Thats honestly the way he did it, he looked to make sure others we walking away and not paying attention and then he went for it and took off like a road runner
They teach at the lowest intro levels of every sport. Pop Warner. Peewee soccer. Little League. Timbits hockey.. Go kart racing. You play until the official tells you to stop.
I like how all the Georgia sprinter/speedsters were the only ones looking over at the ball and were like, "Pick it up, do it, take it all they way for the touchdown, we got your back!"
I mean same, but it's all bc they can cover better 🤣 At first though even Mondon waved his hands saying "No. Don't..." but then Chris literally did it anyways a second later and so once Mondon jumped, turned, and started sprinting after him, the others reacted quickly so they could cover him too.
@@rockstarbma I know right! 😲 The speedsters always think they can cover the distance of running back a blocked kick no matter what the odds. That's why they're always the most attentive. Mistake made by everyone else was to not keep playing until the whistle was blown. 🤣😂
They had a good view of where the ball went. Everyone at the line adopted a herd mentality and started to follow each other, assuming the ball was out of play.
Idk how you can watch this and tell me those players are not well coached. Clearly none of the LSU players even thought about this, but the UGA player saw the opportunity because he knew the rules. Smart is a great coach.
@@daveh4208 Yeah but Chris Smith said in an interview that he and the other skill players had talked about situations like that in practice, so THEY knew what to do. I don't know about the big guys 😅
The best part is watching Christopher Smith looking around just before picking it up to see if any LSU players are looking. 😀 Awesome heads up play by #29.
@@hansenfiet2539 This video just became my second-favorite (ever) football video. First will always be the Boise State "hook and ladder" play during the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. th-cam.com/video/iUCdfS0iTnY/w-d-xo.html
Why is it considered so great?? Other team just switched off and it was an easy score. Just watched a dude do a sprint, that was it ... nothing exceptional
@@whatdeheck5822 It wasn't about the sprint,. If we wanna look at this from an exceptional standpoint, that would be at the bottom of my list. The greatness of this play comes from the slyness and knowing vey niche football rules and being able to exploit them. The ball was blocked, but still left the line of scrimmage, which makes the ball still in play. Notice how he looks around before picking it up, making sure that no opposing team members are near, as it would give worse field position for Georgia's offense if he picked it up and then immediately tackled. or if LSU tries to take it from him after he touches it. He exploited the rules and other team's ignorance perfectly, which is why this is very rare and very high football IQ play. .
Excellent playing by #2 also. Recognizes and treats it as live by calling off the return, but then immediately turns + runs + blocks when recognizing that he’s going for it
A teammate of mine in HS (1969) did the same thing on a punt but I can’t remember how long, 60-70yds(?). Other team gathered but nobody downed. Gary looked at me and nodded downfield and off we went but no one caught on till he was at about the 30 going in, even our teammates. I never had to block anyone all that way. Funny stuff, good times.
It's the opposite problem, Coaches today focus too much on the nuances of the rules. With this play the NCAA expects coaches to teach players NCAA Rule 6, Article 5 as well as the 4 exceptions to rule Rule 6, Article 5 and base their decision on the understanding of the common interpretation of Rule 6, Article 5 and the 4 exceptions to rule Rule 6, Article 5. The old way of coaching focused on Fundamentals: Play to the whistle. The ball's not dead unless it's called dead. Doesn't matter if it's a kick off, afield kick, an end of drive punt, an extra point. Until the ref blows the whistle you recover the football. Teach the players the fundamentals and let the coaches and ref's argue the rules.
Everyone for LSU thought the ball/play was dead and headed for the sideline. Smith knew it was still live and waited for the perfect moment to pick it up and run. Easiest touchdown ever!
They should know the rule. What Lsu did was dumb. They did not see the refs blow it dead. And like 7 seconds pass before Georgia run it back. On a field goal blocked ball is still alive. This is one of the dumbest screw ups in this or any other season period
Smith actually said later that Kirby Smart drills one thing into their brains: “the play isn’t dead until you hear the whistle!” LSU apparently didn’t get that memo! The look on Brian Kelly’s face afterwards was priceless!!! 😂
Gotta give the two LSU guys credit at 0:24 and 0:26 for noticing and very nearly making it all the way across the field to try and stop him. Even though they didn't quite make it, they still covered a lot of distance very quickly.
I have seen a field wide view but its likely they had to work around other blockers to get there too, once the runner made it a few yards he had alot of team mates behind guarding
Also watch #2, #32, and #10 pretend to wave it off... then snap into action as soon as #29 makes the move! Brilliant play! You can see that coaches have been talking about this play and those four players were listening.
Definitely. First time I saw this I was convinced none of them knew the rule and they just so happened to improvise. Seeing it again, it’s clear that a few of them were biding their time knowing the field would open up more. Brilliantly done.
I thought number 2 was saying "no whistle" and looked at the sidelines, then when he picked it up he immediately waved for him to come up the left behind up.
And the big men running off the field celebrating sells it even more to try to convince the other team the play was dead, whether that was intentional or not almost doesnt matter as they couldn't contribute much at that point anyways since it still fools the other team and all the speedy guys were fully 100% aware they were going to do the blocking
I love that you can see 2 telling him "Dont touch it!" Then they both look to the sideline, realize its alright, and fucking take that shot. Mustve been crushing for LSU. Georgia won this game 50-30
And thank God the refs had the good sense NOT to blow the whistle. The fact that Smith looked over at them to make sure before taking off shows just how well coached he was! Heads up playing right there!
That's the biggest point here: if you don't hear a whistle, keep playing. And this isn't even like where someone is about to run out of bounds and you're worried about a late hit. Pick it up when you have a clearing, and run it into the endzone. Let the refs decide if you ran one more wind sprint than you needed to or if you scored 6 points. No risk. All reward.
