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Watch: Virginia State. Norfolk State trade blunders in wild ending
A general view of two footballs. David Yeazell-USA TODAY Sports

Week 1 of the college football season has already produced an incredibly bizarre ending in a game between D-II Virginia State Trojans and FCS Norfolk State Spartans.

Virginia State held a three-point lead with six seconds to go, but had to navigate a 4th-and-7 inside their own five-yard line. In theory, the right play would be to burn time off the clock so the game ends, even if it led to the offense taking a safety. 

In practice, things did not work out that way. Reserve quarterback Jordan Davis inexplicably came out of the end zone on a run and failed to make it to the first down marker with time still left on the clock.

That set up Norfolk State on a chip shot field goal that would have tied the game. Incredibly, they fumbled the snap, and Virginia State returned it for a touchdown to clinch a 33-24 win.

Virginia State will be feeling incredibly lucky to have gotten away with such a basic mistake. Norfolk State will simply feel sick.

Such is the joy of lower-division college football. Sometimes the finishes are hard to believe, no matter how often you see them.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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