The Boise State football team was leading Hawaii 54-9 in a 2009 game in Honolulu — on its way to an undefeated season and a Fiesta Bowl berth.
Despite that 45-point lead late in the fourth quarter, star quarterback Kellen Moore was still in the game. And he was dealing with a bum ankle.
The reason he didn't exit: Backup quarterback Mike Coughlin took a hit to the head in the first half and couldn't return, and third-stringer Joe Southwick was a true freshman who was redshirting.
"If Kellen couldn't have gone back in, then we're going to burn Joe's redshirt year," said Boise State coach Bryan Harsin, who was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on that team.