@@pH7screwtube no one cares about your opinions, no one is even remotely affected. Oh, and Bill sure as hell doesn't care whether you honour him or not, so keep your asterisks
Did you see the Oregon touchdown at Utah? It would've been 14-0 Utah but the Utah player dropped the ball just short of the goal line and Walker picked it up and it was 7-7. The fans were going crazy until they saw Walker running it in for a touchdown. 14 point swing. It was a 100 yard fumble returned for a TD.
This video reminded me of a weird sequence of events at the end of a high school football state championship game a few years ago. The offensive team trailed by only 3 points and attempted a last-play FG to force overtime. The defense blocked it and rushed the field in celebration, not knowing that the play hadn't been called dead yet, and were penalized for illegal participation. This gave the trailing team another chance at the tying FG. On the second attempt, the kick was good, but the offense was flagged for a false start. This nullified the FG and pushed them back 5 yards but, being a dead-ball infraction, still left them one more chance to tie the game. On the third attempt, the defense blocked their kick AGAIN. This time, they were smart enough to not rush the field until after the officials called the play dead. Only after the play was blown dead did the winning team finally rush the field to celebrate their new state title. As I said, it was a weird finish.
@@gopsaysgodwantedyoutoberap7782 This was embarrassing, sure, but 2022 was supposed to be a rebuilding year for LSU. For us to beat Bama and end up in the SEC Championship Game, regardless of the outcome, was a big win. Georgia is just on another level this year.
Had a similar moment like this with my JV Team this last year. We made the other team punt and it went straight up and took a bad bounce, rolling back towards the line of scrimmage. The other team started to walk off and one of my d linemen picked up the ball and ran it in for a TD.
From a bama fan, that was a great heads up play by Georgia players. Go Dawgs, wish yall well in playoffs this year. Best team for sure. But 2023 , im back a bama fan. Roll Tide !!!
He's too young to remember Leon Lett. Same circumstances as that play. If he touches it, then it's a live ball and LSU could get it back. But when he sees those guys aren't around, he grabs it and runs.
My highschool had a very similar situation! John Glenn vs Plymouth in 2009, Glenn attempting a game winning field goal down by a couple points. Plymouth blocked the field goal and all ran off to the sideline celebrating their win. Meanwhile not a single whistle was blown so Glenn coaches started screaming at the holder who picked up the blocked kick to run! Since Plymouth was celebrating the holder was able to walk into the endzone for a game winning TD! Still to this day the craziest finish I’ve seen! If you wanna watch it search John Glenn vs Plymouth 2009! *Attached the link below if anyone wants to watch the ending of it!
That was well coached for all of the players to get over to block without looking suspicious of the play. They were all on the same page if it got blocked and they created a wall for the runner. That was very well coached right there
Lol no they weren't. The 2 players closest to him were telling him not to touch the ball, then after he took off they realized what happened and ran to block
Lol oh yeah I definitely remember the ole’ “after a missed field goal when half the players on both teams assume the play is dead but it really isn’t disguise the blocking scheme for a returner by moseying over all casual and whistling with your hands in your pockets” drill… we ran that one in practice thousands of times!
"When you are standing around or laying on the ground," Chuck Noll told me, "you cease to be a football player. You get up and run to the ball and play until you hear the whistle." Noll told me that on December 23, 1972 in his office, right after the most famous play in NFL history. And then he said, "Franco made that play because he didn't quit on the play. He kept hustling. Good things happen to people who hustle." It's a lesson a lot of players haven't learned.
I've lost count how many times I've seen this. But it's the first time I noticed how his team mates who blocked for him understood straight away. The no2 even waves him forward as they set off for him to follow. Smart thinking by the whole team there.
You can see Mondon wave his hands at Chris telling him "no. Don't do it" then he sort of jumps and immediately starts running the other way knowing "Well... Okay, nvm. We're doing this."
I don't thnk (I know, talk about leaving myself wide open) that Mondon was telling Chris not to pick it up but was telling him to wait. He keeps looking around, waiting for the LSU players to completely disperse, leaving the field wide open.
@@patriciam4512 actually the coach in the booth was telling them no (there's video of this), but Chris didn't listen. Mondon was trying to relay the message I think.
@@Noisy_Cricket if you watch that video of the coach he’s actually yelling “Peter! Peter! Peter!” which means make sure your team is aware of what’s happening before you pick it up and run…not sure why it’s called Peter but it stuck and is coached for situations just like that…teammates were probably yelling the same thing
The big blockers doing their job, then sprinting off the field ASAP to convince lsu the play was done. The sprinters waiting till everyone left the field. Amazing
I love how several georgia players looked at him and kinda waved him off it like no not yet, let them leave first, then waved him up like follow me lmao
A similar thing happened to me in, I guess it was '85. Wife dropped a roast on the floor. She turned her back because she thought all was lost. I picked it up and was nearly in my recliner watching the game before she noticed.
As a European I am always amazed by plays like this, can’t really understand why it seems to happen so often that professionals don’t know or can’t execute the rules.. but I gotta say, it makes these videos very entertaining :D
All the people arguing that they aren't professionals THEY GET PAID, THEY HAVE INTERNATIONAL FANS, AND THEY GO TO COLLEGE (which costs the rest of us 30k+) FOR FREE. Sounds professional to me.
@@cassiusvoidkin They are professional as in they are playing at higher level of football than most, and get the benefits you described(except pay, they don't directly pay their players) but the NFL is what is considered to be "professional" in football. College football is one level, but the difference between NFL and college is a whole lot wider than people think. Can't feed your family off college ball unless you are using it to get to the NFL, where even long snappers are making a hefty salary relative to regular career paths.
