When a Group of 5 team is able to take down a Power 5 squad, you can usually expect some combination of turnovers, trickery, and a special teams touchdown or two to play a role. A North Texas player threw two of those three things together on Saturday afternoon to score against Arkansas, giving us perhaps the best play we’ll see in college football this week.
The Razorbacks punted in the first quarter down 7-0, and on his return, Mean Green receiver Keegan Brewer was able to waltz into the end zone untouched. The thing is Brewer probably should have been lit up by someone on Arkansas’ return team, but put forth one hell of an acting job.
Brewer fielded the punt on his own 10, then stood there and acted like he called a fair catch. The thing is Brewer didn’t do that, so once every Arkansas player around him started walking to their sideline, he took off. Ninety yards later, it was a 14-0 game.
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Give Brewer some credit: If this did not work out and the Razorback players kept going at him, he would have been nonchalantly standing on his 10 with the football in his arms right before he got lit up. Instead, he sold it well, stayed patient, and was able to extend his team’s lead. The Mean Green are a good squad — they’re the 56th-best team in America, only two spots behind Arkansas in S&P+ — but a play like this will still be huge if they’re able to get a win in Fayetteville.
