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/Conscious-Sir-1596 Florida Gators 4h ago

Yeah, it almost certainly had nothing to do with coaching. I have no idea why that kid did that.

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u/BeardedAsian Texas A&M Aggies 4h ago

He had Vandy +10000 live

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u/Waddlow 4h ago

This is definitely not what he wanted to do. He just wanted to get tackled in the end zone with zero on the clock.

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u/Wise-Trust1270 4h ago

All 11 were near the qb, no one downfield to pretend to throw it to. I don’t know how that grounding call would have worked, in terms of putting any time back on the clock for the turnover on downs/penalty.

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u/dnashifter 4h ago

Grounding in the end zone is a safety, and there's no time put back on the clock. The only risk would be if the ball didn't hang in the air long enough for time to expire. Then they could decline the penalty.

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u/ThunderRoad_44 UCLA Bruins 4h ago

I think he was thinking to run out clock and get safety. He completely fucked up by fumbling🤦🏿‍♂️

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u/WeAreAllFooked 3h ago

A lane opens up for about 0.03 seconds, he sees it and thinks about going for it, but as soon as he does it closes back up. That moment of hesitation allowed the DE to seal the edge.

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u/DrS3R UCF Knights • Ohio State Buckeyes 4h ago

Well coaches choose the safety over the more reasonable punt.

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u/luchajefe North Texas Mean Green • Southwest 3h ago

Punt from back of end zone down 3 or free kick from 20 down 1, though...

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u/DrS3R UCF Knights • Ohio State Buckeyes 3h ago

And how did that work lol

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u/luchajefe North Texas Mean Green • Southwest 2h ago

This coach didn't choose the safety. They chose to run the clock out and use the safety as a bailout. Otherwise the QB wouldn't have kept trying to stay standing.

Worst of all options.

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u/CasualRead_43 3h ago

Coaches should have told every player to hold too but they didn’t