Cos extra point and field goals (at this range) are similar but not exactly the same rules wise and most end up dead ball anyways cos nobody is close to them (if nobody is close it's called dead). Only extremely well coached teams can have the situational awareness to realize their luck in a few sec.
Everyone saying good coaching and all that. Everyone also fails to notice that even Georgias own teammates were telling him to not touch it. The PLAYER is the one that made the call and realized the rules, not even his own teammates knew or the coaching staff until after he ran with it. In all the only person at this play that knew what was going on was only the player himself and not LSU or Georgia, kinda like one of those dumb luck moments. That is all I chalk this up to.
INITIALLY, not touching it is the correct move. If the receiving team does NOT touch it, the receiving team would get the ball at the line of scrimmage. If he touches it, the receiving team gets the ball where the play ends. And if he touches it and muffs it, it's live for the offensive/kicking team to recover and keep. Picking it up only becomes the correct play, when it's noticed that LSU is not paying attention and he can advance it beyond the original line of scrimmage.
@@Namath1000 Yep, that's what the heads up look around was about before he picked up the ball. He sees a potential golden opportunity and knows that the coaching staff isn't in a position to see it so he calls his own shot. That is very good coaching because it's coaching a guy to be alert, think for himself, and others to back him up if he's taking his shot and it looks like a good one. Instead of teaching them to follow the coach's plans, this kid was clearly able to operate independently, know the rules and be able to snatch a golden opportunity when it was right there for him. That's going to win you more football games than being an iron disciplinarian will.
I love that teamwork. Even if your guy made a mistake, you've got his back to help him make the most of it. And his convoy to the endzone was the same way. "My man is running with the ball when he wasn't supposed to? Well, let's keep him protected." Even if LSU was aware, they would have had a heck of a time trying to bring him down after he took off, because his teammates had his back.
@@littlelamalatte1964 Yeah, people were saying half of our team is dumb because they didn’t get the ball immediately. Although they probably did it to trick the LSU players.
Kirby Smart was at Alabama for the infamous "Kick 6" during the 2013 Iron Bowl. He and Saban, learned that lesson the hard way about fieldgoal rules. I'm sure he preached that lesson a few times at Georgia.
Most if not all Alabama players tried to go tackle the returner. The problem was, like Gary Danielson said, they were all fat guys on the field for Alabama.
Simply a great example of heads-up football. That guy is likely still wondering why no one else rushed over towards "where the ball was going". He would certainly be expecting the other team to be charging towards him at that time. Nevertheless, there you have it.
That was quite a play. I still don't understand the rule but clearly that player did. The number one team in the country for a reason. Well coached apparently.
Knowing the rules to the game is half the battle. Being athletic enough to take advantage of them is usually the other half... but in this instance knowing the rules pretty much did all the work.
A field goal is not too different from a punt. Obviously, unlike a punt, you can score points, but if the ball stays in the field of play, it’s basically treated the same as a punt
@@JohnDoe-jy7sv So on a long field goal attempt, someone could catch or field a kick short of the goal, or even wide of the goal and run it back? I would have thought the kick would have to be blocked before this is possible.
@@scarbo2229 That's exactly right. There are a couple instances of missed field goals being returned. No block necessary. Blocking a field goal is basically the same as blocking a punt.
It's worthwhile knowing the rules of the sport you play...even the unusual. Clearly one group of players should go back and read their rulebooks. Good opportunistic play.
I can understand not knowing every rule, but if you're on special teams, knowing when the play ends (or doesn't end) seems like something you should know.
I can’t understand that.Everybody should learn the rules of their sport.There’s no excuse to lack such a basic fundamental knowledge.I’d understand if it was an obscure rule that applied to some extremely rare situation but a blocked FG or punt is very common.
IF LSU had been paying attention, NOT touching it would have been the correct play. It's only because of LSU's indifference that picking it up became the correct play.
Looks like the big guys from Georgia didn't know what was going on either, they were high-fiving themselves as the guy with the ball went running past.
Just to reiterate, the "smartest" thing about this play is not that 29 knew he could return the live ball, it is that he parked himself over the ball as it came to rest. I was a football official for 12 years, mostly as a Back Judge. Once the ball comes to rest, once it stops, we generally blow the ball dead (because the clock is running. You want to stop the clock.) Had no one been near the ball the officials here would have blown it dead. My point: 29 could not have just been milling around, pretending he didn't know, to fool LSU. He had to demonstrate that he was about the pick up a live ball. That was the truly smart thing for me, watching this.
Loved seeing a Brian Kelly coached team get blown out. I lost any respect for him after he bailed out in both UC and Notre Dame before their seasons were finished.
@@vike50brian You are probably correct, he does win games. I just have no respect for the way he leaves programs. I'm sure other coaches have done the same, but I have ties to UC and have liked Notre Dame since I was a kid.
@@hansenfiet2539 O Boże w niebie, PROSZĘ PRZESTAŃ, nie mówisz rzeczy, których nie rozumiesz. Szatan przyjdzie po ciebie, gdy wzejdzie pełnia księżyca! To swędzenie odbytu / osła, na które cierpisz, przypisuje się infekcji pasożytniczej. Proszę częściej myć swoje brudne ja. Obecnie dostępne są miejscowe metody leczenia pasożytów. To okropne gówno powinno się wkrótce skończyć.
You have to give credit to that player for his awareness and football IQ. He checked to see if the play was still live and took advantage of the other distracted players. This was a play that will be in the history books.
One of the coaches on Georgia and a couple Georgia players were telling him not to touch the ball. I think a majority of people watching didn't think a blocked field goal could be run back. I didn't.
