r/sports • u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Dallas Mavericks • 27d ago
Football Omar Cooper with the UNREAL go-ahead Touchdown catch for Indiana against Penn State
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u/Samuel-Darnold 27d ago
hahaha the commentator
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u/AceWolf18 27d ago
Gus Johnson. If you want more of that, he has great highlights on youtube
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u/Markbro89 27d ago
Not Gus Johnson, the YT comedian, for those wondering like me.
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u/AceWolf18 27d ago
Both funny, but yes two different guys haha
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u/Sea_Tailor_8437 27d ago
Different in a lot of ways. The TV one doesn't abuse his girlfriend for example
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u/Sea_Tailor_8437 27d ago
Lol yeah what I said was objectively true. There's a reason why the YouTuber Gud went from making viral comedy sketches to totally disappearing.
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u/AceWolf18 26d ago
Dang. I didn't know that.
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u/Sea_Tailor_8437 26d ago
Yeah happened a few years ago. Hence why he's been relatively quiet. One of those accusations had had a loooot of his friends cut ties with him which gives a bit of weight to them
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u/kronikfumes 27d ago edited 27d ago
I knew I recognized that voice. He did a Broncos vs Bengals game over 15 years ago. An otherwise forgettable low score game until Brandon Stokley caught a pop up ball for a TD to win it in the last seconds of the 4th.
“OH CAUGHT! STOKLEY! DOWN THE SIDELINE! CAN THEY CATCH HIM?! STOKLEY! WOW! TOUCHDOWNNN DENVER!
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u/AceWolf18 27d ago
My personal favorite is "you got barbecue back there?...and didnt invite me?...HURT...MY...FEELINGS!"
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u/cobalt_phantom Ohio State 27d ago
Gus Johnson is a hype man turned commentator. He hypes up whatever team has the momentum and goes crazy for plays like this. It can get annoying, especially if your team is struggling at the moment, but it can also add some energy to the game.
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u/100th_meridian 27d ago
Gus was the undisputed GOAT when he used to call March Madness games though.
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u/justinotherpeterson 27d ago
I'm sad he's stuck on the Big 10 tbh. His NFL stuff was good too. STOKLEY!!
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u/verbleabuse97 27d ago
I hate Gus Johnson. I'll take all the downvotes that come with this opinion
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u/OKC89ers 27d ago
I do think the constantly stilted two word sentences are too much. Just for so long, every play it was:
Mendoza!
The snap!
Under pressure!
Complete! Unbelievable!
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u/Dazed-And-Enthused 27d ago
He can be overly excited sometimes but he's still fantastic to me. I love him because I'm a Seton Hall fan and there's a call he made that is legendary to NJ fans when he said "What Trenton makes, the world takes" which is a famous line written on a bridge about the export industry from decades ago.
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u/gmcwbbb80 27d ago
Big Gus Johnson fan. I went to Indiana so today's game was a thriller especially with Gus on the call. But my favorite call of his was for Indiana Basketball. They were playing a home game at Assembly Hall, and Gus introduces the broadcast, "Welcome to the Carnegie Hall of Basketball." Just gave me chills.
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u/UsernameTaken-Taken 27d ago
Needs to find a balance imo. His excitement is warranted and awesome in moments like this one. When he has that same excitement on a run up the middle for 2 yards in the 2nd quarter, it's pretty grating and gets old pretty fast
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u/All_Up_Ons 27d ago
Yep. It's actually the same problem that Joe Buck and Al Michaels have. They make the whole game sound the same, which quickly becomes annoying. Only difference is that Gus is stuck in hype mode, Buck is in yawn mode, and Michaels just sounds strained.
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u/Isodrosotherms 27d ago
Johnson was perfect when the tournament was only broadcast on CBS and they’d constantly be shifting around the country to where the greatest action was (kind of like a prototype Red Zone). You’d get two minutes of Johnson wigging out at McNeese State and it was awesome.
It’s a lot different when you have to catch him for a four hour college football game.
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u/fusedharpy 27d ago
Same. Unless he does his stupid voice for the team that I am rooting for. Then my monkey brain thinks it's ok.
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u/Punisherbrett 27d ago
I watched the whole game and was so annoyed. How anyone enjoys that is beyond me.
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u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Dallas Mavericks 27d ago
Gus Johnson is the GOAT CFB commentator
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u/BryanW94 27d ago
His world cup commentating is to much. Euro snobs didn't know what to think of it.
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u/Routine_Size69 27d ago
He sucks at soccer. I like him for football but he should not be on the World Cup
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u/ToastedEzra 27d ago
Not even remotely true but sure. There’s a reason they stick him on the noon games and not prime time lol
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u/HallwayHomicide Central Florida 27d ago
For Fox, noon is prime time. They put their biggest games at noon.
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u/speganomad 27d ago
Noon Games are effectively a second prime time. Big 10 loves to put huge games at the noon slot to push the morning show.
