The Troubling History Of Dropping the Ball at the 1

[@IsaacPunts]

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[@YourPalAlRetroGamer]

You forgot Niners @ Saints Oct 8th 1989. It's the 3rd quarter with the Saints up 17-3. At their own 40, Joe Montana throw a rainbow to Jerry Rice, who catches it at the Saints' 22 and had a clear way to their 1st TD of the game, but Rice loses control of the ball at the Saints' 2, but the refs still counted it as a TD.

[@revan5293]

Fun fact Terry Bradshaw was my neighbor he has a house out here in Arizona. I wasn’t allowed over because I’m Halloween his wife will be making margaritas😂 My parents love them😂

[@peterolbrisch8970]

I'm a real man who doesn't need hedge clippers. I use a razor blade because I'm not a pussy.

[@waynetompkins3006]

I hate that company.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

@@waynetompkins3006 Be a man and use a razor 🪒 blade for Christ's sake.

[@joustwave6541]

That scene of everyone on the sideline freaking out at 12:17 is hilarious. Reminds me of the giant "STOP" sign that they unrolled for Forrest Gump.

[@nathanstroud2223]

another plot twist: That's the opposing team's sideline. I'll always remember texting my brother, who is a Vikings fan, to let him know they drafted Jeff Gladney, and he was like "who tf is Jeff Gladney?" Little did we know at the time the kid ("kid" meaning four months my junior) only had two years left to live. Relationship trouble and high speed car crashes are two of the biggest pitfalls for fresh faces in the NFL, and this guy apparently stepped in both. RIP

[@Kingzzxepic]

Wow this happened a lot more than I was aware of.

[@andrebrown9311]

Was going to comment this same thing

[@Sadiqi]

Same

[@kenw2225]

It's always the white guys doin it too

[@etacas1412]

I thought it was 1 or 2. This happens a lot.

[@jimhaney6384]

All kinds of stupid shit happens on the football field. Least proffessional 'pro' league of any sport, hands down. Offsides, Dropping balls, In the hands catches dropped, stepping out of bounds on a clear path forward, holding, facemasking. There is no Football game played today without an egregious error or blatant violation. The fans are too dumb, drunk, or never understood the game in the first place. This is the same sport where you get 12 min of action the whole game, and so few games a season, 20% of all plays are just stupid shit.

[@jdotoz]

What I don't understand is how you could see the Jackson play and think "Yes. That's something I want to do."

[@SRMoore1178]

For the mediocre to average player who wants to have their name mentioned in the same sentence as Jackson, I guess that's the way to do it.

[@johnhardman825]

When Jackson (jackass) drop the ball against the Cowboys, the Cowboys got the ball. The Eagles would lose that game by less than a TD.

[@jimhaney6384]

​@@johnhardman825 they should fine him for the equivalent of ticket sales for that game.

[@vonrich2614]

Tbh I don't think people see that play. Growing up I never knew that "taunt" could fail. It's more of a "mic drop" in football so it doesn't have to be copied from a player

[@jdotoz]

@@vonrich2614 Gotta study the game.

[@knutthompson7879]

I never understood why immediately dropping the ball was ever supposed to be considered such an "in your face" to begin with.

[@pkdude5334]

they're too focused on wanting to do some type of celebration

[@xynged]

Its just bm, like when im leading so far ahead in mario kart i brake before the finish line and reverse over it

[@Vaughnage25]

​Ah, you mean childish antics, got it​@@xynged

[@BadBrucey]

@@xynged Lol

[@vonrich2614]

Think "mic drop". Even tho it rings people's ears and sometimes damages speakers and mics, people still do it cause it looks cool if done right. Dropping the ball is like a mic drop. It's cool if done right especially if it's timed perfectly where you know you got the TD but they replay it 5 times to make sure. But if it goes wrong......

[@MikeDillinger]

I keep telling people that this is the same exact thing as missing a base after hitting a home run. It's the stupidest thing you can possibly do.