![TEEDEE TADA - DIAMOND NARAKORN X LEGO LYKN [Special Dance Performance]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QgtZedFeumA/mqdefault.jpg)
The way he looked around and slowly bent down to grab the ball was hilarious
Thats honestly the way he did it, he looked to make sure others we walking away and not paying attention and then he went for it and took off like a road runner
Homeboy looked like a hamburglar
by hilarious you mean genius right /
That was very smart of him. He was very cool headed. He waited for the block to get in place before the defense could realize the ball was live
Make me think he stole people bikes when he was young they way he did it so smooth
If you don't hear the whistle blow the play is still live. This is literally a 'first day of Pop Warner' level of coaching.
They teach at the lowest intro levels of every sport. Pop Warner. Peewee soccer. Little League. Timbits hockey.. Go kart racing. You play until the official tells you to stop.
@Kevin L Be nice! LOL
@Kevin L NFL= Not For Long making mistakes like that. Btw, stop projecting your station in life on others. Your inadequacy is glaringly evident.
And it's not a extra point either it's still alive no matter what
Right. How do you play football for 10+ years like all of these players and not know what the rules are around a blocked field goal?
I like how all the Georgia sprinter/speedsters were the only ones looking over at the ball and were like, "Pick it up, do it, take it all they way for the touchdown, we got your back!"
I mean same, but it's all bc they can cover better 🤣
At first though even Mondon waved his hands saying "No. Don't..." but then Chris literally did it anyways a second later and so once Mondon jumped, turned, and started sprinting after him, the others reacted quickly so they could cover him too.
@@rockstarbma I know right! 😲 The speedsters always think they can cover the distance of running back a blocked kick no matter what the odds. That's why they're always the most attentive. Mistake made by everyone else was to not keep playing until the whistle was blown. 🤣😂
They had a good view of where the ball went. Everyone at the line adopted a herd mentality and started to follow each other, assuming the ball was out of play.
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Take your spam message somewhere else
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ What's a Jesus Christ? Some new restaurant?
This man will proud of this play for the rest of his live. Congrats. Well done.
What language is this?
@@siler7 Did you figure out what he meant? Do you get off putting people down?
@@siler7
Seems to me he’s using contemporary English.
But can he do 4 touchdowns in 1 game like the Polk High Legend?
What language is this?
Idk how you can watch this and tell me those players are not well coached. Clearly none of the LSU players even thought about this, but the UGA player saw the opportunity because he knew the rules. Smart is a great coach.
It wasn't all the Georgia players, watch the big guys slowly walking towards the sideline high-fiving. They thought the play was over also.
@@daveh4208 Yeah but Chris Smith said in an interview that he and the other skill players had talked about situations like that in practice, so THEY knew what to do. I don't know about the big guys 😅
@@daveh4208 you think them big bodies running 96 yards? 😂
clearly alot of UGA players did'nt know either.
It looked like half of them didn’t know, I don’t know who number 2 is but you can see him telling Smith to wait to pick the ball up.
The best part is watching Christopher Smith looking around just before picking it up to see if any LSU players are looking. 😀 Awesome heads up play by #29.
I know. He looked like a little kid with an extra slice of pie. He is trying to look cool. But everybody in the stadium knew what he was thinking.
I luv how number 2 looking at him like yo is that still live let's run it this play is mindblowing
The best part is doing this to Brian Kelly.🤣🤣
I imagine he was looking at the official as well.
One of those plays you never get to see but when it happens...it was worth the wait!
Right!
The very reason this video is now saved in my bookmarks along with the Ringo pick six in the Natty. These videos will never get old!
@@hansenfiet2539 This video just became my second-favorite (ever) football video.
First will always be the Boise State "hook and ladder" play during the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. th-cam.com/video/iUCdfS0iTnY/w-d-xo.html
Why is it considered so great?? Other team just switched off and it was an easy score. Just watched a dude do a sprint, that was it ... nothing exceptional
@@whatdeheck5822 It wasn't about the sprint,. If we wanna look at this from an exceptional standpoint, that would be at the bottom of my list.
The greatness of this play comes from the slyness and knowing vey niche football rules and being able to exploit them. The ball was blocked, but still left the line of scrimmage, which makes the ball still in play. Notice how he looks around before picking it up, making sure that no opposing team members are near, as it would give worse field position for Georgia's offense if he picked it up and then immediately tackled. or if LSU tries to take it from him after he touches it. He exploited the rules and other team's ignorance perfectly, which is why this is very rare and very high football IQ play. .
Excellent playing by #2 also. Recognizes and treats it as live by calling off the return, but then immediately turns + runs + blocks when recognizing that he’s going for it
Ah what a glorious play! Chris Smith, assessing the situation, picking it up and running it all the way back ☺️
Remembered what he was taught
❤️🐾🖤
He was paying attention when another Chris ran a kick back in 2013 😊
As a patriots fan I hope he one day ends up on our roster and continues the special teams brilliance we’ve been known for
@@19mfing91 Nah he should come to my Falcons lol
But in all seriousness I think he'll do well no matter where he ends up!
Remembered what any player at any level should know.
@@throbbinwoodofcoxley6830 Exactly
A teammate of mine in HS (1969) did the same thing on a punt but I can’t remember how long, 60-70yds(?). Other team gathered but nobody downed. Gary looked at me and nodded downfield and off we went but no one caught on till he was at about the 30 going in, even our teammates. I never had to block anyone all that way. Funny stuff, good times.
What a great memory! Thanks for sharing
Gary's a baller.
Gary tells that story all the time. But he stopped mentioning you in '83.
@@D.A.OhK. Just about when the last of his hair fell out
Polk High ?
Amazing how some coaches teach their players EVERYTHING about the game and OTHERS just ASSUME their players KNOW the rules. ❤
Your being nice...the last couple of generations of football players don't listen to coaches and most are uncoachable!
