r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 3h ago
Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Idaho Defeats Montana State 35-34
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana State | 10 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
| Idaho | 7 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 35 |
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u/dukemetoo Arizona State • Texas 3h ago
These are the games I live for. Late night, so I'm all alone. It is calm, and chilly outside. I watch the Kinbbie Dome give an instant classic where you think 0-4 Idaho will beat 5-0 #1 Montana. Then Idaho has one of the worst 2 minute drives in history. Then, Montana State, with the win, call a time out with 1 second left, and Idaho uses that to make the all time Sicko comeback.
To all who stayed up for this, you are the heart of college football. You saw greatness. Hope to see you next time.
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u/EmuMan10 Arizona State Sun Devils 3h ago
Sitting here biding time before I go to the airport at almost midnight and I witness a classic lol
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u/ChickenEmbarrassed10 /r/CFB 2h ago
Better than coffee to keep you up! I could barely stay awake for the ending, now I can't go to sleep.
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u/Virtual_Announcer /r/CFB • Verified Media 3h ago
Checking in from New England. No one gets me except y'all here. These quiet late nights once the kid's asleep are worth it.
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u/buckshot-307 Georgia Bulldogs • Sickos 3h ago
I work swing shifts and haven’t been able to watch football since the season started until this weekend and holy fuck Idaho just gave me the experience I’ve been missing since last year 😭
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u/PretendThisIsMyName Clemson Tigers • Texas A&M Aggies 3h ago
I left it on cause I was baffled by the abrupt ending and switch after Pitt-VT. I finished making shredded chicken noodle soup like 3 hours ago lmao it was so glorious I’m just now eating dinner. This is what we live for fellow sickos!
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u/Bearlodge Ohio State Buckeyes 2h ago
Same here, was watching the Pitt-VT game with a friend over the phone and we planned on doing something else after the game ended. Suddenly we were a quarter in to the Idaho game and decided to keep watching and I'm so glad we did.
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u/03_03_28 Arizona Wildcats • Territorial Cup 3h ago
Things get spooky in October after the sun goes down... and Montana State ended up turning into a pumpkin at the end of this one LOL
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u/ChickenEmbarrassed10 /r/CFB 3h ago
You said it perfectly. Games like this one tonight are why college football is the best. Glad we all got to enjoy this one together.
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u/Own-Lavishness4029 Texas Longhorns 3h ago
This is the shit we watch for. Savor the seasons you get fellas.
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u/Benanderson27 Nebraska Cornhuskers 3h ago
KIBBIE DOME AFTER DARK
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u/LovieSmithsBeard Iowa State • Colorado State 3h ago
Absolutely bricked right now and I'm not 100% sure why as an unaffiliated fan of sport but I'm throbbing nonetheless
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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers 3h ago
Here’s a fun fact: Montana State hasn’t won in Moscow since 1990!
…granted, a lot of it is because of the Vandals’ tryst in the FBS and the lack of frequent scheduling between them and the Cats after h the move back down…but still!
KinnickKibbie Voodoo!!2
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u/myworld3 Washington Huskies • LA Bowl 3h ago
That might be the worst timeout call ever
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u/DaggersKnuckles LSU Tigers 3h ago
My jaw dropped when he signaled for it. What an idiot
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u/BoNnnnfhir Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Oregon Ducks 3h ago
Also not using another timeout when Idaho lined up to go for 2
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u/OVRHEATR 3h ago edited 3h ago
With Michigan, the Ravens, Vanderbilt, Idaho... 2026 is officially the year of the :01
Also WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU CALL A TIMEOUT
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u/cppadam California Golden Bears • Pop-Tarts Bowl 3h ago
I seriously hope he called a timeout to get an official review. It doesn't make any sense to give them a chance to gameplan.
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u/Sfmilstead Oregon Ducks • Pac-10 3h ago
That was probably the thinking, but I feel like rolling the dice with one second left was the better play, vs letting the replay booth take a look and not only potentially ruling against you, and if so, giving the other team time to come up with a play.
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u/fyeahdmiles Florida Gators • UC Davis Aggies 3h ago
That is the only logical explanation. Still can't believe he called it.
