The Bowling Green Falcons pulled off what might be the most disrespectful play of the college football season on Saturday.
The Falcons had things well in hand against Buffalo, leading 49-44 with 52 seconds left. Buffalo had one timeout left, but there was nothing the Bulls could do to even get to fourth down and force a punt, much less get the ball back for a possession. Bowling Green simply needed two or three kneel downs to run out the clock.
It looked like that was what the Falcons were going to do — at least until senior quarterback Matt McDonald faked a kneel down, turned and took off for a 47-yard touchdown run.
There’s absolutely no reason to do this other than running up the score. Unless Bowling Green thought it couldn’t execute a few kneel downs without something going wrong, it was just salt in the wound.
It’s worth noting that Bowling Green actually saw its coach get ejected earlier in this one. Maybe the Falcons felt they had a point to prove because of that. Who knows?
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