Late in the football game the Oregon Ducks had a chance to try and either kick a field goal from 47 yards, punt the football, or elect to go for it on fourth down. The Ducks chose to fake a field goal and it resulted in one of the worst plays of the football season.

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So, what was the thinking behind the fake field goal and pass attempt by Oregon punter Blake Maimone? Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal explained, as well as make fun of how poorly executed it was.

"We felt that the winds were swirling and the kick was going to be tough, and we felt we probably had a better chance at that," said Cristobal. "If we had a fourth and five we were going to leave our offense out there.

"We felt we had it, and then at the last second you saw their linebacker point and we couldn't rip out the timeout on time, the ball was snapped and then the horror began.

"It's when your son asks you and you're watching the NFL's worst plays, he asked me, 'would you run that in the NFL's worst plays' and I said 'yeah, thanks, buddy.' It looked bad. It was something we felt we had, but they did sniff it out and credit to them.

In the end, the Ducks can laugh off the bad play because it didn't cost them the game, as the Oregon Ducks beat the Michigan State Spartans 7-6 to win the 2018 Redbox Bowl. The Ducks will close out the 2018 football season with three straight wins, snapping a three-game bowl losing streak, winning their first bowl game since the 2015 Rose Bowl win over Florida State in the College Football Playoffs for the 2014 season, and close out this year with a 9-4 record.