His team had controlled most of the game, but with 11:52 to go, Washington State Cougars senior quarterback Luke Falk took the field with his offensive teammates needing a touchdown to beat the No. 21 Stanford Cardinal on Senior Day in Martin Stadium.
The odds of it happening on that drive were long—another fine Cardinal punt had pinned Falk’s Cougars on their own six-yard line, 94 yards from what was required to keep WSU’s Pac-12 title hopes alive.
Falk came into the game at the tail end of a wretched string that saw his grandfather pass away, followed by perhaps the lowest moment of his decorated WSU career: A benching at Arizona.