(That corner should have tried to swat.)So I'm playing NCAA 2005, and I'm Texas. (This is the 04-05 roster--the year that USC/Oklahoma/Auburn went undefeated and Leinart won the Heisman. This is of course a year before Texas would play USC in one of the greatest championship games)
All year I've been winning with defense and a running game led by Vince Young, but with no passing game. Young can't hit wide open receivers, and when he does, they drop it. I averaged giving up 95 yards a game on defense.
So I'm playing Nebraska in the Big 12 Championship...and I'm up 7-0. I get them into a 4th down, but they are on the Texas 38 or so--too long for a field goal, too close to punt. So they go for it. And they throw a pass down the right sideline, I switch to the safety and go to the ball and attempt to pick it off. The receiver catches it in between the corner and safety where there was only a slim window to fit it in. I think if I had attempted to swat, I might have been able to knock it down. Anyways, the receiver catches it and blows past me and is in to tie it up on a 4th down pass.
I end the half with a field goal and regain the lead, 10-7.
On the opening drive of the second half, Nebraska on third down, throws a pass deep on the right sideline. The pass icon indicates it will land on the sideline, but I'm thinking he might be able to get to it anyways. As I approach the ball I'm thinking about the earlier play "just swat it down" -- I don't even realize that he overthrow the receiver by 5 yards.
You already know what happens.
As the safety, as I'm running out of bounds, I swat the pass, and it bounces back in the field of play, right in to the hands of the trailing Nebraska receiver. He's able to take it to the 1 yard line, on a ridiculous third down conversion.
Luckily, I was able to play stout defense and force a field goal attempt and was able to win the game 24-10. But it was one of the more unbelievable plays I've ever seen.
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