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The most frustrating and infuriating play in football? Dropping the ball before the end zone

Letting go of the ball before the end zone happens regularly enough to instill collective fear across college football.
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One of football's cardinal sins: Dropping the ball before the end zone​

AUTZEN STADIUM WAS in a state of pandemonium Saturday night after Oregon's Noah Whittington bolted 100 yards on a kickoff return for what was presumed to be a game-tying, fourth-quarter touchdown against Boise State.

But just as the Ducks were about to kick the extra point to make the score 34-34, referee Chris Coyte waved for a stoppage and turned on his microphone.

"The play is under review," he said. "The runner may have let the ball go before crossing the goal-line plane."

Gasp.

Sure enough, replay showed Whittington had committed one of football's cardinal sins, letting go of the ball just shy of the end zone as he began to celebrate.

But within seconds, Coyte popped back on the microphone with a confusing explanation: "After review, the ruling on the field is confirmed," he said. "It's a touchdown."

The initial replays on the television broadcast were incomplete. They showed Whittington dropping the ball but left out the key element that followed. Oregon's Jayden Limar, part of Whittington's escort down the sideline, briefly ran past the fumbled ball, but he turned around and quickly picked it up to avoid a disaster of epic proportions. (He was officially credited with a 0-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.)
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ScriptOhio said:


www.espn.com

The most frustrating and infuriating play in football? Dropping the ball before the end zone

Letting go of the ball before the end zone happens regularly enough to instill collective fear across college football.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

One of football's cardinal sins: Dropping the ball before the end zone​

AUTZEN STADIUM WAS in a state of pandemonium Saturday night after Oregon's Noah Whittington bolted 100 yards on a kickoff return for what was presumed to be a game-tying, fourth-quarter touchdown against Boise State.

But just as the Ducks were about to kick the extra point to make the score 34-34, referee Chris Coyte waved for a stoppage and turned on his microphone.

"The play is under review," he said. "The runner may have let the ball go before crossing the goal-line plane."

Gasp.

Sure enough, replay showed Whittington had committed one of football's cardinal sins, letting go of the ball just shy of the end zone as he began to celebrate.

But within seconds, Coyte popped back on the microphone with a confusing explanation: "After review, the ruling on the field is confirmed," he said. "It's a touchdown."

The initial replays on the television broadcast were incomplete. They showed Whittington dropping the ball but left out the key element that followed. Oregon's Jayden Limar, part of Whittington's escort down the sideline, briefly ran past the fumbled ball, but he turned around and quickly picked it up to avoid a disaster of epic proportions. (He was officially credited with a 0-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.)
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Is it not "cool" to hold the ball in the endzone? Why is this a thing? Hold onto the ball, hand it to the ref, and there's no problem. As a head coach, what do you do that player after the game? How do you convince your players that this is not acceptable? Didn't this happen to Oregon last year, too? Like on a Pick-6? Or was that Washington?

I just don't get it.
 
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Zurp said:
Is it not "cool" to hold the ball in the endzone? Why is this a thing? Hold onto the ball, hand it to the ref, and there's no problem. As a head coach, what do you do that player after the game? How do you convince your players that this is not acceptable? Didn't this happen to Oregon last year, too? Like on a Pick-6? Or was that Washington?

I just don't get it.
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that shit is heavy... and they're tired after running so far...
 
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Zurp said:
Is it not "cool" to hold the ball in the endzone? Why is this a thing? Hold onto the ball, hand it to the ref, and there's no problem. As a head coach, what do you do that player after the game? How do you convince your players that this is not acceptable? Didn't this happen to Oregon last year, too? Like on a Pick-6? Or was that Washington?

I just don't get it.
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It was Washington:

During a game against Pac-12 rival Utah, Huskies linebacker Alphonzo Tuputala intercepted a pass from opposition QB Brenton Barnes. After running it back 65 yards, evading several tacklers in the process, Tuputala appeared certain to walk into the end zone for a touchdown however in what was an act of a celebration gone wrong, unbelievably dropped the ball a metre short of the line.



However, here's a good one that happened in 2014:

 
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ScriptOhio said:
It was Washington:

During a game against Pac-12 rival Utah, Huskies linebacker Alphonzo Tuputala intercepted a pass from opposition QB Brenton Barnes. After running it back 65 yards, evading several tacklers in the process, Tuputala appeared certain to walk into the end zone for a touchdown however in what was an act of a celebration gone wrong, unbelievably dropped the ball a metre short of the line.



However, here's a good one that happened in 2014:

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Thanks. But seriously - why do they want to make it close?
 
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ScriptOhio said:
It was Washington:

During a game against Pac-12 rival Utah, Huskies linebacker Alphonzo Tuputala intercepted a pass from opposition QB Brenton Barnes. After running it back 65 yards, evading several tacklers in the process, Tuputala appeared certain to walk into the end zone for a touchdown however in what was an act of a celebration gone wrong, unbelievably dropped the ball a metre short of the line.



However, here's a good one that happened in 2014:

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A metre? Why do you hate America?
 
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