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Potential great football finishes that haven't happened
Posted on 12/3/13 at 11:49 am
Posted on 12/3/13 at 11:49 am
After the Auburn game, I was thinking about some of the great finishes in (college) football that were very unique and the game had a lot of meaning:
1. Kick Six. Auburn returns field goal as time expires
2. The Play. Cal returns kinckoff with several pitches and band in the endzone
3. Flutie hail Mary throw
It is hard to top those and if repeated they won't be as great as the original. But a few I haven't seen (at least in games that meant something) would be:
1. Team A takes a 1-point lead with <:30 and goes for 2 to make it a 3-point lead. Ball intercepted and run back the other way and team B wins game by 1.
2. Team A fumbles ball in victory formation with 10 seconds left and team B returns for a TD. (I think this sort of happened in 1998; Arky vs. Tenn and Tenn won the NC later. But there was over a minute left and Tenn still had to drive down the field)
Any good examples of these things happening? Any other plausible wild finishes that haven't happened?
1. Kick Six. Auburn returns field goal as time expires
2. The Play. Cal returns kinckoff with several pitches and band in the endzone
3. Flutie hail Mary throw
It is hard to top those and if repeated they won't be as great as the original. But a few I haven't seen (at least in games that meant something) would be:
1. Team A takes a 1-point lead with <:30 and goes for 2 to make it a 3-point lead. Ball intercepted and run back the other way and team B wins game by 1.
2. Team A fumbles ball in victory formation with 10 seconds left and team B returns for a TD. (I think this sort of happened in 1998; Arky vs. Tenn and Tenn won the NC later. But there was over a minute left and Tenn still had to drive down the field)
Any good examples of these things happening? Any other plausible wild finishes that haven't happened?
This post was edited on 12/3/13 at 11:55 am
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Posted on 12/3/13 at 11:51 am to lsumatt
Nebraska player kicking the ball into the air and having his receiver catch it for a TD.
Posted on 12/3/13 at 11:51 am to lsumatt
carolina and tampa bay in the NFC title game with the atlanta falcons in attendance...1 second on the clock with carolina down 1 on the 1
north korea nukes the stadium killing everyone within a 20 mile radius.
north korea nukes the stadium killing everyone within a 20 mile radius.
This post was edited on 12/3/13 at 11:52 am
Posted on 12/3/13 at 11:52 am to lsumatt
quote:
1. Team A takes a 1-point lead with <:30 and goes for 2 to make it a 3-point lead. Ball intercepted and run back the other way and team B wins game by 1.
2. Team A fumbles ball in victory formation with 10 seconds left and team B returns for a TD. (I think this sort of happened in 1998; Arky vs. Tenn and Tenn won the NC later. But there was over a minute left and Tenn still had to drive down the field)
Based on the last few weeks, one of these will happen to give Auburn the SEC title.
Posted on 12/3/13 at 11:56 am to lsumatt
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Any other plausible wild finishes that haven't happened?
We've seen the fake spike to stop the clock play. Has anyone done a fake out of a kneeling the ball "victory formation"? Say, if Bama had lined up on the last second to just kneel the ball to go into overtime, and instead passed downfield to a receiver going to the endzone.
Surely I'd think it's been done before, but I can't recall ever seeing it.
Posted on 12/3/13 at 11:57 am to Eternalmajin
I mean there are so many, but your first one
I seriously thought may happen with OSU last weekend.
Bama/Auburn could have ended with a few other crazy things happening
1. Bama throws a bomb in the last second instead of a field goal, tipped Auburn Int's it and runs it back (you are told to bat it down so that would be nuts)
2. Same scenario except after the INT, Auburn guy gets out to the 1, reverses field and is tackled for a safety to give Bama the win
Those may be a couple more
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1. Team A takes a 1-point lead with <:30 and goes for 2 to make it a 3-point lead. Ball intercepted and run back the other way and team B wins game by 1.
I seriously thought may happen with OSU last weekend.
Bama/Auburn could have ended with a few other crazy things happening
1. Bama throws a bomb in the last second instead of a field goal, tipped Auburn Int's it and runs it back (you are told to bat it down so that would be nuts)
2. Same scenario except after the INT, Auburn guy gets out to the 1, reverses field and is tackled for a safety to give Bama the win
Those may be a couple more
Posted on 12/3/13 at 11:57 am to Y.A. Tittle
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Say, if Bama had lined up on the last second to just kneel the ball to go into overtime, and instead passed downfield to a receiver going to the endzone.
Isn't there a rule that if you make a move to go down, you are down? I think this happened earlier this season.
Posted on 12/3/13 at 11:57 am to Y.A. Tittle
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Surely I'd think it's been done before, but I can't recall ever seeing it.