A number of the Georgia players were also celebrating the block and heading toward the sidelines before they noticed the player running with the ball.
it only takes one guy to know the rules
It's the opposite problem, Coaches today focus too much on the nuances of the rules.
With this play the NCAA expects coaches to teach players NCAA Rule 6, Article 5 as well as the 4 exceptions to rule Rule 6, Article 5 and base their decision on the understanding of the common interpretation of Rule 6, Article 5 and the 4 exceptions to rule Rule 6, Article 5.
The old way of coaching focused on Fundamentals: Play to the whistle. The ball's not dead unless it's called dead. Doesn't matter if it's a kick off, afield kick, an end of drive punt, an extra point. Until the ref blows the whistle you recover the football.
Teach the players the fundamentals and let the coaches and ref's argue the rules.
@@louiscypher4186 How many of us "older" guys immediately realized that the ball was live...and why?
This just became a MUST SHOW VIDEO in every training room from grade school up!
Everyone for LSU thought the ball/play was dead and headed for the sideline. Smith knew it was still live and waited for the perfect moment to pick it up and run. Easiest touchdown ever!
They should know the rule. What Lsu did was dumb. They did not see the refs blow it dead. And like 7 seconds pass before Georgia run it back. On a field goal blocked ball is still alive. This is one of the dumbest screw ups in this or any other season period
Smith actually said later that Kirby Smart drills one thing into their brains: “the play isn’t dead until you hear the whistle!” LSU apparently didn’t get that memo! The look on Brian Kelly’s face afterwards was priceless!!! 😂
Looked like half the Georgia team thought the same thing.
Yep! Fortunately, one guy didn’t. And he took it to the house! 😂
To be fair, at least a couple of Georgia players didn't know either.
#2 already knew the plan . Excellent teamwork
Now that is some great situational awareness, I’m not even really football fan but that was awesome.
Much was accomplished when the situationally aware became aware of those who weren’t.
Gotta give the two LSU guys credit at 0:24 and 0:26 for noticing and very nearly making it all the way across the field to try and stop him. Even though they didn't quite make it, they still covered a lot of distance very quickly.
I have seen a field wide view but its likely they had to work around other blockers to get there too, once the runner made it a few yards he had alot of team mates behind guarding
TWO GUYS. They should delete their coaching staff.
Almost only counts in horsehoes and hand grenades
@RemRants ye
They had to dodge all the lineman clogging up the field.
"Keep playing until you hear the whistle." -Dad
"Keep playing after the whistle if you can get away with it" - A HS Teammate in 1981
Also watch #2, #32, and #10 pretend to wave it off... then snap into action as soon as #29 makes the move! Brilliant play! You can see that coaches have been talking about this play and those four players were listening.
Definitely. First time I saw this I was convinced none of them knew the rule and they just so happened to improvise. Seeing it again, it’s clear that a few of them were biding their time knowing the field would open up more. Brilliantly done.
I thought number 2 was saying "no whistle" and looked at the sidelines, then when he picked it up he immediately waved for him to come up the left behind up.
And the big men running off the field celebrating sells it even more to try to convince the other team the play was dead, whether that was intentional or not almost doesnt matter as they couldn't contribute much at that point anyways since it still fools the other team and all the speedy guys were fully 100% aware they were going to do the blocking
I love that you can see 2 telling him "Dont touch it!" Then they both look to the sideline, realize its alright, and fucking take that shot. Mustve been crushing for LSU. Georgia won this game 50-30
Y’know, I’m an LSU fan, but this was frickin hilarious😂
He’s like “I feel like I’m supposed to pick this up” and then looks to the sideline to confirm lmao 😂
That was more like "OK..no one looking?"
@@VL1975 Yeah, it looked to me like he was making sure that LSU was not ready.
I thought the same at first, but he was looking at the other sideline to watch all the players walk off.
That was the other teams sideline, he was looking at....
The UGA rule on these plays is you don't pick it up unless you can run it all the way back.
I kept saying I didn't hear a whistle that's a live ball while watching it live!!! GO DAWGS‼️
And thank God the refs had the good sense NOT to blow the whistle. The fact that Smith looked over at them to make sure before taking off shows just how well coached he was! Heads up playing right there!
That's the biggest point here: if you don't hear a whistle, keep playing.
And this isn't even like where someone is about to run out of bounds and you're worried about a late hit.
Pick it up when you have a clearing, and run it into the endzone. Let the refs decide if you ran one more wind sprint than you needed to or if you scored 6 points.
No risk. All reward.
#2 giving him the greenlight to make a break for it lmao, what a great teammate. In the last clip you can see him giving a wave
Belichick saw this and started drooling! Situational awareness level one million
Indeed!
Belichick knows the game........ But he also cheats. I will never honor a cheater.
@@pH7screwtube the NFL will, in Canton, and they won't ask for your opinion 😂 😂
@@EuroGuy85 Awwwww...... did I hurt your whittle feewings? Sorry, not sorry Eurogay
@@pH7screwtube no one cares about your opinions, no one is even remotely affected. Oh, and Bill sure as hell doesn't care whether you honour him or not, so keep your asterisks
Undeniably & Without Question the most well deserved touchdown without any bogus flag calls in the history of college football.👍😎👌
Did you see the Oregon touchdown at Utah? It would've been 14-0 Utah but the Utah player dropped the ball just short of the goal line and Walker picked it up and it was 7-7. The fans were going crazy until they saw Walker running it in for a touchdown. 14 point swing. It was a 100 yard fumble returned for a TD.
On plays like this, I love to see the convoy protecting the runner! To me it’s a thing of beauty.
