since a Badger fan thinks Wisconsin deserves credit for the bounce rooskie and feels slighted that i didn't give the Badgers credit for their original play...............
Bounce rooski
A variant of the fumblerooski is the "bounce rooski", in which the quarterback throws a pass behind him that bounces along the ground and to a wide receiver, attempting to fool the defense into thinking it was an incomplete pass. Once the defense is relaxed, the wide receiver (or even an ineligible receiver such as an
offensive tackle) can then simply throw it to a player downfield, since a backwards incomplete pass counts as a fumble, and not an incomplete pass.
Texas A&M used this play, calling it the "Texas Special", in a 1965 game against the University of Texas, taking a 17–0 lead in what was nearly a big upset before eventually falling 21–17.
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Colorado State used this to upset #10
Wyoming in 1966.
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Nebraska completed this against
Oklahoma in the 1982 NCAA season, with
Turner Gill throwing a one-bounce backwards pass to
Irving Fryar, who then threw a
forward pass to Mitch Krenk.
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During their first game of the 2010 NCAA season,
Wake Forest fell to the bounce rooski by
Presbyterian College. Immediately after the snap, P.C. quarterback
Brandon Miley threw what appeared to be an incomplete short pass to the side, to WR
Derrick Overholt. The ball bounced off the ground but into the hands of Overholt, who then feigned disappointment. The Wake Forest defenders fell for Overholt's incomplete-pass theatrics, not realizing the pass was to the QB's back, making it a fumble. Overholt then threw the ball down-field to waiting WR
Michael Ruff who was wide open and subsequently ran the ball into the end zone for a touchdown. Wake Forest went on to win the game by a score of 53–13.