[@RJiiFin]

You could run the bases backwards?

[@karsenhippolyte8721]

​@@RJiiFin what???

[@RJiiFin]

@@karsenhippolyte8721 Did I stutter?

[@fiat2496]

It's much stupider than missing a base.

[@MikeDillinger]

@@fiat2496 There's no way this is stupider than missing a base after hitting a HOME RUN. 😁

[@insertjokeh3r3]

Every single football coach should make this required watching.

[@wheeler9161]

As a rugby player, it boggles my mind how careless these players can be with the ball. It's like they forget they need the ball to accomplish the score.

[@IndependentWhistleblower]

Well you're probably playing a legitimate contest whereas this is clearly sports ENTERTAINMENT in the same vein as pro wrestling.

[@NineEyeRon]

Redefine the down in touch to be a touching down.

[@michaelphillips2629]

What? It's a legitimate sport, those players just lost situational awareness at the time. All spectator sports are entertainment.​@IndependentWhistleblower

[@DW51380]

Watch Lachlan lam for Leigh leopards in super league he’s our halfback and whenever he scores he nearly knocks on every single time with untucking it from his wrist with one hand as he put it down and it’s so annoying JUST PUT THE THING DOWN PROPERLY

[@DW51380]

@@michaelphillips2629I think he’s referring to the nfl being scripted meme 🤣

[@mrmoose6619]

One thing I would teach if I was a football coach... do not drop the football for any reason until you run through the back of the end zone. Even then, make sure a zebra has two hands in the air in the touchdown symbol before you drop the football.

[@mrmoose6619]

@@TheWatchernator That works too.

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

The Barry Sanders technique: hand the ball directly to the ref after scoring. Guaranteed way to prevent this.

[@zdr7420]

"Act like you have been there before" is the mantra I've always went by and would instill

[@Nick_Valentine2702]

Teach em to Gronk spike it every time

[@mashonem]

Implying that isn’t taught already lmao

[@CJRealHoops1]

You didin't spend enough time on the 14-point fumble in the Utah Oregon game. That is the king of 1-yard-line fumble plays

[@SkiDaBird]

That play changed both teams seasons. Utah could have gone to the playoff if they hold that game against Oregon.

[@the503creepout7]

Oregon just did the same thing in week 2 at home vs Boise St this season('24). The TD call stood. But it's still just ridiculous that players decide to drop the ball within a few inches of having a clear TD.

[@murray8378]

I guess is it’s the one thing players can get away with. They can’t spike it or throw it. But they can drop it. And they want to do it at the first available apparently.

[@lagautmd]

Once upon a time in the early origins of the game, touchdown meant the ball had to be literally touched to the ground in the end zone for it to be called a score. It's a requirement in rugby still.

[@justwiz4879]

Ok but this modern way of doing things is more stream line and safer at time s

[@Saidwhatyourethinking]

This had absolutely no Merritt or relation to dropping yhe ball otw into the endzone.. like at all.. what did you just want a "fun fact" moment?? Smfh

[@PhantomPhaze]

this has got to be the single most frustrating thing to see on a football field

[@Rob9mm]

When did fumbling become cool? I can not only do that but drop passes as well, NFL here I come!!

[@mikewiggins7257]

I would have to go with second most.....right behind watching my QB throw a 6 yard slant on 3rd and 14.

[@FFKDTP1]

Booting a kickoff out of bounds is worse and it happens constantly 🤦‍♂️

[@deljonfinister3598]

Yeah I think a close second is a missed holding call

[@YOSSARIAN313]

Florida lost an important game because someone threw a shoe

[@shag139]

Never understood why players think it looks cool to try and drop the ball right after crossing the goal line. So damn dumb. I remember DeSean doing it in the Army All-Star game and then again in the NFL so dumb.

[@kirkstone5778]

He did it in high school, college, and the nfl...how have you not learned?

