This weekend features the first “full” slate of college football, but eagle-eyed fans were able to find some pretty premier programs take the field before Saturday.
Perennial top-25 programs like Missouri, and Utah were in action on Thursday and we were even treated to some college football themed Friday Night Lights.
The vaunted Miami Hurricanes were able to obliterate an undermanned Stanford team out west, and the Michigan State Spartans kicked off the Pat Fitzgerald era in style with a 30-20 win over MAC darlings Toledo on Friday.
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And it is in East Lansing where we find our story today.
As Sparty was trailing by a single point early in the fourth quarter, quarterback Alessio Milivojevic connected with Rodney Bullard Jr. for a five-yard touchdown to put Michigan State ahead for good.
To put themselves ahead by a whole touchdown and extra point, Fitzgerald and the staff decided to go for two, and that’s when offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan reached into his bag of tricks and pulled out the sickest two-point conversion play he had.
Literally.
That’s a lot of puke, brother.
This could be karmic payback for making everyone watch Michigan State play in those highlighter green uniforms from a few years ago.
Those were enough to make anyone in attendance need to grab a bucket.
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Let this be a note to offensive linemen everywhere who are plying their craft, if you’re having trouble picking up twists and stunts along the defensive line, just unleash your pregame meal right as the ball is snapped.
No one is going to want to touch you and your chunder without throwing on a hazmat suit first.
It’s brilliant, really.
Oh, and the two-point conversion was good, proving even further that this was a calculated move by the Spartans and right tackle Robert Wright Jr.
It’s a fairly untapped technique, considering most linemen I see puking do it in the huddle or right before the ball is snapped.
Wright, on the other hand, waited until after the ball was snapped, picks up a stunting interior lineman, passes off the rush end, and keeps his quarterback clean for a successful two-point try.
That’s consummate professionalism right there!
Now all he needs is an NIL deal with Pepto-Bismol and he’s in business; make it happen, Sparty!
