got the
ball back again
no none of the announcers talked about
it no one mentioned it they were just
like yeah
and he goes down it's like well he went
down because his own teammate tackled
him
he must i don't know what he was
thinking i mean i think i know what he
was thinking but
it's like there was a minute left in the
game there's a lot of time left anyway
the hero on this play is number 29 so
let's give him the shine he deserves
because he comes forward realizes he's
got to bounce out goes full speed at the
qb puts his head on the ball
drops it on the ground and number 10 the
guy we're talking about he goes for the
foot and that actually helps because
look at the ball the ball
separates from the cubies body as he's
uh trying to avoid that
right as it gets back on
the helmet hits it so kind of causes
some movement of the ball which i'm with
my science and physics degree i'm saying
that like you know that helped loosen it
up and that was a part of it so it's a
tag team effort but 29 is the real hero
and he gets treated as such he gets the
jacket he gets the sword he gets bowed
down to and gatorade
thrown all over them what a scene it is
a coastal carolina i mean this is how
you get people excited and want to play
for your football team
he tries to get down and they're like no
go back up go back up then they lift up
number 19 and it's like well i mean come
on now number number 29 kelly's a thing
this guy comes up to him and he says
hey hey you just did that you just did
that [ __ ]
let's go
and 29 he needs to think about it he
needs to collect himself he's uh he's
look at this he's exhausted he that's a
whirlwind oh my god i can't believe that
just happened
i need to think
look at that hair nice curls
i block looks great just a party number
10 he's like no one has said anything to
me so i don't know if that was the right
move or not should i have tackled my own
guy should i not have
i don't know
and i don't know either it's really
weird like i said this game came down to
a very close ending northern illinois
almost won
and i really wonder i don't know the
speed on i guess comment below and if
i'm wrong i'm wrong i don't really i
don't really care too much or or think
that i'm smart on this stuff but if he
chose
to just pick this guy up
instead of stop running and tackle his
own player
do you think
he could have squirmed this way and
probably got a touchdown because he had
blocking all on the outside i have no
idea i do know that if he did if he
could do that and coastal scored i think
it would have changed the outcome for a
lot of people's bets if they bet on
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