Posted on 08/30/2012 9:02:12 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Exhibit A that college football teams do need exhibition games?
In Kent State’s season opener against Towson, both teams committed stupendously boneheaded acts on the same play. Late in the first half, the Golden Flashes were forced to punt. The ball became live after it grazed the Tigers return man, whereupon Kent State sophomore Andre Parker eagerly scooped up the pigskin inside the Towson 10-yard line … and proceeded to run toward his own end of the field.
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Sliding down an escalator under the influence of alcohol.
Oddly, at the Coca-Cola Gate.
That was somewhere in the back of my old, addled mind
Saw this hi-light...and thought about Jim Marshall’s wrong way fumble return many years ago.
Even more funny....the other team had two guys running down the field to tackle the Kent St player...hey he was gonna score a TD for YOUR team
I went to Kent State in the late 80s. I believe the football team won a single game during my entire time at the school.
That a player would run the wrong way and score for the other team is no surprise.
EVEN WORSE: THE OTHER TEAM TACKLED HIM!!!!!
Why not let him take it back for a safety? Just get behind him and make sure he doesn’t turn around. I mean he was only 25 yards from a safety.
There’s a long history of this sort of thing. For many years Roy “Wrongway” Riegels of CalBerkely wrong way run in the 1929 Rose Bowl was considered the most famous..or infamous. At one point in the game , Riegels playing defense, picked up a fumble by a Tech player, got turned around, and began running towards his own goal. He was tackled at the three yard line after finally stopping and realizing his mistake. Cal chose to punt the ball rather than risk a fumble. The punt was blocked for a safety. Cal ended up losing the game to Georgia Tech by one point.
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