r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 28d ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Vanderbilt Defeats NC State 35-31

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
NC State 14 3 7 7 31
Vanderbilt 0 7 7 21 35
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u/MustardBiscuits91 NC State Wolfpack 28d ago

In a game where NC State should have won by multiple scores, Dave Doeren finds a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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u/joshthewumba NC State Wolfpack • /r/CFB Promoter 28d ago

Genuinely a fireable offense. Punt the goddamn ball

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u/ConnorK5 NC State Wolfpack • ACC 28d ago

Wrong. Will Wilson would have held on to the ball and took a safety.

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u/leftenant_Dan1 Michigan Wolverines 28d ago

any warm body could have taken that snap and calmly walked out the back of the endzone.

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u/sonofacat Kansas State Wildcats • Hateful 8 28d ago

Hell even having no quarterback back there and just long snapping the ball out of bounds gets you a safety

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u/PLEASE-USE-PFKEYS Purdue • Boston College 28d ago

Lmao I hadn't even considered that

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u/Adart54 Georgia Bulldogs • Oregon State Beavers 28d ago

I think you mean any warm body except CJ Bailey

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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack 28d ago

and left time on the clock? NC State would've lost on a 53 yard field goal then

Destiny arrives all the same

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u/leftenant_Dan1 Michigan Wolverines 28d ago

Thats why I said calmly.

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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack 28d ago

I think you really underestimate how long 6 seconds is

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u/Select_Excuse_150 NC State Wolfpack 28d ago

Punting it out of bounds also solves the problem

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u/Stoneador Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Sickos 28d ago

Safety was the right call. I don’t know what the fuck was going through Bailey’s head on that play because there’s no way he fumbles if he doesn’t run towards the defense.

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u/Remarkable-Gap-9024 USC Trojans 28d ago

He made the right call. Punting would’ve been moronic. Unfortunately the one person who couldn’t possibly fuck up taking a safety fucked it up

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u/Slow-Raccoon-9832 Arizona State Sun Devils 28d ago

Safety was 100% the correct play

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u/Styxdog NC State Wolfpack 28d ago

Why punt from your endzone when you can run two seconds off the clock and take a safety first, giving yourself a free punt with no concern of a block or a bad punt allowing a 1 second left field goal. Dave made the right call, cj fucked it up

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u/piso_mojado North Carolina • South's … 28d ago

This is like Hubert not calling a time out.

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u/Spencer1K Alabama • Florida State 28d ago

Nah, that was the right call. The QB just threw the game away when it should have been a guaranteed win.

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u/gatorbois Florida Gators 28d ago

Uhhhh….