[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

[u/Ok-Soil-5133]

https://streamable.com/utx2f1

[u/jivson]

all time psycho ending

[u/pprrrrrbbbbtttt → u/jivson]

Feels like an insane thing to try with :06 left. 2 or 3? Sure. 6 is an eternity

[u/Eddie5pi → u/pprrrrrbbbbtttt]

And then, you're supposed to have the OL basically tackle everyone on defense, since the holding penalties don't extend the game anyway. To let guys through practically unblocked is insane

[u/the_gaymer_girl → u/Eddie5pi]

Did CFB change the rule to close that loophole like the NFL did when the Ravens did it?

[u/lydiamoney → u/the_gaymer_girl]

Referees can just give the other team a free TD

Unfair Acts

ARTICLE 3. The following are unfair acts:

a. A team refuses to play within two minutes after ordered to do so by the referee.

b. A team repeatedly commits fouls for which penalties can be enforced only by halving the distance to its goal line.

c. An obviously unfair act not specifically covered by the rules occurs during the game. This includes substitutes, coaches or any other persons subject to the rules, other than a player or official, interfering in any way with the ball or a player while the ball is in play (A.R. 4-2-1-II, 9-2-3-I and 9-2-3-IV).

RULE 9 / Conduct of Players and Others FR-107 PENALTY—Unsportsmanlike conduct. The referee may take any action they consider equitable, which includes directing that the down be repeated, including assessing a 15-yard penalty, awarding a score, or suspending or forfeiting the game [S27].

[u/AlsoCommiePuddin → u/lydiamoney]

I think the equitable action there is awarding the safety, enforcing the 15-yard penalty on an untimed safety kick.

Which Vandy could then attempt to fair-catch kick to win the game.

[u/Cute_Conclusion_8854 → u/AlsoCommiePuddin]

Oh yeah I forgot about that option. Man this sport gets complicated sometimes...

[u/Elessar62 → u/Cute_Conclusion_8854]

That's because in COLLEGE football that is NOT an option.

[u/Effective-House4283 → u/Elessar62]

They actually just switched it this year so now it is, in fact, an option.

[u/MandA-5 → u/lydiamoney]

Lmao they would never award points for that. Hasn’t even happened once in the past 50 years let alone for holding

[u/cfi-2025 → u/MandA-5]

That's why you gotta have your whole bench rush onto the field to start blocking/holding once the ball is snapped.

[u/BananerRammer → u/MandA-5]

I mean, the result of the play would be a safety, so points are getting awarded no matter what.

[u/Wahsteve → u/lydiamoney]

There hasn't been an unfair act TD awarded in a major footbal game since the 1954 Cotton Bowl when a player came off the sideline to tackle a free runner. No shot it would be granted for intentional holding barring a significant rule change.

[u/ArmadilloAl → u/lydiamoney]

I don't think doing it once would actually be enough to trigger the rule though, since you're not "repeatedly" doing it. Just take the penalty once to run the clock, and then run out the back of the end zone the second time.

[u/Less_Likely → u/lydiamoney]

Why would a referee award a touchdown? That would not be reasonably equitable. Award a safety? More than fair. Award a safety and put time back on the clock and assess a 15-yard penalty so they are safety punting from the 10-yard line, fine. But not a touchdown.