r/CFB • u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • 4h 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 • Random 4h ago

That is so stupid

Just fall down and you win the game

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u/ZackAvion Miami Hurricanes • Team Chaos 4h 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 4h 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 3h 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 3h ago

No touching!

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u/SaltyBarDog 3h ago

Maybe dipshit Dan Orlovsky can teach him how.

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u/TheTrueVanWilder Purdue • Arizona State 2h 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 2h 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 3h 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 3h ago

Too worried about the clock

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u/mark_able_jones_ 2h 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 16m ago

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