Of all the crappy ways to lose a game, this has to be somewhere near the top of the list. Northern Iowa was down 17-16 with seven seconds remaining so they set up for a 40-yard field goal to win it. The events that transpired were dumbfounding:
Honestly, blocking one field goal like that is magical, then to do it again? That’s absurd. Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi said it was like hitting green at roulette two spins in a row. That’s probably about right. Iowa also screwed up by backing away from the ball after blocking the first kick because they could have retained possession if they jumped on it. Something tells me I know what Northern Iowa’s going to be working on next week in practice …
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what were the odds on Ohio State winning the game on a 99yard 2 point play
Yeah, that was pretty crazy. Even if they didn’t return it the other way they still probably would have won, but that certainly helped.