I normally don't do this sort of thing- highlighting two bad plays in one week- but this mistake was just too good to pass up. And with bowl season winding down with a massive flurry of games all in one weekend, it was bound to happen.
Part two of this week's edition comes to us from the Taxslayer Bowl between Tennessee and Iowa, a game in which Tennessee throttled poor Iowa.
The Hawkeyes' poor performance was best encapsulated by possibly the most puzzling mental error I've seen in a long time.
That's Iowa tailback Jonathan Parker. As I understand it, he's a rather dynamic playmaker; hence the reason he's returning kicks.
But on this play, he's an idiot.
I probably don't need to tell you all of the things that were wrong with this play, but for comedic purposes, I'm going to anyway.
1) He shouldn't have caught the ball in the first place; he was at the one-yard line when the ball fell into his arms. If he let it go, it almost certainly would've either bounced into the end zone (touchback) or bounced out of bounds (penalty, you start at your own 40-yard line).
2) YOU CAN'T THROW A FORWARD PASS ON A KICKOFF. EVER. Don't they teach these things to young football players now?
3) Even if he was allowed to throw the ball forward, it was a terrible throw. What started out as a weak shot put turned into one of those "ball is still live when it hits the ground" plays in Jackpot.
4) And even if it wasn't a horrendous throw, none of his teammates were looking at it.
5) It's actually a good thing there's a rule against throwing the ball forward whenever you want, because it saved Iowa from handing Tennessee another touchdown on a silver platter.
But hey, he made a name for himself, right?
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