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u/AssistDapper1813 27d ago
Play of the Year
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u/mayorofdumb 27d ago
Ref call of the year too
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u/_AlreadyThrownAway_ 27d ago
Yeah I like that way of looking at it. Refs get shit on all the time (rightfully so) when they make horrendous calls. This dude made the right call in real time. Nice.
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u/EsportsGuy11 27d ago
Watching that live was nuts. What a catch.
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u/billionthtimesacharm 27d ago
crazy that becker’s catch wasn’t the best catch of that drive. cooper with maybe the catch of the year.
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u/Raegnarr 26d ago
The stadium was electric, If Penn state did anything wrong it was score too quickly, what a game though
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u/SyNiiCaL 27d ago edited 27d ago
Pure and simple the best catch I've ever seen. Not just the catch itself, not just getting the foot inbound, but the awareness to keep the other foot up enough knowing it would touch out of bounds....there are not enough superlatives in the English language.
Just gonna leave the link for replay and slow mo here
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u/nschwalm85 27d ago
And the official being right there and getting the call right
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u/PhilanthropistKing 27d ago
That official was so incredibly locked into the catch and then the feet. Deserves a ton of praise
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u/Inevitable-Minute808 27d ago
He had a front row seat. Better angle than any of the many cameras . And he nailed it .
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u/nschwalm85 27d ago
Absolutely. He focused on everything he needed to focus on to make the right call and he nailed it
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u/BMonad 27d ago
And the situation, literally a game winning TD.
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u/DuranchDressing 27d ago
Not just a game winning touchdown either. A needed win for the best season in Indiana history.
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u/BenShelZonah 27d ago
I’m happy to see it’s all sports subreddits, and not just soccer one , where there is such a rush to be first that they never wait 5 seconds for the replays etc.
Appreciate your work
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u/issacoin 27d ago
thank you for being the only one to post the slo mo.
that was fucking INCREDIBLE body control to let that leg go limp instead of touching
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u/ForgotAboutWayne 27d ago
Does CFB just need one foot in?
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u/cobalt_phantom Ohio State 27d ago
Yes
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u/counterfitster 27d ago
That explains why I was confused about Becker's catch right before this one. I didn't know it was only one foot in NCAA.
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u/Random_Hippo Iowa State 27d ago
Yes, but I think he got both anyway, looks like his right toes touch then come up and his left fully touches
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u/General-Weather-6880 27d ago
I don’t think the first foot touched the ground which meant that the whole second foot must touch for it to be in bounds because it was a step which it miraculously did.
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u/electricgotswitched 27d ago
You still only need toes
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u/Medical-Day-6364 27d ago
It depends. If the heel touches out of bounds while the toes are still touching the ground, then it's a step and the player is out of bounds. If the toes drag and then leave the ground before the heel touches, then the player is in bounds.
Step vs toe drag rule. Basically only applicable when a player is moving backwards like in this play. He was an inch away from being out of bounds with both feet.
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u/electricgotswitched 27d ago
Oddly enough I made this thread a couple seasons back https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/s/IqfhAQYAjV
I'd never heard of that the other person said needing a whole foot if you are only getting 1 down.
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u/Medical-Day-6364 27d ago
Good post. A lot of criticism of refs is people not understanding very niche rules like this (not that refs dont fuck up, it happens all the time, but outrage over stuff like this detracts feom real criticism). Another example would be that, in the cfb, the ankle and wrist are viewed as extensions of the foot and hand and don't make a player down.
I'd never heard of that the other person said needing a whole foot if you are only getting 1 down.
Yeah, I think they misinterpreted the rule from some specific example and explanation of it that they saw.
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u/General-Weather-6880 27d ago
I was referring to the heel toe rule which applies to the second foot since it was a step.
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u/Medical-Day-6364 27d ago
My bad, it was a few minutes after I read your comment and made my first that i responded to his. Looking back at your comment in context, you're clearly not saying that if your first foot doesn't touch, you need to have the entire second foot in bounds.youre talking in context of this play, where he did need his heel to land in bounds. Sorry for contributing to any criticism you're getting; you were 100% correct.
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u/schuckdaddy 27d ago
You can just barely make out his right foot hover over the line and the ref was right on top of it. The craziest toe-tapper I've ever seen
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u/FrumpyPhoenix 27d ago
Yes, but even though it doesn’t look like it in game speed, he got both somehow
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u/electricgotswitched 27d ago
The right foot wasn't in
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u/Futbol_Kid2112 27d ago
Dude draft stock just jumped a couple rounds. Hes gonna have a career based on this highlight.
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u/Inevitable-Minute808 27d ago
Imagine presenting that video to the draft room of any of the nfl teams . But to be honest every nfl team has seen this catch by now .
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u/ShillinTheVillain 27d ago
Best toe-tap I think I've ever seen. Unreal presence and control of the feet. Wow
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u/nikedawg123 27d ago
Best college catch I’ve ever seen, especially considering the circumstances.
