Arkansas State Player Plays Dead

[MD Buckeye]

 

[OCBucksFan]

Is the team named the fainting goats?

 

[Zurp]

Any explanation?

 

[matcar]

I watched this live. Hilarious.

I'm assuming he fainted because he knew just how bad his punter's arm was and that he knew the play would end in misery.

 

[Dryden]

Any explanation?

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014...-attempted-the-worst-fake-punt-weve-ever-seen

If you're curious, there is an actual explanation for what happens here. The WR who falls over is "covered" by the receiver below him on the line of scrimmage, making him an ineligible receiver. The WR going in motion uncovers the left tackle, allowing him to go downfield and receive the pass, which is the trick. It's a tackle-eligible play, which you can read about here. Technically, the WR who falls over on the play is the right tackle, and if he ran downfield, the team would get penalized. But he could've done something more relevant than playing dead.

Arkansas State's head coach basically confirmed this explanation to NFL.com:

Because of the formation we were in for that fake punt, Booker was covered up and couldn't go downfield, or it would be a penalty. So we said, 'What do we want to do with him? Do we want to bubble him or peel him out?' Someone said let's just let him be a fainting goat. I loved it, so we just put that in.

 

[Zurp]

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014...-attempted-the-worst-fake-punt-weve-ever-seen

"Ok, Ricky, you're a pretty good receiver, and we love your hussle - especially on special teams. But here's the thing - we're going to fake the punt and throw a pass. The trouble is, you aren't an elligible receiver. So.... rather than throwing a block, or falling over or doing SOMETHING that makes sense, how about you just fall over backward? Let's see you practice. Ok - line up like you're going to go cover the punt. Now fall over backward. No - that was kind of shlumping over. It looks like you fell asleep. I want to see something way more unrealistic. Like in the old cartoons. No - not old Voltron or Thundercats cartoons. (Sheesh I'm old.) I mean like old Tom and Jerry or Bugs Bunny cartoons. When the characters get shot, they stand straight up and fall stiff straight backward. Ok, try that. Good. No, maybe you should lie there a couple of more seconds. Perfect."

 

[BUCKYLE]

Well, to be fair, it could have worked as a distraction like that hs hoops game where the kid dropped to all fours and barked like a lunatic.

 

[DiamondBuck]

Any explanation?

They no longer have Malzahn as HC?

 

[Dryden]

http://www.cbssports.com/general/wr...s-arkansas-state-player-an-internet-sensation

This is a story of three videos. You've seen the first one. Everyone's seen the first one. In a stretch of about 12 hours heading into Tuesday afternoon, more than 10 million people watched this Arkansas State fake punt against Miami, a miserable attempt if ever there was one, seeing how the pass was intercepted and the Arkansas State player who faked a heart attack -- you saw that, right? -- rose from the dead, only to be flattened by a Miami player.

he Arkansas State player, No. 18 in your program, is Booker T. Mays III. He plays receiver. He's a former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship on the final day of preseason camp in 2013, and was so emotional that day that he nearly burst into tears.

"But I had to keep it together," Mays told me Tuesday night. "The fellows were there."

So anyway, that's one video, the main video in this story. But there are two others.

Cont'd...

 

[LostLassie]

Flattened him? Serves him right. Too bad they couldn't also take out the coach who brainless-stormed this idea to begin with.

 

[lvbuckeye]

http://www.cbssports.com/general/wr...s-arkansas-state-player-an-internet-sensation

This is a story of three videos. You've seen the first one. Everyone's seen the first one. In a stretch of about 12 hours heading into Tuesday afternoon, more than 10 million people watched this Arkansas State fake punt against Miami, a miserable attempt if ever there was one, seeing how the pass was intercepted and the Arkansas State player who faked a heart attack -- you saw that, right? -- rose from the dead, only to be flattened by a Miami player.

he Arkansas State player, No. 18 in your program, is Booker T. Mays III. He plays receiver. He's a former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship on the final day of preseason camp in 2013, and was so emotional that day that he nearly burst into tears.

"But I had to keep it together," Mays told me Tuesday night. "The fellows were there."

So anyway, that's one video, the main video in this story. But there are two others.

Cont'd...

That's a great read.

 

[MaxBuck]

Arkansas State Player Plays Dead

He ought to transfer to a Big Ten school. He'll fit right in.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

In Arkansas, I believe that he was technically playing possum.

 

[MaxBuck]

In Arkansas, I believe that he was technically playing possum.

Arkansas joke: Q - Why did the chicken cross the road?

A - To prove to the possum and the armadillo that it really could be done.

 

[lvbuckeye]

Q: how do you know the toothpick was invented in Arkansas?

A: if it was invented somewhere else, it would be a teethpick.