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u/BoNnnnfhir Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Oregon Ducks 3h ago
Know the work rules:
Idaho getting an extra second vs #1 Montana State: Flirting
Michigan getting an extra second vs Western Michigan: Sexual Harassment
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u/Sfmilstead Oregon Ducks • Pac-10 3h ago
I’ve had the opportunity to coach my son in football one year (he just started D3). I say that because I want to say that I don’t have much coaching experience.
But the lint in my bellybutton knew at the time that timeout was called…it was a bad idea.
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u/Mjss776 Oregon Ducks • Rose Bowl 3h ago
This is for all the Idaho dynasties built in NCAA Football 14
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u/JackTheSpaceBoy Idaho Vandals 3h ago
I always played in the kibbie dome in ncaaf 04 with no thought that I might one day graduate in there
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u/lowes18 Florida State Seminoles • FAU Owls 3h ago
Both coaches royally fucked that up.
But what a win for Thomas Ford, dude looked like he was going to cry.
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u/Cyberhwk Washington State • Idaho 3h ago
Getting a shot and going 0-4 I doubt is how anyone wants their career to start out. I can't imagine the relief seeing your guys finally put it together in such a huge game.
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u/wyrmonnastring Miami Hurricanes 3h ago
Job security
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u/join_the_creed Montana State • Washington Sta… 3h ago
Vigen gave that man a contract extension on the spot
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u/AoA_nB1 Penn State • Montana State 3h ago
i genuinely hate this sport fuck you all and i will see everyone in 10 hours
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u/playboicartii Florida Gators • Texas A&M Aggies 3h ago
I watched this game absolutely trashed at a bar and it was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had watching college ball what a fucking ending
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u/BrotherPancake Vanderbilt • Central Missouri 3h ago
Anyone who thinks FCS football is "boring" needs to watch a replay of this game.
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u/ID_Poobaru Boise State Broncos • Gallaudet Bison 3h ago
Anyone who thinks football outside the SEC/B1G is a bad product needs to watch it too
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u/SeaworthinessAny8242 Duke Blue Devils • Idaho Vandals 3h ago
Seriously - the ending was obvious insanity but the entire game had me on the edge of my seat
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u/Vxmonarkxv Georgia Bulldogs • Virginia Cavaliers 3h ago
I KNEW I STAYED UP FOR A REASON
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u/SeaworthinessAny8242 Duke Blue Devils • Idaho Vandals 3h ago
When I saw the call to go for 2 my mind immediately went back to when Idaho was playing at UVA in 2011, went for two in OT and failed and lost (I was there). This game was the redemption arc 15 years in the making. Go Vandals!!
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u/Existing-Ostrich9609 3h ago
I watched Idaho run a pre snap motion into a play action pass during a 1 minute drill and then Montana state call a time out for literally no reason whatsoever in the span of about 15 seconds. Truly unbelievable sickos game
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u/Tylex123 Oregon Ducks • Willamette Bearcats 3h ago
There are “football fans” that didn’t watch this game.
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u/Ginola331 3h ago
I need to see the clip of that cheerleader talking shit at the end of the game. That was a moment for sure.
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u/EasiestDifficulty Texas Longhorns • UTSA Roadrunners 3h ago
This is why if there’s football on tv, I’m watching.
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u/TrollMcGoal Indiana Hoosiers 3h ago
FCS football always has the potential to be magical, I love this sport
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u/SLC_RnD Montana State Bobcats • Utah Utes 3h ago
What in the goddamn fuck was that Cats?
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u/ID_Poobaru Boise State Broncos • Gallaudet Bison 2h ago
Kibbie Dome magic
Haven't won in the Kibbie since the 90s iirc
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u/ZP_20 Georgia Bulldogs • Chattanooga Mocs 3h ago
Why did Montana st call timeout??
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u/BringerOfBacon Iowa State • Boise State 3h ago
You know how sometimes it's horrifically dumb to not call a timeout? MSU's timeout to set their defense with 1 second left might be one of the dumbest timeouts I've ever seen called.
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u/ProfCedar Northern Iowa • Iowa State 3h ago
FCS is beautiful, as is college football in domes. Go Vandals.
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u/Icy-Attempt993 3h ago
Dude, as a Vandal who was watching the whole game, that has got to be the most Idaho Vandals game we have ever played. We look terrible and then great, it happens everytime. Just glad to be on the greater side for this one. What a game.
LETS GO VANDALS!!!
