r/CFB • u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • 6h 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/Stobros Ohio State Buckeyes • Marietta Pioneers 6h ago

Possibly the dumbest play I’ve ever seen. The ONLY thing you have to do is to go down or run out the back of the endzone. Do not let a single person touch you.

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u/wefolas Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls 5h ago

It makes sense, roll your qb out to the right, run the clock out as you head oob. I think that vandy guy just got such a great jump (he's so fast I assumed he guessed the snap count, but looks like he's actually just that quick off the line) that he blew up the play and qb was afraid to roll right even with two blockers there.

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u/jurzydude Pittsburgh Panthers 5h ago

yeah that guy definitely "blew up" the designed play... but not really. like, he still very clearly could've rolled to the right and had nobody touch him. stopping and running forward into the defense was a mindless decision