The 2023 faculty football season is simply beginning and we have already got a contender for the wildest, craziest ending to a game we’ll see all 12 months.
We take you to Saturday’s game between FCS Norfolk State and D-II Virginia State, which Virginia State finally ended up successful by a 33-24 margin.
But it was not straightforward attending to that end result.
With Virginia State dealing with a fourth down scenario deep in its personal territory and holding a slim three-point lead with solely six seconds to play, it tried to run a play to expire the clock and never permit Norfolk State a chance to the touch the football.
Quarterback Jordan Davis sprinted out of his personal finish zone, made his technique to the sideline, and stepped out of bounds after he thought the clock had expired. The downside is the clock didn’t expire, as there was nonetheless one second remaining on the clock. Even worse, he didn’t attain the primary down marker.
This gave Norfolk State a chance to tie the game with what ought to have been a chip shot subject purpose.
That was when issues actually went sideways.
Instead of creating the game-tying subject purpose, Norfolk State botched the snap, permitting Virginia State to select it up and run it again the size of the sphere for a landing.
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