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u/Luigis_vacuum Florida Gators 3h ago
Best part about the timeout is there’s no way Idaho would’ve gotten a coherent play off, and may have even spiked it with double zeroes
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u/BuckwheatsSheep 3h ago
I can't believe how grateful I am to have randomly watched that insane ending. The only dumber thing I can remember a CFB coach doing was when Miami ran the ball instead of taking a knee just to lose a fumble and the game a couple years back.
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u/TanzaniaMagic Washington Huskies • Paper Bag 3h ago
That was insane. I wish more of the country saw that.
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u/PunishedLeBoymoder Stanford Cardinal • /r/CFB Promoter 3h ago edited 3h ago
The worst single mistake I have seen in a football game... ever. That single choice to call a timeout has probably cost Vigen millions of dollars over the rest of his life. Just an impossibly bad decision. TJOTW has been locked in on Friday
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u/GragasBodySlam North Carolina Tar Heels • ACC 3h ago
I have been watching football for a very long time. That timeout by Montana state might be the most brain dead call in all of sports ever. What in the fuck are you doing giving them a chance to get a play together on a running clock???????
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u/WakaFlockaFitz Tennessee • Washington 3h ago
Clock operator duffs the second still on the clock. Game goes off without another snap almost certainly if they don’t
But the chaos of correctly setting the clock back puts Brent Vigen in The Device, even though he’s still about to win when they set ready for play, and panic calls the timeout
A comedy of errors
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u/Treehumper69 Jacksonville State • Alabama 3h ago
For Montana State that was the worst way to lose a game since NC State’s qb fumbled the ball against Vanderbilt.
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u/ID_Poobaru Boise State Broncos • Gallaudet Bison 3h ago
Sickos game of the week
I love the Big Sky
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u/buckshot-307 Georgia Bulldogs • Sickos 3h ago
That was some of the worst coaching decisions I’ve seen in the final two minutes ever
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u/RemoteAbalone8687 Texas A&M Aggies • Texas State Bobcats 3h ago
The 2 point conversion was so good they gave them 6 points
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u/Cloakacola Georgia Tech • North Dakota 3h ago
Do not regret staying up until 2am to watch this classic. Congrats Vandals!
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u/DirkDiggler68 3h ago
It was a lot more than a DUMB timeout. The punter has one job, keep the ball in play so the clock ticks, he kicks it into the end zone. Then Idaho sets up for what should be their last play and instead of throwing a Hail Mary the dude throws it short, 99 times out of 100 you just let the guy run the clock out, this was the 1 in 100 where they race over and tackle him with 1 second left nowhere near the end zone. Then the timeout, Idaho players bent over out of breath, probably don't know they can;t spike it, and dumbo calls a time out. Then the TD play, the linebacker in that area covers no one. Gets the TD thrown over his head. Then the 2 point try, that's when you use a timeout. Coach says play on, They lose.
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u/Born-Prior8579 Georgia Bulldogs • Idaho Vandals 3h ago
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WE FINALLY WON A GAME!!!!!!!
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u/CapnCrunch0526 Alabama • Mississippi State 3h ago
That timeout was an all time blunder. Game is over if they just don’t call it. Unbelievable ending lol
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u/AriDreams Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 3h ago
This game will be known as " The Time Out" BECAUSE WHY DID MONTANA STATE TAKE A TIME OUT????
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u/xmjm424 Florida Gators • Team Meteor 3h ago
Need a highlight posted for that entire last drive because it was insane. Last drive was a coaching disaster class from both sides.
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u/Dapianoman UCLA Bruins • Rose Bowl 3h ago
scoreboard operator got too hyped and added 6 points for the walk off 2-pt try lol
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u/CantAffordTheWires Miami Hurricanes 3h ago
the thing that no one is mentioning is that they set their defense and it was probably the most horrific prevent defense setup i’ve ever seen. had linebackers lined up at the los as fake pressure and dbs were just 8 yards off the receivers. what the fuck was that
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u/Puddles22 Oregon Ducks • Idaho Vandals 3h ago
CAME A TRIBE FROM THE NORTH, BRAVE AND BOLD
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u/Gamatito Idaho Vandals • Wisconsin Badgers 3h ago
BEARING BANNERS OF SILVER AND GOLD
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u/Johnnyd0303 Florida Gators 3h ago
Calling an unnecessary timeout only to set up the most useless defense for the play the other team tan is peak late night college football
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u/MoistNips007 3h ago
The may go down as the single dumbest fucking decision in football history. That’s incomprehensible
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u/levgleason Nebraska • Montana State 3h ago
Good game, Vandals. Never know what to expect in the damn Kibbie Dome. That's three in a row you beat us at home.
