Liberty Almost Blows Bowl Game in the Dumbest Way, a breakdown
What Happened
Liberty University and Coastal Carolina University are facing off in a thrilling bowl game that comes down to the wire. With Liberty leading by 8 points and just 3 minutes remaining, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers make a stunning comeback. Their quarterback slips past the defense to throw a touchdown, then runs in the 2-point conversion to tie the game at 22-22. Liberty's offense takes the field, determined not to let the game slip away. Quarterback Malik Willis leads his team down the field, putting them in position for a game-winning field goal attempt. Kicker Alex Barbir lines up and makes the kick, giving Liberty a 25-22 lead with little time left on the clock. However, Liberty's coaching staff makes a perplexing decision - they instruct their player not to score a touchdown, wanting to run out the clock instead of giving Coastal Carolina a chance to respond. The player follows orders, purposely keeping the ball from crossing the goal line. But in the process, he fumbles the ball and Coastal Carolina recovers it, denying Liberty the chance to run out the clock. The game goes to overtime and Liberty kicks a field goal to take a 28-25 lead. Coastal Carolina then lines up for a 42-yard field goal to tie it and send the game to a second overtime. Liberty's defense comes up big, blocking the kick and securing the 28-25 victory. Liberty head coach Hugh Freeze is visibly relieved, removing his headphones and dancing at midfield. One of his players, James, made the game-clinching play by getting a hand on the blocked field goal. Freeze embraces his players, celebrating the hard-fought win. Meanwhile, Coastal Carolina's coach takes the loss in stride, congratulating Freeze and his team. This bowl game between Liberty and Coastal Carolina had it all - a thrilling comeback, a bizarre coaching decision, high-stakes overtime and an ecstatic celebration by the winning team. It was an unforgettable sports moment that left fans on the edge of their seats.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentthis happened a couple days ago but it's
so crazy it's worthy of a breakdown and
it got a ton of requests for it liberty
is
dancing dancing dancing on the sidelines
because they're up by
eight with three minutes to go and they
think they got it
locked up but coastal carolina
quarterback is gonna slip
past that guy throw the touchdown for
six
and then the coastal carolina
quarterback is gonna
run for two tie game how about that
liberty
they're not dancing anymore but what
they do do is they take the ball
and they just move it down field
fbc mortgage cure bowl style
so shout out to fbc mortgage cure they
knew they were getting a doozy of a game
here
they get themselves into kicking range
of the
kicker alex barbier we saw him earlier
in a breakdown this season he gets
warmed up
they put him a little closer even the
little play to the flat gets them to the
two yard line
and now all they got to do is waste some
time run out the clock don't score a
touchdown
definitely don't score a touchdown
because that would be bad because you
give them too much time to score a
touchdown of their own so there's
killing clock
kicker's getting ready hugh freeze the
coach he's like this is brilliant this
is the best plan ever we're about to win
this dang ol game
coastal carolina's like all right you
you don't want to score we want you to
score they try to drag him into the end
zone he fumbles it
and now it's crazy did he get across the
line did he not get across the line did
he fumble who recovered
dog pile everyone's baited breath trying
to figure out what's gonna happen here
and finally the ref sees everything he
looks he says
i got coastal carolina having this ball
wait double check double check yeah bam
huge zero on liberty going crazy let's
go
glass is off whoa
una bomber in the stands so this dude
didn't want to score a touchdown so bad
because he didn't want to hand the ball
over with too much clock that he
planted his feet on the goal line kept
the ball
purposely behind his body and then i
mean i think he drops it accidentally
but look his feet are planted to not
cross the goal line and then he moves
the ball
backwards to not cross the goal line
it's like dude it's the ga it's a go
ahead
touchdown still it's still the go-ahead
touchdown there's no reason to fight
like you don't lose the game if you
score your odds of winning still
increase a ton
so he's over on the sideline just
shaking his head to himself this
that girl gives him a nice pat says it's
okay he freezes about the die inside
just thinking about what the headlines
are gonna say what an embarrassment this
is like the most embarrassing loss ever
can't really get over it ref says
something to him he says yeah yeah okay
yeah yeah just kind of dealing with some
stuff he falls in love with the wall
so mack and hugh are just having an
awful time but go to overtime
liberty gets the ball first fourth and
eleven they kick the field goal that
should have won them the game at the end
of regulation
now it gives them the lead in overtime
coastal has a 42-yard
field goal attempt to tie this and go
into second overtime
fourth and ten here we go drama is high
mortgage cure bowl doing what we all
knew it would
and blocked blocked and liberty wins
number 20
number 55 on liberty james here gets a
hand on it i think it might have hit him
in the wrist
and hugh freeze is relieved headphones
come off
dancing his way to the center field just
this guy comes up says coach look at my
fingers look at my
fingers i don't know what that means
just give me a hug and be normal
okay sure thing coach and number eight
mac he goes swimming
in his field of lucky pennies just
backstroke
snow angels whatever he's doing hugh
freeze
says what's up to the other coach says
good job turns around says where's my
girls at
three daughters big ol hug
james gets dapped up for making the play
this coach comes up gives him a hug
punches the other dude in the face
as celebration which kind of sucks for
that dude because he was just you know
trying to witness a really nice hug
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