This video reminded me of a weird sequence of events at the end of a high school football state championship game a few years ago. The offensive team trailed by only 3 points and attempted a last-play FG to force overtime. The defense blocked it and rushed the field in celebration, not knowing that the play hadn't been called dead yet, and were penalized for illegal participation. This gave the trailing team another chance at the tying FG. On the second attempt, the kick was good, but the offense was flagged for a false start. This nullified the FG and pushed them back 5 yards but, being a dead-ball infraction, still left them one more chance to tie the game. On the third attempt, the defense blocked their kick AGAIN. This time, they were smart enough to not rush the field until after the officials called the play dead. Only after the play was blown dead did the winning team finally rush the field to celebrate their new state title. As I said, it was a weird finish.
Crazy
Sounds like two teams, both battling as hard as they can to lose a game. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.
That was amazing to see live! The stadium went wild! Best night EVER!!
I bet it was
@@gopsaysgodwantedyoutoberap7782 This was embarrassing, sure, but 2022 was supposed to be a rebuilding year for LSU. For us to beat Bama and end up in the SEC Championship Game, regardless of the outcome, was a big win. Georgia is just on another level this year.
Had a similar moment like this with my JV Team this last year. We made the other team punt and it went straight up and took a bad bounce, rolling back towards the line of scrimmage. The other team started to walk off and one of my d linemen picked up the ball and ran it in for a TD.
Everybody loves a Big-Guy Touchdown :)
Great story
I loved that pause
"...am I doing this?...is this really happening?!...fuck it!!!"
I'm not a big football fan but, WOW, what a run! And nobody noticed until it was too late, absolutely beautiful!
From a bama fan, that was a great heads up play by Georgia players. Go Dawgs, wish yall well in playoffs this year. Best team for sure. But 2023 , im back a bama fan. Roll Tide !!!
Thanks dude! Means a lot coming from a Bama fan.
I love how he looked around before picking it up like "The ball is right here. is anyone going to stop me?" then picks it up and books it.
Right?! I can only imagine his ear to ear grin
"It really can't be that easy, can it?"
Checking, zero officials coming for ball...
He's too young to remember Leon Lett. Same circumstances as that play. If he touches it, then it's a live ball and LSU could get it back. But when he sees those guys aren't around, he grabs it and runs.
He has to check first. If he's going to get doggy piled then he might as well let it go dead.
I don't even watch sports but this was great and hilarious. They really dropped the ball heading for the sidelines.
I love how #2 looked at #29 and they both were like “oh we out, let’s go!”
Coaching is everything! That’s the moral of this story!
You can coach all you want, it boils down to if the player can execute and think in the heat of battle. Some can, some cant.
Hell one of the coaches up in the booth was telling him not to pick it up
😂@@macaronitony1991
@@g.choppa4448 in this case we are talking about the entire 11 man offense not one player. This is all about coaching.
More than coaching. This is a very smart player.
My highschool had a very similar situation! John Glenn vs Plymouth in 2009, Glenn attempting a game winning field goal down by a couple points. Plymouth blocked the field goal and all ran off to the sideline celebrating their win. Meanwhile not a single whistle was blown so Glenn coaches started screaming at the holder who picked up the blocked kick to run! Since Plymouth was celebrating the holder was able to walk into the endzone for a game winning TD! Still to this day the craziest finish I’ve seen! If you wanna watch it search John Glenn vs Plymouth 2009!
*Attached the link below if anyone wants to watch the ending of it!
th-cam.com/video/Lh5oxpHYFO0/w-d-xo.html
i watched it.. The coach is yelling at players run the ball in.
Dont mind me just running for a 95 yard touchdown 🤣
While those LSU players just start heading off to their sideline ☺️🤣
This is to become one of the best plays in NCAA history!
You call this a play? Lmao
You don’t watch a lot of football do you. This shut wouldn’t even crack the top 1000 plays in cfb history
Are you high?It would be crazy if it was a game winning play but it’s only the first quarter.It’s really not memorable or crazy at all.
@@BrooklynBalla
Great play. Also clear explanation of the rules by the commentators towards the end of the video.
I love how he sat back & literally scans the field for his run
My coach really pushed playing 'til the whistle. Surprised that a whole college team doesn't know the importance of playing 'til the whistle.
in sports, unless you hear a whistle, play is on. Just like in acting, unless the director says cut, you keep going
The look on the fans faces when they realized they had worked hard all week to pay to watch their team do that!
That was well coached for all of the players to get over to block without looking suspicious of the play. They were all on the same page if it got blocked and they created a wall for the runner. That was very well coached right there
Lol no they weren't. The 2 players closest to him were telling him not to touch the ball, then after he took off they realized what happened and ran to block
@@Bennysol I'm pretty sure they were trying to indicate the fact there was no whistle so it was still a live play
Lol oh yeah I definitely remember the ole’ “after a missed field goal when half the players on both teams assume the play is dead but it really isn’t disguise the blocking scheme for a returner by moseying over all casual and whistling with your hands in your pockets” drill… we ran that one in practice thousands of times!
The impressive part is that they had a few secs to be aware and think of how to react. Well coached team.
Incredible block, shook them so hard they couldn't react.
BALL IS LIVE! BALL IS LIVE!
This had me rolling! That guy probably couldn’t believe his luck! Good thing he was on it! Glad it’s on video.
🤣🤣🤣
That is what we would call a smart player Go Dawgs Sic em woff woff woff
"When you are standing around or laying on the ground," Chuck Noll told me, "you cease to be a football player. You get up and run to the ball and play until you hear the whistle." Noll told me that on December 23, 1972 in his office, right after the most famous play in NFL history. And then he said, "Franco made that play because he didn't quit on the play. He kept hustling. Good things happen to people who hustle." It's a lesson a lot of players haven't learned.