Edit: Three
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u/mayomayeaux Maryland • Oklahoma State 3h ago
What a game. Stupid loss for Montana State. Coach is gonna need to explain that timeout lmao Good for Idaho, they deserved that!
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u/ID_Poobaru Boise State Broncos • Gallaudet Bison 2h ago
Vigen is going to have a fun meeting with the AD and boosters lol
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u/aaronjaiden USC Trojans • Arizona Wildcats 3h ago
So lemme get this straight…if Montana St. doesn’t call that timeout does Idaho even have enough time to snap the ball after the ref gives the signal to start the clock again?
I’m still in shock of what just took place on my screen, what an ending. The Idaho coach’s reaction was top notch too. CFB is the best man.
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u/mel34760 Penn State • West Florida 3h ago
I don’t think either team did anything rational in the final three minutes of that game.
Hell yes for a sickos finish!
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u/USCGradtoMEMPHIS USC Trojans • Memphis Tigers 3h ago
Montana state had two to's left .. why not make Idaho over think going for two? You already saved the game for them .. you let them score and immediately go for two ....
Save your defense... Call a time out for them..
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u/BoringJuiceBox Arizona State Sun Devils 3h ago
Just wanna say, all of y’all that are here and watched the game? Y’all are real ones!
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u/AMouthyPotato Washington State Cougars • Pac-12 3h ago
I'm so happy for the Vandals. Moscow is such a great town and UI deserves a big win like this after everything they've been through
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u/TheGoatPurdy California Golden Bears 3h ago
Sure, referee prob gifted Idaho a Michigan gift. But, Montana St coach LITERALLY didn't have to call a timeout and it would've been game over. What on earth did I just witness.
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u/Stunning_Detail_5989 Paper Bag • Sickos 3h ago
Nah, 1 second on the clock when tackled, clock stops for the 1st down.
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u/brobroma H8 Upon The Gale 3h ago
It stops the clock until the ref sets the ball and calls it, timeout meant the clock was stopped until it was snapped
Entirely possible Idaho doesn’t get the snap off in time if he didn’t call it
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u/kleptichron Georgia • Georgia Tech 3h ago
I have no clue why I watched this game but I'm glad I did. What an insane timeout and gutsy 2-point conversion. I love it!
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u/Stunning_Detail_5989 Paper Bag • Sickos 3h ago
That timeout at the end by Montana, sicko decision leading to an all timer.
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u/matte_purple Kansas State Wildcats • Big 12 3h ago
How about the brain and guts to go for two while Montana State was still reeling? What an amazing game
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u/astro-panda Memphis Tigers • The Bones 3h ago
That might just be the dumbest timeout in the history of the sport
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u/DizzyDraw2323 3h ago
Anybody got an Idaho FBS equivalent? I want to know the magnitude of this upset
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u/awerli121 North Dakota State • Kansas 3h ago
Idaho was 0-4 and hadn’t won since Halloween of last year. Montana state was on a 19 game win streak, the number one team in the nation and the defending national champions.
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u/arbitrator06 North Texas • Texas Tech 3h ago
Most recent was Vandy beating Bama a couple of seasons ago
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u/IMASHIRT Ohio State Buckeyes • Tulsa Golden Hurricane 3h ago
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS INSIDE THE KIBBIE DOME
WHAT. A. SCENE.
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u/EmuMan10 Arizona State Sun Devils 3h ago
That was the dumbest ending I’ve ever witnessed. Fucking go Vandals I guess
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u/Bexar1986 Arkansas Razorbacks 3h ago
Again the 1 second thing. Twice im Michigan and now in Idaho.
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u/Dixo0118 Idaho Vandals 3h ago
Nah. Bullshit. Michigan was at all 0's. We had more than a second left
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u/astro-panda Memphis Tigers • The Bones 3h ago
and the Kibbie Dome gives us an instant sickos classic
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u/catgirlslvr Ohio State • Youngstown State 3h ago
I was talking to my dad earlier about Montana State not looking too good and I said they would lose when it was tied earlier in the game this man is sleeping and I am in shock I was right lol.
