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With a fourth-and-goal, Liberty needed a timeout as the game approached the eight minute mark of the fourth quarter.
The Flames’ quarterback Malik Willis led his teammates back onto the field after the timeout as the ball lay on the 2-yard line with the game tied at 21 apiece. With the crowd in the Carrier Dome screaming toward the field, Willis had to go up to the line and change the call.
The Flames went to a play that had worked for them throughout the matchup — run the ball with their future first-round NFL draft pick at quarterback.