No. 5 Oklahoma at No. 2 Ohio State. No. 13 Auburn at No. 3 Clemson. No. 14 Stanford at No. 6 USC. No. 15 Georgia at No. 24 Notre Dame. All four of them going on at once, and all four of them briefly overshadowed by ...
That time 4 huge college football games were all overshadowed by Louisiana Tech facing a third-and-93
For a brief moment (actually not all that brief), the college football internet’s attention was stolen by one of the dumbest developments we’ve ever seen. It was wonderful.
- Louisiana Tech had a second-and-goal at Mississippi State’s 6, late in a blowout.
- The ball was fumbled. It continued to be fumbled. It came to rest in LA Tech possession again, without MSU having gained control of it along its journey, meaning the game only proceeded from second-and-goal on MSU’s 6 to third-and-goal on LA Tech’s 7.
- That was an 87-yard fumble. That is a third-and-93.
This play completely took over the college football internet for at least half an hour, despite the four huge games going on at the time. As four blockbuster games dominated eyeballs in some saner universe, our bizarre alternate universe focused on this oddity. The 87-yard fumble was the busiest post for at least two different college football outlets that I know of during, again, four simultaneous ranked-vs.-ranked games. We set the highlight to two different songs, and people started sending in requests for more, as if we were 87-yard fumble DJs. We would’ve happily kept going all night.
As a senior college football internet veteran, I’ve often seen plays pop up again and again on CFB Twitter as people check in, discover them, and re-share them in disbelief, but I’ve rarely seen it happen to the extent it did with something this silly. It was like watching people file into a room as each one realized a cat was reading the Declaration of Independence out loud. “Wait, is this real? Is no one else seeing this??”
College football gave us a gluttenous schedule of massive headliner games, and college football fans tried to watch all of it, until the bouncing ball did something funny. Then we pointed at the bouncing ball and laughed. I’m going to watch it again now.
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Oh right, the games that mattered, or mattered more than an 87-yard fumble did.
- Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield literally planted his flag in the middle of Ohio Stadium after a revenge blowout.
- UGA fans took over Notre Dame Stadium for a Bulldog win, and Kirby Smart said it changed the game.
- Clemson is picking bits of Jarrett Stidham out of its teeth.
- USC ran all over Stanford; 307 rushing is the most the Cardinal have given up since 2010 vs. Oregon.
- After beating rival Pitt, James Franklin said it mattered about as much as beating the damn Akron Zips.
- Washington State pulled off a 21-point comeback to beat Boise State in triple OT at 2:30 a.m. ET. West Coast fans who were talking tough about that not being late: I’ll assume you’re not already awake today. ;)
- EL ASSICO was actually good! (Iowa won.)
- Lamar Jackson doused UNC in statistics, days after a UNC linebacker declared such a thing wouldn’t happen.
- The Heels did, however, deliver a PUNT OF THE YEAR contender.
- TCU beat Arkansas, but more importantly, listen to this incredible field goal DOINK by the Hogs.
- Army won a game with a fake punt. I wouldn’t lie to you.
- Ohio State’s internal crisis of the week/month/year/period: what to do about J.T. Barrett?
- A Mizzou fan managed to get a sign roasting Tim Tebow’s baseball stats right behind Tim Tebow’s face. Why did this have to happen to our sweet friend Tim?
- Louisiana Tech had a third-and-93.
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