The FCS Championship Game took place on Saturday, and boy did it have some amazingly fun moments. Eastern Washington took on perennial FCS power North Dakota State University on Saturday and, simply put, pulled out all the stops.
Those stops include one of the most creative fake field goals ever put on the gridiron. Facing a fourth and goal at the NDSU two, Eastern Washington lined up for what was supposed to be a 20-yard field goal. Pretty simple, right?
Wrong! Eastern Washington kicker Roldan Alcobendas pretended to kick the field goal, and just as he swung his leg through, holder Gunner Talkington flipped the ball to tight end Jayce Glider, who was streaking across the line of scrimmage and raced for the goal line.
absolutely love this pic.twitter.com/ex6VyxxsJH
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 5, 2019
This play absolutely, positively rules. Upon first watch it’s hard to see exactly what happens, as normal football would make you follow what the place kicker is doing. But he’s a decoy here, and the holder is the key. Watch it again.
This fake field goal touchdown cuts North Dakota State's lead to 17-10 with 27 seconds left before halftime.
Eastern Washington gets the ball to start the third quarter. pic.twitter.com/mmUl2qxguE
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) January 5, 2019
The play completely faked out one NDSU defender who tried to block the kick, but at least one player got wise and challenged Glider at the goal line. It was a ballsy play for sure, and one that was executed flawlessly by a team doing its best to keep pace with NDSU. It made the score 17-10 shortly before the half, a huge swing in the final FCS game of the season in college football.