[@goose_clues]

It's called *American* football, they will do dumb things to look cool.

[@shag139]

@@goose_clues no do floccer aka flop soccer. Good lord how can you now be embarrassed by the flopping. Should be an immediate ejection.

[@mark2493]

I remember seeing this described as a phenomenon where adrenalin combined with the brain's natural process of interpreting inputs makes it easier to do by mistake. Basically the brain almost makes it like an optical illusion where spatial recognition gets blurred and in the moment the player "sees" themselves a step past the end zone line when the drop actually happens before. Similar to how you visualize the aim point of a football but your brain autocorrects to throw in the air on the arc necessary; the player intends to drop the ball after the line but the brain says to let go early because it knows your momentum will take the ball where you are aiming. Obviously all of that does nothing to make us not laugh at the players as it's a very easy thing to avoid with proper training or basic common sense to not try to let go as early, but regardless pretty fascinating how it does work and how it can happen.

[@Clubber-Slang]

@@mark2493 Simple solution, treat the back of the endzone as the line to cross to score.

[@adiuntesserande6893]

I'm a lifelong Ducks fan. This kind of mistake terrifies me.

[@IsaacPunts]

2014 must've been a fun year for you

[@adiuntesserande6893]

@@IsaacPunts Bearing in mind that you can't spell 'fun' without 'F-U', yeah....

[@jmgerraughty]

Same

[@rickalexander2801]

Duck alum here. Wife attended Utah for awhile. She started to rub it in until Jake Fisher scooped it up and ran it back 100 yds for an Oregon TD. Luckily I didn't have to sleep on the couch that night 😊

[@lifesgood8311]

Man you called it 3 months ahead of the game 😂 thankfully it was picked up by Oregon.

[@troybaxter]

I don't get it. It's simple. Just hold on to the damn ball. The end zone is freaking 10 yards long. You can wait 5 more yards to drop the dang ball.

[@IndependentWhistleblower]

So I'm assuming this was your epiphany to finally see that it's all rigged?

[@troybaxter]

@@IndependentWhistleblower rigged? No. It's just players being dumb. Not everything in this world is rigged. And in case you think I am naive, I have played sports with guys who were literally this dumb and this unaware. Talented guys that have cost us games because they had their head that far up their rear.

[@nakmuay7705]

Even an army bowl from the early 2000's? Or some nothing fcs game? No way those young morons gonna keep that quiet. Even the NFL. Some CTE riddled fool or some jealous owner, a spited ref would have spilled it by now. I think its obvious to say individual attempts have been made by certain people to sway the outcome of certain games but I think to say it's all 100% rigged is silly.

[@dstreetz91]

Yeah I remember seeing this happen a handful of times and thinking jeeez how much do you have to be paid to hold a ball in your hand, it's not that complicated.

[@Eriugena8]

you almost wonder why somebody made up a rule that you have to touch the ball down to the ground

[@questor5189]

They need to bring back the "Touch Down"....the touching of the football to the ground, the precursor to the "Spike".

[@67L48]

Add another to the reel. Oregon vs Boise State. Oregon kick return for TD, Oregon player drops the ball at the 1/2 yard line. Refs miss the call, mainly because it didn't matter -- Oregon recovered the drop anyway. Only difference would have been the scorebook in which Oregon player technically gets credit for the TD. But, still, this problem is still present in 2024-25 football season.

[@dboydixon1906]

One thing that is mind blowing about the whole this is they had instant access to Replays on the broadcast and simply chose not to institute for soooo long.

[@teebob21]

The teams don't provide the broadcast coverage.

