Woodchopper Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 When leading by 1 with 2 seconds on the clock. https://mobile.twitter.com/d_matt81/status/1035914948269039618/video/1 safety Gators survive Lakewood quarterback Malik Richardson outruns Manning's Keilah Dupree during the Gators' wild 27-26 victory over the Monarchs on Friday at Ramsey Stadium in Manning. Lakewood improved to 3-0 with the victory. MARK MORGAN / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM Posted Saturday, September 1, 2018 2:29 am BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Sumter Item MANNING -- The varsity football teams from Lakewood and Manning high schools proved on Friday that baseball legend Yogi Berra's old adage "It ain't over till it's over" still stands true today. With what both Lakewood head coach Larry Cornelius and Manning head coach Keith West called the craziest play they had ever seen, the Gators were able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat as Monarch quarterback Jack Owens, in a panicked attempt to run out the clock, ended up running into his own end zone, resulting in a safety that gave Lakewood a 27-26 win at Ramsey Stadium. "The only positive that I can take out of it is exactly that," said Cornelius, referring to the famous Yogi-ism. "You know, play to the last whistle and good things will happen." The play started with two seconds on the clock and Manning facing a fourth-and-15 from its own 37, after the Monarchs had taken a delay of game penalty on the previous play. As the ball was snapped, Owens began running backwards and, according to West, got confused when the buzzer sounded as the clock ran out. Rather than just taking a knee or running out of bounds, the panicked Owens unfortunately did the one thing that could cost his team the win. "It was the craziest play that I've ever seen in my life," said West, whose team fell to 1-2 after the shocking ending. "There was two seconds left and all we had to do was kneel on it. We told him to go back a few feet and kneel on it, and then the buzzer went off. The buzzer kind of freaked it a little bit and he thought the game was over and stopped, and then he took off running. Then once he took off running he just didn't know what he was doing. He just ran into the end zone, he thought he was killing the clock and he ran all the way (back) and gave them a safety." 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty4024 Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, Woodchopper said: When leading by 1 with 2 seconds on the clock. https://mobile.twitter.com/d_matt81/status/1035914948269039618/video/1 What....just happened??? Why??? Is he involved in a gambling ring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECHS05 Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 Doesnt get any more embarrassing than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron169 Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 He must be the stupidest sonovabitch alive, but he sure is fast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 😂. I bet his coaches were having a conniption over there on the sidelines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cossacks Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 We have an early leader for “Tard of the week award” in the clubhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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