Since that Driscoll Middle School trick play went viral last week, it’s probably been copied hundreds of times, with varying degrees of success. Here from the Out of Bounds files, circa Dec., 2009, a youth football game that is proof positive that the play, um, doesn’t always work. (Video following the jump).
The Fort Lee (Va.) Cobras, in the black uniforms, are on defense. You can probably see linebacker Troy Hattori, No. 43, in the backfield. When the opposing quarterback takes the ball from the center and begins walking toward the sideline, Hattori smells a rat. He’s having none of it, and sprints into the backfield, crushing the the quarterback.
Refs calmly mark the ball at the point of the sack, signal second down. I would have liked to have seen the opposing coach trying to explain that one to the quarterback’s parents. “Your son should stop seeing two of everything within two-to-five weeks.”
Best part: According to the YouTube comments, Hattori’s mom recorded the play to send to his dad, who was stationed with the military overseas. That must have made his year.
