High School Loses In Stunning Fashion After Failing to Take a Knee

My instinct is to say that’s on the coaches, but almost every HS football player has seen College and NFL games and should know what to do there.

In high school, I was involved in an ending like that. We were down by 7, 2 seconds on the clock, they had the ball on their own 20, and it was 4th down. Their coach told their QB to take the snap, run through the end zone, give us a safety, but not to stop until he reaches the locker room. About the time he crossed the goal line, the final born blew. He spiked the ball in the end zone, ran over to the fence, slid and began taunting our fans. The ball was just lying there, about 2 yards from the back of the end zone. One of our guys literally walked over and picked it up. TD! I kicked the PAT to tie the game, and we won in OT by my extra point.

That’s the game where I learned to never give up, no matter how dire the circumstances.

Low football IQ.

Great job coach now you know why they are now 1-4!

If the kid can't read a clock he has one qualification to coach LSU.

This will undoubtedly change the trajectory of the young QB's life. Will he start drinking or be on College Game Day?

He is going to hear about that for years lol. "Hey, remember that time you forgot to take a knee to win that game"!

Rashid Shaheed says Thank God! I thought that I saw Shaheed make the stupidest paly of the year.
This one tops that.

Worse than not taking a knee, he just casually let the other team have the ball.

Worse than not taking a knee, he just casually let the other team have the ball.

I don't get why the QB didn't know to take a knee. If they have to snap the ball with 0.2 left, then the clock was stopped. Clearly the coaches and QB have to know to take a knee there. Weren't the coaches on the sideline calling the Victory formation??????

We had a crazy party like that. 1995 State regional playoffs against heavily favored St Augustine.
Bonnabel wins the game by 3 points as the clock runs out. The quarterback goes to run off the field and throws the ball straight up in the air. A St Aug player caught it and walked into the endzone while the Bonnabel players were celebrating.
The touchdown counted. Game over.
We lost after we had won.
It made ESPN bloopers of the week.

Even worse, Conway was up 35-17 in the 4th quarter. They used to be a state power and now are losing to the 3A high school in a town of barely 1,000 people.

Shotgun formation? WTF?

It's about more than not taking a knee. The coaches need to accept full responsibility here. The kid clearly did not know that the play has to end to end the game. 0:00 is not the end of the game if the ball is live. The ball is live until it's blown dead. Take the snap and run if you want, but protect the ball until the final whistle. Coaches not teaching or not knowing? Either way, inexcusable!