Sports are a tricky bastard, and, even though we love them more than life itself, that doesn’t mean that the games we watch treat us the same way, giving us twists and turns that knock years off our lives and hair off our heads.
Since being a sports fans isn’t easy, I’m here to remind you why they’re so fucking fun in the first place, bringing up the plays that either give you a heart attack or still have us talking this afternoon because they were so unbelievable.
Whether they were good, bad, ugly or just fucking stupid, here are the shittiest things I saw from college and pro football this weekend.
5. Clemson Reminds Us That “Clemsoning” Is Still Sort Of A Thing
In the end, this little error didn’t end up costing the Clemson Tigers, but it was nearly a giant brain fart that could have led to them falling from the group of unbeatens.
No. 1 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, the Tigers had one of their biggest tests come to town this past Saturday, with Florida State hoping to show Clemson who was boss in the ACC. With the Tigers looking to tie the score late in the first half and sitting on FSU’s 8-yard line, quarterback Deshaun Watson mistakenly spiked the ball to stop the clock… on 3rd-and-3!!
Oh, I forgot to mention that his team STILL had a timeout left that they could have used!
The play led to a field goal and a 10-6 halftime deficit for Clemson—which ended up winning the game in the end—but, fuck, that could have gone completely different had it been at the end of the game and not just the first half. Luck seemed to be on the Tigers’ side this time.
4. Refs Screw Michigan State In Closing Minutes Against Nebraska
What’s with referees forgetting how to call a fucking game this year, guys? The zebras proved, once again, that they need to study up on the rules of football following a horrendous call towards the end of the Michigan State-Nebraska game.
Huskers quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. hit receiver Brandon Reilly for a 30-yard touchdown to give Nebraska the lead with 17 seconds left, but, after watching the replay, it should have been called back.
As Reilly hauled in the ball, he actually ran out of bounds before reestablishing himself, which is illegal since he was the first player to touch the ball. The refs didn’t see it that way, though, as they claimed he was forced out by a MSU defender, allowing the score to count and fucking over the Spartans.
Of course, Michigan State’s national title hopes went out the window with this call, too. Way to go, zebras, go back to the zoo.
3. The Denver Broncos’ Shoot Themselves In The Foot On Sunday Night Football
The Denver Broncos may have a dominant defense—and I should know, I’ve got them in fantasy this year—but the D wasn’t as disciplined as head coach Gary Kubiak would have hoped when it mattered the most on Sunday night against the Colts.
With the Colts driving and Denver looking to hold them to a field goal to keep the game under one score, two penalties wiped out the Broncos hopes, allowing Indy to keep possession and run out the clock.
The major one came on an unsportsmanlike penalty against cornerback Aqib Talib, who poked Indy’s Dwayne Allen in the eye through his facemask, extending the Colts’ drive that led to the game-winning score.
A penalty for being overaggressive is one thing, but doing something like this for absolutely no reason is fucking stupid, which is why it was one of the shittiest things in football this week—especially since it helped lead to Talib’s team losing.
2. Arkansas’ Miracle Lateral on 4th-and-25 Against Ole Miss
I don’t even know what to say about this one, bros. Seriously, while watching this live on Saturday, my jaw just about dropped to the floor and I didn’t know what to say—other than to make a note of it for this very column today.
While we’ve seen some shitty ways of losing this year—Michigan-Michigan State and Miami-Duke come to mind—giving up a 4th-and-25 in overtime, when the receiver was stopped 10 yards short to begin with, is definitely up there as one of the worst.
As if giving this insane play up to extend the game wasn’t bad enough, the fact that there was a facemask penalty on the two-point conversion attempt by the Hogs, giving them another opportunity to convert for the win after they had been stopped, is even worse.
If you’re a Rebels fan this morning, I really hope you’re drinking some coffee with a little extra whiskey in it, because the loss to the Razorbacks on Saturday is going to sting for awhile.
1. Ignorant Alabama Crimson Tide Fans
Bama bros pic.twitter.com/0rQtGXkzY5
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) November 7, 2015
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This past weekend’s game between Alabama and LSU was billed as the biggest of the weekend, with two top-4 teams taking one another on in a matchup that, most likely, will decide the SEC West champ.
While Bama humiliated the Tigers by running all over them—seriously, Tide running back Derrick Henry had over 200 yards and 3 TDs—it was a few Crimson Tide fans who deserved to be run all over, embarrassing themselves prior to kickoff with some of their trash-talk.
It’s one thing to talk shit before a game to a big-time opponent. It’s another to bring up something like Hurricane Katrina that literally wiped out an entire city and ruined the lives of hundreds of thousands.
Alabama might be good at football, but the select few that taunted LSU with shit like this are a fucking embarrassment. Stay classy, Bama bros.
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