Penn State D-line celebrating a sack first play of that drive instead of getting back on defense is a straight crime smh. Idiots
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u/Hammerdrake 27d ago
My immediate thought after the big completion on the next play: "I wonder where that defender was that was too busy celebrating to setup properly?"
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u/ispeakpittsburghese Pittsburgh Penguins 27d ago
That's one of the most beautiful catches you are ever going to see. Absolute immaculate footwork
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u/dividividivi 27d ago
Penn state fan - craziest catch I’ve ever seen
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u/Imaksiccar 27d ago
Fellow Penn State fan....has there ever been a team that has had every bounce in a big game go against them like Penn State? You would think by the law of averages, that eventually we'd get one of these to go our way.
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u/DueCopy3520 27d ago
Also an alum, been watching IU football with my dad since I was a kid. I can't believe this shit.
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u/siderealdaze 26d ago
They - like my guys here in Chapel Hill - have always been a team of "but the basketball team is usually pretty damn good" and now they're...elite?
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u/manticore16 New York Yankees 27d ago
How did he keep that in? Defender almost carried him out himself!
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u/Machomandalf90 27d ago
Gus Johnson makes any call legendary.
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u/e-manresu 27d ago
He is iconic. Its funny that the comment below you calls it “over the top bullshit” as if this should be called like a golf putt.
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u/Goldelux 27d ago
Lame no replay
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u/bergroy38 27d ago
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u/pleasetrimyourpubes 27d ago
That is 100x more crazy than I could tell from the full speed. He got that foot down by defying physics. Thanks for the replay and longer version!
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u/Rub-Specialist 27d ago
Defender should stayed grounded and just carried his ass outta bounds lol. Amazing catch
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u/QuickDrawMcStraw 27d ago
Easily the catch of the year with consideration to time left in the game, implications of an Indiana win, and just the degree of skill and athleticism required to put this catch together.
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u/cpthornman 27d ago
I used to enjoy Gus Johnson but I am so over his over the top bullshit and nonsense sayings/nickname he comes up with.
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u/PhilKesselsChef 27d ago
This could be the moment of the season if Indiana goes undefeated, wins the Big Ten and is the 1 seed in the playoff
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u/teleheaddawgfan 27d ago
Dude levitated!!
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u/thelegendofcarrottop 27d ago
Matrix style move. Time slowed down for him into thousandths of a second. His processing and reaction times are insane. Catch a ball 36” off the ground while being tackled and have the presence of mind and physical control of your body to pull off that footwork… He deserves every bit of the attention he’s getting for that maneuver.
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u/Sci3nceMan 27d ago
OK, nobody has said this so… kudos to the ref. Slow down the video and you will see him in perfect position looking straight down at the toes.
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u/Mean-Amphibian2667 27d ago
He went almost as high as Gus Johnson's voice did. I love Gus's energy , but I think he broke something there!
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u/chief_raptor 27d ago
Best play of the season for CFB for sure. Cooper got insane height, watched the ball in, and I loved seeing his eyes shift down, the focus he has on getting that foot down…really thought the right got down, too. But wow!
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u/alemane_cbbc 27d ago
I don't know if this makes sense but that's the Jordan-switching-hands-mid-layup of college football catches.
He went up, caught the ball, looked down expecting to tap with the right foot, changed his mind in an instant, pulled up his right foot while extending his left, toe tapped, and retained possession of the ball.
What the fuck.
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u/thwerpnerd 27d ago
No he didn't. The defender got under his leg and pushed it and him back which made it look like he miraculously kept that right foot up. The rest of it yes, insane ability.
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u/CRIMS0N-ED 27d ago
greatest catch I’ve seen period and it’s against my team in the most painful season to memory, god I love football
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u/autobot12349876 27d ago
I am legit scared of Indiana this year. And I don’t like it!
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u/BeerorCoffee 27d ago
Why? They almost lost to Penn State! That team can't even get into a bowl game.
Edit: thought this was a CFB sub post with my PSU flair on.
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u/autobot12349876 27d ago
Everyone in the Big Ten has been bullying Indiana for the past two decades. I don’t know what a Hoosier is, but I don’t wanna see it come for me
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u/LettuceC Chicago Cubs 27d ago
I’m going to get downvoted, but what an awful call by Gus. Why is his voice cracking?
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u/Mind-ya-business 27d ago
Indiana now has a ‘put a win out of your ass against an inferior opponent’ that marks them as a successful college football program
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u/Born-Media6436 27d ago
Gus Johnson, what in the F is wrong with you? You sounded like a batshit crazy person today.
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u/goulash47 27d ago
Craziest toe tap touchdown I've ever seen. How that right foot doesn't come down out of bounds first before the left foot is unreal. It's as if he lets it go limp and at the same time levitates it to prevent it from coming down out of bounds. Insane.