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/Stoneador Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Sickos 28d ago

Intentional safety was 100% the correct call, but Bailey could not have executed that play any worse. Doing literally anything else would have almost certainly resulted in NC State winning this game.

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u/CommodoreN7 Arkansas Razorbacks • Utah Utes 28d ago

He could’ve thrown the ball downfield out of bounds and just taken safety by intentional grounding by rule if I’m not mistaken.

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u/what_user_name Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos 28d ago

he should NOT have thrown the ball downfield. He should have stepped out the back of the endzone. Even if you leave all 6 seconds, you get a freekick and force vandy to execute a hook-and-ladder type play with probably multiple laterals.

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u/matt_saracen_ Vanderbilt Commodores • Oklahoma Sooners 28d ago

You could literally just launch this one completely backwards as a lateral into the end zone so that it is a safety no matter what and is not intentional grounding so they can't decline the penalty if it hits something too soon.

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u/what_user_name Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos 27d ago

yeah throwing it out of the back of the endzone would be fine. downfield would be dumb