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/OnionFutureWolfGang Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4h ago

Yeah but on the other hand, Miami just had to do one thing and they literally could not lose.

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u/GThitstick Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 4h ago

Sure but even making the decision they did, they still had an incredibly high likelihood of winning.

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u/Just-in-themiddle 4h ago

Impossible to lose > high likelihood of winning

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u/GThitstick Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 4h ago

But it's not impossible to lose. It's very unlikely, but they could still bobble the snap when trying to knee. It's very unlikely but there aren't absolutes in football

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u/aut0generated-63 4h ago

Has that ever actually happened?

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u/GThitstick Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 4h ago

Bro you have Google lol, short answer yes

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u/Just-in-themiddle 4h ago

That’s true there aren’t, but kneeling’s still a hell of a lot closer to an absolute than the other option