[@DanielFolsom]

Honestly ... I know everyone here is going to disagree and be like "THE FUNDAMENTALS MUST BE WORSHIPPED PROPERLY" ... but this is one area where I sorta feel like we're better without replay. It's one thing if there's contact from the other team initiating a fumble ... which I think happened once in this video ... but otherwise? Idk. So, per the video, until the mid 2000s, refs basically assumed the ball crossed the goal line if it was close enough and the player was totally by himself, and we didn't give these sorts of plays a second thought. But NOW we can spend 5 minutes looking frame by frame to MAKE SURE the ball crossed the goal line ... and if it didn't, we can change the result! Hooray improvement.

[@jonvia]

The old saying "you had one job to do" comes to mind

[@andrewellington9503]

It blows my mind how many times this happened. I don't know if they are too eager or focused on the celebration or what but it's one thing should absolutely never happen.

[@TheAwesomeSam]

Broncos fan here. When that play happened against the Ravens, one of the Broncos, who at the time was a star linebacker, jumped in to recover the football, and then he got injured for doing so. I was watching that live on TV as it happened. I was yelling "STUPID!!" at the player for dropping the football before the endzone.

[@RustCole01]

Champ Bailey getting run down by Ben Watson was a rough one...

[@danbradley3294]

That ball must get awfully heavy after running with it for so long

[@aka_ozymandias]

When something like this happen I always think “oh man if that happened to me I’d never be able to get back on the field”

[@pkdude5334]

every drop is followed by an endzone celebration. the root cause is lack of humility

[@teebob21]

Fatherlessness, mostly.

[@MannyWare]

​@@teebob21???

[@DanielFolsom]

... I mean every actual touchdown is also followed by an end zone celebration ... and honestly I can't imagine wanting to turn the NFL into 2000s baseball. "I WANT SOLEMN SILENCE AFTER A TOUCHDOWN. NO JOY. YOU SHOULD BE REFLECTING ON THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE AND THE INCONSEQUENCE OF THE SELF, NOT JUMPING UP AND DOWN WITH YOUR TEAMMATES"

[@maximos905]

High ego and low intelligence

[@thepandaken5475]

That's an immediate cut for me, you just can't do that and if you're selfish enough to make that mistake, you have no business playing.

[@raidernation9920]

You’re not cutting a prime deshawn jackson

[@cgtt908]

👏👏👏

[@BitcoinMotorist]

You cut a player for making a mistake? From the player's perspective it looks like he's already in the end zone. Give the guy a break and tell him not to drop the ball until he's all the way to the baseline

[@DerekCroxtonWestphalia]

@@BitcoinMotorist He's not in the end zone, if he thinks he is he needs to get his eyes checked. For heaven's sake, just wait an extra yard. It's ridiculous.

[@DerekCroxtonWestphalia]

No, in the pros you wouldn't cut him. You would trade him for a player who isn't a dumbass

[@TheCoxMan]

We do drills where if there's a fumble you fall on the ball. Do not try to scoop and score, just try to fall on the ball and gain possession. Too many chances to recover a fumble are lost because someone wants to pick it up and run. Another drill we do is . Everyone lines up at the 50 yard line in a single line. On the whistle, player has a ball and sprints to the end zone where they have a certain amount of time to get there. They sprint through the end zone, around the goalpost and then they hand the ball to the official. The official being the guy who previously sprinted down. That guy will run back to the 50 with the ball. Drill repeats itself until done. Even lineman do it as well, just in case. It's good for physical conditioning and you also instill into the players to hold onto that ball.

[@10thletter40]

Celebrate IN the end zone WITH the football. Not as you enter 😂

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

Better yet, give the ball to the ref, *then* celebrate.

[@raidernation9920]

These kids want to be like Deion

[@superjoe3502]

These players playing off pure athleticism think football is a game of yards when in reality, it’s a game of inches and you have to fight for every single one

[@MustacheDLuffy]

Every year it was ruled a fumble and ruling 1971: Steelers:touchback 2008: Eagles: POS at 1 2012: Kansas: POS at 1 2013: Broncos: touchback (1st instance called correct on spot) 2013: TTech: POS at 1 2014: Oregon: (1st time returned back by other team) 2017: TCU (1st time premature fumble team recovers their fumble for the score)

[@grondhero]

As a TCU fan, I just about went ape-💩 ballistic when Gladney dropped that ball, but thankfully he recovered it before I could have a full blown conniption fit, because I had watched the Oregon/Utah game where the dropped ball was returned for a TD (and Oregon was becoming my 2nd favorite team).

