Oregon wins entertaining, controversial 3OT game against Arizona State 61-55
Pac-12 After Dark made a rare appearance on Thursday night during a three-overtime bout between Arizona State and Oregon.
Oregon won 61-55 thanks to an interception in the end zone to end the third overtime, but there was a flurry of things that led to that overtime and that interception and made this contest one of the strangest and most enjoyable in quite some time.
Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams had a dazzling night showing the reasons why — when healthy — many believed he’d be able to lead the Ducks back to the Promised Land. Of course that’s not happening now (the Ducks are 5-3), but at least he had some awesome moments from this game to look back on, including this gem that got the Ducks to game-tying score to force overtime with 11 seconds remaining.
If you’re wondering how Oregon and Arizona State ended up in overtime… pic.twitter.com/NhwEO88JaW
— Dr. Saturday (@YahooDrSaturday) October 30, 2015
Shocking that wasn’t the first ridiculous scramble for a big play Adams had on the night. The game had a plethora of those and they were the reason Oregon was in the game in the first place.
The two teams traded touchdowns in the first two overtimes before some craziness started in the third overtime. Oregon had the ball first and Adams found Bralon Addison streaking through the end zone.
Judge for yourself: pic.twitter.com/0EBy6vjv4f
— Evan Webeck (@EvanWebeck) October 30, 2015
On first glance the officials called the play a touchdown. Then they went to replay…
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) October 30, 2015
And still called it a touchdown.
Wait, what?
Oregon, which had several curious offensive play calls all night, decided to take Adams off the field and put Addison in the backfield for the two point conversion. This was the third time offensive coordinator Scott Frost had called this particular play during the game and the first two were failures.
Of course, the third was a failure too.
All Arizona State had to do was score a touchdown and nail the two-point conversion and it would have a small chance of still being in the Pac-12 South race. But quarterback Mike Bercovici threw an interception in the end zone to give the Ducks a win and somehow get Frost off the hook for some terrible playcalling.
Sadly, this game meant very little in terms of the Pac-12 race. Both of these teams are pretty much out of their respect divisional contests, but it was a fun game to watch.
Even if some people might get fired because of its outcome.
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