You would think they'd read the rule 📚 s to respond to the play. Great job for being alert and scoring, 95 yard TOUCHDOWN!
Best play of the year, so far.
Beautiful..! And I don’t even like football. But I like awareness ..
😂😂 his reaction is gold!!
I've lost count how many times I've seen this. But it's the first time I noticed how his team mates who blocked for him understood straight away. The no2 even waves him forward as they set off for him to follow. Smart thinking by the whole team there.
Yes on a field goal the ball is live, even if it is blocked. Smart play.
I love how he looks to the sideline 1st. Like a kid checking to make sure he can grab a piece of candy😂
You can see Mondon wave his hands at Chris telling him "no. Don't do it" then he sort of jumps and immediately starts running the other way knowing "Well... Okay, nvm. We're doing this."
I don't thnk (I know, talk about leaving myself wide open) that Mondon was telling Chris not to pick it up but was telling him to wait. He keeps looking around, waiting for the LSU players to completely disperse, leaving the field wide open.
@@patriciam4512 actually the coach in the booth was telling them no (there's video of this), but Chris didn't listen. Mondon was trying to relay the message I think.
@@Noisy_Cricket Ah. Okay, I did not know that. Thanks!
@@Noisy_Cricket I know he was telling him that, but I never thought of it as him relaying the message on to Mondon. Thanks for the insight
@@Noisy_Cricket if you watch that video of the coach he’s actually yelling “Peter! Peter! Peter!” which means make sure your team is aware of what’s happening before you pick it up and run…not sure why it’s called Peter but it stuck and is coached for situations just like that…teammates were probably yelling the same thing
The big blockers doing their job, then sprinting off the field ASAP to convince lsu the play was done. The sprinters waiting till everyone left the field. Amazing
I love how several georgia players looked at him and kinda waved him off it like no not yet, let them leave first, then waved him up like follow me lmao
Football players are smart! You can see by the keen senses of the the whole LSU team!
I love the sneakiness. Half the GA team was whistling Dixie so the blockers could slow roll into blocking position. Hilariously awesome.
Reminds me of a Devin Hester return back in the day... th-cam.com/video/0D30wGnBBHY/w-d-xo.html
Had me laughing how he picked up the ball. 😂 I think he couldn't believe his luck.
A similar thing happened to me in, I guess it was '85. Wife dropped a roast on the floor. She turned her back because she thought all was lost. I picked it up and was nearly in my recliner watching the game before she noticed.
"yo bro you got me"
"is it still alive?"
"idk bro but lets do this"
"leggo"
As a European I am always amazed by plays like this, can’t really understand why it seems to happen so often that professionals don’t know or can’t execute the rules.. but I gotta say, it makes these videos very entertaining :D
As an American, to be fair, these aren’t professionals.
They're college kids trying to prepare for a career as professional football players.
All the people arguing that they aren't professionals THEY GET PAID, THEY HAVE INTERNATIONAL FANS, AND THEY GO TO COLLEGE (which costs the rest of us 30k+) FOR FREE. Sounds professional to me.
@@cassiusvoidkin They are professional as in they are playing at higher level of football than most, and get the benefits you described(except pay, they don't directly pay their players) but the NFL is what is considered to be "professional" in football. College football is one level, but the difference between NFL and college is a whole lot wider than people think. Can't feed your family off college ball unless you are using it to get to the NFL, where even long snappers are making a hefty salary relative to regular career paths.
Cos extra point and field goals (at this range) are similar but not exactly the same rules wise and most end up dead ball anyways cos nobody is close to them (if nobody is close it's called dead). Only extremely well coached teams can have the situational awareness to realize their luck in a few sec.
whoever that 29 guy is he needs to get a BIG party after THAT .
great awareness by him and one hell of a run !
Everyone saying good coaching and all that. Everyone also fails to notice that even Georgias own teammates were telling him to not touch it. The PLAYER is the one that made the call and realized the rules, not even his own teammates knew or the coaching staff until after he ran with it. In all the only person at this play that knew what was going on was only the player himself and not LSU or Georgia, kinda like one of those dumb luck moments. That is all I chalk this up to.
INITIALLY, not touching it is the correct move. If the receiving team does NOT touch it, the receiving team would get the ball at the line of scrimmage. If he touches it, the receiving team gets the ball where the play ends. And if he touches it and muffs it, it's live for the offensive/kicking team to recover and keep. Picking it up only becomes the correct play, when it's noticed that LSU is not paying attention and he can advance it beyond the original line of scrimmage.
@@Namath1000 Yep, that's what the heads up look around was about before he picked up the ball. He sees a potential golden opportunity and knows that the coaching staff isn't in a position to see it so he calls his own shot. That is very good coaching because it's coaching a guy to be alert, think for himself, and others to back him up if he's taking his shot and it looks like a good one.
Instead of teaching them to follow the coach's plans, this kid was clearly able to operate independently, know the rules and be able to snatch a golden opportunity when it was right there for him. That's going to win you more football games than being an iron disciplinarian will.
1:09 I love the little hand shrug he does just before picking up the ball.
I like how #2 tells him not to touch it, then after he does, #2's like come on this way 😂
I love that teamwork.
Even if your guy made a mistake, you've got his back to help him make the most of it. And his convoy to the endzone was the same way.
"My man is running with the ball when he wasn't supposed to? Well, let's keep him protected."
Even if LSU was aware, they would have had a heck of a time trying to bring him down after he took off, because his teammates had his back.
Nazir Stackhouse actually blocked it.
@@littlelamalatte1964 Yeah, people were saying half of our team is dumb because they didn’t get the ball immediately. Although they probably did it to trick the LSU players.
I watched it in slow motion it was jalen
@@Kingcometrim Oh, ok. Thank you.
