In football, coaches always tell their players to keep playing until they hear the whistle blow.
Unfortunately for Arkansas they got completely fooled by an ingenious North Texas player who sneakily faked a fair catch and went on to score a 90 yard touch down after the entire defense believed the play was dead despite the fact that the refs didn’t blow their whistles.
https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1041062691182395392
The Internet was obviously impressed with the play.
— Nick Saban (@sabanfaux) September 15, 2018
Fake fair catch? Right of the Little Giants playbook! Give me the annexation of Puerto Rico! #GMG
— Nick Neppach ☕️ (@NickNeppach) September 15, 2018
the good ole "fake a fair catch, get the other team to go to sleep and run it back for a 90-yard TD" seen here in its natural habitathttps://t.co/flzwYAhhkk
— Jessica Benson (@jessbensontv) September 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/JeromeKJay/status/1041064416438116353
No don’t blame the coach blame the players you play till whistle that’s peewee football for you
— joe Villarreal (@joevill13) September 15, 2018
Sure fire #1 play on SportsCenter – the Fake Fair Catch into a punt return touchdown. That was AMAZING.
— Josh Pacheco (@Joshontheradio) September 15, 2018
FAKE FAIR CATCH TOUCHDOWN THIS IS THE PROUDEST MOMENT I'VE EVER HAD AS AN ALUMNI https://t.co/tSUa7zYypB
— tim cato (@tim_cato) September 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/darthpohl/status/1041063326875377664
Some people thought the play was unfair and unsportsmanlike.
Fooled by a fake fair catch…if these boys have any pride, it’s time to start bringing it…and if it’s a close fair catch call, thump that dude next time. #Hogs #RazorbackFootball
— JustDavid (@DavidSEdwards) September 15, 2018
In today's climate of protecting defenseless players, that fake fair catch needs to be outlawed. He obviously gave himself up.
— Patrick Sullivan (@sullivangolf) September 15, 2018
Every week the 🐗 are more embarrassing. But if I’m the coach I tell them to knock the punt returner out next punt. Regardless if it’s a fake fair catch call or a real one.
— Zack Gillham (@ZGillham) September 15, 2018