Dramatic comeback salvages the Buff's opener.
Lost in the Deion circus is the fact that Shedeur is a pretty great QB and Travis Hunter is playing ironman football...well.
Here's the scenario:
Buffs up 5 with the ball and under 2 minutes to go. Facing a 3rd and long in their own territory, Sheduer under pressure, heaves one long and gets bailed out by a defender who has his back turned to the play and runs through the receiver before the ball gets there. Clear PI, first down Buffs in NDSU territory with 1:34 left. The Bison have one time out.
What to do, what to do. Hmmm....I could run the ball once, make NDSU use the final time out, which would put it down to about 1:26. Next play, run it again and let the 40 second play clock get down to about 3 seconds before snapping it again, which would put the clock at about 45 seconds. Take a knee, or run it again....clock is out. Game over. Easy peazy, right?
No! Deion's dumb ass decides this would be a great time to take a shot down field. Ultimate result? The clock runs out with NDSU catching a hail Mary pass at the Buffalo 5 when time runs out. And his only reaction is being pissed at his players for not knocking the ball down on that last pass.