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Hawai’i downs Colorado State in final seconds with frantic game-winning field goal
By Ethan Stone
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Hawai’i beat Colorado State almost precisely how TCU beat Baylor last season: with a frantic walk-off field goal.
The Rainbow Warriors nailed a 51-yard field goal as time expired after having to rush their kicker Matt Shipley onto the field following a first down, without a time out.
It seems as if the Rainbow Warriors thought the clock would be stopped for slightly longer, because at first they seemed to be taking their sweet time getting out to the field for the play.
Check out the entire sequence below:
this is one of the coldest game winners i’ve ever seen. bows! pic.twitter.com/qL4XZfxt5A
— kyle robbins (@kylerrobbins) November 26, 2023
Some folks in Minnesota cheered extra hard for this one, too. With this kick Colorado State falls to 5-7 on the year, just short of the 6-6 mark required for a bowl bid. this means Minnesota, the highest ranked APR 5-7 team remaining, will get the final spot in the 82-team bowl field.
Ads for Hawai’i, this was their final play of the 2023 season. The Rainbow Warriors finish the year 5-8, but what an enormous way to go out!
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