[@stevemoserify]

No, actually I don't remember KU ever doing something this stupid, shockingly enough

[@MustacheDLuffy]

@@grondhero I’m surprised it’s this late before the first time a team did that. Must’ve been really rare before 2017

[@robertolebron2296]

In 2016, the Ohio State Oklahoma game, the kick return for a touchdown was actually fumbled at the 1 because of the dropping ball at the one but it was missed

[@TheY2AProblem]

My only theory is that the helmet hinders your vision so much that it makes you believe that you’re in the end zone and you think you’re safe to spike the ball. It started in the 1970s, before the helmets became more advanced.

[@Carrf]

Of all the people close to 100k this man def deserves it the most. Hang in there man I love your vids

[@stevebabiak6997]

I knew DeSean would be featured. His special play has been admired by so many high school and college players that you can watch them imitating their idol on a frequent basis ;)

[@vanhouten64]

The only thing better is when a guy does that "dive into the endzone" thing and his knee lands before the goal line.

[@jeffbosworth8116]

I hate these "look at me" plays and players

[@kenw2225]

Common with certain types of players. They don't look like Peyton manning for instance. Elite athletes, but not so fond of the fundementals

[@Rob9mm]

How is a dropping a ball anything worthy of attention?

[@thatnyagah]

Just say black players and be done with it....​@@kenw2225

[@nickmatteo733]

Make the whole team watch this together in training camp

[@denimchicken104]

Madden. Somewhere in the mid 2000’s this very act of dropping the ball at the line was a celebration in the game. Then players started doing it, thinking it was cOoL.

[@bfure1]

Turns out players in real life aren't able to tell the exact moment they break the plane like they can in Madden

[@JohnDoe-fd6wf]

Not sure about college, but in the NFL, this should be a finable play from the team. Make players pay a $50k fine and this stupidity goes away over night.

[@bullgravy6906]

Most of these guys are HORRENDOUS with money, they’d either not care or brag it up like that celebration cost 50k boi! 50k to a guy that makes $5M with $600k in debt to a jewelry store

[@LantiOnTiming.]

Love this style of content from you Isaac keep it up 😭🤞🏾

[@mashonem]

The Kaelin Clay Utah drop was probably the most damaging to the team. Utah went from being up 14 to having 60 points dropped on them 💀

[@Uncle_Tony_]

I'll never forget watching Jackson in that all american game. Wild.

[@Vinnie-Venom]

As an Alabama fan, I remember the Mark Barron pick! He about gave me a heartastroke with that pick six. You know Coach Saban had his ass running that next practice

[@LapNgo-h9u]

I honestly think this has more to do with the increase in narcissism than anything. Our selfie-culture caused this.

[@IndependentWhistleblower]

Yeah it's a bunch of lone wolf narcissists not evidence of a fraudulent sports league/s...

[@a.r.4822]

Narcissism is used too inflationary. I would call it Protagonist Syndrome but yeah, I agree on anything else

[@ryanjacobson2508]

​@@a.r.4822Watch pre-1980 interviews with athletes. They used to be more intelligent. Yeah, sports used to be slower and more boring because coaches wanted most of their players to have a fair amount of intelligence. Nowadays it's all about pure athleticism, so teams have more idiots on them.

[@teebob21]

@@ryanjacobson2508 Tell me you aren't old enough to remember Prop 48 without telling me you aren't old enough to remember Prop 48.

[@BachBeethovenBerg]

Every coach should play this video for their team at the beginning of every season.

