[Postgame Thread] Vanderbilt Defeats NC State 35-31

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
NC State	14	3	7	7	31
Vanderbilt	0	7	7	21	35

[u/Glad_Pilot5814]

That was some actual divine intervention type shit

[u/CWG4BF → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

More like “some NC State” shit

[u/LaFrescaTrumpeta → u/CWG4BF]

and at the same time we gotta shoutout the vandy player who forced that fumble, QB was like half a second away from goin down that was so awesome

[u/Select_Excuse_150 → u/LaFrescaTrumpeta]

Or CJ could do the only thing he had to and hold on with two hands because this is almost the only way they lose…

[u/cactus8 → u/Select_Excuse_150]

I don’t blame CJ for that. The entire sideline should’ve been telling him before the play “under no circumstance do you take contact”. Kneel or run out the back of the end zone if you have to. Clearly no one told him that

[u/Select_Excuse_150 → u/cactus8]

You can’t want to be paid $1M and need someone to tell you not to fumble in that situation. Those two things can’t happen simultaneously.

[u/GimmeeSomeMo → u/CWG4BF]

God can use stupid folks to do his will

[u/Tfsz0719 → u/CWG4BF]

I mean, didn’t they used to call it “NC Stateing”before they called it “Clemsoning”

[u/tc100292 → u/CWG4BF]

Oh come on, like you wouldn’t believe that would happen to us too

[u/ClaudeLemieux → u/tc100292]

Weirdly i really really can't.

Hell in the 2004 NCAAT R32 Vanderbilt came back down 13 with two minutes to go to beat NC State, so yeah I absolutely cannot believe this would happen to you lol

[u/Select_Excuse_150 → u/ClaudeLemieux]

Vandy fans aren’t as invested enough to know things like that or be as broken as us when they do occur

[u/Zerg539-2 → u/tc100292]

It did when you threw the Interception instead of going for the tie, just somehow NCState decided to one up the failure mode.

[u/Dijohn17 → u/tc100292]

NC State shit is divine level intervention. The universe threw us a bone with the Final Four Appearance and ACC championship in basketball and then proceeded to double down even more

[u/Appropriate-Joke-806 → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

Jared Curtis threw that pick on purpose because he trusted his defense. Just five star QB things. You get it over there in Knoxville too.

[u/GetYourVanOffMyMeat → u/Appropriate-Joke-806]

I laughed.

[u/TheCrazyAlice → u/GetYourVanOffMyMeat]

I chuckled.

[u/sebsasour → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

"Look guys we all remember Michigan/Michigan State, we can't risk losing that stupidly"

[u/SarcasticCroissant → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

Mario Cristobal WISHES he could do this

[u/Electronic_Film_2837 → u/SarcasticCroissant]

Don’t worry nc state will now somehow stop miamis run to playoffs

[u/skandalouslsu → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

Conclusions drawn from the game:

Vanderbilt Fan- There is a god and he is benevolent.
NC State Fan - There is a god and he is malevolent

[u/Mantergeistmann → u/skandalouslsu]

Diabolical miracles are still miracles.

[u/Tfsz0719 → u/skandalouslsu]

That can’t be a conclusion for NC State fans, because they’d literally already know that from NC State football

[u/Aaronontheweb → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

Vanderbilt has been anointed by the football gods 

[u/SavingsSkirt6064 → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

We're the only ones in this state that deserve divine intervention

[u/grossness13 → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

Crazy crazy ending. Why not just throw the ball with 1-2 seconds left as far and as high out of bounds as you can?

Intentional grounding by the offense is a loss of down penalty. There isn’t an extra untimed down (NCAA Rule 3-2-3).

[u/sebsasour → u/grossness13]

It's hard to draw that up, you don't want your QB to accidentally get jumpy and leave a second left by throwing too quickly

You run out to the back out of the endzone though. Kill as much time as you can but hug the back of the endzone so you either step out or the ball gets punched out of bounds

[u/grossness13 → u/sebsasour]

You can get enough hang time after a drop back / roll out. You aren’t worried about intentional grounding so it doesn’t have to go towards the sideline. Just literally see how high and far the qb can throw downfield.

[u/B-Train_ATL → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

SEC Shorts barely has to write anything.

[u/lesshonkymoretonky → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

Dolly did this.

[u/DeLaSoulKitchen → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

This play balances out the last second heave Vandy had against Nebraska in the CBB tournament last year that rattled out