Props to the cameramen on this play. They new it was a live ball and never cut away from it.
Kirby Smart was at Alabama for the infamous "Kick 6" during the 2013 Iron Bowl. He and Saban, learned that lesson the hard way about fieldgoal rules. I'm sure he preached that lesson a few times at Georgia.
Most if not all Alabama players tried to go tackle the returner. The problem was, like Gary Danielson said, they were all fat guys on the field for Alabama.
Simply a great example of heads-up football. That guy is likely still wondering why no one else rushed over towards "where the ball was going". He would certainly be expecting the other team to be charging towards him at that time. Nevertheless, there you have it.
22 kids on the field and only one of them knew the ball was live. Give me brains over ability any day.
I'm not a football fan, by any stretch, but I certainly appreciate the significance, here!
That was quite a play. I still don't understand the rule but clearly that player did. The number one team in the country for a reason. Well coached apparently.
Knowing the rules to the game is half the battle. Being athletic enough to take advantage of them is usually the other half... but in this instance knowing the rules pretty much did all the work.
@@sixupsprite5501 We were coached to be "NICE" to the opposing team; pick them up, they'd swing, 15yd penalty.
A field goal is not too different from a punt. Obviously, unlike a punt, you can score points, but if the ball stays in the field of play, it’s basically treated the same as a punt
@@JohnDoe-jy7sv So on a long field goal attempt, someone could catch or field a kick short of the goal, or even wide of the goal and run it back? I would have thought the kick would have to be blocked before this is possible.
@@scarbo2229 That's exactly right. There are a couple instances of missed field goals being returned. No block necessary. Blocking a field goal is basically the same as blocking a punt.
It's worthwhile knowing the rules of the sport you play...even the unusual. Clearly one group of players should go back and read their rulebooks. Good opportunistic play.
I can understand not knowing every rule, but if you're on special teams, knowing when the play ends (or doesn't end) seems like something you should know.
I can’t understand that.Everybody should learn the rules of their sport.There’s no excuse to lack such a basic fundamental knowledge.I’d understand if it was an obscure rule that applied to some extremely rare situation but a blocked FG or punt is very common.
I watched this game at the Blind Pig in Athens. Needless to say, we had a great time.
One of the Georgia coaches upstairs was like “no no no, don’t touch it!”. He was wrong. Good job on Smith’s part. Play to the whistle.
IF LSU had been paying attention, NOT touching it would have been the correct play. It's only because of LSU's indifference that picking it up became the correct play.
I don't even watch sport and even I can appreciate and recognize how amazing that was
Looks like the big guys from Georgia didn't know what was going on either, they were high-fiving themselves as the guy with the ball went running past.
Right! Lol! I was just thinking the same thing.
But hey, Go Dawgs anyway!
That's my team right there! Go dawgs!
The one guy who knows the play doesn’t end until you hear a whistle
His teammates knew. The other team assumed
Just to reiterate, the "smartest" thing about this play is not that 29 knew he could return the live ball, it is that he parked himself over the ball as it came to rest. I was a football official for 12 years, mostly as a Back Judge. Once the ball comes to rest, once it stops, we generally blow the ball dead (because the clock is running. You want to stop the clock.) Had no one been near the ball the officials here would have blown it dead. My point: 29 could not have just been milling around, pretending he didn't know, to fool LSU. He had to demonstrate that he was about the pick up a live ball. That was the truly smart thing for me, watching this.
He knew to get outside all his blockers, then it was all over.
Love the first guy picking up the block, like OH SHIT, OKAY, LET'S GO
Knowing the rules and paying attention, that's how games are won
Excellent coaching, that's all. And some talent on the field. 😀
Loved seeing a Brian Kelly coached team get blown out. I lost any respect for him after he bailed out in both UC and Notre Dame before their seasons were finished.
Weakest LSU team Brian Kelly will ever field. It's gonna be a rough road ahead if you are not a fan of his.
@@vike50brian You are probably correct, he does win games. I just have no respect for the way he leaves programs. I'm sure other coaches have done the same, but I have ties to UC and have liked Notre Dame since I was a kid.
The look at the girls face in the stands is priceless
She’s like I spent all this money and time supporting this team and they do me like this!!!
Smart. Very smart player.
You knew it would never occur to a Raider. Next year.. every year…
This is my favorite TH-cam channel ever!!!!!!!!
play isn't over till the whistle
LSU didn’t get that memo! 😂
@@hansenfiet2539 XD
@@hansenfiet2539 O Boże w niebie, PROSZĘ PRZESTAŃ, nie mówisz rzeczy, których nie rozumiesz. Szatan przyjdzie po ciebie, gdy wzejdzie pełnia księżyca!
To swędzenie odbytu / osła, na które cierpisz, przypisuje się infekcji pasożytniczej. Proszę częściej myć swoje brudne ja. Obecnie dostępne są miejscowe metody leczenia pasożytów. To okropne gówno powinno się wkrótce skończyć.
Really smart by Smith to know that the ball was still live but let the situation turn to his advantage even more by waiting to pick up the ball.
You have to give credit to that player for his awareness and football IQ. He checked to see if the play was still live and took advantage of the other distracted players.
This was a play that will be in the history books.
You have to give credit to the refs too for knowing the rules and sticking by them.
He has the cameras to himself at the 5 yard line. Majestic
We were taught to keep running and playing until you hear a whistle.
Lol I was like bro why they standing around pick that shit up!!😂😂
Knowing all the rules is obviously so important. Now, that’s a well-coached team.
One of the coaches on Georgia and a couple Georgia players were telling him not to touch the ball. I think a majority of people watching didn't think a blocked field goal could be run back. I didn't.
@@jimmyo1231 Neither did I.