This clip, courtesy of Cameron Smith over at Prep Rally, features a high school running back getting flipped, landing on his feet and running it on for a touchdown. It’s an amazing play, but it also makes our Internet-dar go WOOP WOOP WOOP, so here’s a quick rundown of why it could be real, and why it probably isn’t.
It’s real! It’s not such a stretch. We’ve seen something similar happen on a professional level, so if you take the athleticism of one player and pit it against the helpless high school play of everybody else, it could happen all the time. One guy who’s kinda good at gymnastics can set the curve for everybody. Plus, I wouldn’t want to think that guy grunting REYEAHH TOUCHDOWN, DARS TOUCHDOWNNN at the end is lying to me.
It’s fake! Come on, really? The play looks all well and good, but look at everyone else on the field. They look like extras playing “football guys” in a Beyonce-themed play on ‘Glee’. People just aimlessly block and move out of view and fall down aimlessly so we don’t miss anything. To add to the mystery, nobody can identify the players or the teams on the field. It could be because they’re terrible football players, but … yeah, it’s not on the level.
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Most high school football actually does look like extras playing “football guys” in a Beyonce-themed play on ‘Glee’. For that simple fact, I’m calling Real.
No matter how competitive and talented the highschool team is, those kids are still in highschool, meaning that you’re going to get some duds out there who will go no further with their career. When you combine that with a really athletic kid who is high on testosterone (and probably something else), yeah, he’s going to stupid shit like in the video. Especially in this day and age with youtube and stuff, it helps you get noticed. So, I say real.
With that said, I certainly hope the kid who got showed up tried to absolutely murder that kid the next series. Well, that’s what was (is?) expected of you if you played at a high level in hockey.
Totally fake (yeah, I guess I’m that guy), for (at least) three reasons:
1. It’s during a practice, so it could be set up.
2. It’s just a bit too convenient that the camera operator just happens to be on the side of the field and maintains the runner/actor in frame without obstruction the entire time.
3. The guy blocking the guy who gets jumped over falls (does not get blocked) out of the way just before the jump. It was too well-timed — I’m sure that was at least the 5th take.
4. It’s pretty clear the tackler helps complete the flip.
5. The defender closest to the RB after the flip easily could/should have decked him but he didn’t even raise his arms — he just ran by him like he was his teammate.
6. Defender trailing the play (who appears in frame a few seconds before the end) appears to cheer. I don’t care if it’s practice or a real game — you don’t cheer the opposing team’s scoring on you. Unless of course, he wasn’t cheering a score but rather a stunt.
7. The cornerback (bottom of the screen) doesn’t even attempt to pursue the play.
8. The linebacker (who, if this was a real play, would have had a shot at the RB in the backfield, considering he’s suspiciously unblocked) sure looks like he took an intentionally bad path towards the ballcarrier.
Conclusion: either set-up (likeliest) or, this team has the laziest, stupidest defence I’ve ever seen. And I thought I took lazy and stupid to a whole other level.
Also, this is on an AT&T commercial. So, yeah.
Man, do I love that Beyonce episode of Glee. Especially the final dance/kick!
He starts celebrating at the 30 yd. line and stops running at the 20, he never gets near the end zone. The stands are empty, one team is lined up on the sideline and the other team is lined up at the other 20 yard line. 100% staged and 100% bullshit.
It does say scrimmage.
Absolutely Fake. At the start of the clip, you can hear a director call “and…quarterback.” Then they play starts.
It’s for an AT&T commercial. They just showed it during the Giant/Cowboy game.
You went full Jerome Simpson, man. Never go full Jerome Simpson.