[@WoolfJ35]

Watching all these in a row rose my heart rate lol

[@coreyperdue37]

next level stuff ike

[@IsaacPunts]

Thanks Brotha

[@mitchellburton20]

And right before I watched this, the ducks did it against Boise state two weeks ago. Full circle moment

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

If I were a coach, I would say this: "You guys are allowed to do all these stupid team celebrations. You are grown men, Big Boy Rules apply. I don't like it (because there is a right and a wrong way to play the game), but the minute any of you gets an excessive celebration penalty, then it stops, and no team celebrations are allowed. And if any of you drops a ball early like our young friend DeSean (a player with gang connections who has never been told no in his life), then the new mandatory team rule is that you have to hand the ball to the official after every touchdown instead of dropping it. No exceptions. I'm happy to treat you all like men until your stupidity and selfishness starts costing us points as a team."

[@jamesrobbins4020]

As a Utah fan it was immaculate to get one of these plays back this season.

[@briangriffith4574]

This was an excellent video man

[@cracklecracklebaybay5612]

As a lifelong Oregon State fan, I call it the "Chad Johnson" drop. 😆

[@BenDiaz]

Similar thing happened around that time with wide receivers dropping/throwing the football the instant their feet established in the end zone for a TD catch. I don’t believe it ever really cost anyone points, but I do believe that’s what Calvin Johnson was doing during the infamous “Calvin Johnson rule” non catch that threw the NFL into chaos for years to come.

[@promeitheus]

Sterling Sharpe was guy who wouldn’t drop a ball at the goal line because he kept that ball until he got to the sidelines, then he brought it home later.

[@JayTide]

A game against the Lions he got stripped at the 1 yard line show boating instead of scoring an easy TD.

[@TheMonarchOfTetris]

fascinating video Issac, I like your editing style and your delivery is great. do more of these for sure

[@IsaacPunts]

I definitely will

[@RickNock]

Love the vids man the editing is great!

[@tstan6827]

Touchdowns are hard to come by for teams and players, even for high-scoring teams, to not just hand the ball to the referee. The thing I don't understand, is why are coaches not telling their players to pounce on any ball they see on the ground?

[@dstreetz91]

They usually do tell them to pick up the ball, at least I recall seeing that done by defensive players over the years they'll pick up a ball but then hand it to the ref when asked for the ball.

[@KratosAurionPlays]

I will never understand how players think this is a good idea ever.

[@nathansimpson5721]

Great video. It happened another time in 2021 that you didn't mention (probably because it's an obscure play and had no impact on the result of the game) Western Kentucky @ Louisville, September 11th, 2021 early in the fourth quarter, Ahmari Huggins-Bruce ran 80 yards to score a 95 yard TD but dropped the ball 3 feet before crossing the goal line.

[@IsaacPunts]

I believe I do have that one in there

[@nathansimpson5721]

@@IsaacPunts Oh crap you're right, nice job!! I was at that game with my mother and I was so excited to finally see that play happen live

[@tstan6827]

I was watching that 2015 OSU/OK game and screaming at the TV that he dropped that ball early. No players picked it up and no coaches challenged the play. They game goes to commercial after kicking the extra point, then first thing back after commercial the commentators review the play in slow motion showing the gaffe. OSU ended up winning by multiple touchdowns, so it did not matter in the long run.

[@cruiselifeeric]

It was 2016.

[@BitcoinMotorist]

It's an optical illusion. The player thinks he's 2 or 3 feet into the end zone when he's an inch outside of it

[@DW51380]

Is this sarcasm? Or can you not see under the face mask in a helmet? I’m English so I’ve never played I the equipment, does the helmet effect a lot of visibility I always thought it must take more skill than usual seeing some of the catches these guys made with a melon on their head 🤣

[@DC-id5gi]

I would be screaming at my team as a coach. If you score you hold that ball 5+ yards beyond the goal line, you look the ref in the eye, then you hold it up for everybody to see, then you celebrate

[@real_kerbzYT]

i like to imagine there’s an invisible barrier forcing the ball to not cross the goalline

[@DW51380]

Madden scripting at its finest 🤣

[@FantasySportsZen]

One of the weirdest things. So many do it. Just can't wait to dance and celebrate. 😂😂😂

[@c.e.w5833]

David Moore of Tampa Buccaneers almost did this last year against Green Bay, was so close they reviewed it, but he barely made it across the goal line first!

