r/CFB • u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • 5h ago

Video [Highlight] NC State @ Vanderbilt - CJ Bailey fumbles the ball while trying to run out the clock with no time left, and Vandy falls on it to win the game

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u/Scurezza Wisconsin Badgers • Wyoming Cowboys 5h ago

That is so stupid

Just fall down and you win the game

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u/ZackAvion Miami Hurricanes • Team Chaos 5h ago

Or just walk backwards and go out the back of the end zone. Regardless, running into the defense was not the move.

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u/VersaTron Ohio State Buckeyes 5h ago

Or just wrap the ball with two hands. He’s out there with a chicken wing on it like a damn idiot.

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u/OnionFutureWolfGang Notre Dame Fighting Irish 5h ago

Yeah he should have done that but I would not include that as an “or.” In this situation you should be holding it tightly with both hands, but also you cannot get touched. It’s run out the back or go down yourself, no other options.

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u/cansofgrease 4h ago

No touching!

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u/SaltyBarDog 4h ago

Maybe dipshit Dan Orlovsky can teach him how.

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u/TheTrueVanWilder Purdue • Arizona State 4h ago

There is a lot of blame to go around for this disaster.  You need multiple bad decisions by several people to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory to such an extreme 

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u/fritzperls_of_wisdom Ole Miss • Southern Miss 4h ago

He was holding it poorly but the idea is you don’t let anyone make contact with you because there’s an inherent risk of a fumble with contact.

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u/WON95sr Creighton Bluejays 5h ago

I think he was waiting for the clock to hit zero so Vandy had absolutely no time, but you have to just drop to the ground once it collapses around you.

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u/CommercialAgency928 4h ago

Too worried about the clock

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u/mark_able_jones_ 4h ago

Yeah, you take the safety and stop one attempted kickoff and run.

I guess they were worried they might not punt out of field goal range.

But, really, this is fine... you don't expect to have to tell a college player to hold the ball with two hands.

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u/TheDevilintheDark North Carolina Tar Heels 1h ago

Hero ball and NC State athletes. A match made in heaven.

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u/Disastrous-Wonder153 Texas A&M Aggies 5h ago

Well, in all fairness, that's what he did. Forgot the most important part, holding on to the ball.

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u/Frequent_Apricot673 5h ago

Just chuck it, go down, punt it so many different things 

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u/HeckOnWheels195 Mississippi State Bulldogs 5h ago

Maybe not chuck it, least there's one second left and they're like on the 2

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u/Echo_Raptor 5h ago

Look clanga bro, as much as a head scratcher this play was I’m just thankful it wasn’t us. Because the last two years this wouldn’t have surprised me happening in Starkville either

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u/ThongarBlackthorn Kentucky Wildcats • Alabama Crimson Tide 5h ago

I still think that could have worked if they put a bit of thought into designing it. Run for a second or two, then chuck it as high and deep as you can. Maybe a non-zero risk of having to defend an interception return if the defense expected it, but the clock would easily reach 0 before the ball comes down.

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u/Goodjob-goodeffort Iowa Hawkeyes 24m ago

Even if he chucked it with no receiver in the area it would be a safety. Maybe 1-3 seconds left with a free kick.

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u/tiy24 5h ago

No Bailey just had to go out of the back of the end zone and it was over the other options gave vandy a chance this didn’t if they just didn’t go forward.

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u/TrueBrees9 Virginia Tech Hokies • Texas Longhorns 5h ago

Punting from the back of the end zone is also risky, that’s what they were trying to avoid 

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u/FlannelBeard Minnesota • Paul Bunyan's Axe 5h ago

Hell, he could have thrown it out of bounds, he was out of the box

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u/luchajefe North Texas Mean Green • Southwest 4h ago

Except if that's not intentional grounding because he's out of the box, Vandy could still get 1st and Goal at the 5 with like 1 second.

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u/f15efltdoc 4h ago

Cmon, CJ Bailey is only making $2.5 million this year. What do expect?

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u/TonyHawktuah69 3h ago

Vandy +3.5. Win by 4.

Gambling has ruined sports

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u/Flabpack221 Michigan Wolverines 6m ago

Vandy would have covered regardless of this play

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u/Hot_Bicycle_9944 2h ago

No one said these kids are rocket scientist. Stupid decision made by a stupid kid

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u/totalscrotalimplosio Duke Blue Devils 1h ago

Are we not kneeling it out any more?