College football’s bowl season kicked off on Saturday afternoon, as a number of FBS teams took the field to start the most wonderful time of the year. However, if you couldn’t wait until bowl season to watch some unpaid teens and 20-somethings play the wonderful sport of football, you might have been following along with the Division II playoffs, which held its championship game on Saturday, too.
The game featured top-ranked Valdosta State squaring off against third-seeded Ferris State, as the 28-team playoff (a concept that must blow the minds of every single person involved in the College Football Playoff committee) reached its conclusion. Both squads came into the game undefeated, and if Ferris State ends up winning the whole thing, a bonkers third quarter touchdown will be a big reason why.
Well, this is one of the weirdest touchdowns you'll ever see. pic.twitter.com/uzXhmy0HGV
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) December 16, 2018
Ferris State signal caller Jayru Campbell rolls out to his left and lobs up an absolute duck into the end zone. Instead of letting it fall softly out of bounds, Valdosta State defensive back Cory Roberts throws it back into play for some reason, right into the outstretched arms of Ferris State receiver Keyondre Craig. This gave the Bulldogs a touchdown because, uh, Craig was standing all alone in the end zone.
The worst part? This happened on third down, so odds are Ferris State was just going to kick a field goal and get three points on the drive. Instead, they got six at a time when they really needed it.
It’s a brutal break for Roberts, who made the mistake of going for the big play at a moment when that didn’t really need to happen. Much bigger errors have happened on a football field, sure, but this one will go down as a major mistake with a championship on the line.
