so it would have been a forward pass if the Perdue guy caught the ball, but since the USC defender knocked it down and forward it was considered a back pitch so it became a fumble that he recovered for a touchdown?

It looks like a forward pass to me, and should have been called incomplete

No, either it’s forward or it’s not. If it’s a forward pass that the defender knocks down they it is incomplete.

Did the refs even review it? I'm looking at boxscore and it's....yeah....

I would have called it an incomplete pass but I'm not a zebra.

They saw the Slippery Rock play. However, they didn't run it nearly as well as Slippery Rock yet still got the same result.

The way that the convoy was ready when the second pass bounced into the QBs hands was so beautiful That poor defensive end did everything right but they were toast behind him

How is that a lateral? Is there another angle because from here it looks like he throws from the 34 and it hits the defense and the ground just in front of the 34.

Classic Lincoln Riley defensive prowess (derogatory)

Worked perfectly like it was drawn out.

Scored.

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Looks like he turned a disaster into a touchdown.

That's just a normal rugby play here in New Zealand.

Just like they drew it up.

Quite the way for USC to give up its first rushing TD of the season.

Night games at Purdue, man

Looks like a play you’d see in a documentary called “Football: The Early Years”

Reminds me of the Marx Brothers in the movie “Horsefeathers.

A brilliant play call that worked as planned

I don't think they do either

I don't know why this is not often done in this game.

Just like they drew it up.

Those Lincoln Riley defenses keep finding innovative ways to let the opponent score

Well CLEARLY it worked

Purdue doesn't know what Purdue just did.

Just like they drew it up. 😂

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that’s the power of a short inseam

I somehow had no clue y'all were on here. One less reason to go revisit Twitter!!!

Old school double lateral for the score 🏈

If American football is doing this, maybe I should start watching it again.

Orbit double pass fumbleruski just like you draw it up

My mind flashed back to this... www.youtube.com/watch?v=P34s...

Looked like Rugby Union for a brief moment. Often wondered why American Football doesn'i pass properly.

Oh wow:0 Impressive:0

just like they drew it up

This is the ball of the foot game? I don't know sportsing.

Just like Purdue Pete drew it up

Second one looked like a (ever so slightly) forward pass to me. I've got incomplete pass but it's good to let it play out as if it were a lateral so you can review it. If you blow it dead, then you can't change your mind later.

What the heck did I just watch?

All I see is 6

Calculated.

Kind of a miracle that wasn't blown dead. I think even the refs wanted to see where it was going 😂

You just don’t get Barry Odom

Hell of a play design

Purdue Pete 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌

I believe that's called "getting really lucky"?

Football are you okay? Do you need me to call a cab?

WTF

Just like they drew it up

They'd have looked pretty stupid if the ball had been intercepted in the backfield.

Real call an ambulance but not for me ass play

Botched lateral throw as QB was supposed to be behind them but made lemonade out of it.

Still counts

Does it though?

They reviewed it and it stood, so yep.

The second was a forward pass but it was the only one

Was a backward pass — ref signaled it (if it were a forward pass, would have just been an incompletion). I thought it was forward when I first saw it, too.

Fact. Definitely a lateral, just like the first. Official clearly signaled it was backward.

Lit up the scoreboard, and we will remember it forever

CFB 26 is so realistic

True BIG10 football.

It looks to me like they designed and executed the perfect play. What's not to see?

Just like they drew it up?

Making’ boilers!

I have seen a lot if shit, but I've never seen this...

Of*

If that happened in my video game I would have to go for a long walk and think about things.

Is that legal?

Yes. Both passes were backwards (laterals), which essentially made the second one a fumble, so the player picked it up and ran with it.

The second seemed to be forward.

The intended receiver was forward, the pass itself was behind him.

It's been a long day.

(Aristocrats voice) We’re the Big 10!