mGrowOld

September 15th, 2014 at 10:20 PM ^

I couldnt not watch it over and over and over.  The "fake dead guy" might be the most hilariously ridiculous thing I've ever seen actually run in a game.

And to think they must've actually PRACTICED that play.  Can you image the HC?

NO DAMMIT - RUN THE FUCKING THING AGAIN.  YOU HAVE TO 'SELL' THAT YOUR DEAD - IT BARELY LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE EVEN SICK!

 

readyourguard

September 15th, 2014 at 10:35 PM ^

The receiver on the left side of the formation goes in motion to the right. Who in THEE HELL is the punter throwing the ball to?

Oh....and perfect dead man ploy by the Arky St receiver.

nowayman

September 15th, 2014 at 10:56 PM ^

right side of the formation.  The motion should also shift the attention of the defense to the right side.  Right as the receiver gets to the right side the ball is snapped and the other kid there keels over.  

The oddity of the kid falling over stuns the defense while the tight end on the very left of the line busts out and scores an easy td.  

Ta-dah.  

DealerCamel

September 16th, 2014 at 9:57 AM ^

by the motion man coming over to the right, the left tackle became an eligible receiver, and the dude playing dead became an ineligible one.  If he'd gone downfield he would've drawn a penalty, so he stayed right where he was.  Now there was probably a better way to do this than suddenly commit suicide, but eh.  Two kinds of people.

BlueCube

September 15th, 2014 at 11:01 PM ^

There probably should have been a penalty on the guy who really did kill the dead guy for a blow to the head. The refs probably thought they deserved anything they got on that play.

befuggled

September 16th, 2014 at 2:49 PM ^

Former Pro-Bowler Al Toon threw the pass. The fake incompletion/skip pass is the first play, assuming I can get this to embed properly.

At the time both teams were borderline bowl teams, finishing with 7-5 records. Wisconsin won their bowl game and Illinois lost theirs.

LSAClassOf2000

September 16th, 2014 at 5:52 AM ^

I have to spend the whole day at some Leadership Conference, so in the middle of one of the sessions, I think I might actually try this - I just hope that I do not get trucked like that on the way up from my faux dead position, that's all. Good lord, this is hilarious - Miami perhaps figured that, him being supposedly dead, there's no point in stopping the play to help. Too bad that dude figured it out after they did. 

ploeg

September 16th, 2014 at 10:45 AM ^

I am normally just a "lurker" here, enjoying the comments of other Michigan fans. This play had me laughing until I had tears...

 

Do you suppose they had try-outs for the dead guy position?  "...nope, Charlie, you just didn't convince me you were dead. Next..."