[@bullgravy6906]

As weird as it is to drop it as the runner it’s almost as irritating when defenders don’t go for the drop

[@chimericalical]

Yeah… watching these plays makes me die a little inside every time. I played in high school before Jackson made it famous and our coach told us tk hold onto the ball till we hear the whistle blow or run out the back of the end zone.

[@GarfieldthaGreat672]

I call it the Kaelin Clay play

[@michaeldenison7339]

As do I. As a Utes fan, that one play is embedded deep in my memory.

[@DanielJamesEgan]

A teammate of mine did this in a high school JV game. He was running back a pick 6. He said once he realized he had a free and easy TD he sort of went blank and let adrenaline carry him. He didn’t realized or believe us when we said he dropped it early until he saw the tape like 4 days later. Luckily for him the JV squad of refs just gave him the TD. Later in the season he would have a similar situation where he was running for a long TD and knocked the ball out of his own arm and fumbled out of bounds at like the 10.

[@CrossingTalkAdmin]

Jabar Gaffney did this in 2004. Texans-Jaguars, week 8. To say that nobody was punished for it until 2008 is inaccurate as it was overturned then. To my knowledge, that was the first one to be overturned after review.

[@xStrypes]

Glad I saw this video because I swear I saw like 3-4 new ones recently

[@irjake]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you can't gain yards on a fumble. So all of those plays fumbled on the 1 and then recovered by the same player or a teammate should have gone back to the 1.

[@jasonfullerton7763]

On 4th down, a fumble may only be advanced by the fumbling player.

[@DW51380]

Does the play stop after a fumble recovery? I haven’t seen many I just assumed most count as tackled as it’s common for players to dive and their knees are on the floor but I’ve also seen defences return pick it up and run?

[@raymondmeyers8983]

What’s the most baffling thing is that people kept doing it AFTER the Jackson incident. ZERO excuse for this.

[@Brian-nx3yp]

Love the referees making calls before they happen.

[@Warmaker01]

As soon as I saw this video title, I immediately knew what player you were going to lead this with. It's also funny that referees weren't catching these blatant gaffes for decades. It's even worse that coaches weren't doing anything about this, particularly when it started to be common place and getting coverage, complete with referees starting to take notice.

[@Raptorman0909]

My favorite 'celebration too soon' thing happened maybe 20 years ago, I can't remember the teams or the players involved, but a WR makes a great catch in the endzone, runs directly to the DB he beat and does a back flip in his face. A moment later they realize the catch was out of bounds and the DB immediately does a back flip in front of the WR. A just don't understand the showboating culture, if I were a manager and one of my players did something like this I'd pull him from the game immediately and maybe let him sit out the next game to.

[@guyfaux3978]

Al McGuire, the hoops coach and broadcaster, once related a story about how if you're all alone after a steal, an open path to the basket, you STILL want to do a two-handed gorilla dunk just to leave nothing to chance. Having two hands on the football as you near the goal line is the same sort of thing. You can even do a rugby-type dive, somersault and spike the ball, but it would help if, y'know, you had both hands holding the ball when you reached the end zone.

[@DW51380]

Rugby style dive is probably not recommended as I’ve seen a comment about peoples knees hitting the turf before they get over 🤣

[@Nohudpvp]

One thing i can say about the 2010 Auburn team that won thr chip was basically every TD, the ball carrier would hand the ball to the ref. Basically eliminates this issue.

