Intentional turnover leads to improbable loss, a breakdown
What Happened
With 25 seconds left in the game, Troy holds a four-point lead over Appalachian State. Instead of running out the clock or punting, Troy's coaching staff elects to intentionally take a safety, giving Appalachian State two points and the ball back with a chance to win. This controversial decision by Troy proves to be a game-changing mistake. Appalachian State's kicker squibs the ensuing kickoff, burning precious seconds off the clock but giving his team good field position. On the first play, Appalachian State's quarterback throws a pass that bounces off a defender's helmet, almost resulting in a game-sealing interception. The Appalachian State sideline reacts with a mix of shock and elation as the ball falls incomplete. Facing fourth down with just seconds remaining, Appalachian State heaves a Hail Mary pass downfield. The ball is tipped by multiple players before landing in the hands of Appalachian State's Dashaun Davis, who secures the touchdown as time expires. The Appalachian State crowd erupts in pandemonium, with fans rushing the field to celebrate the improbable comeback victory. Among the chaos, one Troy player is seen crying on the sideline, devastated by the turn of events. Appalachian State's head coach, Shawn Clark, is ecstatic, saying, "I've never seen anything like that in my life." Teammate Jalen Virgil adds, "We just kept fighting. We never gave up." The game-winning touchdown caps off a wild finish that saw Appalachian State overcome a late deficit thanks to a series of fortuitous plays and Troy's questionable strategic decisions. It's a heartbreaking loss for Troy, but a thrilling victory for the Appalachian State Mountaineers, who improve to 5-1 on the season and cement their status as a team capable of pulling off improbable comebacks.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentthe ending of this game between Troy and
app state is wild Troy's up by four with
25 seconds left this one is brought to
you by manscape to use code John Boy for
20 off instead of going for it on fourth
down or punting it on fourth down they
elect the intentional safety which
you know for them guarantees no turnover
I guess it burns five seconds off the
clock but it gives app state two points
so now thunder
so now a field goal wins it for him
Thunder they're singing they're excited
home game for App State who already had
a Wild win earlier in the season they
squibbed the kick they don't even try to
kick it deep
to burn more clock which gets it down I
mean it did kill some clocks so it's not
bad there but it gave him pretty good
field position he's like what the [ __ ]
oh damn what are we doing
so and then watch this app State just
throws a pick but it doesn't get caught
and everyone on the sidelines like what
this game should be over three times
already right through his hands off his
helmet the whole sideline gets excited
then they're like what and this guy's
like catch the [ __ ] ball
catch the [ __ ] and then the next play
they go up the middle and uh that's
through the hands and he's hit then
they're gonna go to the sideline to stop
the clock one more throw that's off the
hands so I have States doing nothing
right and all of a sudden it's fourth
down there's two seconds left and you're
thinking all right maybe the squib kick
and the intentional safety and all that
was a good idea because they need a Hail
Mary to win it but that's exactly what
app state does just Chucks it deep gets
it into the hands Tip Drill 13 gets it
they picked up the one block and he's in
and the whole place is about to go
absolutely insane two guys just jump on
them I don't get that but here's the
replay number 22 is going back
they go up for it and it lands right in
13's hands you know they say you gotta
hit it down don't try to catch it but I
think he did try to hit it down it was
just so many hands are on it
but no one on Troy got in front of the
pile
so it's just easy and App State wins and
I don't know if they deserved any of
that they got so much help
and watch this everyone the the gate
comes down this kid jumped over the gate
before he even scored he's like oh [ __ ]
I gotta get back over the gate and then
he's like oh never mind let's just knock
it down this guy's got his kid that's
not gonna stop him from having a good
time and I like number 70 on app State's
like nah not for me yep yep you get go
have fun in that pile not for me I'm
gonna head this way this guy's crying
you see that this guy's just looking up
looking up top crying
I mean that's got to run deep that's
some passion someone's running up to him
look at that he's I mean that's that's
emotion man that's
this guy jumps up
wow and then they're gonna Rush the
field that guy fell sorry sorry dude how
to point out I like these guys that come
out they rush they rush dude where's my
friends where's my friends yo bro you
coming you coming you coming let's go
let's go Gotta Wait For You dudes little
baby of course oh there's the other
little baby
should they have gotten around on that
what do you do
incredible I don't know who these guys
are that jump on him right away
seems like a risky move
to just jump on the players and then the
ball boys can you see the ball boys top
of the screen they don't have a really
good shot but the two ball boys they're
in the yellow hats here they just start
throwing the footballs so there's
footballs all around and then look at
this now you're like oh I understand why
70 didn't want to go in there mascot's
in there though I think I'd pass out if
I was in that suit in the crowd this is
my favorite oh how cute is that oh my
God look at this player's like come on
bud give me a high five his dad's like
yeah give him a high five here uh bye
uh look at that look at that deep got
him look at a little phase when the boy
makes after he gets him
a little shy kid
this guy's crying on Troy he's upset
number 70. it's all right man it's all
right it's crazy in there I don't want
to be in there either I'd rather be over
here with you you tried hard you tried
hard you guys just made some dumb plays
and in the end we beat you
stop crying over it shave your pubes use
code
manscaped you get 20 off feel good look
good