A non-traditional trick play, upsets and game winners: Champ weekend
10:00 AM ET ESPN staff Conference championship weekend brought a
bit of whatever: upsets, down-to-the-wire games, big-name training works with and quality plays all around.Here’s the best of what took place in the last weekend of the college football regular season.Best trick play This isn’t your typical trick play. And it’s technically not a trick play at all.
However, Georgia
safety Christopher Smith fooled LSU so well that he ran this missed basket attempt all the way to the other end of the field to score a touchdown.What a clever play by Christopher Smith. Just awaited everybody and after that took it to your house. pic.twitter.com/o1WtbQJNkU!.?.!— CBS Sports (@CBSSports)December 3, 2022 He deceived them, so it counts.And while we’re talking about Georgia, can we just take a moment to value Jalen Carter for being Jalen Carter?Jalen Carter is a BAD guy pic.twitter.com/ENFeSG8hAu!.?.!— NFL Novice Watch (@NFLRookieWatxh)December 3
, 2022 Best troll Utah ended USC’s playoff possibilities
Friday night by beating the Trojans 47-24 in the Pac-12 title game. It was USC’s 2nd loss of the season and 2nd loss to Utah, as the Utes successfully safeguarded their conference title.But the win for Utah would not have been as
sweet without some excellent trolling. Throughout the game,
Utah’s sideline had some fun poking at the USC towel men, who tend to get riled up.Spectacular mockery pic.twitter.com/csET4VRL8o!.?.!— WrigleyvilleUte(@jhallito)December 3, 2022 Quarterback Caleb Williams paints his nails weekly before games, and his message this week was similar to that of what he had against Notre Dame. However this is the example to come right back around following a loss.BACK BACK pic.twitter.com/BHZgqm6L4h!.?.!— Utah Football (@Utah_Football) December 3, 2022 And QB Webcam Increasing had this to add.Someone asked Camera Rising about Caleb Williams’nails.”He had f *** Utah on there? That’s adorable. You know, you can do whatever you desire, put whatever you desire on your nails. I’m not, not gon na judge you for whatever you do, however yeah, I hope he liked it.”– Paolo Uggetti (@PaoloUggetti)December 3, 2022 Unfortunately, Ohio State benefitted most from the USC loss, as the Buckeyes are on to the College Football Playoff, while USC is on to the Cotton Bowl. pic.twitter.com/aboy85npKA!.?.!— Ohio State Buckeyes(@OhioStAthletics )December 3, 2022 For more of the best trolls, examine this out.Best incident Anytime
we get an opportunity to speak about Purdue’s big drum, we’re going to speak about it.It made its way to the Huge 10 champion,
but due to the fact that of its very large nature, it
did in fact struck a road bump.lol The Big Drum got stuck in the photo editing room pic.twitter.com/4NJnM8ekIP!.?.!— Patrick Barron(@BlueBarronPhoto)December 4, 2022 Required to catch up on drum wars? Examine this out.Don’t concern, though. The drum eventually gone out onto the field.The Big Bass Drum has actually made it @dwil pic.twitter.com/Q3NlFZMDJw!.?.!— Adam Rittenberg( @ESPNRittenberg)December 4, 2022 Best game winner First Kansas State had a huge stop at the goal line to prevent TCU from scoring on fourth down, then the Wildcats kicked the game-winning field goal to declare the Big 12 title. play 0:38 Ty Zentner knocks in the 31-yard
basket, offering Kansas State an overtime win and the Big 12 title.And, naturally, the celebrations continued in the locker room.Smoke em if you got ’em pic.twitter.com/Xc7rABxEux!.?.!— K-State Football (@KStateFB) December 3, 2022 However
despite the fact that the Horned Frogs lost the game, TCU became the first school from Texas to be selected for the College Football Playoff, likewise giving them reason to celebrate.THE HORNED FROGS ARE IN️@tcufootball is hyped for the #CFBPlayoff pic.twitter.com/qunmNeFpnu!.?.!— ESPN (@espn)December 4, 2022 Small-school minute Just WOW. This touchdown from Incarnate Word is incredible.OH MY
GOODNESS @_lj18_ can’t be stopped. Finishing a pass on the way to Darion Chafin who flips into the end zone to put the Cards on the board #TheWord pic.twitter.com/wjIDJwAev8!.?.!— UIW Football( @UIWFootball) December 3, 2022