Man, I’m glad Cowboy football is back! There were a lot of amazing plays from Saturday’s game against Southeastern Louisiana, but we narrowed it down to one Play of the Game.
This will be a weekly post recapping the best play of the game. The play could be an offensive or defensive play, it could be the craziest play of the game, or the most impactful play of the game. Since there weren’t really any game changing plays in Saturday’s blowout win over Southeasten; I’m going to go with Devante Averette’s amazing forced fumble, recovery and then “assist” to Ramon Richards for the touchdown.
WATCH: Devante Averette with the strip, scoop and save to Richards on this wild #OKState TD!
— Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) September 3, 2016
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Here’s another angle of the toss to Richards:
This was incredible. pic.twitter.com/LTQCSC3Pw1
— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguy) September 3, 2016
The toss into Richards reminded me of this play from Broderick Brown in 2010:
It wasn’t just me who thought this was the play of the game, ESPN had it on their top 10 plays over the weekend. Averette had a great game overall, but this play was just ridiculous. The amazing strip on the tackle, the hustle to recover the loose football and then the athletic ability and field awareness to toss it into Richards without stepping out of bounds. Now, it might have been a little reckless to throw it back in, especially since Southeastern could have easily caught the toss, but they didn’t, so let’s just stick with AWESOME as the description of this play.
Also, the play below won honorable mention for this week:
A great escape!
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) September 3, 2016
Mason Rudolph with the elusive moves for this @CowboyFB TD.#Big12FB on FSN pic.twitter.com/KPi9AlNV8N
Check back for next week’s Play of the Game against Central Michigan.