[@stormwarning522]

If I was a coach that play would drive me into the crazy house 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@renecarteir8092]

Great video! It's crazy how this has happened as many times as it has 🤦‍♂️

[@shellac23]

I was at that Clemson game. We lose that game and we don’t make the national championship game

[@jamesclaytonbowman5977]

Actually, part of me kinda loves this - cocky arrogance getting its just reward: utter humiliation.

[@dexterwestin3747]

I have never understood why the guys that want the ball the most and whine if they don't get it are the same ones that act like they are allergic to the ball and want to get rid of it as soon as possible.

[@blkprl34]

the first person i ever saw do this was pat tilley in 1985. the st louis cardinals were playing the cowboys on a monday night. tilley caught a long td pass from neil lomax but spiked the ball before he crossed the goal line. the commentators saw it and everybody watching the game.

[@mikewiggins7257]

"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football." John Heisman

[@rafetizer]

Safe>Cool every time. Look at Nick Chubb. Everyone loves that guy because he just goes out and works - no extra nonsense.

[@numericalcode]

It is not so surprising. A skilled athlete’s brain is predicting where it WILL BE not where it is.

[@jeffyboi6969]

Its funny cause I think the celebrations where they pretend to try to let go of the ball but its "stuck" on their hands. That one goes harder than dropping it.

[@jerryking3177]

I wish they would make a rule: intentionally drop the ball and cause a review - 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty whether it was a touchdown or not!

[@pyroglyphicsglass]

I was at that game vs utah where Oregon scoop n scored. Went from heartbreak to elation in a second. Crazy season

[@powwowken2760]

Good ol' Football... Where even the showboating shows signs of severe brain damage.

[@joshchristensen2084]

Just happened in Sept 2024 Oregon player fumbled a kick 6 against BSU right at the 1 yard line. Luckily an Oregon player picked it up to hand it to a ref and it counted as a TD. This TD would lead to the ducks winning the very close game rather than losing

[@MichaelSmith-ey6sf]

You didn’t have the one where Marcus Cooper on the Bears did it in the game against the Steelers. It was like 2017 or something

[@mkratzer21]

I saw it happen in person to Eastern Washington University in the FCS playoffs in either 2011 or 2012. On a punt return I believe. EWU ended up winning so it didn't have an effect on the outcome, but I can still remember the groaning of the fans when they showed the replay

[@heypal8072]

This act is the exact opposite of a chase down tackle on the 1-3 yard line after an interception.

[@reedr7142]

I played football my entire upbringing, and not once did this concept even cross my mind. After scoring, I always looked for the nearest ref, and handed him the ball. I miss old school football.

[@Husky_Ranger55]

I feel like Leon Lett should be here too

[@waynewright5023]

*THIS* is the reason why I've ranted against end zone camera crews **FOR YEARS!!!** The players have become so fixated upon preparing their next bump-and-grind display in the end zone that they've gotten away from the basics, like, ya' know--making sure that they actually carry the ball into the end zone!!!

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Well, teams, high school and up, could go back to NOT playing mentally defective idiots in the first place. Like how it was pre-1980. The over the top celebrating started to get worse in the 80's and afterwards, basically because coaches increasingly look for athleticism and didn't care how stupid the player was.

[@FishKepr]

How is that the fault of the media? The players should be intelligent enough to not make a mistake like this.

[@teebob21]

@@FishKepr Do you see how much melanin most of these players have? We can't possibly ask them to wait until they've actually scored a TD before they let go of the ball and begin dancing like KANGS

[@SomeRandomBlockhead]

In 2022 the only example I know of is the Cardinals-Raiders game (week 3 i think?). Raiders fumbled the ball and Byron Murphy Jr. returned it for the walk-off TD. He pulled a jackson but it seemingly was just over the line and stood as a touchdown after a quick review.

[@GBRB30]

A player who did this on my team would not see the field again until they had run through the back of the EZ in practice a thousand times.