NC State Gets Absolutely Clowned for Blowing Game With Bozo Play: ‘Dumbest Loss Ever’ 2026

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Say a prayer for those poor souls who bet on North Carolina State to beat Vanderbilt.

The NC State Wolfpack were six second away from beating Vandy 31-28 on Saturday when things went terribly awry. While up against his own end zone, quarterback CJ Bailey dropped back and tried to burn the last few seconds on the clock by running around — only to be immediately swarmed by several Vanderbilt defenders, including edge rusher Miles Capers, who soared in and hit the ball out of Bailey’s right hand.

Vanderbilt jumped on the loose ball, resulting in a touchdown. The stunning play gave Vandy a last-second victory, with the fans in the Tennessee crowd going wild as the Vandy players raised their arms in triumph and hugged their coaches as they raced onto the field.

The NC State players were in utter disbelief, with a few of them putting their hands up to their helmets and standing motionless.

As many pointed out on X right after the game, if Bailey had simply absorbed a hit and taken a safety — resulting in a two point score for Vandy — NC State still would have won. Or he could have chucked the ball down the field right as he was about to get smacked. In other words, for those not familiar with football: what the QB did was the absolute worst-case scenario move.

And to really turn the knife, the game clock manager put one second back on clock, allowing Vanderbilt to kick the extra point and win the game 35-31. That really mattered to gamblers, because Vanderbilt was favored by 3 or 3.5 points on most betting sites. So the 7 point swing saved Vandy gamblers and killed NC State bettors.

Unfortunately for Bailey, he was absolutely raked across the coals for his boneheaded play.

CBS Sports analyst Todd Fuhrman called it the “single dumbest play in the history of college football given time, situation, and experience level of the QB.”

This is the single dumbest play in the history of college football given time, situation, and experience level of the QB

This is the single worst beat we may see all season for NCSU +3.5 backers

There are seriously no words https://t.co/UE3pmIwABd

— Todd Fuhrman (@ToddFuhrman) September 19, 2026

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons asked if it was the “single worst” botched win since the New York Jets choked away a game with a terrible fumble in 1978.

The single worst one since Pisarcik/Edwards? https://t.co/77kgTkqHZ4

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) September 19, 2026

Fox News reporter Joe Concha called it the “dumbest loss ever… Ever. No contest whatsoever.”

This is easily the dumbest loss ever… Ever. No contest whatsoever. NC State should just cancel its program now. https://t.co/0wNir8ei5R

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) September 19, 2026

And plenty of others ripped NC State for giving away the seemingly guaranteed victory, and some called for head coach Dave Doeren to be canned over it.

ABSOLUTELY INSANE WAY TO LOSE

Vanderbilt never led all game

up 31-28 NC State tries to kneel for a safety

fumble -> Vandy TD -> Vandy win pic.twitter.com/bfBTGfRApk

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) September 19, 2026

I assume they told the quarterback to try and run the clock out instead of just taking a safety by taking a knee or running out the back of the end zone, but I’ve truly never seen a game end like this. Plus, NC State took a timeout right before. All time collapse. https://t.co/hoqeEqPilQ

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 19, 2026

Just saw the NC State ending

Shut the program down

— Josh Pate (@JoshPateCFB) September 19, 2026

Congrats to Dave Doeren on joining exclusive company! pic.twitter.com/h09KoWKeiE

— College Sports Only (@CSOonX) September 19, 2026

OMG. WTF. NC State ran the take a safety play and Bailey didn't run out bounds and fumbled the ball away Holy Shit. https://t.co/tsqLJfivzE

— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) September 19, 2026

I honestly don’t think NC State should have a football program after this. pic.twitter.com/UsEjNUFpsA

— Brandon Walker (@BFW) September 19, 2026

NC State had a 99.9% chance of winning with 6 seconds left

They lost the game pic.twitter.com/HNG7hsGc5l

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) September 19, 2026

The NC State coach who made this call is the dumbest man in college football and it’s not even close https://t.co/tSSfPxkou4

— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) September 19, 2026

Dave Doeren should have an offset clause in his contract that says if you ask your QB to kill 6 seconds while standing in his own end zone and don't tell him to immediately take a safety, we owe you nothing.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) September 19, 2026

Dave Doeren should be fired before getting on the plane pic.twitter.com/LYBF2EvZot

— Blain Crain (@Blain_Crain) September 19, 2026

The win pushed Vanderbilt to 3-0 and dropped NC State to 1-2.

Watch above.

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