College team loses chance at victory after a ‘quadruple doink’ missed field goal
The “double doink” is so 2019.
The Rice football team lined up for a game-winning field goal against Middle Tennessee State on Saturday in overtime, but kicker Collin Riccitelli missed on a “quadruple doink.”
The ball hit the right upright, the crossbar, the left upright and the crossbar again. The ball then bounced forward and missed. That sent the game to double overtime and Middle Tennessee State won 40-34.
Does this seem real?
“You can never give up hope,” Middle Tennessee coach Rick Stockstill told the Daily News Journal. “I didn’t tell anyone after the game but after it hit the right upright and then the left upright and then laid on the crossbar for a second before it fell forward, I said that we were destined to win this game.”
On Jan. 6, 2019, the Chicago Bears had a chance to beat the Eagles in a playoff game, but lost on a “double doink” field-goal attempt at Soldier Field when the ball hit an upright and the crossbar.
