Was UF's last-second touchtown pass a hail mary?

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Was it a hail mary?

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Was UF's last-second touchtown pass a hail mary? 

Post#1 » by Gerhalt11 » Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:53 pm

Seeing a lot of discussion on the definition of a hail mary after Feleipe Franks hit Tyrie Cleveland in the closing seconds to give Florida a 26-20 win over Tennessee on Saturday . For those who missed it, here is the play in question:



Now, the dictionary definition of hail mary is:

a long forward pass in football thrown into or near the end zone in a last-ditch attempt to score as time runs out —often used figuratively


https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hail%20Mary

By this definition, it does appear that this was a hail mary. But my understood definition of hail mary always includes a degree of uncertainty as to who your target is -- just throw it into a crowd and hope that someone wearing your jersey comes down with it. That did not happen here. Franks saw an open man, threw a bomb, and hit him perfectly in stride into the end zone.

So I leave it to you good people: was this a hail mary?
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Re: Was UF's last-second touchtown pass a hail mary? 

Post#2 » by Bulltalk » Mon Sep 18, 2017 4:37 pm

It's hard to call a pass a Hail Mary when the receiver gets behind the db's and beats them into the endzone. It just looked like a long completed pass play. Whatever.
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Re: Was UF's last-second touchtown pass a hail mary? 

Post#3 » by hermes » Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:18 pm

well tennessee sure didn't have the defense out there for a hail mary

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