Holy Cross wins on Hail Mary, everyone makes same joke

Saturday was a big day for some teams in the Group of Five, with Appalachian State and Marshall pulling off massive upset wins against Texas A&M and Notre Dame, respectively. However, another Group of Five team was on the other end of one of those upsets.

Buffalo lost to Football Championship Subdivision (FKA, Division I-AA) Holy Cross in a way that almost seems — in the most literal sense of the phrase — preordained.

The Crusaders and Bulls seemed headed for overtime. But with four seconds left, Holy Cross had a chance to win in regulation with enough time for one play. So, with four seconds left, the Crusaders lined up on the Buffalo 44-yard line and attempted a Hail Mary pass.

Indeed, Holy Cross tried a Hail Mary. You can probably see where this one is going.

 

Holy Cross winning on a Hail Mary. If you think that sounds like something you might see in a movie starring Jim Caviezel as a once great, now struggling football coach looking for one last big break, well, you’re not alone.

Many in the college football world noted the obvious connection here.

https://twitter.com/BADG3RMANTV/status/1568781182128594945

https://twitter.com/DiscoImperative/status/1568781090311274496

Give the Holy Cross QB a NIL deal with the Vatican https://t.co/Aejngr1FbV

— Harris (@HarrisVT) September 11, 2022

The only thing more fitting would have been if Buffalo had a nickname like the Blue Devils. Perhaps, though, that would have been too on the nose.

[Timothy Burke on Twitter, Photo Credit: ESPN+]

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