Totally against the unwritten rules of the game. Every time that team took a knee for games for the next 10 years all their players better be ready to get hit.
Posted on 12/3/13 at 11:59 am to Buckeye06
these wild scenarios are hard to think up, and when one actually happens it is better than we imagined
auburn over bama is the best finish in college football history. rare play, rare circumstances, rare finsih.
the stakes were so unbelievably high...better than band on the field, flutie hail mary, blue grass miracle, any of them
auburn over bama is the best finish in college football history. rare play, rare circumstances, rare finsih.
the stakes were so unbelievably high...better than band on the field, flutie hail mary, blue grass miracle, any of them
Posted on 12/3/13 at 11:59 am to lsumatt
Kevin Steele and Baylor sort of accomplished scenario two against UNLV
Last play of the game, at the one yard line with the game in hand, they tried for a touchdown instead of kneeling it.
Fumbled and returned 100 yards the other way
Kevin Steele was fired
Last play of the game, at the one yard line with the game in hand, they tried for a touchdown instead of kneeling it.
Fumbled and returned 100 yards the other way
Kevin Steele was fired
Posted on 12/3/13 at 12:00 pm to DelU249
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carolina and tampa bay in the NFC title game with the atlanta falcons in attendance...1 second on the clock with carolina down 1 on the 1
north korea nukes the stadium killing everyone within a 20 mile radius.
Posted on 12/3/13 at 12:01 pm to lsumatt
quote:Miami did this at Boston College about 10 years ago.
1. Team A takes a 1-point lead with <:30 and goes for 2 to make it a 3-point lead. Ball intercepted and run back the other way and team B wins game by 1.
ETA: Nevermind. Miami pick-6'd BC at the end in 2001.
This post was edited on 12/3/13 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 12/3/13 at 12:02 pm to KosmoCramer
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Totally against the unwritten rules of the game. Every time that team took a knee for games for the next 10 years all their players better be ready to get hit.
Maybe if you're doing it just to run up the score, yes. But, to win the game? I don't know.
Posted on 12/3/13 at 12:03 pm to ballscaster
Which is why if you score to go up by 1 or 2 with less than 10 seconds left, you should kneel on the extra point.
Posted on 12/3/13 at 12:04 pm to lsumatt
st aug bonnabel 94 or 95 playoff game..
bonnabel up by 5 or so...maybe less just a few seconds left near mid field... must run one more play..
14 seconds I think.... Bonnabel coaches tell QB..
take snap stay moving till hear horn or see zeros on clock....
kid takes snap.. back peddles.. horn zeros... throws ball straight up in air...
st aug player catches it.. scores...
bonnabel up by 5 or so...maybe less just a few seconds left near mid field... must run one more play..
14 seconds I think.... Bonnabel coaches tell QB..
take snap stay moving till hear horn or see zeros on clock....
kid takes snap.. back peddles.. horn zeros... throws ball straight up in air...
st aug player catches it.. scores...
Posted on 12/3/13 at 12:07 pm to genro
quote:Agreed. Have we seen that happen before?
Which is why if you score to go up by 1 or 2 with less than 10 seconds left, you should kneel on the extra point.
Posted on 12/3/13 at 12:10 pm to ballscaster
No but that's what I've always said, especially since in CFB you can return a blocked PAT for 2 points. It's bound to happen eventually, and then that coach is gonna wish he had listened to me
This post was edited on 12/3/13 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 12/3/13 at 12:13 pm to genro
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No but that's what I've always said, especially since in CFB you can return a blocked PAT for 2 points. It's bound to happen eventually, and then that coach is gonna wish he had listened to me
there is a higher probability that the returner takes the kickoff 60 yards in 8 seconds, gets out of bounds and they kick the fg to win...
in that case the coach is going to wish he hadn't
that's why people second guessing saban's decision to kick are so crazy. He played the percentages and a fluke happened.
Posted on 12/3/13 at 12:13 pm to lsumatt
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1. Team A takes a 1-point lead with <:30 and goes for 2 to make it a 3-point lead. Ball intercepted and run back the other way and team B wins game by 1.
I like how you think...
**I remember an LSU Auburn game ending very similar to this when Auburn was down eight and went for the 2-pt conversion after scoring a TD, but LSU picked it and ran it back for a 19-15 victory.
seems like Jordan-Hare almost burned to the ground that night
"Barn Burner" game!
This post was edited on 12/3/13 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 12/3/13 at 12:16 pm to DelU249
quote:Disagree 100%
He played the percentages and a fluke happened.
AJ had a better shot of completing a 39-yard pass than of ANY kicker making that kick. That's not a hail mary.
I said that before the play.
Oh well.
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