Liberty and Hugh Freeze butcher the game's final minute of regulation

[John Kelly]

Game tied at 34 with the clock running and about one minute left in the fourth quarter.

Liberty inside the CC 5-yard line on second down and goal.

Opponent Coastal Carolina has exhausted its allotment of timeouts.

Liberty quarterback hands off to the running back who fumbles the ball just prior to crossing the goal line, according to the officials on the field.

Bizarre situation with Coastal Carolina defenders trying to coax the Liberty running back to cross the goal line and the running back trying to keep the ball from breaking the plane.

Replay ruled the call on the field stands.

We're headed to overtime.

 

[John Kelly]

Liberty kicks a FG on its opening possession of overtime.

Coastal Carolina now ready for its first overtime possession and a chance for a perfect 12-0 season.

 

[John Kelly]

Liberty blocks CC's field-goal attempt to survive its poor execution of the proper strategy in the final minute of regulation.

Final score: Liberty 37 Coastal Carolina 34 (OT).

 

[kane]

These games take years off my life John

 

[John Kelly]

These games take years off my life John

I'm 57 going on 97.

 

[lap18]

The ref had more mic time in that game that I have heard the entire year..... officials were horrid in that game

 

[John Kelly]

The ref had more mic time in that game that I have heard the entire year..... officials were horrid in that game

Indeed.

The clock operator had to be corrected several times by the referee in the first half alone.

And that was the least of their problems.

 

[richsox24]

It was still 100% the right call to kill the entire clock and kick a 20 yard fg to end the game.

Where they fucked up is by handing it off and running into a pile with it rather than just taking a knee in the middle of the field.

 

[fifty cint]

I'm getting sick of the end-of-the -game hyjinx ...epecially when its the teams I'm betting on. Good Grief

 

[winkyduck]

It was still 100% the right call to kill the entire clock and kick a 20 yard fg to end the game.

Where they fucked up is by handing it off and running into a pile with it rather than just taking a knee in the middle of the field.

Right but the "messed up" thing is that on first down the RB did the smart thing and just stood there and did nothing. So why not do the same on 2nd down? The smart thing to do on 2nd down is have the QB run to the middle of the field and go down so the ball is placed right there. In that situation, even though you are trying to run out the clock, you send the FG team out on THIRD down just in case something goes wrong (bad snap) and you need to try to kick it again on 4th down - or you have a holding penalty on 3rd down you will have time to kick again.

The end of game (mis)management almost made it look like Andy Reid of Les(s) Miles was in charge - knowing how incompetent those 2 are at that

 

[John Kelly]

On the late-game fumble, I believe the Liberty running back was getting pushed into the end zone while trying to keep the ball from breaking the plane of the goal line.

You can't make it up.

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

 

[John Kelly]

 

[winkyduck]

On the late-game fumble, I believe the Liberty running back was getting pushed into the end zone while trying to keep the ball from breaking the plane of the goal line.

You can't make it up.

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

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Agree he was being pushed in. But what even put yourself in that situation. get the ball, take a few steps and then take a knee. Go down before anyone on either team can touch you

 

[kane]

I still can't believe the way the game ended in regulation. Rich and Winky are correct how it should have played out. The RB did the right thing on first down, but for whatever reason on second down instead of just standing where he got the ball for a couple of seconds then just going down, he slowly started heading toward the goal line, so the defenders grabbed him and started pulling him into the end zone, the RB tried his best to stop short of the goal line, and that's when he dropped the ball just short of the goal, all he had to do was get the ball and just fall down, it boggles my mind sometimes what these kids are thinking out there

 

[John Kelly]

And no need to get closer to the goal line.

After all, the ball was located between the hashmarks.

If anything, some kickers prefer to be back a few yards.