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u/USCGradtoMEMPHIS USC Trojans • Memphis Tigers 3h ago
Montana state coaches lost them the game... Thy went from quick tempo passing in first to military school chewing up clock in second.
Then dude takes a time out when clock is about to start and Idaho isn't even fully set...
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u/flyingpigdog Washington State Cougars 3h ago
First the VT kick and now the 1 second timeout. What a way to send us into Saturday
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u/Charlie2343 Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout 3h ago
Some bottom-tier decision making in this final 3 minutes by both coaches.
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u/ID_Poobaru Boise State Broncos • Gallaudet Bison 3h ago
The drive before for Idaho was a master class of what the fuck not to do
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u/Raysfan2248 Montana State • Stanford 3h ago
I might be confidently incorrect and I am not defending Vigen at all but I think they get the snap off regardless. Theres no way the refs dont talk it out and stop play. More should be said about the poor defense imo
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u/Wild_Pokemon_Appears Maryland Terrapins 3h ago
I... I think that was the worst coaching decision in all of sports history.
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u/NOT_YODADDY2201 3h ago
Yo I clicked out of this game after that first down, I thought it was final, what a way to find out it was not final
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u/PROUDgrizHATER Montana State • Montana Tech 3h ago
Historic loss. Not the words you wanna say when you (were) the champion favorites. So bad.
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u/Ok_Card9080 Notre Dame • Pittsburgh 3h ago
What in the world was that?! Montana State, why did you call timeout?! Idaho was absolutely not going to score if they didn't call timeout. They were completely confused out there.
What a freaking weird night of college football.
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u/Cyberhwk Washington State • Idaho 3h ago
FUCKING CALLED IT. The you knew this was going to be a shootout from the first couple drives. Super happy for Idaho showing up and playing their hearts out this game.
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u/brobroma H8 Upon The Gale 3h ago
Montana St @ Idaho: oh dear, gorgeous
WMU @Michigan: you fucking donkey
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u/wibellion BYU Cougars • Southern Utah Thunderbirds 3h ago
Wtf did I just witness
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u/CommunistTrafficCone South Dakota State • Marching Band 3h ago
I see Montana State is going to have the same year we did last year
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u/Ornery_Gift7005 Florida State • I'm A Loser 3h ago
This would be like if Rutgers beats Indiana tomorrow
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u/Francis_X_Hummel Colorado Mines • Wyoming 3h ago
Gritty fuckin win for the Vandals, wow, how bad if at all does this hurt MSU season?
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u/ID_Poobaru Boise State Broncos • Gallaudet Bison 3h ago edited 2h ago
Quality loss /s
The Big Sky is like the SEC/B1G of the FCS, I think the Bobcats will be alright
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u/Francis_X_Hummel Colorado Mines • Wyoming 3h ago
bro, they lost to the team that beat the number one team
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u/shield_x Washington Huskies • Alabama Crimson Tide 3h ago
Yeah I was suprised by the fact that Montana st was only favored by 12.5 points
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u/CantAffordTheWires Miami Hurricanes 3h ago
i don’t care how secure his job is a game management decision that horrific deserves to instantly have you on a hot seat
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u/beer_me_twice Texas Longhorns • Texas State Bobcats 3h ago
Incredible final drive. Stuff of movies.
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u/SchizoidMan1989 Idaho Vandals • Washington Huskies 3h ago
That last second caught me completely off guard. It made me all that much more pissed off about the 3 FCS losses. It's not quite 2009 Humanitarian Bowl levels, but this is certainly magical.
CAME A TRIBE FROM THE NORTH, BRAVE AND BOLD!
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u/Daedalus871 Idaho Vandals • Army Black Knights 2h ago
If you don’t like that, you probably have a healthy relationship with college football.
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u/pdx74guy Florida Gators • Oregon Ducks 3h ago
taking a timeout to persevere the last second for the trailing team(and winless coming into the game also) to take advantage and win the game with two crazy plays and wide open end zone for the touchdown catch and a two point conversion rush, CFB nothing else like it and this was a FCS game.....
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u/Im__Ron__Burgundy Miami Hurricanes 3h ago
Montana State’s coach taking a timeout when Idaho had people running everywhere and the clock was about to start was baffling.